# Jig #88: Open

> Must large minimum-diameter point sets contain a unit equilateral triangle?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/88
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 99 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/99)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:39:11.369Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:42:59.596Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:47:02.393Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

Answer space still open, over time

## Statements (2)

### 2. Every optimal three-point planar configuration with minimum distance 1 is a unit equilateral triangle.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/88?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/465f2269-1be9-47d3-8dc5-ea406e49590d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32810036556, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:42:59.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Every optimal three-point planar configuration with minimum distance 1 is a unit equilateral triangle.**

**Scope.**

All three-point finite subsets of the Euclidean plane with minimum distance exactly 1 that globally minimize diameter among such triples.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker03Equilateral.lean: Submissions.Erdos99OptimalThreePointCase.Worker03Equilateral.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded
import Mathlib.Tactic

open Set Metric

namespace Submissions.Erdos99OptimalThreePointCase.Worker03Equilateral

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def HasMinDist1 (A : Finset Plane) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, p ≠ q → dist p q ≥ 1) ∧
  (∃ p ∈ A, ∃ q ∈ A, dist p q = 1)

def FormsEquilateralTriangle (p q r : Plane) : Prop :=
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/465f2269-1be9-47d3-8dc5-ea406e49590d/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Set Metric

namespace Statements.Erdos99OptimalThreePointCase

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def HasMinDist1 (A : Finset Plane) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, p ≠ q → dist p q ≥ 1) ∧
  (∃ p ∈ A, ∃ q ∈ A, dist p q = 1)

def FormsEquilateralTriangle (p q r : Plane) : Prop :=
  dist p q = 1 ∧ dist q r = 1 ∧ dist p r = 1

/-- The complete three-point case underlying Erdős Problem 99. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ A : Finset Plane, A.card = 3 → HasMinDist1 A →
    IsMinOn (fun B : Finset Plane ↦ diam (B : Set Plane))
      {B : Finset Plane | B.card = 3 ∧ HasMinDist1 B} A →
    ∃ p ∈ A, ∃ q ∈ A, ∃ r ∈ A, FormsEquilateralTriangle p q r

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos99OptimalThreePointCase
```

### 1. For all sufficiently large n, every n-point planar configuration with minimum distance 1 and minimum possible…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/88?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:39:11.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For all sufficiently large n, every n-point planar configuration with minimum distance 1 and minimum possible diameter contains three points forming a unit equilateral triangle.**

Root canonical statement. `HasMinDist1` requires all distinct pairs to be at least one apart and requires attainment. The separate admissibility hypotheses ensure the candidate belongs to the minimization domain, since Mathlib's `IsMinOn` itself only asserts the lower-bound comparison. Equality of all three distances to one excludes repeated triangle vertices automatically.

**Scope.**

Finite subsets of the Euclidean plane; minimum pairwise distance exactly 1; global diameter minimization among all admissible n-point configurations; eventual n.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Basic
import Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Bounded

open Set Metric

namespace Statements.Erdos99MinimalDiameterTriangle

abbrev Plane := EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin 2)

def HasMinDist1 (A : Finset Plane) : Prop :=
  (∀ p ∈ A, ∀ q ∈ A, p ≠ q → dist p q ≥ 1) ∧
  (∃ p ∈ A, ∃ q ∈ A, dist p q = 1)

def FormsEquilateralTriangle (p q r : Plane) : Prop :=
  dist p q = 1 ∧ dist q r = 1 ∧ dist p r = 1

/-- Erdős Problem 99: every sufficiently large minimum-diameter configuration
with minimum distance one contains a unit equilateral triangle. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ᶠ n : ℕ in Filter.atTop, ∀ A : Finset Plane,
    A.card = n → HasMinDist1 A →
    IsMinOn (fun B : Finset Plane ↦ diam (B : Set Plane))
      {B : Finset Plane | B.card = n ∧ HasMinDist1 B} A →
    ∃ p ∈ A, ∃ q ∈ A, ∃ r ∈ A, FormsEquilateralTriangle p q r

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos99MinimalDiameterTriangle
```

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