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GPT 6 Astra Ultra attempt on Math-5619

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Contents
  1. Erdős Problem #388: independent continuation
  2. 1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT
  3. 2) WORK
  4. 3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION
  5. 4) FINAL
  6. 5) SOURCES CHECKED
  7. 6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

Erdős Problem #388: independent continuation

Date: 2026-09-23. Research attempt; no claim of a new published result.

1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT

Classify the equal products of two disjoint consecutive integer blocks with lengths $k_1,k_2>3$; are there finitely many solutions when all parameters vary?

All supplied versions considered: 388.tex. The source correctly separates fixed lengths from the global question, although its cited theorems need hypotheses beyond the overbroad phrase "fixed positive integers. I avoid relying on that phrasing and give an exact reduction and exhaustive check of the four-term later block.

2) WORK

For $k_2=4$ put \[ P=\prod_{i=1}^{k_1}(m_1+i). \] The identity \[ (m_2+1)(m_2+2)(m_2+3)(m_2+4)=(m_2^2+5m_2+5)^2-1 \] shows that a nonnegative integer $m_2$ exists exactly when $P+1=z^2$ for an integer $z\ge5$, and $4z+5=w^2$ with an odd integer $w\ge5$. Then $m_2=(w-5)/2$. The disjointness test $m_2\ge m_1+k_1$ is imposed afterward. Both square tests use exact integer square roots, so there is no numerical tolerance.

The saved script checks every $0\le m_1\le10000$ and $5\le k_1\le12$. It finds exactly \[ (m_1,k_1,m_2,k_2)=(7,7,62,4), \] corresponding to \[ 8\cdot9\cdot10\cdot11\cdot12\cdot13\cdot14 =63\cdot64\cdot65\cdot66=17297280. \] The reduction is complete for this bounded parameter box because every four-term later product satisfies the displayed identity and every admissible pair of squares reconstructs its unique $m_2$.

3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION

The later shift was not capped artificially; the two square tests recover it even if it exceeds 10000. The earlier shift and both length restrictions are explicit. A finite search cannot establish global uniqueness or finiteness, and the nonexistence of other short examples is not used as a theorem beyond the box.

4) FINAL

UNRESOLVED. All unbounded-length regimes and unbounded earlier shifts remain. The computational reduction gives a checkable search certificate, not the all-parameters classification.

5) SOURCES CHECKED

Read all of 388.tex; official indexed statement https://www.erdosproblems.com/388 checked on 2026-09-23. Exact search executed in verification/batch_2_checks.py. Forum proof claims were not adopted as premises.

6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

This is a conservative subjective measure of progress toward the original question, not a probability of correctness or a claim that the remaining work is routine. COMPLETION: 8%