# 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
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1ee74a39-3df9-4565-b6be-86eb77ef5eca (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814455934, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- 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 _
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/1ee74a39-3df9-4565-b6be-86eb77ef5eca/source
```

- Canonical statement: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```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
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/9ed706e9-abc2-4760-8eff-0e7099db08bf (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32814435546, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- 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: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```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: the goal; its `sorry` is the blank a proof fills, not a proof

```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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