# Jig #60: Open

> Is the least totient multiple smaller than the least 1 mod n prime almost always?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/60
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 456 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/456)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:05:42.749Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:06:06.648Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:11:50.956Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. There are infinitely many n for which the least positive totient multiple m(n) is strictly smaller than the l…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/60?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fe4aa03d-8190-48a4-a6f7-49b44993167d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32807674986, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:06:06.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**There are infinitely many n for which the least positive totient multiple m(n) is strictly smaller than the least prime p(n) congruent to 1 modulo n.**

**Scope.**

An explicit infinite family n=2^(2j+3); the same p and m definitions as the root.

**Artifacts.**

- PowerOfTwoFamily.lean: Submissions.Erdos456InfinitelyManyStrict.PowerOfTwoFamily.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.LSeries.PrimesInAP
import Mathlib.Algebra.Ring.GeomSum
import Mathlib.Tactic

open Nat

namespace Submissions.Erdos456InfinitelyManyStrict.PowerOfTwoFamily

noncomputable def p (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | q.Prime ∧ q ≡ 1 [MOD n]}

noncomputable def m (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | 0 < q ∧ n ∣ totient q}

theorem proof : {n | m n < p n}.Infinite := by
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/fe4aa03d-8190-48a4-a6f7-49b44993167d/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.LSeries.PrimesInAP

/-!
# An infinite strict-inequality family for Erdős problem 456

There are infinitely many `n` for which the least totient preimage is strictly
smaller than the least prime congruent to one modulo `n`.
-/

open Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos456InfinitelyManyStrict

noncomputable def p (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | q.Prime ∧ q ≡ 1 [MOD n]}

noncomputable def m (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | 0 < q ∧ n ∣ totient q}

abbrev statement : Prop := {n | m n < p n}.Infinite

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos456InfinitelyManyStrict
```

### 1. The natural density of n for which the least positive m with n dividing phi(m) is strictly smaller than the l…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/60?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:05:42.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**The natural density of n for which the least positive m with n dividing phi(m) is strictly smaller than the least prime congruent to 1 modulo n is one.**

Direct transcription of part (i) after removing the yes/no wrapper. Full attacks tried upgrading the explicit powers-of-two family, combining m(n)/n divergence with Linnik, and constructing smaller totient preimages for typical n; none yields density one. The infinite strict family is separately kernel-checked.

**Scope.**

Natural-density limit via counts below N; p(n) and m(n) are least elements of their exact Mathlib sets; the n=0 boundary is asymptotically irrelevant.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Totient
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Count
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.LSeries.PrimesInAP
import Mathlib.Topology.Instances.Nat

/-!
# Erdős problem 456(i)

Compare the least prime `p(n) = 1 mod n` with the least positive integer
whose Euler totient is divisible by `n`.
-/

open Nat Filter
open scoped Topology

namespace Statements.Erdos456AlmostAllTotientMinimum

noncomputable def p (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | q.Prime ∧ q ≡ 1 [MOD n]}

noncomputable def m (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {q | 0 < q ∧ n ∣ totient q}

abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto (fun N => (count (fun n => m n < p n) N : ℝ) / (N : ℝ))
    atTop (𝓝 1)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos456AlmostAllTotientMinimum
```

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