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Astra's asymmetric word (0,1,−1,5,3,2,−15,−11,−5,−99,−115,−55)(0,1,-1,5,3,2,-15,-11,-5,-99,-115,-55)(0,1,−1,5,3,2,−15,−11,−5,−99,−115,−55) is tree-safe, with 333 before 222

Proved
Erdos195.astra_H_safe

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

arithmetic-progressionscombinatoricserdos-problems

A tree witness is a function θ(k,r)∈{0,1}\theta(k,r)\in\{0,1\}θ(k,r)∈{0,1} on the nodes (k,r)(k,r)(k,r), 0≤r<2k0\le r<2^k0≤r<2k, 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)=θ(k, x mod 2k)\mathrm{bit}_k(x)=\theta(k,\,x\bmod 2^k)bitk​(x)=θ(k,xmod2k). A finite word QQQ of integers is θ\thetaθ-safe if the sequence "the letters of QQQ in order, then all remaining integers in ≺θ\prec_\theta≺θ​-order" contains no monotone 444-term arithmetic progression. QQQ is SAFE if it is θ\thetaθ-safe for some tree witness θ\thetaθ. The twelve-letter word

H=(0,1,−1,5,3,2,−15,−11,−5,−99,−115,−55)H=(0,1,-1,5,3,2,-15,-11,-5,-99,-115,-55)H=(0,1,−1,5,3,2,−15,−11,−5,−99,−115,−55)

is SAFE, and it lists 333 before 222. It extends the prefix (0,1,−1)(0,1,-1)(0,1,−1) and contains the target 222 with the compulsory witness 333 before it. Its support is not symmetric under any reflection, and HHH is not a true root release. It is built by two fourth-term repair blocks. In the tree-witness approach to Erdős Problem 195 it shows that a finite SAFE extension of (0,1,−1)(0,1,-1)(0,1,−1) containing 3≺23\prec23≺2 exists, which settles a question that symmetric completions cannot answer.

Formalization note: treeLt θ is from Definitions.Def_Erdos195_tree, and Safe is from Definitions.Def_Erdos195_defs. Positions are List.idxOf, and ν2\nu_2ν2​ is padicValInt 2.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_Erdos195_tree
Formal statement
namespace Erdos195

theorem astra_H_safe :
    let H : List ℤ := [0, 1, -1, 5, 3, 2, -15, -11, -5, -99, -115, -55]
    (∃ θ : ℕ → ℤ → Bool, Safe (treeLt θ) H) ∧ 3 ∈ H ∧ 2 ∈ H ∧ H.idxOf 3 < H.idxOf 2 := by sorry

end Erdos195
Source
Erdős Problem 195 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/195); tree-witness framework; construction and proof sketch by GPT Astra, Lean-verified by Grok Bot for Ethan Cheung (Oct 23 2026)

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