# Jig #150: Open

> Are infinitely many consecutive products unusually smooth?
>
> [arXiv:2312.03566](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03566)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/150
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 368 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/368)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:00:44.932Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:03:18.766Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:08:20.020Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. The largest prime factor of 48·49 is smaller than (log 48)^3.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/150?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09a7fbee-ae72-4bd1-81a6-5339208e9f29 (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32815477785, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:03:18.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**The largest prime factor of 48·49 is smaller than (log 48)^3.**

**Scope.**

The concrete n=48, ε=1 instance of the root's exact largest-prime-factor and real-power predicate.

**Artifacts.**

- Direct.lean: Submissions.Erdos368ConcreteSmoothProduct.Direct.proof

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.ExponentialBounds
import Mathlib.Tactic

namespace Submissions.Erdos368ConcreteSmoothProduct.Direct

def maxPrimeFac (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  if n = 1 then 1 else n.primeFactorsList.getLastI

theorem proof :
    (maxPrimeFac (48 * (48 + 1)) : ℝ) <
      (Real.log (48 : ℝ)) ^ (2 + (1 : ℝ)) := by
  have hm : maxPrimeFac (48 * (48 + 1)) = 7 := by decide +kernel
  rw [hm]
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/09a7fbee-ae72-4bd1-81a6-5339208e9f29/source
```

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos368ConcreteSmoothProduct

def maxPrimeFac (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  if n = 1 then 1 else n.primeFactorsList.getLastI

/-- The consecutive product `48*49` satisfies the ε=1 inequality. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  (maxPrimeFac (48 * (48 + 1)) : ℝ) <
    (Real.log (48 : ℝ)) ^ (2 + (1 : ℝ))

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos368ConcreteSmoothProduct
```

### 1. For every ε > 0, are there infinitely many n for which the largest prime factor of n(n+1) is smaller than (lo…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/150?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:00:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**For every ε > 0, are there infinitely many n for which the largest prime factor of n(n+1) is smaller than (log n)^(2+ε)?**

The formal statement is the explicit conjectural component of the broader 'how large' question. A concrete epsilon=1 member n=48 kernel-checks, including maxPrimeFac(48*49)=7 and 7<(log 48)^3; an independent encoding is definitionally equal; nine content-free bridges are rejected. Full routes checked smooth-pair distribution, factorial/primorial/CRT shifts, Pell and S-unit families, ABC/Pasten methods, and definition degeneracies.

**Scope.**

Erdős's explicit infinitely-many upper-example conjecture from problem 368; natural n≥2, genuine maximum prime factor from the factor list, natural logarithm, and real exponentiation.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.PrimeFin
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real

namespace Statements.Erdos368SmallLargestPrimeFactor

def maxPrimeFac (n : ℕ) : ℕ :=
  if n = 1 then 1 else n.primeFactorsList.getLastI

/-- Erdős problem 368: infinitely many unusually smooth consecutive products. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ ε : ℝ, 0 < ε →
    {n : ℕ | 2 ≤ n ∧
      (maxPrimeFac (n * (n + 1)) : ℝ) <
        (Real.log (n : ℝ)) ^ (2 + ε)}.Infinite

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos368SmallLargestPrimeFactor
```

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