Formal mathematical verification demonstrates exact polynomial solutions to the Erdős-Straus conjecture for 23 of 24 residue classes modulo 24, indicating validity for 95.83% of residue classes.
While the global conjecture remains open for a thin set ofprime residues, significant structural progress has been achieved through modular congruencesieves. In this paper, we establish and mechanically verify in the Lean 4 interactive theoremprover (via Mathlib) the Master Modulo 24 Reduction Theorem: every integer n ≥ 2satisfying n ̸≡ 1 (mod 24) possesses an explicit, exact polynomial solution (x, y, z). Thisunconditional result covers 23 out of 24 residue classes modulo 24, demonstrating that theconjecture holds for at least 95.83% of all residue classes. The Lean 4 formalization is verifiedwith zero axioms, zero linter warnings, and zero sorry placeholders, providing an irrefutableproof certificate.
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