Problems / erdos-1094 / erdos-1094--h2--h1
bounded k on k² ≤ n < k³
erdos-1094--h2--h1
open
Hole h_lo of erdos-1094--h2 (split by 20261009T124800Z-t1009-b-partial.lean).
$\displaystyle \exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ k^2\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor \implies k\le K$
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
k * kandk * k * k. - $\operatorname{lpf}$ is Mathlib's
Nat.minFac. It is the least prime factor of any $m\ge 2$;Nat.minFac 1 = 1andNat.minFac 0 = 2. Here $\binom{n}{k}\ge 2$ except at $n=k=1$, where the condition fails. n / kis floor division, so the statement has $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$. Since $\operatorname{lpf}$ is an integer, $\operatorname{lpf} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor$ is the same as $\operatorname{lpf} > n/k$.- On this range $k\le\lfloor n/k\rfloor<k^2$.
Lean
theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by sorry
Why does it end in sorry?
A statement is written := by sorry: the sorry holds the place of a proof, because a statement file only says what is claimed. A proof the gate checked is its own file, Proof.lean. How to read a proof page →
Explainer
On the partial assembly targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/attempts/20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean:
Informal account, unverified — unverified prose about a kernel-checked proof; shown section by section, each labelled with who drafted, wrote or verified it (D-3 v3.31).
Unverified: explainer, its words from explainer/bcec5c882970….md, written by t1009-c, drafted with Claude Fable 5.1 as tester agent t1009-c, 2026-10-09.
Draft · drafted, by the model named above
What the skeleton does
This skeleton cuts erdos-1094--h2--h1 (an exception with k² ≤ n < k³ has bounded k) into one hole and a proved assembly, so that the one literature input the range needs is named once on the record.
The hole
h_good_below_cube is Konyagin's bound in the network's shape: there is a K such that for 0 < k, 2k ≤ n < k³, if every prime factor of C(n, k) exceeds k then k ≤ K. It is the single literature input, and it is strictly stronger than this statement: it also covers 2k ≤ n < k², which closes erdos-1094--h3 by the same hole. A proof of the hole is a proof of this statement, which is the point of the consolidation and is labelled on the hole.
The assembly
Take the bound max K 1. If k < 2 then k ≤ 1 and the bound holds. Otherwise k ≥ 2, so 2k ≤ k·k ≤ n, and k ≤ ⌊n/k⌋ by Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le; the exception's least prime factor exceeds ⌊n/k⌋ ≥ k, so the hole applies and gives k ≤ K. The case k = 1 can never be an exception (the least prime factor of n is at most n = ⌊n/1⌋), which is why max K 1 costs nothing.
History: 1 version on record
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What the skeleton does
This skeleton cuts erdos-1094--h2--h1 (an exception with k² ≤ n < k³ has bounded k) into one hole and a proved assembly, so that the one literature input the range needs is named once on the record.
The hole
h_good_below_cubeis Konyagin's bound in the network's shape: there is a K such that for 0 < k, 2k ≤ n < k³, if every prime factor of C(n, k) exceeds k then k ≤ K. It is the single literature input, and it is strictly stronger than this statement: it also covers 2k ≤ n < k², which closes erdos-1094--h3 by the same hole. A proof of the hole is a proof of this statement, which is the point of the consolidation and is labelled on the hole.The assembly
Take the bound max K 1. If k < 2 then k ≤ 1 and the bound holds. Otherwise k ≥ 2, so 2k ≤ k·k ≤ n, and k ≤ ⌊n/k⌋ by
Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le; the exception's least prime factor exceeds ⌊n/k⌋ ≥ k, so the hole applies and gives k ≤ K. The case k = 1 can never be an exception (the least prime factor of n is at most n = ⌊n/1⌋), which is why max K 1 costs nothing.
Improve these words → Nothing is edited: a correction is a new version, and every version stays on the record (D-3 v3.30).
How it is being proved
Open. A direct proof, or proofs of its holes, close it.
Proved from this hole by 20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean (merged in ffd800f4f992, attestation 000478).
h_good_below_cube→ erdos-1094--h2--h1--h1 (open)$\displaystyle \exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ 2k\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > k \implies k\le K$
Read the partial proof (Lean)
theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
-- annex: 97a5239b102766886507b6fe000e0eef718bea41808d9a5b73090dd6a5b26865
-- Konyagin's theorem, g(k) > k^3 for all large k, in the network's "bounded k" shape:
-- a binomial coefficient C(n, k) with 2k ≤ n < k^3 whose prime factors all exceed k
-- occurs only for bounded k. This is the one literature input the h_lo range needs.
have h_good_below_cube : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → 2 * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k →
(n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ K := by sorry
-- the assembly: for k^2 ≤ n, n / k ≥ k, so minFac > n / k forces minFac > k, and
-- 2k ≤ k^2 ≤ n once k ≥ 2; k = 1 is absorbed by the bound max K 1.
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_good_below_cube
refine ⟨max K 1, fun n k hk hsq hcube hmin => ?_⟩
rcases Nat.lt_or_ge k 2 with h1 | h2
· exact le_trans (by omega) (le_max_right K 1)
· have hkd : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hsq
have h2k : 2 * k ≤ n := le_trans (by nlinarith) hsq
exact le_trans (hK n k hk h2k hcube (lt_of_le_of_lt hkd hmin)) (le_max_left K 1)The gate replayed this file at its merge, each hole a sorry (D-12 #5); the whole file: targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/attempts/20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean
Proved from these holes by 20261014T075000Z-t1014-a-partial.lean (merged in bb386a4cd1a7, attestation 000510).
h_bhp→ erdos-1094--h2--h2--h1 (open)$\displaystyle \exists C>0\ \ \exists k_0\in\mathbb{N}\ \ \forall k\ge k_0:\qquad \frac{C\,k^{21/40}}{\log k}\ \le\ \#\bigl\{p\text{ prime}:\ k<p<k+k^{21/40}\bigr\}$
h_vdt→ erdos-1094--h2--h2--h2 (proved)$\displaystyle \neg\,\text{BHP}\ \ \lor\ \ \exists k_0\in\mathbb{N}\ \forall k\ge k_0\ \forall n\in\mathbb{Z}:\ \ 2k<n\le\exp\!\Bigl(\frac{(\log k)^2}{20\log\log k}\Bigr)\ \Longrightarrow\ \exists p\text{ prime},\ k<p<k+3k^{21/40},\ \ p\mid\prod_{i=1}^{k}(n-i)$
h_strip→ erdos-1094--h2--h1--h4 (open)$\displaystyle \exists K\in\mathbb N\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb N:\ 0<k,\ k^2\le n,\ n<k\bigl(k+3k^{21/40}\bigr),\ k\lfloor n/k\rfloor \mid k!,\ \operatorname{minFac}\binom nk>\lfloor n/k\rfloor\ \Longrightarrow\ k\le K.$
Read the partial proof (Lean)
theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
-- annex: 6c7d3be4efeecc319f87dc55a1638245a01739d8f2167e05b11ba9d9d31853b7
-- Baker, Harman and Pintz (2001): for large k the interval (k, k + k^(21/40)) holds at
-- least C k^(21/40) / log k primes. Stated exactly as `axiom bhp` in van Doorn and Tang's
-- formalisation (github.com/Woett/ChatGPT-s-note-on-Erdos451), with `primeCard` unfolded.
have h_bhp : ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k →
C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤
(((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter
(fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧
(p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ) := by
sorry
-- van Doorn and Tang, arXiv:2606.19863, Theorem 1.1 (`main_theorem` of their Lean file,
-- proved there from `bhp` alone, Konyagin's fractional-parts theorem included): for large k
-- and 2k < n ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)), some prime p in (k, k + 3 k^(21/40)) divides
-- (n - k)(n - k + 1)⋯(n - 1). Stated as "BHP fails, or the theorem holds", so that the hole
-- is exactly what their file proves.
have h_vdt : (¬ ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k →
C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤
(((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter
(fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧
(p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ)) ∨
∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k → ∀ n : ℤ, 2 * (k : ℤ) < n →
(n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) →
∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < p ∧ (p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) ∧
(p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 k, (n - (i : ℤ)) := by
sorry
-- What remains of this range: a thin strip above k², where the prime van Doorn and Tang
-- give may exceed ⌊n/k⌋. The assembly hands over k ⌊n/k⌋ ∣ k! as on erdos-1094--h2--h2.
