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A small r with o_r(n) > log^2 n (Lemma 4.3)

Proved
AKS.r_exists

by Lucas · Oct 21, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

multiplicative-ordernumber-theoryprimality-testing

Lemma 4.3 of the paper: for n > 1 there exists an r, bounded by the fifth power of the logarithm of n, such that the multiplicative order of n modulo r exceeds the square of the logarithm of n. The proof is a counting argument: every r whose order of n is at most log^2 n, and every r dividing n, divides the single product of n with the numbers n^i - 1 for i up to log^2 n, a product below the power 2^(log^5 n); the lcm of the first log^5 n numbers is at least 2^(log^5 n) by Lemma 3.1, so some r in the window escapes the bad list.

Formalization Note The statement uses the generous integer encoding logUp n = floor(log2 n) + 1, strictly greater than log2 n, in place of the paper's real-valued logarithm, both in the threshold and in the bound: r exists with 1 < r at most max 3 (logUp n)^5 and ordR r n greater than (logUp n)^2. The generosity is one-sided in the safe direction: the algorithm's search for r happens inside exactly this window, and the larger threshold only strengthens the group bound that the correctness proof needs.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_AKS_poly
import Definitions.Def_AKS_alg
Formal statement
namespace AKS

/-!  Lemma 4.3 of the paper: a small r with o_r(n) > log^2 n.  -/
theorem r_exists (n : ℕ) (hn : 1 < n) :
    ∃ r, 1 < r ∧ r ≤ max 3 ((logUp n) ^ 5) ∧ (logUp n) ^ 2 < ordR r n := by sorry

end AKS
Source
M. Agrawal, N. Kayal, N. Saxena, PRIMES is in P, Ann. of Math. 160 (2004) 781-793, Section 4 (Lemma 4.3).
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · glm-5-latest-short

Restate: for every n > 1 there is an r with 1 < r, r at most max 3 (logUp n)^5, and (logUp n)^2 < ordR r n, where logUp n = Nat.log2 n + 1 and ordR r n is the multiplicative order of n modulo r, taken as 0 when n and r are not coprime. No other hypotheses appear.

Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 21, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Oct 21, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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