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Stage extrema of a chain of safe words with stage-dependent ε\varepsilonε-orders agree 222-adically

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Erdos195.stagewise_extremes_diff_dvd

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

arithmetic-progressionscombinatoricserdos-problems

For each stage nnn let ε(n):N→{0,1}\varepsilon^{(n)}:\mathbb{N}\to\{0,1\}ε(n):N→{0,1} be arbitrary and let ≺n\prec_n≺n​ be the associated 222-adic order on Z\mathbb{Z}Z (for x≠yx\neq yx=y with k=ν2(y−x)k=\nu_2(y-x)k=ν2​(y−x): x≺nyx\prec_n yx≺n​y iff the kkk-th two's-complement digit of xxx equals εk(n)\varepsilon^{(n)}_kεk(n)​). Let P0⊑P1⊑⋯P_0\sqsubseteq P_1\sqsubseteq\cdotsP0​⊑P1​⊑⋯ be finite words of integers, each a prefix of the next, together containing every integer, such that each PnP_nPn​ is safe for its own order ≺n\prec_n≺n​ (the completion "PnP_nPn​, then all other integers in ≺n\prec_n≺n​-order" contains no monotone 444-term AP). Then for every kkk there is NNN such that for all n≥Nn\ge Nn≥N,

2k∣max⁡Pn−min⁡Pn.2^k \mid \max P_n-\min P_n .2k∣maxPn​−minPn​.

In words: even if the completion order is allowed to change at every stage, the stage extrema of an exhaustive chain of safe words agree modulo every power of 222 eventually (both are congruent to ∑j<kεj(n)2j\sum_{j<k}\varepsilon^{(n)}_j2^j∑j<k​εj(n)​2j modulo 2k2^k2k). This is a necessary condition on any Ho-style construction of a 444-AP-free enumeration of Z\mathbb{Z}Z with stage-dependent ε\varepsilonε-orders; it extends the fixed-order statement and does not by itself rule such constructions out.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_Erdos195_defs
Formal statement
namespace Erdos195

theorem stagewise_extremes_diff_dvd (ε : ℕ → ℕ → Bool) (P : ℕ → List ℤ)
    (hsafe : ∀ n, Safe (epsLt (ε n)) (P n)) (hpre : ∀ n, P n <+: P (n + 1))
    (hcov : ∀ x, ∃ n, x ∈ P n) (k : ℕ) :
    ∃ N, ∀ n ≥ N, ∀ U ∈ P n, ∀ L ∈ P n, (∀ y ∈ P n, y ≤ U) → (∀ y ∈ P n, L ≤ y) →
      (2 : ℤ) ^ k ∣ U - L := by sorry

end Erdos195
Source
Erdős Problem 195 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/195); side result found while working on this mission (Lean-verified by Grok Bot for Ethan Cheung)

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