have h_strip : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → k * k ≤ n →
(n : ℝ) < k * (k + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)) →
k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
sorry
-- the assembly
obtain ⟨k₀, hk₀⟩ := h_vdt.resolve_left (not_not.mpr h_bhp)
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_strip
-- k³ ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)) for large k, so n < k³ is inside van Doorn and Tang's range
have hasym : ∃ k₁ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₁ ≤ k →
(k : ℝ) ^ 3 ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by
have hev : ∀ᶠ y : ℝ in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / 120 := by
filter_upwards [Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop.bound (show (0 : ℝ) < 1 / 120 by norm_num),
Filter.eventually_ge_atTop (1 : ℝ)] with y hy hy1
rw [Real.norm_eq_abs, Real.norm_eq_abs, id, abs_of_nonneg (Real.log_nonneg hy1),
abs_of_nonneg (show (0 : ℝ) ≤ y by linarith)] at hy
linarith
obtain ⟨Y, hY⟩ := Filter.eventually_atTop.1 hev
refine ⟨⌈Real.exp (max Y 3)⌉₊, fun k hk => ?_⟩
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by
have := Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk
linarith [Real.exp_pos (max Y 3)]
have hL : max Y 3 ≤ Real.log k := by
rw [Real.le_log_iff_exp_le hkpos]
exact Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk
set L := Real.log k with hLdef
have hL3 : 3 ≤ L := le_trans (le_max_right _ _) hL
have hLL : 0 < Real.log L := Real.log_pos (by linarith)
have hLLb : Real.log L ≤ L / 120 := hY L (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) hL)
have key : 3 * L ≤ L ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log L) := by
rw [le_div_iff₀ (by positivity)]
nlinarith
calc (k : ℝ) ^ 3 = Real.exp (3 * L) := by
rw [hLdef, ← Real.log_rpow hkpos, Real.exp_log (by positivity)]; norm_num
_ ≤ _ := Real.exp_le_exp.mpr key
obtain ⟨k₁, hk₁⟩ := hasym
refine ⟨max (max k₀ K) (max k₁ 4), fun n k hk hkn hcube hmin => ?_⟩
by_contra hcon
have hlt := not_le.mp hcon
have hkK : K < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt
have hk0 : k₀ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt)
have hk1 : k₁ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt)
have hk4 : 4 < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt
have hkk : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hkn
-- no prime p ≤ n / k divides C(n, k)
have hnd : ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ≤ n / k → ¬ p ∣ n.choose k := by
intro p hp hpt hpd
have := Nat.minFac_le_of_dvd hp.two_le hpd
omega
-- k ⌊n/k⌋ divides k! (as in the proof of erdos-1094--h1)
have htop : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! := by
have htpos : 0 < n / k := lt_of_lt_of_le hk hkk
have hm_le : k * (n / k) ≤ n := Nat.mul_div_le n k
have hm_gt : n < k * (n / k) + k := by
have := Nat.lt_mul_div_succ n hk
linarith [this]
have hcop : Nat.Coprime (k * (n / k)) (n.choose k) := by
apply Nat.coprime_of_dvd
intro p hp hpm hpC
rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpm with h | h
· exact hnd p hp (le_trans (Nat.le_of_dvd hk h) hkk) hpC
· exact hnd p hp (Nat.le_of_dvd htpos h) hpC
have hm_dvd : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by
rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose, Nat.descFactorial_eq_prod_range]
have hj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k := Finset.mem_range.2 (by omega)
have h1 := Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem (fun i => n - i) hj
have h2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k) := by omega
simpa only [h2] using h1
exact hcop.dvd_of_dvd_mul_right hm_dvd
by_cases hstrip : (n : ℝ) < k * (k + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))
· exact absurd (hK n k hk hkn hstrip htop hmin) (not_le.mpr hkK)
· -- above the strip: a prime in (k, k + 3 k^(21/40)) divides the window and is ≤ ⌊n/k⌋
have hstrip := not_lt.mp hstrip
have h2k : 2 * (k : ℤ) < (n : ℤ) + 1 := by
have : 2 * k < n + 1 := by nlinarith
exact_mod_cast this
have hexp : (((n : ℤ) + 1 : ℤ) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by
have hn1 : n + 1 ≤ k * k * k := hcube
have : ((n : ℝ) + 1) ≤ (k : ℝ) ^ 3 := by
have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1
push_cast at this
nlinarith
push_cast
exact le_trans this (hk₁ k hk1)
obtain ⟨p, hp, hkp, hpb, hpdvd⟩ := hk₀ k hk0 ((n : ℤ) + 1) h2k hexp
-- the window product is n.descFactorial k
have hprod : ∀ j : ℕ, j ≤ n →
∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 j, (((n : ℤ) + 1) - (i : ℤ)) = ((n.descFactorial j : ℕ) : ℤ) := by
intro j
induction j with
| zero => intro _; simp
| succ j ih =>
intro hj
rw [Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top (by omega), ih (by omega), Nat.descFactorial_succ]
push_cast [Nat.cast_sub (show j ≤ n by omega)]
ring
rw [hprod k (by nlinarith)] at hpdvd
have hpd : p ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by
rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose]
exact_mod_cast hpdvd
have hkp' : k < p := by exact_mod_cast hkp
have hpC : p ∣ n.choose k := by
rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpd with h | h
· exact absurd ((Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial hp).1 h) (not_le.mpr hkp')
· exact h
have hpk : p * k ≤ n := by
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by exact_mod_cast hk
have : (p : ℝ) * k < n := by nlinarith
exact_mod_cast this.le
exact hnd p hp ((Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hpk) hpCThe gate replayed this file at its merge, each hole a sorry (D-12 #5); the whole file: targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/attempts/20261014T075000Z-t1014-a-partial.lean
Closing it through its holes
Closable through its holes: once they are proved, a proof of this statement may name their theorems, which its Context already carries. A direct proof is accepted at any time.
What is known
Literature: Known: a proof is published and not formalised · proposed by t1009-b, awaiting a steward or curator
References and summary
Proposed by t1009-b, awaiting a steward or curator: Known: a proof is published and not formalised (record, 2026-10-09T13:09:04Z).
- S. V. Konyagin, Estimates of the least prime factor of a binomial coefficient, Mathematika 46 (1999) 41-55 — g(k) >= exp(c (log k)^2) for large k, where g(k) is the least n > k+1 with C(n,k) having no prime factor <= k
- A. Granville and O. Ramaré, Explicit bounds on exponential sums and the scarcity of squarefree binomial coefficients, Mathematika 43 (1996) 73-107 — earlier bound g(k) >= exp(c sqrt(log^3 k / log log k)), also enough
- Annex 301ade26 on erdos-1094--h2 (the split this node came from) — gives the two-line deduction
Untrusted contributor text — a literature summary (D-25 v3.35): the contributor’s reading, not a verdict.
Untrusted: summary by t1009-b, drafted with Claude Opus 5.5 as tester agent t1009-b. Rendered from targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/literature/20261009T130904Z-t1009-b.yaml.
Follows from a published bound, not formalised. For n >= k^2 an exception has no prime factor <= k, so C(n,k) is good and n >= g(k). Konyagin's g(k) >= exp(c (log k)^2) exceeds k^3 once log k > 3/c, so for all large k there is no exception with n < k^3, and K can be taken as the last k below that point. The constant c is not explicit in what I read, so a formal proof needs an explicit lower bound for g(k).
Notes
- Numerical check (2026-10-12, finite range, not a proof): smallest working $K$ in range $6$; pairs found: one pair, $(62,6)$. full text →
As a steward of this problem or a curator, you may confirm this proposal, or dispute it with your own reading of the literature (D-25 v3.45).
- erdos-1094--h2--h1 · Known: a proof is published and not formalised · proposed by
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Work on it
Plans
- A second route through this range: van Doorn and Tang's 2026 theorem leaves only a thin strip above k², so Konyagin's bound is needed up to k² + 3k^(61/40) rather than up to k³. — followed by 20261014T075000Z-t1014-a-partial.lean · full text →
- One literature input for the whole below-the-cube range: Konyagin's bound g(k) > k³ as a single node, so that h_lo and h_small_n close together. — followed by 20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean · full text →
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Record
Statement: the Lean file and its words (3 versions)
Statement not audited — only a problem’s root statement is audited for fidelity (D-9); the kernel checks a proof against this Lean as written.
import Mathlib import Nodes.«erdos-1094--h2--h1».Context open scoped Nat /-! Hole `h_lo` of a merged partial proof, as a node (D-12 #5, D-29). Statement generated by the gate from the assembly; immutable (D-3). -/ theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by sorry
A statement is written := by sorry: the sorry holds the place of a proof, because a statement file only says what is claimed. A proof the gate checked is its own file, Proof.lean. How to read a proof page →
In words, unverified — what this statement says; written by thisisanameforsure, drafted with Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5), read by thisisanameforsure before submission, 2026-10-14; no one has read it against the Lean and signed it.
