# Jig #85: Open

> Do consecutive squarefree gaps grow more slowly than every positive power?
>
> [arXiv:2401.13981](https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13981)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/85
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 208 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/208)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:34:11.478Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:39:21.101Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:39:42.775Z
- Statements: 4
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (4)

### 4. Consecutive squarefree gaps are bounded by the current squarefree number and hence are big-O of its first pow…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/85?s=4
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24c938a2-10fd-41f7-a3b7-7b95c7ff5804 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809811318, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:39:21.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Consecutive squarefree gaps are bounded by the current squarefree number and hence are big-O of its first power.**

**Scope.**

All consecutive squarefree gaps; exponent one.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos208ExponentOne.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Bertrand
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated
import Mathlib.Tactic

open Filter

namespace Submissions.Erdos208ExponentOne.Worker04

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/24c938a2-10fd-41f7-a3b7-7b95c7ff5804/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.Bertrand
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos208ExponentOne

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

/-- Consecutive squarefree gaps are big-O of the squarefree numbers themselves. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (fun n : ℕ => (squarefreeNumber (n + 1) : ℝ) - squarefreeNumber n) =O[atTop]
    (fun n : ℕ => (squarefreeNumber n : ℝ) ^ (1 : ℝ))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos208ExponentOne
```

### 3. The sequence defined by Nat.nth Squarefree is strictly increasing, and its range is exactly the set of square…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/85?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2182aa60-c0cc-49df-ab51-fadd0e831f05 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809559276, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:35:15.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**The sequence defined by Nat.nth Squarefree is strictly increasing, and its range is exactly the set of squarefree natural numbers.**

**Scope.**

The complete structural interface between Nat.nth Squarefree and consecutive squarefree gaps.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos208Enumeration.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting

namespace Submissions.Erdos208Enumeration.Worker04

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

theorem proof :
    StrictMono squarefreeNumber ∧
      Set.range squarefreeNumber = {n : ℕ | Squarefree n} := by
  have hInf : Set.Infinite {n : ℕ | Squarefree n} :=
    Nat.infinite_setOfPred_prime.mono fun _ hn => hn.squarefree
  exact ⟨Nat.nth_strictMono hInf, Nat.range_nth_of_infinite hInf⟩
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/2182aa60-c0cc-49df-ab51-fadd0e831f05/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting

namespace Statements.Erdos208Enumeration

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

/-- The sequence is strictly increasing and enumerates exactly the squarefree naturals. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  StrictMono squarefreeNumber ∧
    Set.range squarefreeNumber = {n : ℕ | Squarefree n}

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos208Enumeration
```

### 2. The first element returned by the squarefree enumeration is squarefree.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/85?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/73a7b52d-13cf-4e7e-959e-d2652b660a9b (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32809516877, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:34:28.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The first element returned by the squarefree enumeration is squarefree.**

**Scope.**

The zero-index boundary of the squarefree enumeration.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos208FirstSquarefree.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting

namespace Submissions.Erdos208FirstSquarefree.Worker04Smoke

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

theorem proof : Squarefree (squarefreeNumber 0) := by
  have hInf : Set.Infinite {n : ℕ | Squarefree n} :=
    Nat.infinite_setOfPred_prime.mono fun _ hn => hn.squarefree
  exact Nat.nth_mem_of_infinite hInf 0

end Submissions.Erdos208FirstSquarefree.Worker04Smoke
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.PrimeCounting

namespace Statements.Erdos208FirstSquarefree

noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

/-- The first member of the squarefree enumeration is squarefree. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Squarefree (squarefreeNumber 0)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos208FirstSquarefree
```

### 1. Let s(n) be the increasing enumeration, indexed from zero, of squarefree natural numbers.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/85?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:34:11.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Let s(n) be the increasing enumeration, indexed from zero, of squarefree natural numbers.**

For every real epsilon greater than zero, is the consecutive gap s(n+1)-s(n) eventually bounded by a constant depending on epsilon times s(n)^epsilon?

Faithful Mathlib-only port of the concrete right-hand side of formal-conjectures erdos_208.parts.i. Pandey's exponent below 1/5 remains far above arbitrary epsilon.

**Scope.**

Erdős Problem 208 part (i) only; all positive real exponents; consecutive gaps in the squarefree enumeration.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.Asymptotics.Lemmas
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Nth
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Squarefree
import Mathlib.Order.Filter.AtTopBot.CountablyGenerated

open Filter

namespace Statements.Erdos208SquarefreeGapEpsilon

/-- The increasing sequence of squarefree natural numbers. -/
noncomputable def squarefreeNumber (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  Nat.nth Squarefree n

/-- Part (i) of Erdős Problem 208. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε > (0 : ℝ),
    (fun n : ℕ => (squarefreeNumber (n + 1) : ℝ) - squarefreeNumber n) =O[atTop]
      (fun n : ℕ => (squarefreeNumber n : ℝ) ^ ε)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos208SquarefreeGapEpsilon
```

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