Predicate logic: "the product of any four consecutive natural numbers is equal to some perfect square minus 1"

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My task is to rewrite the claim

The product of any four consecutive natural numbers is equal to some perfect square minus 1

Is the statement I have written accurate? $$\forall n\in\Bbb N,\ \exists x\in\Bbb N,\ ((n)(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)=x)\implies(\exists y\in\Bbb N,\ x=y^2-1)$$

I'd appreciate any advice regarding my answer.

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Let's look at this one:

$$\forall n\in\Bbb N,\ \exists x\in\Bbb N,\ ((n)(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)=x)$$

It's actually true: it's sufficient to take $x=n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)$.

Then, your $$\exists y\in\Bbb N,\ x=y^2-1$$ doesn't give a sense to $x$.

Perhaps what you wanted to write is:

$$\forall x\in\Bbb N(\ \exists n\in\Bbb N,\ ((n)(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)=x)\implies(\exists y\in\Bbb N,\ x=y^2-1))$$

which is also a correct answer, a bit longer than the one proposed by Sebastien Shutz.