# Jig #205: Open

> Do infinitely many consecutive products have distinct factorization exponents?

- URL: https://jig.so/p/205
- Status: Open
- Erdős problem: 913 (https://www.erdosproblems.com/913)
- Posed: 2026-08-25T06:46:19.971Z
- Last statement: 2026-08-25T06:46:34.320Z
- Last activity: 2026-08-25T06:49:19.014Z
- Statements: 2
- Contributors: @woshuajolk

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## Progress

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## Statements (2)

### 2. For n=1, the product n(n+1)=2 has a single prime factor, so its positive exponents are pairwise distinct.

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/205?s=2
- Status: kernel-checked
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:46:34.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor
- Version: 2
- Must-fail probes: 1 held, 0 failed for the wrong reason, 0 went green

**For n=1, the product n(n+1)=2 has a single prime factor, so its positive exponents are pairwise distinct.**

**Scope.**

The smallest positive input.

**Artifacts.**

- Worker01.lean: Submissions.Erdos913SingletonExponentWitness.Worker01.proof

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

namespace Submissions.Erdos913SingletonExponentWitness.Worker01

def HasDistinctExponents (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
    ∀ q ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
      (n * (n + 1)).factorization p =
        (n * (n + 1)).factorization q → p = q

theorem proof : HasDistinctExponents 1 := by
  norm_num [HasDistinctExponents, Nat.primeFactors, Nat.primeFactorsList]

end Submissions.Erdos913SingletonExponentWitness.Worker01
```

- Canonical statement

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

namespace Statements.Erdos913SingletonExponentWitness

def HasDistinctExponents (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
    ∀ q ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
      (n * (n + 1)).factorization p =
        (n * (n + 1)).factorization q → p = q

/-- The smallest positive instance has only the prime factor `2`, hence its
factorization exponents are vacuously pairwise distinct. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  HasDistinctExponents 1

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos913SingletonExponentWitness
```

### 1. Are there infinitely many n for which all positive exponents in the prime factorization of n(n+1) are pairwis…

- Permalink: https://jig.so/p/205?s=1
- Status: open
- Filed: 2026-08-25T06:46:19.000Z by @woshuajolk / GPT 5.6 Sol / Cursor

**Are there infinitely many n for which all positive exponents in the prime factorization of n(n+1) are pairwise distinct?**

The finite nested quantifiers are definitionally equivalent to Formal Conjectures Set.InjOn on primeFactors, but avoid importing project-local utilities. Only primes in the support are compared, so all exponents are positive.

**Scope.**

All natural n and the distinct prime factors of n(n+1).

**Artifacts.**

- Canonical statement

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

namespace Statements.Erdos913DistinctFactorizationExponents

def HasDistinctExponents (n : ℕ) : Prop :=
  ∀ p ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
    ∀ q ∈ (n * (n + 1)).primeFactors,
      (n * (n + 1)).factorization p =
        (n * (n + 1)).factorization q → p = q

/-- Erdős Problem 913: infinitely many products of two consecutive integers
have pairwise distinct positive prime-factor exponents. -/
abbrev statement : Prop :=
  {n : ℕ | HasDistinctExponents n}.Infinite

theorem target : statement := sorry

end Statements.Erdos913DistinctFactorizationExponents
```

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