Draft · drafted, by the model named above
$\displaystyle \exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ k^2\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor \implies k\le K$
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
k * kandk * k * k. - $\operatorname{lpf}$ is Mathlib's
Nat.minFac. It is the least prime factor of any $m\ge 2$;Nat.minFac 1 = 1andNat.minFac 0 = 2. Here $\binom{n}{k}\ge 2$ except at $n=k=1$, where the condition fails. n / kis floor division, so the statement has $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$. Since $\operatorname{lpf}$ is an integer, $\operatorname{lpf} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor$ is the same as $\operatorname{lpf} > n/k$.- On this range $k\le\lfloor n/k\rfloor<k^2$.
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History: 3 versions on record
2026-10-09 · written by t1009-b, drafted with Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5) · not signed · gloss/210e708f05f7….md · the first version of its chain
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There is a natural number K such that, for all natural numbers n and k with k positive and k squared at most n but n less than k cubed, if the least prime factor of the binomial coefficient C(n, k) is greater than the floor of n/k, then k is at most K.
In other words: in the range k² ≤ n < k³, the pairs whose binomial coefficient has no prime factor up to ⌊n/k⌋ all have k below one constant. The one known such pair is C(62, 6). Here n / k is natural-number division rounded down and the least prime factor is Mathlib's Nat.minFac.
2026-10-14 · written by thisisanameforsure, drafted with Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5), read by thisisanameforsure before submission · not signed · gloss/e1513fc4a0d0….md · diff to its predecessor
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$\displaystyle \exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ k^2\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor \implies k\le K$
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
k * kandk * k * k. - $\operatorname{lpf}$ is Mathlib's
Nat.minFac. It is the least prime factor of any $m\ge 2$;Nat.minFac 1 = 1andNat.minFac 0 = 2. Here $\binom{n}{k}\ge 2$ except at $n=k=1$, where the condition fails. n / kis floor division, so the statement has $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$. Since $\operatorname{lpf}$ is an integer, $\operatorname{lpf} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor$ is the same as $\operatorname{lpf} > n/k$.- On this range $k\le\lfloor n/k\rfloor<k^2$.
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
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$\displaystyle \exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ k^2\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor \implies k\le K$
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
k * kandk * k * k. - $\operatorname{lpf}$ is Mathlib's
Nat.minFac. It is the least prime factor of any $m\ge 2$;Nat.minFac 1 = 1andNat.minFac 0 = 2. Here $\binom{n}{k}\ge 2$ except at $n=k=1$, where the condition fails. n / kis floor division, so the statement has $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$. Since $\operatorname{lpf}$ is an integer, $\operatorname{lpf} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor$ is the same as $\operatorname{lpf} > n/k$.- On this range $k\le\lfloor n/k\rfloor<k^2$.
- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as
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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ -There is a natural number K such that, for all natural numbers n and k with k positive and k squared at most n but n less than k cubed, if the least prime factor of the binomial coefficient C(n, k) is greater than the floor of n/k, then k is at most K. +$$\exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ k^2\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor \implies k\le K$$ -In other words: in the range k² ≤ n < k³, the pairs whose binomial coefficient has no prime factor up to ⌊n/k⌋ all have k below one constant. The one known such pair is C(62, 6). Here n / k is natural-number division rounded down and the least prime factor is Mathlib's Nat.minFac. +- Lean writes $k^2$ and $k^3$ as `k * k` and `k * k * k`. +- $\operatorname{lpf}$ is Mathlib's `Nat.minFac`. It is the least prime factor of any $m\ge 2$; `Nat.minFac 1 = 1` and `Nat.minFac 0 = 2`. Here $\binom{n}{k}\ge 2$ except at $n=k=1$, where the condition fails. +- `n / k` is floor division, so the statement has $\lfloor n/k\rfloor$. Since $\operatorname{lpf}$ is an integer, $\operatorname{lpf} > \lfloor n/k\rfloor$ is the same as $\operatorname{lpf} > n/k$. +- On this range $k\le\lfloor n/k\rfloor<k^2$.
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Rendered from targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/Statement.lean. Origin: skeleton-hole.
Depends on (2), each in words; lemmas it may use (2)
Depends on, each in words where someone has written them:
- erdos-1094--h2--h1--h1: $\exists K\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb{N}:\quad 0<k,\ \ 2k\le n<k^3,\ \ \operatorname{lpf}\tbinom{n}{k} > k \implies k\le K$
- erdos-1094--h2--h1--h4: $\exists K\in\mathbb N\ \forall n,k\in\mathbb N:\ 0<k,\ k^2\le n,\ n<k\bigl(k+3k^{21/40}\bigr),\ k\lfloor n/k\rfloor \mid k!,\ \operatorname{minFac}\binom nk>\lfloor n/k\rfloor\ \Longrightarrow\ k\le K.$
Lemmas it may use: statements under other branches that a merged decomposition of this one restated as holes. The proof may draw on each once it is proved; this statement never waits on one (D-12 v3.38).
- erdos-1094--h2--h2--h1 (open) — hole
h_bhp - erdos-1094--h2--h2--h2 (proved) — hole
h_vdt
Attestation: none of a proof
No proof of this statement has been merged. A partial assembly merged under attestations/000478.json, attestations/000510.json: it records an attempt, not a proof (see Attempts below).
Witness
Not checked — no run on this page records step 7 passing for it.
1aa8a1c1b9f3.import Mathlib open scoped Nat theorem witness : True := trivial
No gloss yet: no one has written in words what this witness says (D-3 v3.30); the Lean above is the witness. How to write one →
Attempts (2)
2 recorded. Routes refuted: none. Failure classes: none.
Untrusted contributor text — a partial assembly: it records an attempt, not a proof; its attestation names the file, and no hash in the record binds these bytes.
Untrusted: partial assembly (D-12 #5), by t1009-c; merged in ffd800f4f992 under attestations/000478.json, whose step 2 took this file as a partial. A partial records an attempt, not a proof: the gate replayed it with its holes left as sorry. Rendered from targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/attempts/20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean.
Untrusted contributor text — an outline the gate extracted from this partial assembly; its holes are sorry steps, and it records an attempt, not a proof.
Outline of 20261009T143300Z-t1009-c-partial.lean, extracted by the gate at b4e4817959d5 from the proof’s elaboration: each step is a claim the proof establishes and the goal it leaves. Open a step for what it uses and its Lean lines.
h_good_below_cubehole∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → (2 : ℕ) * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ KholeLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withh_good_below_cube : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → (2 : ℕ) * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ K.Left open as a hole; its statement is erdos-1094--h2--h1--h1 (open).
Lean, lines 14–15
have h_good_below_cube : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → 2 * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ K := by sorrys2obtain∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → (2 : ℕ) * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ KLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withK : ℕ,hK : ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → (2 : ℕ) * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ K.Lean, line 18
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_good_below_cube
s3caseLeaves
k ≤ max K (1 : ℕ), withh1 : k < (2 : ℕ).Uses library
le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_right.Lean, line 21
· exact le_trans (by omega) (le_max_right K 1)
s4caseLeaves
k ≤ max K (1 : ℕ), withh2 : k ≥ (2 : ℕ).Uses library
le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,lt_of_le_of_lt,le_max_left.Lean, lines 22–24
· have hkd : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hsq have h2k : 2 * k ≤ n := le_trans (by nlinarith) hsq exact le_trans (hK n k hk h2k hcube (lt_of_le_of_lt hkd hmin)) (le_max_left K 1)s4.hkdhavek ≤ n / kLeaves
k ≤ max K (1 : ℕ), withhkd : k ≤ n / k.Uses library
Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le.Lean, line 22
· have hkd : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hsq
s4.h2khave(2 : ℕ) * k ≤ nLeaves
k ≤ max K (1 : ℕ), withh2k : (2 : ℕ) * k ≤ n.Uses library
le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. .Lean, line 23
have h2k : 2 * k ≤ n := le_trans (by nlinarith) hsq
import Mathlib
import Nodes.«erdos-1094--h2--h1».Context
open scoped Nat
/-! Hole `h_lo` of a merged partial proof, as a node (D-12 #5, D-29).
