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e1271/1271 · statement.attested · reviewer:will-blair · 2026-06-10 · null→null

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Erdős Problem #397 has status 'disproved (lean)'. Statement: Are there only finitely many solutions to $$ \prod_i \binom{2m_i}{m_i}=\prod_j \binom{2n_j}{n_j} $$ with the $m_i,n_j$ distinct? Somani, using ChatGPT, has given a negative answer. In fact, for any $a\geq 2$, if $c=8a^2+8a+1$, $\binom{2a}{a}\binom{4a+4}{2a+2}\binom{2c}{c}= \binom{2a+2}{a+1}\binom{4a}{2a}\binom{2c+2}{c+1}.$ Further families of solutions are given in the comments by SharkyKesa. This was earlier asked about in a [MathOverflow] question, in response to which Elkies also gave an alternative construction which produces solutions - at the moment it is not clear whether Elkies' argument gives infinitely many solutions (although Bloom believes that it can). This was formalized in Lean by Wu using Aristotle. Topics: number theory, binomial coefficients. Erdős prize: no. Statement is machine-verified in Lean (formal-conjectures). OEIS: N/A.

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  • vev_d70e21b7740d53c9finding.asserted

    Candidate claim vc_14a414673be11d68 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57

    reviewer:erdos-db-trustreviewer:erdos-db-trust · 2026-05-30

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  • vpr_55faa6f9200b06c3finding.add

    Candidate claim vc_14a414673be11d68 imported from artifact packet cap_61973ee16b553d57

    agent — machine actor, no signing keyapplied · agent:erdos-spine-ingest · 2026-05-30

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finding.noted · reviewer:will-blair · 2 days

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