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+name: OpenAI minimum-overlap M2 audit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/openai-minimum-overlap-two-audit.yml'
+      - 'FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/36Proof.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: minimum-overlap-two-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('lean-toolchain', 'lake-manifest.json', 'lakefile.toml') }}
+          restore-keys: minimum-overlap-two-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-
+      - name: Fetch compiled dependencies
+        run: lake exe cache get
+      - name: Reject proof holes and trust escapes
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          f=FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/36Proof.lean
+          ! grep -nE '\b(sorry|admit)\b|native_decide|decide \+native|unsafe|axiom |Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' "$f"
+      - name: Compile exact proof module
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          lake build FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«36Proof» 2>&1 | tee /tmp/minimum-overlap-two-build.log
+      - name: Audit exact theorem axioms
+        run: |
+          cat > /tmp/MinimumOverlapTwoAxioms.lean <<'EOF'
+          import FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«36Proof»
+          #print axioms Erdos36.M_two_kernel
+          EOF
+          lake env lean /tmp/MinimumOverlapTwoAxioms.lean 2>&1 | tee /tmp/minimum-overlap-two-axioms.log
+          ! grep -E 'sorryAx|Lean\.ofReduce|Lean\.ofReduceBool|Lean\.trustCompiler' /tmp/minimum-overlap-two-axioms.log
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: minimum-overlap-two-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/minimum-overlap-two-build.log
+            /tmp/minimum-overlap-two-axioms.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
diff --git a/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/36Proof.lean b/FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/36Proof.lean
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+/-
+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.«36»
+
+/-!
+# Exact proof of the first nontrivial minimum-overlap value
+-/
+
+open scoped Topology
+open Filter
+
+namespace Erdos36
+
+private lemma one_le_overlap_kernel {A B : Finset ℤ} {a b : ℤ}
+    (ha : a ∈ A) (hb : b ∈ B) : 1 ≤ Overlap A B (a - b) :=
+  Finset.card_pos.mpr ⟨(a, b), Finset.mem_filter.mpr
+    ⟨Finset.mem_product.mpr ⟨ha, hb⟩, rfl⟩⟩
+
+private lemma overlap_le_card_mul_kernel {A B : Finset ℤ} (k : ℤ) :
+    Overlap A B k ≤ A.card * B.card := by
+  refine (Finset.card_filter_le _ _).trans ?_
+  rw [Finset.product_eq_sprod, Finset.card_product]
+
+private lemma maxOverlap_one_four_two_three_kernel :
+    MaxOverlap ({1, 4} : Finset ℤ) ({2, 3} : Finset ℤ) = 1 := by
+  apply le_antisymm
+  · refine ciSup_le ?_
+    intro k
+    apply Finset.card_le_one.mpr
+    rintro ⟨p1, p2⟩ hp ⟨q1, q2⟩ hq
+    obtain ⟨hp_prod, hp_eq⟩ := Finset.mem_filter.mp hp
+    obtain ⟨hq_prod, hq_eq⟩ := Finset.mem_filter.mp hq
+    obtain ⟨h1, h2⟩ := Finset.mem_product.mp hp_prod
+    obtain ⟨h4, h5⟩ := Finset.mem_product.mp hq_prod
+    simp only [Finset.mem_insert, Finset.mem_singleton] at h1 h2 h4 h5
+    simp only at hp_eq hq_eq
+    have hdiff : p1 - p2 = q1 - q2 := by rw [hp_eq, hq_eq]
+    rcases h1 with rfl | rfl <;> rcases h2 with rfl | rfl <;>
+      rcases h4 with rfl | rfl <;> rcases h5 with rfl | rfl <;>
+      first | rfl | (exfalso; omega)
+  · refine le_ciSup_of_le ⟨4, ?_⟩ (-1) ?_
+    · rintro x ⟨k, rfl⟩
+      exact (overlap_le_card_mul_kernel k).trans (by decide)
+    · exact one_le_overlap_kernel (by decide : (1 : ℤ) ∈ ({1, 4} : Finset ℤ))
+        (by decide : (2 : ℤ) ∈ ({2, 3} : Finset ℤ))
+
+/-- The balanced partition `{1,4} ⊔ {2,3}` proves `M(2) = 1`. -/
+@[category test, AMS 5 11]
+theorem M_two_kernel : M 2 = 1 := by
+  apply le_antisymm
+  · exact Nat.sInf_le
+      ⟨{1, 4}, {2, 3}, by decide, by decide, by decide,
+        maxOverlap_one_four_two_three_kernel⟩
+  · apply le_csInf
+    · exact ⟨_, {1, 4}, {2, 3}, by decide, by decide, by decide,
+        maxOverlap_one_four_two_three_kernel⟩
+    rintro x ⟨A, B, hd, hu, hsc, rfl⟩
+    have hcardsum : A.card + B.card = 4 := by
+      rw [← Finset.card_union_of_disjoint hd, hu]
+      decide
+    have hca : A.card = 2 := by omega
+    have hcb : B.card = 2 := by omega
+    obtain ⟨a, ha⟩ : A.Nonempty := Finset.card_pos.mp (by omega)
+    obtain ⟨b, hb⟩ : B.Nonempty := Finset.card_pos.mp (by omega)
+    refine le_ciSup_of_le ⟨A.card * B.card, ?_⟩ (a - b)
+      (one_le_overlap_kernel ha hb)
+    rintro x ⟨k, rfl⟩
+    exact overlap_le_card_mul_kernel k
+
+#print axioms M_two_kernel
+
+end Erdos36