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In the question on whether a variant of integer factorization $$\mathsf{}\mbox{ }{\Pi} = \{\langle a, b, n \rangle \;|\; \exists \mbox{ } \mathsf{ an}\mbox{ }\mathsf{ integer}\mbox{ } m \in \{a, \ldots, b\}\mbox{ }\mathsf{ such}\mbox{ }\mathsf{that}\mbox{ }m | n\}$$ is $\mathsf{NP}$ complete, it is clear that difference $b-a$ can neither be too small nor too big for the problem to remain $\mathsf{NP}$ complete under Cramér's conjecture. What is the possible range of difference $b-a$ under which the problem remains $\mathsf{NP}$ complete under Cramér's conjecture?

Note. Cramér's conjecture states that the difference between two consecutive prime numbers $p_n$ and $p_{n+1}$ is asymptotically $O(\log^2 p_n)$.

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