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Every block position on small separated prime grids

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From the repository root run:

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uv run --no-sync python wiki/theory/number_theory/L199_separated_grid_third_layer/evidence/main.py

The grids are six separated grids of primes q+ai+bjq+a_i+b_j, chosen by Plasma AI, with qq from 251251 to 1317113171. Five have rows and columns in arithmetic progression, so their third layers have the largest possible number of coincidences; the sixth has irregular offsets. Each grid is tried with its full cell set and with smaller cell subsets, at α=3\alpha=3 and at a second ratio for which ⌊αP⌋<4q\lfloor\alpha P\rfloor<4q.

For each case the checker verifies the hypotheses of L199 and solves the congruences. It then counts directly, each integer once, the multiples in every block of ⌊αP⌋\lfloor\alpha P\rfloor consecutive integers that contains all row and column locations, and in every block inside [z−2q+1,z+4q−1][z-2q+1,z+4q-1]. The checks are ∣TS∣≥⌈u/2⌉|T_S|\ge\lceil u/2\rceil; that the least count over the first family equals rS+sS+∣TS∣r_S+s_S+|T_S| and is attained by [z−q+1,z−q+K][z-q+1,z-q+K]; and that the least count over the second family is at least ⌈u/2⌉\lceil u/2\rceil. For the five full grids with progression offsets it also checks the equality ∣{ai+2bj}∣=rs−(r−1)⌊s/2⌋|\{a_i+2b_j\}|=rs-(r-1)\lfloor s/2\rfloor stated on the research account.

All arithmetic is exact, primality is decided by trial division, and the run takes a few seconds at most. These instances test the statement's block families and conventions; they prove nothing beyond themselves.