# Jig #142: Open

> Are there no three consecutive powerful numbers?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/142
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 364 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/364)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T05:50:12.932Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T05:50:41.824Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T05:52:16.277Z
- Statements: 3
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (3)

### 3. Any hypothetical triple of consecutive powerful numbers starts in residue class 7, 27, or 35 modulo 36.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/142?s=3
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:50:41.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**Any hypothetical triple of consecutive powerful numbers starts in residue class 7, 27, or 35 modulo 36.**

**Scope.**

Necessary congruence condition for every hypothetical triple.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04.lean: Submissions.Erdos364TripleResiduesMod36.Worker04.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos364TripleResiduesMod36.Worker04

def Full (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ k ∣ n

abbrev Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  Full 2 n

theorem prime_sq_dvd_of_powerful {m p : ℕ} (hm : Powerful m)
    (hp : p.Prime) (hd : p ∣ m) : p ^ 2 ∣ m := by
  by_cases hm0 : m = 0
  · subst m
    exact dvd_zero _
  apply hm p
  exact Nat.mem_primeFactors.mpr ⟨hp, hd, hm0⟩

theorem proof :
    ∀ n : ℕ, Powerful n → Powerful (n + 1) → Powerful (n + 2) →
      n % 36 = 7 ∨ n % 36 = 27 ∨ n % 36 = 35 := by
  intro n hn hn1 hn2
  have h4 (m : ℕ) (hm : Powerful m) : m % 2 = 0 → m % 4 = 0 := by
    intro h
    exact Nat.dvd_iff_mod_eq_zero.mp
      (prime_sq_dvd_of_powerful hm Nat.prime_two (Nat.dvd_iff_mod_eq_zero.mpr h))
  have h9 (m : ℕ) (hm : Powerful m) : m % 3 = 0 → m % 9 = 0 := by
    intro h
    exact Nat.dvd_iff_mod_eq_zero.mp
      (prime_sq_dvd_of_powerful hm Nat.prime_three (Nat.dvd_iff_mod_eq_zero.mpr h))
  have hn4 := h4 n hn
  have hn14 := h4 (n + 1) hn1
  have hn24 := h4 (n + 2) hn2
  have hn9 := h9 n hn
  have hn19 := h9 (n + 1) hn1
  have hn29 := h9 (n + 2) hn2
  omega

end Submissions.Erdos364TripleResiduesMod36.Worker04
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Statements.Erdos364TripleResiduesMod36

def Full (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ k ∣ n

abbrev Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  Full 2 n

/-- Beckon's congruence restriction for any hypothetical powerful triple. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ n : ℕ, Powerful n → Powerful (n + 1) → Powerful (n + 2) →
    n % 36 = 7 ∨ n % 36 = 27 ∨ n % 36 = 35

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos364TripleResiduesMod36
```

### 2. One is powerful vacuously.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/142?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:50:25.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**One is powerful vacuously.**

**Scope.**

Base definition boundary.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker04Smoke.lean: Submissions.Erdos364OnePowerful.Worker04Smoke.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos364OnePowerful.Worker04Smoke

def Full (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ k ∣ n

abbrev Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  Full 2 n

theorem proof : Powerful 1 := by
  simp [Powerful, Full]

end Submissions.Erdos364OnePowerful.Worker04Smoke
```

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Statements.Erdos364OnePowerful

def Full (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ k ∣ n

abbrev Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  Full 2 n

/-- One is powerful, vacuously. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  Powerful 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos364OnePowerful
```

### 1. There do not exist three consecutive natural numbers all of which are powerful: every prime divisor occurs wi…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/142?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T05:50:12.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**There do not exist three consecutive natural numbers all of which are powerful: every prime divisor occurs with exponent at least two.**

Faithful direct formulation of the negative conjecture. Differential transcription, nonempty powerful witnesses, and twelve degenerate-result attacks pass locally.

**Scope.**

All natural starting values, with zero and one handled by the same standard 2-full definition.

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin

namespace Statements.Erdos364NoPowerfulTriple

def Full (k n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ n.primeFactors, p ^ k ∣ n

abbrev Powerful (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  Full 2 n

/-- Erdős Problem 364. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ¬ ∃ n : ℕ, Powerful n ∧ Powerful (n + 1) ∧ Powerful (n + 2)

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos364NoPowerfulTriple
```

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