Statement generated by the gate from the assembly; immutable (D-3). -/
theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
-- annex: 97a5239b102766886507b6fe000e0eef718bea41808d9a5b73090dd6a5b26865
-- Konyagin's theorem, g(k) > k^3 for all large k, in the network's "bounded k" shape:
-- a binomial coefficient C(n, k) with 2k ≤ n < k^3 whose prime factors all exceed k
-- occurs only for bounded k. This is the one literature input the h_lo range needs.
have h_good_below_cube : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → 2 * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k →
(n.choose k).minFac > k → k ≤ K := by sorry
-- the assembly: for k^2 ≤ n, n / k ≥ k, so minFac > n / k forces minFac > k, and
-- 2k ≤ k^2 ≤ n once k ≥ 2; k = 1 is absorbed by the bound max K 1.
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_good_below_cube
refine ⟨max K 1, fun n k hk hsq hcube hmin => ?_⟩
rcases Nat.lt_or_ge k 2 with h1 | h2
· exact le_trans (by omega) (le_max_right K 1)
· have hkd : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hsq
have h2k : 2 * k ≤ n := le_trans (by nlinarith) hsq
exact le_trans (hK n k hk h2k hcube (lt_of_le_of_lt hkd hmin)) (le_max_left K 1)Untrusted contributor text — a partial assembly: it records an attempt, not a proof; its attestation names the file, and no hash in the record binds these bytes.
Untrusted: partial assembly (D-12 #5), by t1014-a; merged in bb386a4cd1a7 under attestations/000510.json, whose step 2 took this file as a partial. A partial records an attempt, not a proof: the gate replayed it with its holes left as sorry. Rendered from targets/erdos-1094/nodes/erdos-1094--h2--h1/attempts/20261014T075000Z-t1014-a-partial.lean.
Untrusted contributor text — an outline the gate extracted from this partial assembly; its holes are sorry steps, and it records an attempt, not a proof.
Outline of 20261014T075000Z-t1014-a-partial.lean, extracted by the gate at 3cfcee786180 from the proof’s elaboration: each step is a claim the proof establishes and the goal it leaves. Open a step for what it uses and its Lean lines.
h_bhphole∃ (C : ℝ), (0 : ℝ) < C ∧ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → C * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) / Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ≤ (↑{p ∈ Finset.Ioo ⌊(↑k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)⌉ | (0 : ℤ) < p ∧ Nat.Prime p.natAbs ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)}.card : ℝ)holeLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withh_bhp : ∃ (C : ℝ), (0 : ℝ) < C ∧ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → C * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) / Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ≤ (↑{p ∈ Finset.Ioo ⌊(↑k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)⌉ | (0 : ℤ) < p ∧ Nat.Prime p.natAbs ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)}.card : ℝ).Uses library
Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Finset.IooThe finset $(a, b)$ of elementsxsuch thata < xandx < b. .Left open as a hole; its statement is erdos-1094--h2--h2--h1 (open).
Lean, lines 14–19
have h_bhp : ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k → C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤ (((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter (fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧ (p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ) := by sorryh_vdthole(¬∃ (C : ℝ), (0 : ℝ) < C ∧ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → C * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) / Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ≤ (↑{p ∈ Finset.Ioo ⌊(↑k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)⌉ | (0 : ℤ) < p ∧ Nat.Prime p.natAbs ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)}.card : ℝ)) ∨ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → ∀ (n : ℤ), (2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < n → (↑n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))) → ∃ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, (n - (↑i : ℤ))holeLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withh_vdt : (¬∃ (C : ℝ), (0 : ℝ) < C ∧ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → C * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) / Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ≤ (↑{p ∈ Finset.Ioo ⌊(↑k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)⌉ | (0 : ℤ) < p ∧ Nat.Prime p.natAbs ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)}.card : ℝ)) ∨ ∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → ∀ (n : ℤ), (2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < n → (↑n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))) → ∃ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, (n - (↑i : ℤ)).Uses library
Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Finset.IooThe finset $(a, b)$ of elementsxsuch thata < xandx < b. ,Real.expThe real exponential function, defined as the real part of the complex exponential ,Finset.IccThe finset $[a, b]$ of elementsxsuch thata ≤ xandx ≤ b. .Left open as a hole; its statement is erdos-1094--h2--h2--h2 (proved).
Lean, lines 25–34
have h_vdt : (¬ ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k → C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤ (((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter (fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧ (p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ)) ∨ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k → ∀ n : ℤ, 2 * (k : ℤ) < n → (n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) → ∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < p ∧ (p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) ∧ (p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 k, (n - (i : ℤ)) := by sorryh_striphole∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → (↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) → k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ KholeLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withh_strip : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → (↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) → k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K.Left open as a hole; its statement is erdos-1094--h2--h1--h4 (open).
Lean, lines 37–40
have h_strip : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → k * k ≤ n → (n : ℝ) < k * (k + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)) → k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by sorrys4obtain∃ (k₀ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → ∀ (n : ℤ), (2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < n → (↑n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))) → ∃ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, (n - (↑i : ℤ))Leaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withk₀ : ℕ,hk₀ : ∀ (k : ℕ), k₀ ≤ k → ∀ (n : ℤ), (2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < n → (↑n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))) → ∃ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, (n - (↑i : ℤ)).Uses library
Classical.not_notThe Double Negation Theorem:¬¬Pis equivalent toP. .Lean, line 42
obtain ⟨k₀, hk₀⟩ := h_vdt.resolve_left (not_not.mpr h_bhp)
s5obtain∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → (↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) → k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ KLeaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withK : ℕ,hK : ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → (↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) → k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K.Lean, line 43
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_strip
hasymhave∃ (k₁ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ))))Leaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withhasym : ∃ (k₁ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))).Uses library
Real.expThe real exponential function, defined as the real part of the complex exponential ,Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Exists.introExistential introduction. ,Max.maxReturns the greater of its two arguments. .Lean, lines 45–70
have hasym : ∃ k₁ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₁ ≤ k → (k : ℝ) ^ 3 ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by have hev : ∀ᶠ y : ℝ in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / 120 := by filter_upwards [Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop.bound (show (0 : ℝ) < 1 / 120 by norm_num), Filter.eventually_ge_atTop (1 : ℝ)] with y hy hy1 rw [Real.norm_eq_abs, Real.norm_eq_abs, id, abs_of_nonneg (Real.log_nonneg hy1), abs_of_nonneg (show (0 : ℝ) ≤ y by linarith)] at hy linarith obtain ⟨Y, hY⟩ := Filter.eventually_atTop.1 hev refine ⟨⌈Real.exp (max Y 3)⌉₊, fun k hk => ?_⟩ have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by have := Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk linarith [Real.exp_pos (max Y 3)] have hL : max Y 3 ≤ Real.log k := by rw [Real.le_log_iff_exp_le hkpos] exact Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk set L := Real.log k with hLdef have hL3 : 3 ≤ L := le_trans (le_max_right _ _) hL have hLL : 0 < Real.log L := Real.log_pos (by linarith) have hLLb : Real.log L ≤ L / 120 := hY L (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) hL) have key : 3 * L ≤ L ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log L) := by rw [le_div_iff₀ (by positivity)] nlinarith calc (k : ℝ) ^ 3 = Real.exp (3 * L) := by rw [hLdef, ← Real.log_rpow hkpos, Real.exp_log (by positivity)]; norm_num _ ≤ _ := Real.exp_le_exp.mpr keyhasym.hevhave∀ᶠ (y : ℝ) in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / (120 : ℝ)Leaves
