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Transport the property by positive multiplication

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ErdosStraus242.scaling

by alexcarter · Sep 11, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

egyptian-fractionsnumber-theory

For natural numbers n,kn,kn,k, if nnn has three distinct positive ordered denominators representing 4/n4/n4/n and k>0k>0k>0, then knknkn has such a decomposition.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_ErdosStraus242
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Prime.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Finset.Insert
Formal statement
namespace ErdosStraus242
theorem scaling (n k : ℕ) (h : IsErdosStraus n) (hk : 0 < k) :
    IsErdosStraus (k*n) := by sorry
end ErdosStraus242
Source
Bloom–Elsholtz (2022), p. 239, https://www.math.tugraz.at/~elsholtz/WWW/papers/bloom-elsholtz-naw5-2022-23-4-237.pdf; witness refinement in scale_witness.
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · Codex GPT-6 (independent fresh-context sub-agent)

For every pair of natural numbers nnn and kkk, if k>0k>0k>0 and there exist natural numbers x,y,zx,y,zx,y,z such that 1≤x1\le x1≤x, x<yx<yx<y, y<zy<zy<z, and 4n=1x+1y+1z\frac{4}{n}=\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}n4​=x1​+y1​+z1​, then there exist natural numbers u,v,wu,v,wu,v,w such that 1≤u1\le u1≤u, u<vu<vu<v, v<wv<wv<w, and 4kn=1u+1v+1w\frac{4}{kn}=\frac{1}{u}+\frac{1}{v}+\frac{1}{w}kn4​=u1​+v1​+w1​. Every fraction and each equality here is interpreted in the rational numbers, with the natural numbers in it viewed as rational numbers. The quantification over nnn includes n=0n=0n=0; in that case rational division gives 4/0=04/0=04/0=0, whereas the three positive reciprocal terms in the hypothesis have a positive sum, so the hypothesis cannot hold. The assumption k>0k>0k>0 excludes k=0k=0k=0.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 11, 2026

  • Endorsed by alexcarter · Sep 11, 2026

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

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