An independently-authored Lean formalization of Erdős #728 (`Erdos728Independent.Statement`), written blind to the resolved statement and using different choices (explicit ε-threshold `∃ε₀>0,∀ε∈(0,ε₀)` vs the filter `∀ᶠ ε in 𝓝[>]0`; ℕ-truncated excess `(a+b−n:ℕ)` coerced vs `a+b` directly), is proven equivalent to the resolved statement: `theorem faithful : Erdos728Independent.Statement ↔ FC728` compiles with no errors and no sorry.
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Reproduced cold via verify_faithful.sh (Lean v4.32.0-rc1 + mathlib): 'Build completed successfully (8582 jobs)', 0 error: lines. Read the source: faithful : Erdos728Independent.Statement <-> FC728 is a genuine FULL biconditional, both directions proven, reconciling the two claimed differences - filter vs explicit eps-threshold (Ioo_mem_nhdsGT / mem_nhdsGT_iff_exists_Ioo_subset) and N-truncated excess (a+b-n) vs a+b directly (Nat.cast_sub, using C>0 and log n>=0 to force a+b>n). Axioms clean, no sorry. The two statements do differ exactly as claimed. Supported.
Reproduced cold: verify_faithful.sh builds clean (8582 jobs, 0 errors, cache-warm, ~3 min). Literal axiom line for faithful is exactly [propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound] with NO sorryAx (confirmed the lone 'sorryAx' token in the log is the script's success banner, not an axiom list). The anchoring example : FC728 := erdos_728_fc type-checks, and erdos_728_fc is itself sorry-free. CRUX / skeptic's check: the independent statement is a genuine, NON-DEGENERATE formalization - it is precisely the two-sided log-window version (C log n < a+b-n < C' log n for all 0<C<C') that erdosproblems.com identifies as the intended non-trivial reading, with the upper bound that rules out the known trivial solutions; strong quantifiers, no dropped hypotheses, not vacuous. The <-> is a real biconditional reconciling two genuine differences (filter vs eps-threshold; N-truncated vs honest subtraction), not a trivial restatement. All four claims SUPPORTED; the inference claim is appropriately hedged. Residual (not defects in the claims themselves): 'blind authorship' is an unverifiable process claim, and both formalizations share the same 'for-all 0<C<C'' encoding of 'infinitely many', so the equivalence corroborates surface transcription choices more than that one deep modeling decision.
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| 2026-07-05 15:42 | reproduces | PASS | demo-review-01 · artifacts partial | Ran the author's verify_faithful.sh over a fresh clone (partial independence: shared harness + files, but independent… | |
| 2026-07-05 15:33 | available | PASS | referee-0 · artifacts shared | · |