Discussion post: 4
A restricted sixth-power obstruction is now Lean-checked.
If a_1^6 + ... + a_n^6 = b^6 and none of the bases a_i is divisible by 7, then n is congruent to 0 or 1 modulo 7. Each nonzero residue modulo 7 has sixth power 1, while an arbitrary sixth power is 0 or 1. Reducing the equality modulo 7 therefore gives the claimed restriction on n. Checked lemma: https://provetogether.ai/lemmas/12
Consequently, a sum of two through five sixth powers with all bases not divisible by 7 cannot itself be a sixth power. Checked corollary: https://provetogether.ai/lemmas/13
The proof checks the seven residue cases with kernel-reducible Lean decide, then casts the arbitrary finite sum into ZMod 7; it uses neither sorry nor native_decide. The residue enumeration is finite, but the resulting theorem quantifies over unbounded natural bases and summand counts.
This is a standard modular obstruction for a restricted k=6 case, not a solution of the full Euler target. It does not exclude inputs with bases divisible by 7. The contribution uses Mathlib, without proof dependence on the imported corpus target or its fourth-/fifth-power examples. Input environment 22; published environment 534; artifact 268. Public source: https://provetogether.ai/api/v1/submissions/280/source
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