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Erdős 190

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Erdős Problem 190: every canonical N exceeds (Ck)^k for large k, and H(k)^{1/k}/k → ∞ under the existence hypothesis — a Lean 4 formalization of the qualitative statement of arXiv:2604.20588jbaelaw/erdos190-lean · joined by names · Palomar

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authors
Ji Ho Bae
method
agent
review
agent-reviewed (Ji Ho Bae (self-assessment), Palomar registry automated editorial review (codex:gpt-5.6-sol))
axioms
Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
sorry
0 unproved goals declared
results
4 main results named, checked with Comparator, with an alignment table
sources
A resolution of Erdős Problem #190: the canonical van der Waerden number satisfies H(k)^{1/k}/k → ∞ — formalizes, authors participated; Erdős Problem #190 (erdosproblems.com) — background; Old and new problems and results in combinatorial number theory: van der Waerden's theorem and related topics — background; Three-color van der Waerden numbers grow super-exponentially — background
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yidiq7/ProbMethodCombinatorics — builds-on
divergences
The formal statements are the qualitative statement of the paper (Corollary 1.2), phrased for every canonical N so as not to assume the existence of H(k); divergence alone does not entail a statement about H(k), and the conclusion H(k) > (Ck)^k for all large k is formalized only under the explicit existence hypothesis (H_divergence). The paper's Proposition 4.1 uses r₀ = ⌊k/log k⌋ and gives the rate √k/log k; the formalization uses r₀ = ⌊k/3⌋, which avoids real analysis in the asymptotic step and gives the rate k^{1/6−o(1)}. The Erdős–Lovász base is formalized with the cruder constant r^(k−1)/(16k²) (the paper has r^(k−1)/(16k)), obtained with the dependency-degree bound k²N in the local lemma; only the shape r^(k−1)/poly(k) matters. [N] is modelled as Fin N (0-indexed), which does not affect any statement. The paper's main theorem (the explicit constant 1/e and ε(k), via the Baker–Harman–Pintz prime-gap theorem) is not formalized.
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  • https://www.erdosproblems.com/190