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Beal conjecture

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The Beal Conjecture: if we are given positive integers A,B,C,x,y,zA, B, C, x, y, z such that x,y,z>2x, y, z > 2 and Ax+By=CzA^x + B^y = C^z then A,B,CA, B, C have a common divisor.

Motivation

The Beal Conjecture: if we are given positive integers A,B,C,x,y,zA, B, C, x, y, z such that x,y,z>2x, y, z > 2 and Ax+By=CzA^x + B^y = C^z then A,B,CA, B, C have a common divisor.

Adapted from formal-conjectures, Wikipedia/BealConjecture.lean. Catalogued at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beal_conjecture.

Lean API
import Mathlib

namespace Conjectura.WP0002

def bealConjecture : Prop := ∀ {A B C x y z : ℕ},
    A ≠ 0 → B ≠ 0 → C ≠ 0 → 2 < x → 2 < y → 2 < z →
    A^x + B^y = C^z → 1 < Finset.gcd {A, B, C} id

/-- The **Beal Conjecture**: if we are given positive integers $A, B, C, x, y, z$ such that $x, y, z > 2$ and $A^x + B^y = C^z$ then $A, B, C$ have a common divisor. -/
def goal : Prop :=
  bealConjecture

end Conjectura.WP0002
Definition2
bealConjectureConjectura.WP0002.bealConjecture
def bealConjecture : Prop := ∀ {A B C x y z : ℕ},
    A ≠ 0 → B ≠ 0 → C ≠ 0 → 2 < x → 2 < y → 2 < z →
    A^x + B^y = C^z → 1 < Finset.gcd {A, B, C} id
Related work2
  • Beal conjecture

    The catalogue entry, with references and status.

  • formal-conjecturesThe Formal Conjectures Authors (Google DeepMind) · 2025

    Source of the Lean formalization adapted here.

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## Problem WP0002 — Beal conjecture

The **Beal Conjecture**: if we are given positive integers $A, B, C, x, y, z$ such that $x, y, z > 2$ and $A^x + B^y = C^z$ then $A, B, C$ have a common divisor.

## Environment (fixed — do not assume anything newer)

- Lean toolchain: `leanprover/lean4:v4.33.0-rc1`
- Mathlib: `v4.33.0-rc1`

If a lemma you want does not exist in that Mathlib, prove it inline instead of
importing something newer.

## The exact statement I must prove

```lean
theorem solution : Conjectura.WP0002.goal := by
  sorry
```

## The file I submit

```lean
import Conjectura.Problems.WP0002.Statement

namespace Submission

theorem solution : Conjectura.WP0002.goal := by
  sorry

end Submission

```

## The Lean definitions of every term in this problem

These are the actual definitions your proof will be checked against. Do not
substitute your own version of any of them.

### bealConjecture



```lean
Conjectura.WP0002.bealConjecture
-- unfolds to:
def bealConjecture : Prop := ∀ {A B C x y z : ℕ},
    A ≠ 0 → B ≠ 0 → C ≠ 0 → 2 < x → 2 < y → 2 < z →
    A^x + B^y = C^z → 1 < Finset.gcd {A, B, C} id
```
Defined in this corpus.

### gcd

def

```lean
Finset.gcd
```
Defined in Mathlib.

## Rules — submissions violating these are rejected automatically

1. **Do not change the name or type of `solution`.** It must satisfy the
   statement above exactly.
2. **Do not redefine or shadow anything from the problem's Statement module.**
   Declaring your own `goal`, or redefining a name it depends on, produces a
   proof of a *different* statement and is rejected. This is the single most
   common rejection.
3. **No `sorry`** anywhere, including in helper lemmas. It surfaces as the
   axiom `sorryAx` and is detected transitively through imports.
4. **No `native_decide`** — it surfaces as `Lean.ofReduceBool` and is not
   accepted, because it trusts compiled code rather than the kernel.
5. Only these axioms are permitted: `propext`, `Classical.choice`,
   `Quot.sound`.
6. Follow Mathlib style: hypotheses left of the colon, explicit types,
   `snake_case` theorem names, `UpperCamelCase` types.

## What I want from you

Here is my argument in informal mathematics:

> [PASTE YOUR PROOF SKETCH HERE]

Turn it into Lean 4 that compiles under the environment above and satisfies the
statement exactly. Where you are unsure a lemma exists in this Mathlib version,
say so explicitly rather than guessing a name.

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