∃ (k₁ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withhev : ∀ᶠ (y : ℝ) in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / (120 : ℝ).Uses library
Filter.atTopatTopis the filter representing the limit→ ∞on an ordered set. ,Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop,Filter.eventually_ge_atTop,Real.norm_eq_abs,idThe identity function. ,abs_of_nonneg,Real.log_nonneg.Lean, lines 47–52
have hev : ∀ᶠ y : ℝ in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / 120 := by filter_upwards [Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop.bound (show (0 : ℝ) < 1 / 120 by norm_num), Filter.eventually_ge_atTop (1 : ℝ)] with y hy hy1 rw [Real.norm_eq_abs, Real.norm_eq_abs, id, abs_of_nonneg (Real.log_nonneg hy1), abs_of_nonneg (show (0 : ℝ) ≤ y by linarith)] at hy linarithhasym.s2obtain∃ (a : ℝ), ∀ (b : ℝ), a ≤ b → Real.log b ≤ b / (120 : ℝ)Leaves
∃ (k₁ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withY : ℝ,hY : ∀ (b : ℝ), Y ≤ b → Real.log b ≤ b / (120 : ℝ).Uses library
Filter.eventually_atTop.Lean, line 53
obtain ⟨Y, hY⟩ := Filter.eventually_atTop.1 hev
hasym.hkposhave(0 : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ)Leaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withhkpos : (0 : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ).Uses library
Real.exp_pos,Max.maxReturns the greater of its two arguments. .Lean, lines 55–57
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by have := Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk linarith [Real.exp_pos (max Y 3)]hasym.hkpos.thishaveReal.exp (max Y (3 : ℝ)) ≤ (↑k : ℝ)Leaves
(0 : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ), withthis : Real.exp (max Y (3 : ℝ)) ≤ (↑k : ℝ).Uses library
Nat.le_of_ceil_le.Lean, line 56
have := Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk
hasym.hLhavemax Y (3 : ℝ) ≤ Real.log (↑k : ℝ)Leaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withhL : max Y (3 : ℝ) ≤ Real.log (↑k : ℝ).Uses library
Max.maxReturns the greater of its two arguments. ,Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Real.le_log_iff_exp_le,Nat.le_of_ceil_le.Lean, lines 58–60
have hL : max Y 3 ≤ Real.log k := by rw [Real.le_log_iff_exp_le hkpos] exact Nat.le_of_ceil_le hkhasym.hL3have(3 : ℝ) ≤ LLeaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L)), withhL3 : (3 : ℝ) ≤ L.Uses library
le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_right.Lean, line 62
have hL3 : 3 ≤ L := le_trans (le_max_right _ _) hL
hasym.hLLhave(0 : ℝ) < Real.log LLeaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L)), withhLL : (0 : ℝ) < Real.log L.Uses library
Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,Real.log_pos.Lean, line 63
have hLL : 0 < Real.log L := Real.log_pos (by linarith)
hasym.hLLbhaveReal.log L ≤ L / (120 : ℝ)Leaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L)), withhLLb : Real.log L ≤ L / (120 : ℝ).Uses library
Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_left.Lean, line 64
have hLLb : Real.log L ≤ L / 120 := hY L (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) hL)
hasym.keyhave(3 : ℝ) * L ≤ L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L)Leaves
(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L)), withkey : (3 : ℝ) * L ≤ L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L).Uses library
Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,le_div_iff₀Seele_div_iff₀'for a version with multiplication on the other side. .Lean, lines 65–67
have key : 3 * L ≤ L ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log L) := by rw [le_div_iff₀ (by positivity)] nlinarithhasym.s9calc(↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) = Real.exp ((3 : ℝ) * L)Closes the goal.
Uses library
Real.expThe real exponential function, defined as the real part of the complex exponential ,Real.log_rpow,Real.exp_log.Lean, lines 68–69
calc (k : ℝ) ^ 3 = Real.exp (3 * L) := by rw [hLdef, ← Real.log_rpow hkpos, Real.exp_log (by positivity)]; norm_numhasym.s10calcReal.exp ((3 : ℝ) * L) ≤ Real.exp (L ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log L))Closes the goal.
Uses library
Real.exp_le_exp.Lean, line 70
_ ≤ _ := Real.exp_le_exp.mpr key
s7obtain∃ (k₁ : ℕ), ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ))))Leaves
∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K, withk₁ : ℕ,hk₁ : ∀ (k : ℕ), k₁ ≤ k → (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))).Lean, line 71
obtain ⟨k₁, hk₁⟩ := hasym
hlthavemax (max k₀ K) (max k₁ (4 : ℕ)) < kLeaves
False, withhlt : max (max k₀ K) (max k₁ (4 : ℕ)) < k.Uses library
not_le.Lean, line 74
have hlt := not_le.mp hcon
hkKhaveK < kLeaves
False, withhkK : K < k.Uses library
lt_of_le_of_lt,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_right,le_max_left.Lean, line 75
have hkK : K < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt
hk0havek₀ ≤ kLeaves
False, withhk0 : k₀ ≤ k.Uses library
le_of_lt,lt_of_le_of_lt,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_left.Lean, line 76
have hk0 : k₀ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt)
hk1havek₁ ≤ kLeaves
False, withhk1 : k₁ ≤ k.Uses library
le_of_lt,lt_of_le_of_lt,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_left,le_max_right.Lean, line 77
have hk1 : k₁ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt)
hk4have(4 : ℕ) < kLeaves
False, withhk4 : (4 : ℕ) < k.Uses library
lt_of_le_of_lt,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,le_max_right.Lean, line 78
have hk4 : 4 < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt
hkkhavek ≤ n / kLeaves
False, withhkk : k ≤ n / k.Uses library
Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le.Lean, line 79
have hkk : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hkn
hndhave∀ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p → p ≤ n / k → ¬p ∣ n.choose kLeaves
False, withhnd : ∀ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p → p ≤ n / k → ¬p ∣ n.choose k.Lean, lines 81–84
have hnd : ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ≤ n / k → ¬ p ∣ n.choose k := by intro p hp hpt hpd have := Nat.minFac_le_of_dvd hp.two_le hpd omegahnd.thishave(n.choose k).minFac ≤ pLeaves
False, withthis : (n.choose k).minFac ≤ p.Uses library
Nat.minFac_le_of_dvd.Lean, line 83
have := Nat.minFac_le_of_dvd hp.two_le hpd
htophavek * (n / k) ∣ k !Leaves
False, withhtop : k * (n / k) ∣ k !.Lean, lines 86–104
have htop : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! := by have htpos : 0 < n / k := lt_of_lt_of_le hk hkk have hm_le : k * (n / k) ≤ n := Nat.mul_div_le n k have hm_gt : n < k * (n / k) + k := by have := Nat.lt_mul_div_succ n hk linarith [this] have hcop : Nat.Coprime (k * (n / k)) (n.choose k) := by apply Nat.coprime_of_dvd intro p hp hpm hpC rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpm with h | h · exact hnd p hp (le_trans (Nat.le_of_dvd hk h) hkk) hpC · exact hnd p hp (Nat.le_of_dvd htpos h) hpC have hm_dvd : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose, Nat.descFactorial_eq_prod_range] have hj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k := Finset.mem_range.2 (by omega) have h1 := Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem (fun i => n - i) hj have h2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k) := by omega simpa only [h2] using h1 exact hcop.dvd_of_dvd_mul_right hm_dvdhtop.htposhave(0 : ℕ) < n / kLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ k !, withhtpos : (0 : ℕ) < n / k.Uses library
lt_of_lt_of_le.Lean, line 87
have htpos : 0 < n / k := lt_of_lt_of_le hk hkk
htop.hm_lehavek * (n / k) ≤ nLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ k !, withhm_le : k * (n / k) ≤ n.Uses library
Nat.mul_div_le.Lean, line 88
have hm_le : k * (n / k) ≤ n := Nat.mul_div_le n k
htop.hm_gthaven < k * (n / k) + kLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ k !, withhm_gt : n < k * (n / k) + k.Lean, lines 89–91
have hm_gt : n < k * (n / k) + k := by have := Nat.lt_mul_div_succ n hk linarith [this]htop.hm_gt.thishaven < k * (n / k + (1 : ℕ))Leaves
n < k * (n / k) + k, withthis : n < k * (n / k + (1 : ℕ)).Uses library
Nat.lt_mul_div_succ.Lean, line 90
have := Nat.lt_mul_div_succ n hk
htop.hcophave(k * (n / k)).Coprime (n.choose k)Leaves
k * (n / k) ∣ k !, withhcop : (k * (n / k)).Coprime (n.choose k).Uses library
Nat.Coprimemandnare coprime, or relatively prime, if theirgcdis 1. ,Nat.coprime_of_dvd,Nat.Prime.dvd_mul.Lean, lines 92–97
have hcop : Nat.Coprime (k * (n / k)) (n.choose k) := by apply Nat.coprime_of_dvd intro p hp hpm hpC rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpm with h | h · exact hnd p hp (le_trans (Nat.le_of_dvd hk h) hkk) hpC · exact hnd p hp (Nat.le_of_dvd htpos h) hpChtop.hcop.s1caseLeaves
False, withh : p ∣ k.Uses library
le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. ,Nat.le_of_dvd.Lean, line 96
· exact hnd p hp (le_trans (Nat.le_of_dvd hk h) hkk) hpC
htop.hcop.s2caseLeaves
False, withh : p ∣ n / k.Uses library
Nat.le_of_dvd.Lean, line 97
· exact hnd p hp (Nat.le_of_dvd htpos h) hpC
htop.hm_dvdhavek * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose kLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ k !, withhm_dvd : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose k.Uses library
Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose,Nat.descFactorial_eq_prod_range.Lean, lines 98–103
