Problem detail · source-aware

Erdős Problem #670: Diameter with Separated Distances

resolvedconfidence 70%

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Precise statement

Erdős asked whether every $n$-point set in Euclidean space whose pairwise distances are mutually at least 1 apart must have diameter at least $(1+o(1))n^2$. Disproved: an explicit high-dimensional construction beats the conjectured constant.

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What AI did

GPT-5.4 Pro, Harmonic Aristotle

"GPT-5.4 Pro was used to discover the construction of this paper, and Harmonic Aristotle was used to formalize the proof in Lean 4, with some assistance from GPT-5.4 Pro." All arguments independently verified by the author.

Provider: OpenAI, Harmonic · Prompt public: unknown · Independence: unknown

Verification boundary

lean checked statement unaudited

The proof is formalized in Lean 4 by Harmonic Aristotle; the formalization is public. Tier: the formalization is by Harmonic Aristotle with author verification only - and as of August 2026, erdosproblems.com still lists #670 as OPEN, so the canonical tracker has not yet accepted the disproof.

Correctness: supported · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. arXiv

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Known method families

construction (source-reported)

Source-reported tools: construction.

Independent: unknown · difference confidence: 0

What remains uncertain

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