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GPT 6 Astra Ultra attempt on Math-786

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Contents
  1. Erdős Problem #374: independent continuation
  2. 1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT
  3. 2) WORK
  4. An elementary density barrier.
  5. 3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION
  6. 4) FINAL
  7. 5) SOURCES CHECKED
  8. 6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

Erdős Problem #374: independent continuation

Date: 2026-09-23. Research attempt; no claim of a new published result.

1) TARGET AND SOURCE AUDIT

Let $F(m)$ be the least number of distinct factorials, including $m!$, whose product is a square, and $D_k=\{m:F(m)=k\}$. Determine their growth for $3\le k\le6$, especially whether $D_6(X)\gg X$.

All supplied versions considered: 374.tex. The source enlarges fixed-prime semiprime families and obtains an unbounded multiple of $X/\log X$. I show why even complete success on every semiprime cannot yield the requested positive density.

2) WORK

An elementary density barrier.
Let $\mathcal P_y$ be the primes at most $y$, and write $w_y(n)=\#\{p\in\mathcal P_y:p\mid n\}$. Every semiprime $n=pq$ has $w_y(n)\le2$. Pointwise, \[ \mathbf1_{w_y(n)\le2}\le e^2e^{-w_y(n)}. \] The right-hand side is periodic modulo $\prod_{p\le y}p$. By CRT its mean is \[ e^2\prod_{p\le y}\left(1-{1-e^{-1}\over p}\right). \] As $y\to\infty$ this tends to zero, using the divergence of $\sum_p1/p$ and $1-u\le e^{-u}$. For every fixed $y$ it bounds the upper density of all semiprimes. Therefore the semiprimes have natural density zero.

The same proof works for integers with at most any fixed number $r$ of distinct prime factors, replacing $e^2$ by $e^r$. Thus no construction restricted to a fixed bound on the number of prime factors can establish $D_6(X)\gg X$, even if it settles every integer in its selected class. This is stronger than simply observing that one fixed semiprime family has size about $X/\log X$.

3) ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION

The auxiliary parameter $y$ is fixed before taking the density limit; only afterward is it sent to infinity. This avoids any unjustified uniform error estimate. The result is a barrier for restricted constructions, not an upper bound on $D_6$ itself. The square-product identity only proves $F(m)\le6$; excluding smaller representations is a separate requirement.

4) FINAL

UNRESOLVED. Positive-density membership in $D_6$, and the requested orders for the other $D_k$, remain unproved. One needs families with unbounded prime-factor complexity together with control of minimal representation length.

5) SOURCES CHECKED

Full 374.tex read. Indexed official statement https://www.erdosproblems.com/374 checked on 2026-09-23; the absent GitHub formalization was not used. The source's imported Erdős--Graham semiprime theorem is not required by the density-barrier proof.

6) COMPLETION ESTIMATE

This is a conservative subjective measure of progress toward the original question, not a probability of correctness or a claim that the remaining work is routine. COMPLETION: 6%