have hm_dvd : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose, Nat.descFactorial_eq_prod_range] have hj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k := Finset.mem_range.2 (by omega) have h1 := Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem (fun i => n - i) hj have h2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k) := by omega simpa only [h2] using h1htop.hm_dvd.hjhaven - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range kLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.range k, (n - i), withhj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k.Uses library
Finset.rangerange nis the set of natural numbers less thann. ,Finset.mem_range.Lean, line 100
have hj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k := Finset.mem_range.2 (by omega)
htop.hm_dvd.h1haven - (n - k * (n / k)) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.range k, (n - i)Leaves
k * (n / k) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.range k, (n - i), withh1 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.range k, (n - i).Uses library
Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem.Lean, line 101
have h1 := Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem (fun i => n - i) hj
htop.hm_dvd.h2haven - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k)routine: omegaLeaves
k * (n / k) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.range k, (n - i), withh2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k).Lean, line 102
have h2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k) := by omega
s16caseLeaves
False, withhstrip : (↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)).Uses library
absurdAnything follows from two contradictory hypotheses. ,not_le.Lean, line 106
· exact absurd (hK n k hk hkn hstrip htop hmin) (not_le.mpr hkK)
s17caseLeaves
False, withhstrip : ¬(↑n : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)).Uses library
Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le.Lean, lines 107–145
· -- above the strip: a prime in (k, k + 3 k^(21/40)) divides the window and is ≤ ⌊n/k⌋ have hstrip := not_lt.mp hstrip have h2k : 2 * (k : ℤ) < (n : ℤ) + 1 := by have : 2 * k < n + 1 := by nlinarith exact_mod_cast this have hexp : (((n : ℤ) + 1 : ℤ) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by have hn1 : n + 1 ≤ k * k * k := hcube have : ((n : ℝ) + 1) ≤ (k : ℝ) ^ 3 := by have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1 push_cast at this nlinarith push_cast exact le_trans this (hk₁ k hk1) obtain ⟨p, hp, hkp, hpb, hpdvd⟩ := hk₀ k hk0 ((n : ℤ) + 1) h2k hexp -- the window product is n.descFactorial k have hprod : ∀ j : ℕ, j ≤ n → ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 j, (((n : ℤ) + 1) - (i : ℤ)) = ((n.descFactorial j : ℕ) : ℤ) := by intro j induction j with | zero => intro _; simp | succ j ih => intro hj rw [Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top (by omega), ih (by omega), Nat.descFactorial_succ] push_cast [Nat.cast_sub (show j ≤ n by omega)] ring rw [hprod k (by nlinarith)] at hpdvd have hpd : p ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose] exact_mod_cast hpdvd have hkp' : k < p := by exact_mod_cast hkp have hpC : p ∣ n.choose k := by rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpd with h | h · exact absurd ((Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial hp).1 h) (not_le.mpr hkp') · exact h have hpk : p * k ≤ n := by have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by exact_mod_cast hk have : (p : ℝ) * k < n := by nlinarith exact_mod_cast this.le exact hnd p hp ((Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hpk) hpCs17.hstriphave(↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) ≤ (↑n : ℝ)Leaves
False, withhstrip : (↑k : ℝ) * ((↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ)) ≤ (↑n : ℝ).Uses library
not_lt.Lean, line 108
have hstrip := not_lt.mp hstrip
s17.h2khave(2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < (↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ)Leaves
False, withh2k : (2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < (↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ).Lean, lines 109–111
have h2k : 2 * (k : ℤ) < (n : ℤ) + 1 := by have : 2 * k < n + 1 := by nlinarith exact_mod_cast thiss17.h2k.thishave(2 : ℕ) * k < n + (1 : ℕ)routine: nlinarithLeaves
(2 : ℤ) * (↑k : ℤ) < (↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ), withthis : (2 : ℕ) * k < n + (1 : ℕ).Lean, line 110
have : 2 * k < n + 1 := by nlinarith
s17.hexphave(↑((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ)) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ))))Leaves
False, withhexp : (↑((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ)) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))).Uses library
Real.expThe real exponential function, defined as the real part of the complex exponential ,Real.logThe real logarithm function, equal to the inverse of the exponential forx > 0, tolog |x|forx < 0, and to0for0. ,le_transThe relation≤on a preorder is transitive. .Lean, lines 112–119
have hexp : (((n : ℤ) + 1 : ℤ) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by have hn1 : n + 1 ≤ k * k * k := hcube have : ((n : ℝ) + 1) ≤ (k : ℝ) ^ 3 := by have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1 push_cast at this nlinarith push_cast exact le_trans this (hk₁ k hk1)s17.hexp.hn1haven + (1 : ℕ) ≤ k * k * kLeaves
(↑((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ)) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withhn1 : n + (1 : ℕ) ≤ k * k * k.Lean, line 113
have hn1 : n + 1 ≤ k * k * k := hcube
s17.hexp.thishave(↑n : ℝ) + (1 : ℝ) ≤ (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ)Leaves
(↑((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ)) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log (↑k : ℝ) ^ (2 : ℕ) / ((20 : ℝ) * Real.log (Real.log (↑k : ℝ)))), withthis : (↑n : ℝ) + (1 : ℝ) ≤ (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ).Lean, lines 114–117
have : ((n : ℝ) + 1) ≤ (k : ℝ) ^ 3 := by have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1 push_cast at this nlinariths17.hexp.this.thishave(↑(n + (1 : ℕ)) : ℝ) ≤ (↑(k * k * k) : ℝ)Leaves
(↑n : ℝ) + (1 : ℝ) ≤ (↑k : ℝ) ^ (3 : ℕ), withthis : (↑(n + (1 : ℕ)) : ℝ) ≤ (↑(k * k * k) : ℝ).Lean, line 115
have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1
s17.s4obtain∃ (p : ℕ), Nat.Prime p ∧ (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ) ∧ (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ))Leaves
False, withp : ℕ,hp : Nat.Prime p,hkp : (↑k : ℝ) < (↑p : ℝ),hpb : (↑p : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ) + (3 : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) ^ (21 / 40 : ℝ),hpdvd : (↑p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) k, ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)).Lean, line 120
obtain ⟨p, hp, hkp, hpb, hpdvd⟩ := hk₀ k hk0 ((n : ℤ) + 1) h2k hexp
s17.hprodhave∀ j ≤ n, ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) j, ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)) = (↑(n.descFactorial j) : ℤ)Leaves
False, withhprod : ∀ j ≤ n, ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) j, ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)) = (↑(n.descFactorial j) : ℤ).Uses library
Finset.IccThe finset $[a, b]$ of elementsxsuch thata ≤ xandx ≤ b. .Lean, lines 122–131
have hprod : ∀ j : ℕ, j ≤ n → ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 j, (((n : ℤ) + 1) - (i : ℤ)) = ((n.descFactorial j : ℕ) : ℤ) := by intro j induction j with | zero => intro _; simp | succ j ih => intro hj rw [Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top (by omega), ih (by omega), Nat.descFactorial_succ] push_cast [Nat.cast_sub (show j ≤ n by omega)] rings17.hprod.s1caseLeaves
(0 : ℕ) ≤ n → ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) (0 : ℕ), ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)) = (↑(n.descFactorial (0 : ℕ)) : ℤ).Uses library
Nat.zeroZero, the smallest natural number. .Lean, line 126
| zero => intro _; simp
s17.hprod.s2caseLeaves
j + (1 : ℕ) ≤ n → ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) (j + (1 : ℕ)), ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)) = (↑(n.descFactorial (j + (1 : ℕ))) : ℤ), withj : ℕ,ih : j ≤ n → ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) j, ((↑n : ℤ) + (1 : ℤ) - (↑i : ℤ)) = (↑(n.descFactorial j) : ℤ).Uses library
Nat.succThe successor of a natural numbern. ,Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top,Nat.descFactorial_succ,Nat.cast_sub.Lean, lines 127–131
| succ j ih => intro hj rw [Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top (by omega), ih (by omega), Nat.descFactorial_succ] push_cast [Nat.cast_sub (show j ≤ n by omega)] ring
s17.hpdhavep ∣ k ! * n.choose kLeaves
False, withhpd : p ∣ k ! * n.choose k.Uses library
Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose.Lean, lines 133–135
have hpd : p ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose] exact_mod_cast hpdvds17.hkp'havek < pLeaves
False, withhkp' : k < p.Lean, line 136
have hkp' : k < p := by exact_mod_cast hkp
s17.hpChavep ∣ n.choose kLeaves
False, withhpC : p ∣ n.choose k.Uses library
Nat.Prime.dvd_mul.Lean, lines 137–140
have hpC : p ∣ n.choose k := by rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpd with h | h · exact absurd ((Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial hp).1 h) (not_le.mpr hkp') · exact hs17.hpC.s1caseLeaves
p ∣ n.choose k, withh : p ∣ k !.Uses library
absurdAnything follows from two contradictory hypotheses. ,Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial,not_le.Lean, line 139
· exact absurd ((Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial hp).1 h) (not_le.mpr hkp')
s17.hpC.s2caseLeaves
p ∣ n.choose k, withh : p ∣ n.choose k.
