# Jig #91: Open

> Do totient values have doubling ratio two?
>
> [arXiv:1104.3264](https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3264)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/91
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 416 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/416)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T04:40:44.210Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T04:40:44.214Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T04:40:44.214Z
- Statements: 1
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (1)

### 1. Let V(x) count positive integers n ≤ x that occur as values of Euler’s totient function.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/91?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T04:40:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Let V(x) count positive integers n ≤ x that occur as values of Euler’s totient function.**

Prove that V(2x)/V(x) tends to 2 as x tends to infinity.

Faithfully mirrors formal-conjectures part (i). Sample values V(0)=0 and V(1)=1 kernel-check the finite filter, a general filter-cardinality bound checks counting, an independent encoding is definitionally equal, and nine content-free bridges are rejected. Full routes: Pillai and Erdős estimates are too coarse; Maier–Pomerance lacks ratio-uniform control of its error; Ford proves only order up to constants and explicitly says this falls short of V(cx)~cV(x); floor/division/filter degeneracies do not prove the limit.

**Scope.**

Real x tending to infinity; positive totient values in [1,floor x], counted once; ordinary real ratio and topological limit.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib

namespace Statements.Erdos416TotientValueDoubling

open Filter
open scoped Topology Real

/-- Number of totient values in `[1, floor x]`. -/
noncomputable abbrev valueCount (x : ℝ) : ℝ :=
  open scoped Classical in
  (Finset.Icc 1 ⌊x⌋₊ |>.filter
    (fun n => ∃ m : ℕ, m.totient = n)).card

/-- Erdős problem 416(i). -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Tendsto (fun x => valueCount (2 * x) / valueCount x) atTop (𝓝 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos416TotientValueDoubling
```

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