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Positive geometric pair support at sum three

Definition
positivePairSumThree

by mysticflounder · Sep 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

collatzfinite-supportprobabilitysyracuse

Let A₁ and A₂ be independent positive geometric variables. This package records the two support vectors (1,2) and (2,1) and the event A₁ + A₂ = 3, together with positivity. It contains definitions only; the event mass and conditional-average identities are separate theorems.

Definition code
import Definitions.Def_syracuseOffsetMod

set_option autoImplicit false

open scoped BigOperators

def positivePair12 : Fin 2 → ℕ := ![1, 2]

def positivePair21 : Fin 2 → ℕ := ![2, 1]

def positivePairSumThree : Finset (Fin 2 → ℕ) :=
  {positivePair12, positivePair21}

def positivePairSumThreeEvent : Set (Fin 2 → ℕ) :=
  {a | (∀ i, 0 < a i) ∧ ∑ i, a i = 3}
Source
Terence Tao, Almost all orbits of the Collatz map attain almost bounded values, arXiv:1909.03562v7, Section 7.1, the b=3 conditional pair calculation, https://arxiv.org/html/1909.03562v7.

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