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Cyclic successor is fixed-point-free

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BookSixth.cycSucc_ne_self

by Tamas Fulop · Sep 16, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

combinatorics

Cyclic successor on a finite set with at least two elements has no fixed point. For l≥2l \ge 2l≥2, the wraparound map i↦(i+1) mod li \mapsto (i+1) \bmod li↦(i+1)modl never fixes a point: a fixed point would force (v+1) mod l=v(v+1) \bmod l = v(v+1)modl=v, impossible for 0≤v<l0 \le v < l0≤v<l with l≥2l \ge 2l≥2. This supplies the distinctness needed to read cycles as edge sets in the random graph model. Formalization Note Lean states it for the explicit cycSucc wraparound function.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_BookSixthRandomGraph

set_option autoImplicit false
Formal statement
theorem BookSixth.cycSucc_ne_self (l : Nat) (hl0 : 0 < l) (hl1 : 1 < l) :
    forall i : Fin l, Ne (BookSixth.cycSucc hl0 i) i := by sorry
Source
Fixed-point-freeness of cyclic successor, used in the high-girth high-chromatic-number argument, Aigner and Ziegler, Proofs from THE BOOK, Sixth Edition (2018), Chapter 45, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8_45

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