Erdős 1049: add the Bundschuh–Väänänen rational-base criterion - #5057
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The file currently records Erdos's 1948 theorem for integer bases. Bundschuh
and Vaananen's Theorem 2 (Compositio Math. 91 (1994), 175-199) covers a range
of non-integer rational bases as well: in its alpha = -1 case it admits every
lambda < (1/2 + 1/pi^2)^{-1}, which for t = a/b in lowest terms is the
condition log b / log a < 1/2 - 1/pi^2.
At b = 1 that condition reads 0 < 1/2 - 1/pi^2, so the new statement contains
the existing integer variant.
Two short proved statements pin down where the criterion reaches: it covers
7/2 (via 2^25 < 7^9 and pi^2 > 9), and it fails at 3/2 (via 3 < 2^2), which is
the smallest non-integer rational base.
This was referenced Aug 19, 2026
Folds google-deepmind#5032 into this PR so 1049.lean has a single review surface.
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Closes #5056.
This is the single Erdős 1049 PR. It supersedes #5032:
geq_2_integernow carries the formal_proof permalink from that PR.1049.leanrecords Erdős's 1948 theorem for integer basesnothing for non-integer rational
covers part of that gap, and the Lean proof link for the integer-base case.
erdos_1049.variants.geq_2_integer— Erdős [Er48] for integerThe statement was already here; this PR attaches
formal_proof using lean4at the existing sorry, pointing at the Lean 4 proofin
wcook04/plectis-lean-erdos249-257.erdos_1049.variants.bundschuh_vaananen— Bundschuh and Väänänen,Arithmetical investigations of a certain infinite product, Compositio Math.
91 (1994), 175–199, Theorem 2 (printed p. 177): "In the special case
$\alpha = -1$ we may even allow $\lambda < (1/2 + 1/\pi^2)^{-1}$." Their
exactly this problem's series, and
For
condition rearranges to
Stated with$b = 1$ the hypothesis reads $0 < 1/2 - 1/\pi^2$ , so this statement
t.numandt.den, so coprimality and positivity come from thetype. At
contains
erdos_1049.variants.geq_2_integer. This is a literature statement,kept
by sorryper the repository's convention; there is no Lean proof of thegeneral criterion to link.
erdos_1049.variants.seven_halves— the criterion applies atgiving irrationality at a non-integer base. Proved from the above via
erdos_1049.variants.bundschuh_vaananen_fails_at_three_halves— thecriterion does not reach
(the first inequality because $3 < 2^2
). This marks the frontier: the smallest non-integer rational base is outside the published range, anderdos_1049` isopen there.
Checks:
Conjectures linters (
copyright,namespace,stubs,openClassical,ams_attribute,category_attribute,conditional_formal_proof,moduleDocstring,latex_docstring,imports).bundschuh_vaananen_fails_at_three_halvesdepends on[propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound]only — nosorryAx. The Bundschuh–Väänänencriterion itself is a literature statement,
by sorry.geq_2_integerremainsby sorrywith aformal_prooflink, as the linter requires.candidates below it are
No originality is claimed for any of this; the criterion and its proof are
Bundschuh and Väänänen's, and the integer-base proof is Erdős 1948 as
formalised in the linked repository. The contribution is the formal statement,
its reduction to a condition on
t.numandt.den, the two proved statementslocating the boundary, and the proof link on the existing integer-base variant.
AI Usage Disclosure: this contribution was produced with AI assistance. I have$\lambda$ to the
read Theorem 2 in the source paper, checked the reduction of
stated condition, verified the numeric inequalities, and reviewed this diff, and
I take responsibility for the submission.
Note
This covers a proper subset of the rational bases.
erdos_1049remains openand is untouched.