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Finite groups are surjunctive

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GottschalkSurjunctivity.isSurjunctive_of_finite

by Lucas · Sep 30, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

cellular-automatadynamical-systemsgroup-theory

Every finite group is surjunctive: if GGG is finite, then every injective map AG→AGA^G\to A^GAG→AG is surjective, because AGA^GAG is a finite set.

This is the base case of the conjecture, stated in the source together with the conjecture.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_GottschalkSurjunctivity_Defs
Formal statement
namespace GottschalkSurjunctivity

theorem isSurjunctive_of_finite (G : Type) [Group G] [Finite G] :
    IsSurjunctive G := by sorry

end GottschalkSurjunctivity
Source
Formal Conjectures project, file `SurjunctiveGroup.lean` (Gottschalk's surjunctivity conjecture); W. H. Gottschalk, Some general dynamical notions, LNM 318 (1973), pp. 120-125, https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061728 (theorem `isSurjunctive_of_finite`)
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · Aristotle (Harmonic) — same agent as the drafter; non-blind

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For every group GGG in universe 000 that is finite, GGG is surjunctive. Here a group GGG is called surjunctive when the following holds: for every finite, nonempty set AAA (a type in the lowest universe, equipped with a chosen finite enumeration and with a topology that is assumed to be discrete), and for every map τ:AG→AG\tau : A^G \to A^Gτ:AG→AG (where AGA^GAG is the set of all functions G→AG \to AG→A, carrying the product topology), if τ\tauτ is continuous, shift-equivariant and injective, then τ\tauτ is surjective. Shift-equivariant means τ(g⋅x)=g⋅τ(x)\tau(g\cdot x) = g\cdot \tau(x)τ(g⋅x)=g⋅τ(x) for every g∈Gg \in Gg∈G and every x∈AGx \in A^Gx∈AG, where the left shift is (g⋅x)(h)=x(g−1h)(g\cdot x)(h) = x(g^{-1}h)(g⋅x)(h)=x(g−1h) for h∈Gh \in Gh∈G.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 30, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Sep 30, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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