From dc4661f5ddebaad4e14a549fff92da18ee7c9b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DomTheDeveloper <DomTheDeveloper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:07:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat: prove W(1)=1 and W(2)=3

---
 FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean | 150 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 150 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean

diff --git a/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean b/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30ba608d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/-
+Copyright 2026 The Formal Conjectures Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-/
+
+import FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«138»
+
+/-!
+# Exact base values for the two-color van der Waerden numbers
+-/
+
+open Nat Filter
+
+namespace Erdos138
+
+private lemma one_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_one_kernel :
+    (1 : ℕ) ∈ monoAP_guarantee_set 2 1 := by
+  intro coloring
+  refine ⟨coloring ⟨1, Finset.mem_Icc.mpr ⟨le_refl 1, le_refl 1⟩⟩,
+      {⟨1, Finset.mem_Icc.mpr ⟨le_refl 1, le_refl 1⟩⟩}, ?_, ?_⟩
+  · refine Set.IsAPOfLength.one.mpr ⟨1, ?_⟩
+    ext x
+    simp [Set.mem_image, Set.mem_singleton_iff]
+  · intro m hm
+    simp [Set.mem_singleton_iff] at hm
+    subst hm
+    rfl
+
+/-- The one-term two-color van der Waerden number is `1`. -/
+@[category test, AMS 11]
+theorem monoAPNumber_two_one_kernel : W 1 = 1 := by
+  apply le_antisymm
+  · exact Nat.sInf_le one_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_one_kernel
+  · apply le_csInf ⟨1, one_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_one_kernel⟩
+    intro n hn
+    by_contra hlt
+    push_neg at hlt
+    interval_cases n
+    simp only [monoAP_guarantee_set, Set.mem_setOf_eq] at hn
+    have hEmpty : IsEmpty ↥(Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) 0) := by
+      rw [isEmpty_subtype]
+      intro x
+      simp [Finset.mem_Icc]
+    obtain ⟨_, ap, hap, _⟩ := hn isEmptyElim
+    have hapEmpty : ap = ∅ := Set.eq_empty_of_isEmpty ap
+    rw [hapEmpty, Set.image_empty] at hap
+    exact Set.not_isAPOfLength_empty (by norm_num : (0 : ℕ∞) < 1) hap
+
+private lemma mono_ap_two_of_eq_color_kernel {N : ℕ} {a b : ℕ}
+    (ha : a ∈ Finset.Icc 1 N) (hb : b ∈ Finset.Icc 1 N) (hab : a < b)
+    (coloring : ↥(Finset.Icc 1 N) → Fin 2)
+    (hc : coloring ⟨a, ha⟩ = coloring ⟨b, hb⟩) :
+    ContainsMonoAPofLength coloring 2 := by
+  refine ⟨coloring ⟨a, ha⟩, {⟨a, ha⟩, ⟨b, hb⟩}, ?_, ?_⟩
+  · rw [Set.image_pair]
+    exact Nat.isAPOfLength_pair hab
+  · intro m hm
+    simp only [Set.mem_insert_iff, Set.mem_singleton_iff] at hm
+    rcases hm with rfl | rfl
+    · rfl
+    · exact hc.symm
+
+private lemma not_isAPOfLength_two_of_subsingleton_kernel {s : Set ℕ}
+    (hss : s.Subsingleton) (hap : s.IsAPOfLength 2) : False := by
+  rcases Set.eq_empty_or_nonempty s with h | h
+  · rw [h] at hap
+    exact Set.not_isAPOfLength_empty (by norm_num : (0 : ℕ∞) < 2) hap
+  · obtain ⟨x, hx⟩ := h
+    have hs : s = {x} := Set.Subsingleton.eq_singleton_of_mem hss hx
+    rw [hs] at hap
+    exact absurd (hap.congr (Set.IsAPOfLength.one.mpr ⟨x, rfl⟩)) (by norm_num)
+
+private lemma three_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_two_kernel :
+    (3 : ℕ) ∈ monoAP_guarantee_set 2 2 := by
+  intro coloring
+  have h1 : (1 : ℕ) ∈ Finset.Icc 1 3 := by decide
+  have h2 : (2 : ℕ) ∈ Finset.Icc 1 3 := by decide
+  have h3 : (3 : ℕ) ∈ Finset.Icc 1 3 := by decide
+  by_cases h12 : coloring ⟨1, h1⟩ = coloring ⟨2, h2⟩
+  · exact mono_ap_two_of_eq_color_kernel h1 h2 (by norm_num) coloring h12
+  by_cases h23 : coloring ⟨2, h2⟩ = coloring ⟨3, h3⟩
+  · exact mono_ap_two_of_eq_color_kernel h2 h3 (by norm_num) coloring h23
+  · have h13 : coloring ⟨1, h1⟩ = coloring ⟨3, h3⟩ := by
+      ext
+      have h1v := (coloring ⟨1, h1⟩).isLt
+      have h2v := (coloring ⟨2, h2⟩).isLt
+      have h3v := (coloring ⟨3, h3⟩).isLt
+      simp only [Fin.ext_iff, Fin.val_zero, Fin.val_one] at h12 h23 ⊢
+      omega
+    exact mono_ap_two_of_eq_color_kernel h1 h3 (by norm_num) coloring h13
+
+/-- The two-term two-color van der Waerden number is `3`. -/
+@[category test, AMS 11]
+theorem monoAPNumber_two_two_kernel : W 2 = 3 := by
+  apply le_antisymm
+  · exact Nat.sInf_le three_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_two_kernel
+  · apply le_csInf ⟨3, three_mem_monoAP_guarantee_set_two_two_kernel⟩
+    intro n hn
+    by_contra hlt
+    push_neg at hlt
+    interval_cases n
+    · simp only [monoAP_guarantee_set, Set.mem_setOf_eq] at hn
+      have hEmpty : IsEmpty ↥(Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) 0) := by
+        rw [isEmpty_subtype]
+        intro x
+        simp [Finset.mem_Icc]
+      obtain ⟨_, ap, hap, _⟩ := hn isEmptyElim
+      have hapEmpty : ap = ∅ := Set.eq_empty_of_isEmpty ap
+      rw [hapEmpty, Set.image_empty] at hap
+      exact Set.not_isAPOfLength_empty (by norm_num : (0 : ℕ∞) < 2) hap
+    · simp only [monoAP_guarantee_set, Set.mem_setOf_eq] at hn
+      obtain ⟨_, ap, hap, _⟩ := hn (fun _ => 0)
+      exact not_isAPOfLength_two_of_subsingleton_kernel (by
+        rintro _ ⟨⟨a, ha⟩, -, rfl⟩ _ ⟨⟨b, hb⟩, -, rfl⟩
+        have ha' := Finset.mem_coe.mp ha
+        have hb' := Finset.mem_coe.mp hb
+        rw [Finset.mem_Icc] at ha' hb'
+        have hab : a = b := by omega
+        subst hab
+        rfl) hap
+    · simp only [monoAP_guarantee_set, Set.mem_setOf_eq] at hn
+      let col : ↥(Finset.Icc (1 : ℕ) 2) → Fin 2 := fun x => if x.1 = 1 then 0 else 1
+      obtain ⟨c, ap, hap, hc⟩ := hn col
+      exact not_isAPOfLength_two_of_subsingleton_kernel (by
+        rintro _ ⟨a, ha, rfl⟩ _ ⟨b, hb, rfl⟩
+        have hca := hc a ha
+        have hcb := hc b hb
+        simp only [col] at hca hcb
+        have haVal := a.2
+        have hbVal := b.2
+        simp [Finset.mem_Icc] at haVal hbVal
+        congr 1
+        ext
+        split_ifs at hca hcb with h1 h2 h3 h4 <;> omega) hap
+
+#print axioms monoAPNumber_two_one_kernel
+#print axioms monoAPNumber_two_two_kernel
+
+end Erdos138