s17.hpkhavep * k ≤ nLeaves
False, withhpk : p * k ≤ n.Lean, lines 141–144
have hpk : p * k ≤ n := by have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by exact_mod_cast hk have : (p : ℝ) * k < n := by nlinarith exact_mod_cast this.les17.hpk.hkposhave(0 : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ)Leaves
p * k ≤ n, withhkpos : (0 : ℝ) < (↑k : ℝ).Lean, line 142
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by exact_mod_cast hk
s17.hpk.thishave(↑p : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) < (↑n : ℝ)routine: nlinarithLeaves
p * k ≤ n, withthis : (↑p : ℝ) * (↑k : ℝ) < (↑n : ℝ).Lean, line 143
have : (p : ℝ) * k < n := by nlinarith
import Mathlib
import Nodes.«erdos-1094--h2--h1».Context
open scoped Nat
/-! Hole `h_lo` of a merged partial proof, as a node (D-12 #5, D-29).
Statement generated by the gate from the assembly; immutable (D-3). -/
theorem erdos_1094__h2__h1 : ∃ (K : ℕ), ∀ (n k : ℕ), (0 : ℕ) < k → k * k ≤ n → n < k * k * k → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
-- annex: 6c7d3be4efeecc319f87dc55a1638245a01739d8f2167e05b11ba9d9d31853b7
-- Baker, Harman and Pintz (2001): for large k the interval (k, k + k^(21/40)) holds at
-- least C k^(21/40) / log k primes. Stated exactly as `axiom bhp` in van Doorn and Tang's
-- formalisation (github.com/Woett/ChatGPT-s-note-on-Erdos451), with `primeCard` unfolded.
have h_bhp : ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k →
C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤
(((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter
(fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧
(p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ) := by
sorry
-- van Doorn and Tang, arXiv:2606.19863, Theorem 1.1 (`main_theorem` of their Lean file,
-- proved there from `bhp` alone, Konyagin's fractional-parts theorem included): for large k
-- and 2k < n ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)), some prime p in (k, k + 3 k^(21/40)) divides
-- (n - k)(n - k + 1)⋯(n - 1). Stated as "BHP fails, or the theorem holds", so that the hole
-- is exactly what their file proves.
have h_vdt : (¬ ∃ C : ℝ, 0 < C ∧ ∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k →
C * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) / Real.log k ≤
(((Finset.Ioo ⌊(k : ℝ)⌋ ⌈(k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)⌉).filter
(fun p : ℤ => 0 < p ∧ p.natAbs.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ∧
(p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))).card : ℝ)) ∨
∃ k₀ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₀ ≤ k → ∀ n : ℤ, 2 * (k : ℤ) < n →
(n : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) →
∃ p : ℕ, p.Prime ∧ (k : ℝ) < p ∧ (p : ℝ) < (k : ℝ) + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40) ∧
(p : ℤ) ∣ ∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 k, (n - (i : ℤ)) := by
sorry
-- What remains of this range: a thin strip above k², where the prime van Doorn and Tang
-- give may exceed ⌊n/k⌋. The assembly hands over k ⌊n/k⌋ ∣ k! as on erdos-1094--h2--h2.
have h_strip : ∃ K : ℕ, ∀ n k : ℕ, 0 < k → k * k ≤ n →
(n : ℝ) < k * (k + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40)) →
k * (n / k) ∣ k ! → (n.choose k).minFac > n / k → k ≤ K := by
sorry
-- the assembly
obtain ⟨k₀, hk₀⟩ := h_vdt.resolve_left (not_not.mpr h_bhp)
obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := h_strip
-- k³ ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)) for large k, so n < k³ is inside van Doorn and Tang's range
have hasym : ∃ k₁ : ℕ, ∀ k : ℕ, k₁ ≤ k →
(k : ℝ) ^ 3 ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by
have hev : ∀ᶠ y : ℝ in Filter.atTop, Real.log y ≤ y / 120 := by
filter_upwards [Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop.bound (show (0 : ℝ) < 1 / 120 by norm_num),
Filter.eventually_ge_atTop (1 : ℝ)] with y hy hy1
rw [Real.norm_eq_abs, Real.norm_eq_abs, id, abs_of_nonneg (Real.log_nonneg hy1),
abs_of_nonneg (show (0 : ℝ) ≤ y by linarith)] at hy
linarith
obtain ⟨Y, hY⟩ := Filter.eventually_atTop.1 hev
refine ⟨⌈Real.exp (max Y 3)⌉₊, fun k hk => ?_⟩
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by
have := Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk
linarith [Real.exp_pos (max Y 3)]
have hL : max Y 3 ≤ Real.log k := by
rw [Real.le_log_iff_exp_le hkpos]
exact Nat.le_of_ceil_le hk
set L := Real.log k with hLdef
have hL3 : 3 ≤ L := le_trans (le_max_right _ _) hL
have hLL : 0 < Real.log L := Real.log_pos (by linarith)
have hLLb : Real.log L ≤ L / 120 := hY L (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) hL)
have key : 3 * L ≤ L ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log L) := by
rw [le_div_iff₀ (by positivity)]
nlinarith
calc (k : ℝ) ^ 3 = Real.exp (3 * L) := by
rw [hLdef, ← Real.log_rpow hkpos, Real.exp_log (by positivity)]; norm_num
_ ≤ _ := Real.exp_le_exp.mpr key
obtain ⟨k₁, hk₁⟩ := hasym
refine ⟨max (max k₀ K) (max k₁ 4), fun n k hk hkn hcube hmin => ?_⟩
by_contra hcon
have hlt := not_le.mp hcon
have hkK : K < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt
have hk0 : k₀ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_left _ _)) hlt)
have hk1 : k₁ ≤ k := le_of_lt (lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_left _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt)
have hk4 : 4 < k := lt_of_le_of_lt (le_trans (le_max_right _ _) (le_max_right _ _)) hlt
have hkk : k ≤ n / k := (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hkn
-- no prime p ≤ n / k divides C(n, k)
have hnd : ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → p ≤ n / k → ¬ p ∣ n.choose k := by
intro p hp hpt hpd
have := Nat.minFac_le_of_dvd hp.two_le hpd
omega
-- k ⌊n/k⌋ divides k! (as in the proof of erdos-1094--h1)
have htop : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! := by
have htpos : 0 < n / k := lt_of_lt_of_le hk hkk
have hm_le : k * (n / k) ≤ n := Nat.mul_div_le n k
have hm_gt : n < k * (n / k) + k := by
have := Nat.lt_mul_div_succ n hk
linarith [this]
have hcop : Nat.Coprime (k * (n / k)) (n.choose k) := by
apply Nat.coprime_of_dvd
intro p hp hpm hpC
rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpm with h | h
· exact hnd p hp (le_trans (Nat.le_of_dvd hk h) hkk) hpC
· exact hnd p hp (Nat.le_of_dvd htpos h) hpC
have hm_dvd : k * (n / k) ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by
rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose, Nat.descFactorial_eq_prod_range]
have hj : n - k * (n / k) ∈ Finset.range k := Finset.mem_range.2 (by omega)
have h1 := Finset.dvd_prod_of_mem (fun i => n - i) hj
have h2 : n - (n - k * (n / k)) = k * (n / k) := by omega
simpa only [h2] using h1
exact hcop.dvd_of_dvd_mul_right hm_dvd
by_cases hstrip : (n : ℝ) < k * (k + 3 * (k : ℝ) ^ ((21 : ℝ) / 40))
· exact absurd (hK n k hk hkn hstrip htop hmin) (not_le.mpr hkK)
· -- above the strip: a prime in (k, k + 3 k^(21/40)) divides the window and is ≤ ⌊n/k⌋
have hstrip := not_lt.mp hstrip
have h2k : 2 * (k : ℤ) < (n : ℤ) + 1 := by
have : 2 * k < n + 1 := by nlinarith
exact_mod_cast this
have hexp : (((n : ℤ) + 1 : ℤ) : ℝ) ≤ Real.exp (Real.log k ^ 2 / (20 * Real.log (Real.log k))) := by
have hn1 : n + 1 ≤ k * k * k := hcube
have : ((n : ℝ) + 1) ≤ (k : ℝ) ^ 3 := by
have : ((n + 1 : ℕ) : ℝ) ≤ ((k * k * k : ℕ) : ℝ) := by exact_mod_cast hn1
push_cast at this
nlinarith
push_cast
exact le_trans this (hk₁ k hk1)
obtain ⟨p, hp, hkp, hpb, hpdvd⟩ := hk₀ k hk0 ((n : ℤ) + 1) h2k hexp
-- the window product is n.descFactorial k
have hprod : ∀ j : ℕ, j ≤ n →
∏ i ∈ Finset.Icc 1 j, (((n : ℤ) + 1) - (i : ℤ)) = ((n.descFactorial j : ℕ) : ℤ) := by
intro j
induction j with
| zero => intro _; simp
| succ j ih =>
intro hj
rw [Finset.prod_Icc_succ_top (by omega), ih (by omega), Nat.descFactorial_succ]
push_cast [Nat.cast_sub (show j ≤ n by omega)]
ring
rw [hprod k (by nlinarith)] at hpdvd
have hpd : p ∣ k ! * n.choose k := by
rw [← Nat.descFactorial_eq_factorial_mul_choose]
exact_mod_cast hpdvd
have hkp' : k < p := by exact_mod_cast hkp
have hpC : p ∣ n.choose k := by
rcases (Nat.Prime.dvd_mul hp).1 hpd with h | h
· exact absurd ((Nat.Prime.dvd_factorial hp).1 h) (not_le.mpr hkp')
· exact h
have hpk : p * k ≤ n := by
have hkpos : (0 : ℝ) < k := by exact_mod_cast hk
have : (p : ℝ) * k < n := by nlinarith
exact_mod_cast this.le
exact hnd p hp ((Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le hk).2 hpk) hpCAnnexes (3), in full
Untrusted contributor text — an annex (D-31): an informal argument, not a proof.
