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Add Erdős Problem 1128 (Prikry-Mills counterexample for monochromatic countable boxes)#3782

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Formalises Erdős Problem 1128: whether every 2-colouring of $\omega \times \omega \times \omega_1$ admits a monochromatic product $A \times B \times C$ with $A, B, C$ countably infinite.

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  • Main theorem (answer: False): the problem is resolved negatively via the Prikry-Mills (1978, unpublished) construction.
  • prikryMills lemma (sorry): records the unpublished 1978 Prikry-Mills counterexample colouring.
  • variants.two_dimensional_false: a formal disproof of the naturally-false two-dimensional variant using the ordering colouring on $\omega \times \omega_1$.
  • Four proved helper lemmas about $\omega_1$ establishing countability and boundedness properties (card_le_aleph0_of_lt_omega1, countable_toType_of_lt_omega1, countable_Iio_of_lt_omega1, countable_Iio_omega1, countable_subset_bdd) used for the supporting infrastructure.

Assisted by Claude (Anthropic).

Formalises Problem 1128 on monochromatic countable boxes in
2-colourings of ω × ω × ω₁. The main theorem answers False via the
Prikry-Mills (1978) construction, recorded as the unpublished lemma
prikryMills (with `sorry`). Includes variants.two_dimensional_false
formally disproving the naturally-false two-dimensional variant via the
ordering colouring, plus four proved helper lemmas establishing
countability and boundedness properties of ω₁.

Reference: https://www.erdosproblems.com/1128
Assisted by Claude (Anthropic).
@github-actions github-actions Bot added the erdos-problems Erdős Problems label Apr 16, 2026
Mirrors the Round C docstring pass from the private repo's
phase1-infrastructure branch. Each Lean file now carries the
canonical source statement and upstream URL inline so reviewers
can verify formalization against the source without navigating
away from the diff.
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