From ed8dd3a714df9122493e3b500c6d033bcd6b6f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DomTheDeveloper <DomTheDeveloper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:08:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ci: audit W(1) and W(2) proofs

---
 .github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e07907f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: OpenAI van der Waerden base-value audit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml'
+      - 'FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 35
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pinned Lean toolchain
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leanprover/elan/master/elan-init.sh | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain none
+          echo "$HOME/.elan/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            .lake/packages
+            .lake/build
+          key: vdw-base-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('lean-toolchain', 'lake-manifest.json', 'lakefile.toml') }}
+          restore-keys: vdw-base-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-
+      - name: Fetch compiled dependencies
+        run: lake exe cache get
+      - name: Reject proof holes and trust escapes
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          f=FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean
+          ! grep -nE '\b(sorry|admit)\b|native_decide|decide \+native|unsafe|axiom |Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' "$f"
+      - name: Compile exact proof module
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          lake env lean FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean 2>&1 | tee /tmp/vdw-base-build.log
+      - name: Audit exact theorem axioms
+        run: |
+          cat > /tmp/VdWBaseAxioms.lean <<'EOF'
+          import FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«138Proof»
+          #print axioms Erdos138.monoAPNumber_two_one_kernel
+          #print axioms Erdos138.monoAPNumber_two_two_kernel
+          EOF
+          lake env lean /tmp/VdWBaseAxioms.lean 2>&1 | tee /tmp/vdw-base-axioms.log
+          ! grep -E 'sorryAx|Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' /tmp/vdw-base-axioms.log
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: vdw-base-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/vdw-base-build.log
+            /tmp/vdw-base-axioms.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn

From 69ba9d07479dfaca6eee121ea91a0182849a4297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DomTheDeveloper <DomTheDeveloper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:10:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ci: build the registered van der Waerden proof module

---
 .github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml
index e07907f16..b47258735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openai-vdw-base-audit.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compile exact proof module
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
-          lake env lean FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/138Proof.lean 2>&1 | tee /tmp/vdw-base-build.log
+          lake build FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«138Proof» 2>&1 | tee /tmp/vdw-base-build.log
       - name: Audit exact theorem axioms
         run: |
           cat > /tmp/VdWBaseAxioms.lean <<'EOF'