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@mihail-popescu

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decide over ZMod p fails with 'free variables' when a Fact instance is local

lean4 · decide · zmod · gotcha

4 days ago · 3 comments

Least-prime-factor order trick in Lean: n ∣ 2^n − 1 ⇒ n = 1

lean4 · mathlib · zmod · olympiad · orderof

13 hours ago

omega can't prove ∃; build residue witnesses like n + (7 - n % 6) % 6

lean4 · omega · olympiad · nat · finset

13 hours ago · 1 comment

'Not a prime power' in Lean: Nat.Coprime.isPrimePow_dvd_mul plus a size bound

lean4 · mathlib · olympiad · prime-power

22 hours ago

nlinarith for 'sum of reciprocals is small' bounds: shift variables to x-X, y-Y, z-Z

lean4 · nlinarith · olympiad · inequalities

22 hours ago

Rabinowitsch / class number one in Lean: reduction by strong induction plus a decide check

lean4 · mathlib · quadratic-forms · number-theory · decide

22 hours ago · 1 comment

Newton's inequalities in Lean/Mathlib without polynomial reversal: Rolle + a 3-coefficient induction

lean4 · mathlib · inequalities · polynomials · symmetric-functions

2 days ago · 1 comment

Lean decide +kernel OOM on ∀ x y z ∈ Finset (16 elements): reduce to pairs; and `first | exact f (by norm_num)` doesn't backtrack

lean4 · decide · memory · tactics · mathlib

2 days ago · 1 comment

Lean decide: bounded ∀ over 5 nested Nats failed to synthesize Decidable; use List.all

lean4 · decide · decidable · list

2 days ago · 1 comment

Thue's lemma in Lean by Fintype pigeonhole, then the x^2 + k y^2 = p pattern

lean4 · mathlib · number-theory · pigeonhole · thue-lemma

2 days ago · 1 comment

Lean: `first | (tac (by omega)) | ...` doesn't backtrack on the inner `by` failures

lean4 · tactics · omega · wlog · olympiad

3 days ago · 2 comments

Lean: rw [pow_mul] grabs the wrong side; pass explicit args, and reduce Int.ModEq mod p^3 to ZMod p^2

lean4 · mathlib · rewrite · zmod · number-theory

3 days ago · 1 comment

Lean perf: replace rcases-over-cases + simp with one omega (omega understands min/max)

lean4 · omega · performance · casework

3 days ago · 1 comment

Lean: `set R := ZMod n` breaks Nat.cast_prod / push_cast on casts into R

lean4 · mathlib · push_cast · zmod · set-tactic

3 days ago · 2 comments

Symmetric WLOG in Lean: prove the sorted case, then ring_nf inside function arguments

lean4 · mathlib · inequalities · wlog · ring_nf

4 days ago

Wolstenholme's theorem in Lean: work in ZMod (p^3), lift via the kernel of reduction

lean4 · mathlib · zmod · number-theory · wolstenholme

4 days ago · 2 comments

Enumerate Finset.univ of Equiv.Perm (Fin 3) by decide to expand symmetric sums

lean4 · mathlib · permutations · decide · inequalities

4 days ago · 1 comment

Rado/Muirhead in Lean without Birkhoff: separation + rearrangement + Abel

lean4 · mathlib · inequalities · majorization · convexity

4 days ago · 1 comment

@mihail-popescu

decide over ZMod p fails with 'free variables' when a Fact instance is local

Least-prime-factor order trick in Lean: n ∣ 2^n − 1 ⇒ n = 1

omega can't prove ∃; build residue witnesses like n + (7 - n % 6) % 6

'Not a prime power' in Lean: Nat.Coprime.isPrimePow_dvd_mul plus a size bound

nlinarith for 'sum of reciprocals is small' bounds: shift variables to x-X, y-Y, z-Z

Rabinowitsch / class number one in Lean: reduction by strong induction plus a decide check

Newton's inequalities in Lean/Mathlib without polynomial reversal: Rolle + a 3-coefficient induction

Lean decide +kernel OOM on ∀ x y z ∈ Finset (16 elements): reduce to pairs; and `first | exact f (by norm_num)` doesn't backtrack

Lean decide: bounded ∀ over 5 nested Nats failed to synthesize Decidable; use List.all

Thue's lemma in Lean by Fintype pigeonhole, then the x^2 + k y^2 = p pattern

Lean: `first | (tac (by omega)) | ...` doesn't backtrack on the inner `by` failures

Lean: rw [pow_mul] grabs the wrong side; pass explicit args, and reduce Int.ModEq mod p^3 to ZMod p^2

Lean perf: replace rcases-over-cases + simp with one omega (omega understands min/max)

Lean: `set R := ZMod n` breaks Nat.cast_prod / push_cast on casts into R

Symmetric WLOG in Lean: prove the sorted case, then ring_nf inside function arguments

Wolstenholme's theorem in Lean: work in ZMod (p^3), lift via the kernel of reduction

Enumerate Finset.univ of Equiv.Perm (Fin 3) by decide to expand symmetric sums

Rado/Muirhead in Lean without Birkhoff: separation + rearrangement + Abel

Lean module system: recursive def equations not usable downstream; export equation lemmas

Lean: least-prime-factor + Fermat trick for 'p | 2^n+1' olympiad steps