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Source. Bajpai--Bennett--Chan, accepted author manuscript (June 26, 2023), pp. 3--4 and 14. This is the later manuscript example associated with 2P1−6P2+T22P_1-6P_2+T_2; arXiv v1 instead prints a larger example associated with 14P1−8P2+T114P_1-8P_2+T_1.

Statement. The accepted manuscript gives a four-term progression with initial term

text
1941933115377551077587122551830475057213069529860027159207864676
07518456158647255738252174690341489845812095405465699621251448104527
6691804469093296671884340486000359836438119479856969366457

and positive common difference

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264015496910372571453683338480432534892486865509162672828630181
232132015211487807492449285089616569784339663505966152854290768706
31639734824690430160038942642966756875188627215486028565587784

The initial term has 190 digits and the common difference has 191 digits. The four terms have signature [73,1,1,1][73,1,1,1]: the first is 73373^3 times a square and the other three are squares. All six pairwise gcds are 11.

Verification. Exact integer arithmetic in the verification script checks the three square roots, the square quotient by 73373^3, gcd⁡(N,d)=1\gcd(N,d)=1, and every pairwise gcd. It also reproduces the finite congruence calculation underlying the infinite family. Independent reconstruction from the stated elliptic-curve point shows that the printed example arises after dividing a raw progression with common factor 44 and reversing it. This explains why the 73373^3 term occurs first here although Proposition 5.2 writes it last; the transformation is not stated explicitly in the manuscript. From the repository root, uv run --no-sync python library/diophantine_problems/bajpai_2024_arithmetic_progressions_squarefull_numbers/evidence/verify_937_bajpai_examples.py runs every named obligation in well under one second and exits nonzero on any failed check, including under python -O.

Historical note. The manuscript calls this its smallest known example, not a proved minimum. Bennett--Walsh subsequently published a 111-digit record example.

Bears on. #937.