# Jig #71: Open

> Does every convex polygon have an equidistance outlier?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/71
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 97 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/97)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:16:44.011Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:18:31.626Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:22:08.573Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. No nonempty planar point set of at most four points can give every point four points at one common positive d…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/71?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4132a8dd-45d7-4603-af30-0186d57997d3 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32808477257, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:18:31.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**No nonempty planar point set of at most four points can give every point four points at one common positive distance.**

**Scope.**

All nonempty finite planar point sets of cardinality at most four, without needing convexity.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos97SmallCardinalityObstruction.Worker01.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
namespace Submissions.Erdos97SmallCardinalityObstruction.Worker01
open Finset Metric
open scoped Classical
abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)
def HasNEquidistantPointsAt (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) (p : Plane) : Prop := ∃ r : ℝ, r > 0 ∧ (A.fil
def HasNEquidistantProperty (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) : Prop := ∀ p ∈ A, HasNEquidistantPointsAt n
theorem proof : ∀ A : Finset Plane, A.Nonempty → A.card ≤ 4 → ¬HasNEquidistantProperty 4 A := by
 intro A hA hc hprop
 obtain ⟨p,hp⟩ := hA
 obtain ⟨r,hr,hfour⟩ := hprop p hp
 have hpn : p ∉ A.filter (fun q ↦ dist p q = r) := by
  simp only [mem_filter,hp,true_and,dist_self]
  exact ne_of_lt hr
 have hs : A.filter (fun q ↦ dist p q = r) ⊂ A := Finset.ssubset_iff_subset_ne.mpr ⟨filter_subset _
  intro heq
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/4132a8dd-45d7-4603-af30-0186d57997d3/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2

namespace Statements.Erdos97SmallCardinalityObstruction

open Finset Metric

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def HasNEquidistantPointsAt (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) (p : Plane) : Prop :=
  ∃ r : ℝ, r > 0 ∧ (A.filter fun q ↦ dist p q = r).card ≥ n

def HasNEquidistantProperty (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ A, HasNEquidistantPointsAt n A p

/-- A nonempty set with at most four points cannot give every point four
other points at a common positive distance. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Finset Plane, A.Nonempty → A.card ≤ 4 → ¬HasNEquidistantProperty 4 A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos97SmallCardinalityObstruction
```

### 1. Every finite convex-independent planar point set has a vertex for which no positive radius contains four of t…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/71?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:16:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Every finite convex-independent planar point set has a vertex for which no positive radius contains four of the set’s points.**

The formal statement inlines Formal Conjectures’ ConvexIndep definition exactly and copies its positive-radius filtered-cardinality predicate. Singleton witnesses establish satisfiability; an independent sphere-intersection transcription is Lean-equivalent; the degenerate True artifact is rejected at anti-restatement.

**Scope.**

All nonempty finite convex-independent subsets of the Euclidean plane, with the radius allowed to depend on the chosen vertex.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Hull
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2

namespace Statements.Erdos97ConvexPolygonEquidistance

open Finset Metric Set

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

/-- The point set consists of extreme points of its convex hull. -/
def ConvexIndep97 (S : Set Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ a ∈ S, a ∉ convexHull ℝ (S \ {a})

def HasNEquidistantPointsAt (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) (p : Plane) : Prop :=
  ∃ r : ℝ, r > 0 ∧ (A.filter fun q ↦ dist p q = r).card ≥ n

def HasNEquidistantProperty (n : ℕ) (A : Finset Plane) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ A, HasNEquidistantPointsAt n A p

/-- Erdős Problem 97: every convex polygon has a vertex with fewer than four
other vertices at any one distance from it. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Finset Plane, A.Nonempty → ConvexIndep97 A → ¬HasNEquidistantProperty 4 A

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos97ConvexPolygonEquidistance
```

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