Erdős Problem #930

Is it true that, for every $r$, there is a $k$ such that if $I_1,\ldots,I_r$ are disjoint intervals of consecutive integers, all of length at least $k$, then\[\prod_{1\leq i\leq r}\prod_{m\in I_i}m\]is not a perfect power?

#930: [Er76d]

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Erdős and Selfridge [ErSe75] proved that the product of consecutive integers is never a power (establishing the case $r=1$). The condition that the intervals be large in terms of $r$ is necessary for $r=2$ - see the constructions in [363].

See also [363] for the case of squares.

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