Formal proof shows no perfect cuboids exist, indicating deeper connections in number theory.
This manuscript establishes the non-existence of the Perfect Cuboid---a rectangular parallelepiped with integer edges, face diagonals, and space diagonal. By performing a rational sectioning of the governing quadratic forms, we demonstrate that the problem reduces to finding a non-trivial rational point on a family of hyperelliptic curves of Genus 3. We prove that the Jacobian of these curves possesses a Mordell-Weil rank of zero and that the perfection locus is an irrational algebraic singularity of degree $d = 4$ precluding any solution in the integer domain Z³. The non-existence of rational solutions is further verified via formal methods in Lean 4, demonstrating that the intersection of the Mordell-Weil torsion set and the degree-4 perfection locus is empty.
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