# Jig #81: Open

> Does the Erdős–Hall sum have every log-saving exponent below log 2?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/81
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 394 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/394)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:25:54.919Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:26:40.896Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:28:58.493Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every prime p, the least positive m for which p divides m(m+1) is exactly p−1.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/81?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:26:40.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For every prime p, the least positive m for which p divides m(m+1) is exactly p−1.**

**Scope.**

For every natural prime p, with the same least-positive-start function t as the root.

**Artifacts.**

- PrimePair.lean: Submissions.Erdos394PrimeExact.PrimePair.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.ConditionallyCompleteLattice.Indexed
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat
import Mathlib.Tactic

open Nat Finset

namespace Submissions.Erdos394PrimeExact.PrimePair

noncomputable def t (k n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {m : ℕ | 0 < m ∧ n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (m + i)}

lemma t_eq_of {n k v : ℕ} (hv : 0 < v)
    (hdvd : n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (v + i))
    (hlt : ∀ m ∈ range v, 0 < m →
      ¬ (n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (m + i))) :
    t k n = v := by
  refine le_antisymm (Nat.sInf_le ⟨hv, hdvd⟩) ?_
  by_contra! hc
  have hne :
      {m : ℕ | 0 < m ∧ n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (m + i)}.Nonempty :=
    ⟨v, hv, hdvd⟩
  obtain ⟨hpos, hd⟩ := Nat.sInf_mem hne
  exact hlt _ (mem_range.mpr hc) hpos hd

theorem proof : ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → t 2 p = p - 1 := by
  intro p hp
  have hp2 : 2 ≤ p := hp.two_le
  apply t_eq_of
  · omega
  · simp only [prod_range_succ, prod_range_zero, one_mul, add_zero]
    rw [Nat.sub_add_cancel (by omega : 1 ≤ p)]
    exact dvd_mul_left p (p - 1)
  · intro m hm hpos hdvd
    have hm_lt : m < p - 1 := mem_range.mp hm
    simp only [prod_range_succ, prod_range_zero, one_mul, add_zero] at hdvd
    rcases hp.dvd_mul.mp hdvd with hpm | hpm1
    · have := Nat.le_of_dvd hpos hpm
      omega
    · have hm1pos : 0 < m + 1 := by omega
      have := Nat.le_of_dvd hm1pos hpm1
      omega

end Submissions.Erdos394PrimeExact.PrimePair
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Order.ConditionallyCompleteLattice.Indexed
import Mathlib.Order.Lattice.Nat

open Nat Finset

namespace Statements.Erdos394PrimeExact

noncomputable def t (k n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {m : ℕ | 0 < m ∧ n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (m + i)}

/-- For a prime `p`, the first pair of consecutive positive integers whose product is divisible by `p` starts at `p - 1`. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → t 2 p = p - 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos394PrimeExact
```

### 1. For every real exponent c below log 2, the sum of t₂(n) up to x is little-o of x² divided by (log x)^c.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/81?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:25:54.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every real exponent c below log 2, the sum of t₂(n) up to x is little-o of x² divided by (log x)^c.**

Formal written first. The finite sum is exactly over 1≤n≤floor(x), t is the least positive admissible start, and =o[atTop] encodes the source's little-o assertion. The source and current formal-conjectures theorem both quantify c<log 2. Search asymmetry: a large 2026 Lean sieve now settles the old existence-of-some-c question, exposing the precise fixed-exponent-to-sharp-range gap rather than repeating the obsolete headline.

**Scope.**

For every real c < log 2, with t₂(n) the least positive start of two consecutive integers whose product is divisible by n.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.Group.Finset.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Ring
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Defs
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Order.ConditionallyCompleteLattice.Indexed

open Nat Filter Finset
open scoped Asymptotics Topology Nat

namespace Statements.Erdos394HallLogSaving

/-- The least positive `m` such that `n` divides a product of `k` consecutive natural numbers beginning at `m`. -/
noncomputable def t (k n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  sInf {m : ℕ | 0 < m ∧ n ∣ ∏ i ∈ range k, (m + i)}

/-- The sharp Erdős–Hall conjecture in Problem 394: every logarithmic saving exponent below `log 2` gives a little-o upper bound. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ c < Real.log 2,
    (fun x : ℝ ↦ ∑ n ∈ Icc 1 ⌊x⌋₊, (t 2 n : ℝ)) =o[atTop]
      (fun x : ℝ ↦ x ^ 2 / (Real.log x) ^ c)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos394HallLogSaving
```

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