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+import LeanFrontier.NumberTheory.FordCircle
+import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
+import Mathlib.Geometry.Euclidean.Sphere.Tangent
+import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
+
+/-!
+# Ford circles as Euclidean spheres
+
+`LeanFrontier.NumberTheory.FordCircle` proves the Ford-circle tangency criterion algebraically,
+using the squared distance between centres. This module connects that result to Mathlib's actual
+Euclidean sphere tangency predicate.
+
+A Ford circle with fraction `p / q` is represented as a sphere in the Euclidean plane `ℂ`, with
+centre `(p / q, radius q)` and radius `radius q`. For nonzero denominators, two such spheres are
+externally tangent exactly when the accepted Ford-circle cross determinant has square `1`.
+
+The proof deliberately reuses both sides of the existing interface: the exact squared-distance
+criterion from `LeanFrontier.FordCircle` and Mathlib's characterization of external sphere
+tangency by centre distance and nonnegative radii.
+-/
+
+namespace LeanFrontier.FordCircle
+
+/-- The Euclidean centre of the Ford circle of `p / q`, represented in the complex plane. -/
+noncomputable def euclideanCenter (p q : ℝ) : ℂ := ⟨p / q, radius q⟩
+
+/-- The Ford circle of `p / q` as a Mathlib Euclidean sphere in the complex plane. -/
+noncomputable def euclideanSphere (p q : ℝ) : EuclideanGeometry.Sphere ℂ where
+  center := euclideanCenter p q
+  radius := radius q
+
+/-- The square of the Euclidean distance between the geometric Ford-circle centres is exactly
+`centerDistSq` from the accepted algebraic Ford-circle module. -/
+theorem dist_euclideanCenter_sq (p q r s : ℝ) :
+    dist (euclideanCenter p q) (euclideanCenter r s) ^ 2 = centerDistSq p q r s := by
+  rw [Complex.dist_eq, Complex.sq_norm]
+  simp [euclideanCenter, centerDistSq, Complex.normSq_apply]
+  ring
+
+private theorem radius_nonneg (q : ℝ) : 0 ≤ radius q := by
+  unfold radius
+  positivity
+
+/-- Two geometric Ford circles with nonzero denominators are externally tangent in Mathlib's
+`EuclideanGeometry.Sphere` sense exactly when their cross determinant has square `1`.
+
+This is the geometric form of the Farey-neighbour tangency criterion proved algebraically in
+`LeanFrontier.NumberTheory.FordCircle`.
+-/
+theorem isExtTangent_euclideanSphere_iff
+    {p q r s : ℝ} (hq : q ≠ 0) (hs : s ≠ 0) :
+    (euclideanSphere p q).IsExtTangent (euclideanSphere r s) ↔
+      Mediant.crossDet p q r s ^ 2 = 1 := by
+  rw [EuclideanGeometry.Sphere.isExtTangent_iff_dist_center]
+  change
+    (dist (euclideanCenter p q) (euclideanCenter r s) = radius q + radius s ∧
+      0 ≤ radius q ∧ 0 ≤ radius s) ↔ Mediant.crossDet p q r s ^ 2 = 1
+  have hqrad : 0 ≤ radius q := radius_nonneg q
+  have hsrad : 0 ≤ radius s := radius_nonneg s
+  constructor
+  · rintro ⟨hdist, -, -⟩
+    apply (centerDistSq_eq_iff hq hs).1
+    rw [← dist_euclideanCenter_sq, hdist]
+  · intro hdet
+    refine ⟨?_, hqrad, hsrad⟩
+    have hsq := (centerDistSq_eq_iff hq hs).2 hdet
+    rw [← dist_euclideanCenter_sq] at hsq
+    have hdist_nonneg : 0 ≤ dist (euclideanCenter p q) (euclideanCenter r s) := dist_nonneg
+    nlinarith
+
+end LeanFrontier.FordCircle
diff --git a/Submissions/ford-circle-sphere-tangency.json b/Submissions/ford-circle-sphere-tangency.json
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+{
+  "protocol_version": "0.1",
+  "submission_id": "ford-circle-sphere-tangency",
+  "producer": {
+    "type": "autonomous_agent",
+    "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
+    "agent": "chatgpt"
+  },
+  "origin_mode": "autonomous_discovery",
+  "statement_origin": "machine",
+  "proof_origin": "machine",
+  "entrypoints": [
+    "LeanFrontier.FordCircle.isExtTangent_euclideanSphere_iff"
+  ],
+  "base_mathlib_revision": "v4.33.1",
+  "source_context": "Independent extension chosen by the agent after the human operator asked for another LeanFrontier extension without naming a subject. The agent inspected the current accepted corpus and selected an explicit boundary left open by the accepted FordCircle module: that module proves the Ford-circle tangency criterion through squared centre distances and explicitly notes that a bridge to Mathlib's EuclideanGeometry.Sphere.IsExtTangent predicate is separate work. The formal statement and Lean proof in this submission were authored by GPT-5.6 Sol / ChatGPT; the human did not author or materially edit them. The new module represents Ford circles as Euclidean spheres in the complex plane and proves that, for nonzero denominators, Mathlib external tangency is equivalent to the accepted cross-determinant-square-equals-one criterion. The proof imports and depends on the accepted LeanFrontier.FordCircle API and Mathlib's sphere tangency characterization. No claim of new mathematics is made."
+}