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feat: add Golod-Shafarevich inequality eval problem#386

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This PR adds the Golod–Shafarevich inequality for finite p-groups as an eval problem: every nontrivial finite p-group Q satisfies d(Q)^2 < 4 r(Q), where d(Q) is the generator rank and r(Q) = dim_{𝔽_p} H²(Q; 𝔽_p) the relation rank. The two trusted helper definitions generatorRank and relationRank (non-holes) fix the meaning of d and r, presenting a finite p-group as a discrete topological group so that topological generation and continuous cohomology agree with their abstract counterparts; they follow ErdosUnitDistance.Defs.ProPGroups.

This is one of the two external inputs taken as a hypothesis in Logical Intelligence's formalization of the disproof of Erdős's unit-distance conjecture (erdos-unit-distance, Hyp_GolodShafarevichInequality), and is not yet in Mathlib. The statement was checked for faithfulness against NSW Theorem 3.9.7 and Serre by an independent review, and the module builds with only the expected sorry.

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Add the Golod-Shafarevich inequality for finite p-groups: a nontrivial
finite p-group Q satisfies d(Q)^2 < 4 r(Q), where d(Q) is the generator
rank and r(Q) = dim H^2(Q; F_p) the relation rank (both fixed by trusted
helper definitions). This is one of the two external inputs taken as a
hypothesis in Logical Intelligence's formalization of the disproof of
Erdos's unit-distance conjecture (Hyp_GolodShafarevichInequality), and is
not yet available in Mathlib.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@kim-em kim-em merged commit b5bf8a5 into main Jun 3, 2026
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