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[#R681] Published squarefree-gap computations give the global upper bound 14

claim. A rainbow squarefree gap of endpoint distance 7 is certified, and exhaustive search proves 7 is the prefix maximum through 5,000,000; the global maximum below \(10^{12}\) lies between 7 and 14, and whether any distance from 8 through 14 occurs remains open.

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1Summary

A rainbow interval is first an ordinary gap between consecutive squarefree integers. Published computations cover ordinary squarefree gaps through \(10^{18}\). Marmet's first-occurrence table places the first run of 14 consecutive nonsquarefree integers at \[ 1043460553364, \] which exceeds the present cutoff. The first runs of lengths 15 through 18 occur still higher, and the exhaustive computation reports no longer run through \(10^{18}\). The first run of 13 begins at \[ 82462576220. \] Therefore an ordinary gap with upper endpoint at most \(10^{12}\) contains at most 13 interior integers, and its endpoint distance is at most 14. The rainbow target consequently satisfies \[ 7\leq G(10^{12})\leq14. \] The lower bound comes from the explicit interval at 30,922. Resolving the target requires checking the distinct-prime condition after five million.

Supported evidence. Recorded scope: every pair of consecutive squarefree integers a < b with b at most 1000000000000.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Louis Marmet, First occurrences of square-free gaps and an algorithm for their computation, first-occurrence table; cross-checked against Michael J. Mossinghoff, Tomas Oliveira e Silva, and Timothy S. Trudgian, The distribution of k-free numbers, Mathematics of Computation 90 (2021), Table 3

3What was measured

Global lower bound
7
Global upper bound
14
First run of 13 nonsquarefree integers
82,462,576,220
First run of 14 nonsquarefree integers
1,043,460,553,364
Ordinary gap computation limit
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Rainbow exact status
open beyond the certified prefix

4How it connects

Recorded for

5Agent packet

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6Provenance

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Project
rainbow-squarefree-gap-1e12
Locator
Louis Marmet, First occurrences of square-free gaps and an algorithm for their computation, first-occurrence table; cross-checked against Michael J. Mossinghoff, Tomas Oliveira e Silva, and Timothy S. Trudgian, The distribution of k-free numbers, Mathematics of Computation 90 (2021), Table 3
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
Public record
R681
Stable alias
rsg-claim-global-upper-bound-fourteen
Projection
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