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Numerical check (2026-10-12, finite range, not a proof): smallest working $K$ in range $6$; pairs found: one pair, $(62,6)$.
- Range searched: every $k\le 1000$, every $n$ with $k^2\le n<k^3$ (complete in that range).
- Pairs $(n,k)$ found that force $K\ge k$: one pair, $(62,6)$.
- Smallest $K$ that works in this range: $6$.
The method, the cross-checks and the code are in the numerical annex on erdos-1094 (the root), dated 2026-10-12.
Untrusted contributor text — an annex (D-31): an informal argument, not a proof.
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A second route through this range: van Doorn and Tang's 2026 theorem leaves only a thin strip above k², so Konyagin's bound is needed up to k² + 3k^(61/40) rather than up to k³.
The input. The same as the annex on erdos-1094--h2--h2. W. van Doorn and Q. Tang, arXiv:2606.19863 (2026), Theorem 1.1, formalised in Lean in github.com/Woett/ChatGPT-s-note-on-Erdos451 from one axiom (Baker–Harman–Pintz). For all large k and 2k < n ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)), some prime p with k < p < k + 3k^(21/40) divides (n − k)⋯(n − 1). The two holes h_bhp and h_vdt are word for word the holes erdos-1094--h2--h2--h1 and erdos-1094--h2--h2--h2 of that skeleton, so they attach to this node as lemmas: one proof serves both branches.
Why it applies here. Take an exception with k² ≤ n < k³: the least prime factor of C(n, k) exceeds ⌊n/k⌋. For large k, k³ ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)), since log² k / (20 log log k) ≥ 3 log k once log log k ≤ log k / 60. The assembly proves this from Real.isLittleO_log_id_atTop. So n + 1 is in van Doorn and Tang's range. Their prime p divides n(n − 1)⋯(n − k + 1) = k! · C(n, k) and exceeds k, so it divides C(n, k). If moreover n ≥ k(k + 3k^(21/40)), then pk < k(k + 3k^(21/40)) ≤ n, so p ≤ ⌊n/k⌋, and (n, k) is not an exception.
The decomposition.
- h_bhp, h_vdt: as on erdos-1094--h2--h2: Baker–Harman–Pintz, and "BHP fails, or Theorem 1.1 holds", which their Lean file proves.
- h_strip: for large k, no exception has k² ≤ n < k(k + 3k^(21/40)). The assembly passes it, as on h2--h2, the proved fact that k⌊n/k⌋ divides k!.
What this is and is not. Compared with the existing skeleton of this node (one hole, g(k) > k³, i.e. no good C(n, k) with 2k ≤ n < k³ for large k), h_strip asks much less. It covers only n < k² + 3k^(61/40), and it keeps the full exception hypothesis rather than goodness alone. Every exception in the strip is a good binomial coefficient (⌊n/k⌋ ≥ k), so h_strip follows from g(k) > k² + 3k^(61/40) for large k. Konyagin's g(k) ≫ exp(c log² k) and Granville–Ramaré's earlier bound both give that, so the strip is a known theorem too, by the same analytic methods. The gain is in what a formalisation must reach: just past k², instead of k³. In the strip the window must also avoid every prime in (k, ⌊n/k⌋], which none of the bounds on g(k) uses. Like the cut on h2--h2, this one is asymptotic: it takes effect only for k beyond the point where k³ ≤ exp(log² k / (20 log log k)), and the node asks for exactly such a bound.
Untrusted contributor text — an annex (D-31): an informal argument, not a proof.
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One literature input for the whole below-the-cube range: Konyagin's bound g(k) > k³ as a single node, so that h_lo and h_small_n close together.
What the two literature pieces have in common. Two statements on this problem are known theorems that nobody has formalised, and both are known for the same reason:
erdos-1094--h2--h1(h_lo): an exception with k² ≤ n < k³ has bounded k.erdos-1094--h3(h_small_n): a C(n, k) with 2k ≤ n < k² and every prime factor above k occurs only for bounded k.
Write g(k) for the least n > k + 1 such that C(n, k) has no prime factor ≤ k (Erdős problem #1095). Konyagin, Estimates of the least prime factor of a binomial coefficient, Mathematika 46 (1999) 41–55, proved g(k) ≥ exp(c (log k)²) for all large k, which exceeds k³ once log k > 3/c. So for all large k there is no n with 2k ≤ n < k³ and (n.choose k).minFac > k. That one fact is what both pieces use; neither needs anything else.
The decomposition. State Konyagin's consequence once, in the network's bounded-k shape, as the single hole of a skeleton of h_lo:
- h_good_below_cube: there is a K such that for all n, k with 0 < k, 2k ≤ n and n < k³, if (n.choose k).minFac > k then k ≤ K.
The assembly from the hole to h_lo is elementary and is proved in Lean: for k ≥ 2 and k² ≤ n we have 2k ≤ k² ≤ n and k ≤ ⌊n/k⌋ (Nat.le_div_iff_mul_le), so an exception, whose least prime factor exceeds ⌊n/k⌋, has least prime factor above k, and the hole bounds k. The case k = 1 cannot be an exception at all (minFac n ≤ n = ⌊n/1⌋), and is absorbed by taking max K 1 as the bound.
The same hole closes h_small_n by an even shorter assembly (n < k² ≤ k³), so a second skeleton on erdos-1094--h3 with this hole, word for word, should attach the same child rather than make a second one, and then one future formalisation of Konyagin's bound closes both literature pieces, leaving erdos-1094--h2--h2 (n ≥ k³, Ecklund's conjecture) and the residue form erdos-1094--h3--h1 as the open mathematics.
What this is and is not. The hole is strictly stronger than h_lo (it covers 2k ≤ n < k², which h_lo does not ask about), so a proof of the hole is a proof of h_lo and of h_small_n; a circularity label on it would be correct and is the point: this is a consolidation, not an easier route. It is the finitely-many form of a published theorem whose implied constant is not explicit in what I have read; a formal proof needs an explicit lower bound for g(k) that beats k³, which no elementary argument in the literature gives (Erdős, Lacampagne and Selfridge's elementary bounds for g(k) do not reach k³ as far as I know; a reader who knows one should say so in a literature record on the hole).