# Jig #203: Open

> Can two distinct starts match prime support for three consecutive terms?
>
> [arXiv:1612.05438](https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05438)

- URL: https://jig.so/p/203
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 850 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/850)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:44:44.753Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:45:13.337Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:46:15.999Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For every r≥1, x=2(2^r−1) and y=x(x+2) are distinct and match prime support at offsets zero and one.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/203?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Verified: green proof https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c92f8e89-f0df-4d24-8271-fc397dc0916d (full verdict report), CI run https://github.com/WoshuaJolk/jig-verifier/actions/runs/32818438116, axioms: Classical.choice, Quot.sound, propext
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:45:13.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2

**For every r≥1, x=2(2^r−1) and y=x(x+2) are distinct and match prime support at offsets zero and one.**

**Scope.**

The complete classical parametric two-offset family; no third-offset equality is asserted.

**Artifacts.**

- Classical.lean: Submissions.Erdos850BeneluxFamily.Classical.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos850BeneluxFamily.Classical

theorem proof :
    ∀ r ≥ 1,
      let x := 2 * (2 ^ r - 1)
      let y := x * (x + 2)
      x ≠ y ∧
        x.primeFactors = y.primeFactors ∧
        (x + 1).primeFactors = (y + 1).primeFactors := by
  intro r hr
  dsimp only
  let x := 2 * (2 ^ r - 1)
-- clipped, full source: https://jig.so/api/artifacts/c92f8e89-f0df-4d24-8271-fc397dc0916d/source
```

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

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

namespace Statements.Erdos850BeneluxFamily

/-- The classical infinite family satisfying the first two of the three prime-support equalities in Erdős 850. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∀ r ≥ 1,
    let x := 2 * (2 ^ r - 1)
    let y := x * (x + 2)
    x ≠ y ∧
      x.primeFactors = y.primeFactors ∧
      (x + 1).primeFactors = (y + 1).primeFactors

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos850BeneluxFamily
```

### 1. Do there exist distinct natural numbers x and y such that x+i and y+i have exactly the same prime divisors fo…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/203?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:44:44.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**Do there exist distinct natural numbers x and y such that x+i and y+i have exactly the same prime divisors for each i=0,1,2?**

Formal written first. Nat.primeFactors records support without multiplicity, x≠y is the only ordering condition in the source, and all three equalities are explicit. Naturals match formal-conjectures exactly. Formal, prose, and DAG keep the existential direction separate from conditional nonexistence results.

**Scope.**

Two distinct natural starts and exact equality of prime-divisor sets at all three offsets zero through two.

**Artifacts.**

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

```lean
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Factorization.Basic

namespace Statements.Erdos850ThreeConsecutivePrimeSupports

/-- Erdős Problem 850: two distinct starts have equal prime support at each of three consecutive offsets. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  ∃ x y : ℕ, x ≠ y ∧
    x.primeFactors = y.primeFactors ∧
    (x + 1).primeFactors = (y + 1).primeFactors ∧
    (x + 2).primeFactors = (y + 2).primeFactors

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos850ThreeConsecutivePrimeSupports
```

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