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Scaling x↦2x+cx\mapsto 2x+cx↦2x+c transports tree safety to the shifted subtree witness, both directions

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Erdos195.safe_affine_scale_iff

by Ethan Cheung Wang · Oct 23, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

arithmetic-progressionscombinatoricserdos-problems

A tree witness is a function θ:N×Z→{0,1}\theta:\mathbb N\times\mathbb Z\to\{0,1\}θ:N×Z→{0,1} on the nodes (k,r)(k,r)(k,r) of the binary tree of residues. For distinct integers x,yx,yx,y with k=ν2(y−x)k=\nu_2(y-x)k=ν2​(y−x), put x≺θyx\prec_\theta yx≺θ​y iff bitk(x)=1⇔θ(k, x mod 2k)=1\mathrm{bit}_k(x)=1 \Leftrightarrow \theta(k,\,x\bmod 2^k)=1bitk​(x)=1⇔θ(k,xmod2k)=1 (bitk\mathrm{bit}_kbitk​ is the kkk-th two's-complement binary digit). A finite word QQQ of integers is θ\thetaθ-safe if the completion "the letters of QQQ in order, then all remaining integers in ≺θ\prec_\theta≺θ​-order" contains no monotone 444-term arithmetic progression (positions of a,a+r,a+2r,a+3ra,a+r,a+2r,a+3ra,a+r,a+2r,a+3r increasing, r≠0r\neq0r=0). Positions in QQQ are first occurrences. Let c∈{0,1}c\in\{0,1\}c∈{0,1} and let PPP be a finite word. Then the word 2P+c=(2p1+c,2p2+c,… )2P+c=(2p_1+c,2p_2+c,\dots)2P+c=(2p1​+c,2p2​+c,…) is θ\thetaθ-safe if and only if PPP is θ′\theta'θ′-safe, where θ′(k,r)=θ(k+1, 2r+c)\theta'(k,r)=\theta(k+1,\,2r+c)θ′(k,r)=θ(k+1,2r+c):

2P+c is θ-safe  ⟺  P is θ(⋅+1, 2⋅+c)-safe.2P+c \text{ is } \theta\text{-safe} \iff P \text{ is } \theta(\cdot+1,\,2\cdot+c)\text{-safe}.2P+c is θ-safe⟺P is θ(⋅+1,2⋅+c)-safe.

The forward direction transports a safe word on one parity class down to a safe word for the shifted subtree witness (e.g. x↦(x−1)/2x\mapsto (x-1)/2x↦(x−1)/2 on odd words), and the backward direction is the lifting: any safe word for any witness θ′\theta'θ′ lifts to a safe word on the class ccc for every θ\thetaθ whose subtree at ccc is θ′\theta'θ′.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_Erdos195_tree
Formal statement
namespace Erdos195

theorem safe_affine_scale_iff (θ : ℕ → ℤ → Bool) (c : ℤ) (hc : c = 0 ∨ c = 1) (P : List ℤ) :
    Safe (treeLt θ) (P.map (fun y => 2 * y + c)) ↔
      Safe (treeLt (fun k r => θ (k + 1) (2 * r + c))) P := by sorry

end Erdos195
Source
Erdős Problem 195 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/195); tree-witness framework; self-similarity observation by GPT Sol (Oct 23 2026), general statements and Lean proofs by Grok Bot for Ethan Cheung (Oct 23 2026)

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