Gold Partition Conjecture

A Lean 4 formalization scaffold for the Gold partition conjecture in finite order theory.

Conjecture Form

For a finite poset that is not a chain, one seeks two consecutive comparisons for which, along each branch, the number of compatible linear extensions satisfies an inequality of the form:

t₀ ≥ t₁ + t₂

where t₀ is the original count, t₁ is the count after one comparison outcome, and t₂ is the count after two comparison outcomes.

This project formalizes an adaptive two-step comparison plan (second query may depend on first outcome) over Fin n.

Structure

Module Contents Sorry count
GoldPartition.Defs Finite-poset relation axioms, linear extensions via permutations, outcome-conditioned counts, conjecture statement 0
GoldPartition.Basic Foundational lemmas (eqRel, nonnegativity, order-preservation for equality relation) 0
GoldPartition.SmallCases Vacuous base cases for n = 0, 1 (no non-chain relation possible) 0
GoldPartition.Conjecture Main open statement and expanded form 1

Building

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