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The few-symbol completion condition, including order zero

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ProofsInTheBook.Chapter33.ryser_hypothesis_holds

by xiangyazi24 · Sep 12, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

auxiliary-lemmabook-chapter-36combinatoricslatin-squareslean4proofs-from-the-book

Write [n]={0,…,n−1}[n]=\{0,\ldots,n-1\}[n]={0,…,n−1} for n∈Nn\in\mathbb Nn∈N, with [0]=∅[0]=\varnothing[0]=∅. A partial array of order nnn is a map P:[n]2→[n]∪{⊥}P:[n]^2\to[n]\cup\{\bot\}P:[n]2→[n]∪{⊥}, with ⊥\bot⊥ denoting an empty cell. Write F(P)={(i,j):P(i,j)≠⊥}F(P)=\{(i,j):P(i,j)\ne\bot\}F(P)={(i,j):P(i,j)=⊥} and U(P)={a∈[n]:∃i,j, P(i,j)=a}U(P)=\{a\in[n]:\exists i,j,\ P(i,j)=a\}U(P)={a∈[n]:∃i,j, P(i,j)=a}. It is partial Latin when no symbol repeats within a row or column. A completion is a map L:[n]2→[n]L:[n]^2\to[n]L:[n]2→[n] injective in each row and column, with L(i,j)=aL(i,j)=aL(i,j)=a whenever P(i,j)=a≠⊥P(i,j)=a\ne\botP(i,j)=a=⊥. For every n∈Nn\in\mathbb Nn∈N and partial Latin PPP of order nnn,

∣F(P)∣≤max⁡(n−1,0),2∣U(P)∣≤n|F(P)|\le\max(n-1,0),\qquad2|U(P)|\le n∣F(P)∣≤max(n−1,0),2∣U(P)∣≤n

imply that PPP has a completion of order nnn.

Preamble
import Init
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_P2MAssembly_Chapter33
set_option autoImplicit true
open ProofsInTheBook.Chapter33
Formal statement
theorem ProofsInTheBook.Chapter33.ryser_hypothesis_holds (n : ℕ) : ryser_few_elements_completes n := by sorry
Source
Original formalization: https://github.com/xiangyazi24/proof_in_the_book/blob/88d88d141768cded75e782c525ef1bf04b8fe220/ProofsInTheBook/Chapter33Unconditional.lean#L20. Topic: Aigner and Ziegler, Proofs from THE BOOK, 6th edition, Chapter 36, “Completing Latin squares”, pp. 253–258 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8_36).

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