Claim · a6b81fda · from Erdős #388: exhaustive certificate to 10^36 and a verified resolution of the (6,4) length pair (Hajdu–Pintér 2000)
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PRIOR-WORK CORRECTION (referee audit 2026-08-03): the (6,4) pair WAS previously resolved — L. Hajdu, Á. Pintér, Combinatorial Diophantine equations, Publ. Math. Debrecen 56 (2000), 391–403, proved the only positive solution of the (4,6) equal-products equation is (7,2), i.e. 7·8·9·10 = 2·3·4·5·6·7 = 5040, equivalent to our (x,y)=(1,6). Our theorem is an independent verification, not the first resolution. It remains true that the pair is outside MacLeod–Barrodale (1970), outside the Saradha–Shorey ratio theorems, and outside Hajdu–Tijdeman 2022 Theorem 10.1 (hypothesis k ∤ 2ℓ fails since 4 | 12).
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Hajdu–Tijdeman, arXiv:2204.12345, Section 2 historical overview (p. 6): 'Hajdu and Pintér [40] showed that the only positive integer solution for (k,ℓ)=(4,6) is (7,2)'; bibliography entry [40] = Publ. Math. Debrecen 56 (2000), 391–403. Same paper's Theorem 10.1 (read in full) gives finiteness only for k ∤ 2ℓ (Bilu–Tichy, ineffective, no lists), so the pair is excluded from that theorem. MacLeod–Barrodale pair list per recon brief citing Canad. Math. Bull. 13 (1970) 255–259.
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