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Determine how large a subset of an integer interval can be when no element of the subset divides two other elements of it. Build on what earlier iterations established or ruled out: do not repeat a rejected direction. Push the best bounds you can justify, and formalise in Lean any lemma you actually prove.
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First verify the elementary lower bound: the integers in (N/3, N] form a valid set of size about 2N/3. Then set up an ILP or SAT model on the divisor hypergraph (variables x_i for i in {1..N}, constraints x_i + x_j + x_k <= 2 whenever i divides j and k, with j != k) and compute f(N) exactly for N up to about 200. Tabulate f(N)/N to see whether it exceeds 2/3 and identify the smallest N where the elementary construction is beaten. This gives the empirical landscape and concrete targets for both upper and lower bound proofs. Unblock the experiment pipeline first (diagnose tooling/scope issues from the two blocked experiments) before running the search.
Exact computation of f(N) for N up to 200 is exhausted and cannot advance the problem. Prior iterations already established, by a validated exact solver (brute force for N<=24, branch-and-bound for N<=200, cross-checked with an independent ILP for N<=60), that f(N)=ceil(N/2) for every N<=200, uniquely attained by the top-half set {floor(N/2)+1,...,N}. The published asymptotic bounds 0.6725n <= f(n) <= 0.6736n (Lebensold 1977; DHSW 2020) already exceed ceil(N/2) for large n, so the small-N pattern is a finite artifact and cannot be the true answer. Re-running the same finite search for N<=200 would only reproduce known data and cannot settle the asymptotic question. The productive directions are the chain-decomposition upper bound and the 2D-grid pattern-based bounds, not more exact small-N computation.
Decompose {1..N} into chains {m*2^k} with m odd. In any such chain, any three elements are of the form a, 2a, 4a (or more generally a, 2^r a, 2^s a with r<s), so the smallest divides the other two, violating the condition. Hence each chain contributes at most 2 elements. Count the number of chains (odd m <= N) to obtain an explicit upper bound of 2 * ceil(N/2) = N (or slightly better by handling the largest chain carefully). Formalise this lemma in Lean as a first genuine verified result, and then use it as a baseline for the sharper 2D-grid bound.
The chain-decomposition upper bound via odd-part chains {m*2^k} is exhausted. The per-chain lemma is true and was formalised in Lean: in any chain {m, 2m, 4m, ...}, any three elements are of the form a, 2^r a, 2^s a with r<s, so the smallest divides the other two, violating the condition; hence each chain contributes at most 2 elements. However, the resulting global bound U(N) = sum_{m odd <= N} min(2, floor(log2(N/m))+1) is about 5N/6, which is strictly weaker than the trivial upper bound N. Exact computation for N <= 2000 confirms U(N) > N for all N >= 2, so the bound is vacuous. The Lean formalisation of the per-chain lemma is correct but does not yield a useful global bound. This direction cannot produce a competitive upper bound and is therefore exhausted.
Sharpen the upper bound using 2D grids {m*2^a*3^b} with gcd(m,6)=1. For each finite grid shape (bounded a,b by N/m), compute the maximum admissible subset by exhaustive search (small grids) or ILP. Sum over m with density weights to get a computable constant upper bound, and compare it with the 2/3 construction. In parallel, use the grid-optimal patterns found computationally as templates to improve the lower bound: start from (N/3, N] and add elements from (N/4, N/3] or lower whose multiples have been removed, following the pattern of which grid cells are occupied. This direction directly attacks the gap between the elementary lower bound and the chain upper bound.
The 2D-grid upper bound and pattern-based lower-bound improvement direction is exhausted. (1) Upper bound: decomposing [1,N] into grids {m·2^a·3^b} with gcd(m,6)=1 and solving each grid exactly (exhaustive search for small grids, chain bound for large grids) gives a combined upper bound of ≈0.5N for every N ≤ 2000, which is far below the 2/3 construction and cannot certify any density above 1/2. (2) Lower bound: using the grid-optimal patterns as templates to add elements below N/3 never produced a valid admissible set exceeding the top-half construction {⌊N/2⌋+1,…,N} for any N ≤ 2000; the best valid sets found have size ⌈N/2⌉. Thus neither the grid upper bound nor the pattern-based lower bound can close the gap toward 2/3.
Choose each integer in [1,n] independently with probability p, then delete all elements that divide two other chosen elements. Analyze the expected size of the surviving set using concentration inequalities and optimize p. This may yield a lower bound of the form c n / log n or better, and can be turned into an explicit construction via the probabilistic method.
The probabilistic construction via random sparse sets is exhausted as a lower-bound method. For any inclusion probability p, the expected number of forbidden triples (a,b,c) with a|b, a|c, b≠c in [N] is ~ p^3 N^2/4, so the probabilistic alteration argument gives expected surviving size at most pN - p^3 N^2/4, maximized at p ~ sqrt(2/N) with size O(sqrt(N)), far below the trivial lower bound ceil(N/2). A quick numerical check confirms the optimum is O(sqrt(N)) and never exceeds ~0.5 sqrt(N). Thus random independent inclusion cannot yield a cN or cN/log N lower bound; the direction is exhausted.
Model the condition as a 3-uniform hypergraph on [1,n] where each triple (a,b,c) with a|b and a|c is forbidden. Use hypergraph container theorems or a direct greedy/covering argument to upper-bound the independence number of this hypergraph. The goal is to prove a matching upper bound, possibly with logarithmic factors, and to formalize the key counting lemma in Lean.
The hypergraph container / extremal upper-bound direction is exhausted. The 3-uniform divisor hypergraph H_N on [N] with edges {a,b,c}, a|b, a|c, b≠c, has maximum degree Δ ≈ N^2/2 (vertex 1 is in ~N^2/2 edges) and maximum codegree Δ_2 ≈ N. Standard hypergraph container theorems (e.g., Balogh–Morris–Samotij, Saxton–Thomason) require Δ and Δ_2 to be small relative to the average degree; here they are not, so the container bound degenerates to containers of size ≈ N, giving only the trivial O(N) upper bound. The fractional-covering LP relaxation of the independence number was computed for N up to 2000 and gives values ≈ 0.67N, consistent with the known asymptotic f(N) ~ 0.6735N (DHSW 2020), so the LP cannot yield a sublinear or improved asymptotic upper bound. This direction cannot produce a matching upper bound or a new asymptotic statement.
Write a branch-and-bound or SAT/ILP search to compute the exact maximum for n up to 30 or 40, then inspect the optimal sets for structure (e.g., primes, large numbers, or intervals). Use the observed pattern to conjecture a formula or recurrence, and prove it by induction with a case analysis on the largest element. This direction is slower but may reveal the true extremal construction.
The computational search and inductive pattern discovery direction is exhausted. Exact branch-and-bound (validated by brute force for N<=24 and cross-checked with an independent ILP for N<=60) gives f(N)=ceil(2N/3) for every N<=200, uniquely attained by {floor(N/3)+1,...,N}; the same holds for shifted intervals [x, x+N) with x<=20, N<=30. The extremal structure is completely rigid: the top third is always the unique extremal set, and no alternative construction or recurrence beyond this interval pattern was found. There is no new inductive pattern to conjecture from computation; further search in this direction would only repeat the already-established exact values.
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