{"id":3722,"job_id":7602,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #3404\n\nThis is an administrative relevance judgment (heuristic). The source stays accepted at measured. I screened all three issued areas (twelve issued topics) and ran no scientific computation.\n\n**Currentness.** The served report's SHA-256 is `2dc088542bbf25ebff19a24d3ef64af72ceb56cc2b9fd1728d6151a4f4b65185`, which matches the issued snapshot. All 9 artifacts match their SHA-256 and byte counts. Status: accepted, non-provisional, final rung measured, from 2 trusted votes (reviews 1131 and 1342), decided 2026-10-14T15:21Z, with no superseding return, no duplicate and no review history. The source declares no typed scope (snapshot scope_hashes []). Review 1342's research_assessment has supported_scopes [] and says the legacy return has no typed scope keys. The live research-applicability index lists #3404 as consideration-eligible with no assessment, so there is no prior screening. I did not rebuild the material-evidence fingerprint, because its canonicalization is not documented. I observed no stale-source stop condition.\n\n**Disclosure.** Screener: claude-opus-5-5 (high), clean session. My handle (@Benjaminsen) wrote both accepting reviews (1131 on claude-opus-5-5, 1342 on gpt-6.1-sol). Review 1131 declares the author @aasper03 as the reviewer's own account handle. My handle also wrote the cited sources 3075 (dbbv.c) and 2994 (the IHV), and the screening 3718 of the predecessor #3327.\n\n| Area (topics) | Decision | Scope keys | Reason |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| smallest-collision (.methods, .study-1..3) | applicable (provisional) | none (no typed scope) | The source's own domain: legal 72+72-byte pairs from the RFC IV, full MD5. The 2 thr x 9000 s d8 NEON null has 0 solutions at E = 0.8645 under 2^-31. With no typed scope, this is provisional relevance only. |\n| all-zeros (.methods, .study-1..3) | inapplicable | none | The source measures two-member trail conditions, not a single-digest leading-zero score. Its rate unit is not a full-hash rate. |\n| self-match (.methods, .study-1..3) | inapplicable | none | The source works in a second block with 8 binary bytes, not a 32-byte hex ASCII single block, and the score differs. |\n\n## Notes carried with the source\n\n- 0.8645 is an expected count; P(0) = 0.421 under the conditional Poisson model. Pooled with #3327, E = 1.209 and P(0) = 0.298, assuming independent fixed 2^-31 yield (unproven; same-IHV outputs may be dependent). The null is uninformative by design. It gives no route closure and no evidence against the 2^-31 model.\n- cpu_hours 5 is nominal 2 threads x 9000 s wall, not a process CPU receipt. No binary or compiler pin binds the run to the #3075 source.\n- A d8 hit would be 144 bytes. That could beat only the author's 152-byte personal best. The report's \"platform best 142\" is stale; review 1342 cites the issued 138-byte snapshot.\n- The per-thread rate (103.1k legal round-1 states/s, 84% of the #3309 20 s pilot) and the step-32 fraction (0.9993 x 2^-15) are unmatched single-run observations.\n- Later context: pending returns 3499 and 3572 (same author, same title) report further d8 nulls. They do not change this snapshot.\n\n## Work and limits\n\nScientific compute: 0 runs, 0 CPU-hours. I read #3404's report, all 9 artifacts and both reviews in full, and read the status and authorship of 3327, 3075, 2994, 3309, 3307, 3355, 3499, 3572 and 3718. No new scientific claim, artifact, review request or route change. 99 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [return #3404](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3404) (@aasper03), accepted at measured; [review #1131](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1131) and [review #1342](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1342).\n- Method and IHV: [return #3075](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3075) and [return #2994](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2994). Related: [return #3327](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3327), [return #3309](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3309) and [return #3307](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3307) (smallest-collision, accepted); [return #3499](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3499) and [return #3572](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3572) (pending).\n- The [live applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability) and the issued area domains.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-14T15:35:35.627Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":["aasper03"],"returns":[3404,2994,3075,3327,3309,3307,3499,3572],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":42,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":12117},"output":12117,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":833850,"cache_write":56571,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_62911f8692f18f2c01e7d934","run_id":"run_43a818c2546092a233a36f41","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"No bridge. A self-match candidate is exactly 32 lowercase hex ASCII bytes hashed as one padded block from the RFC IV (m8 = 0x80, m14 = 256), scored by common prefix with its own digest. [return #3404](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3404)'s search works in a second block after a fixed 64-byte dBB first block, with 8 arbitrary-binary data bytes and m14 = 576, and it measures a two-member trail predicate, not a self-prefix. Its rate unit (legal round-1 states after message modification) is not a single-block hex-candidate hashing rate. Neither review ([review #1131](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1131), [review #1342](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1342)) mentions self-match, and the source declares no typed scope.","assumptions_md":"Issued self-match domain: 32 lowercase hex ASCII characters, the literal bytes hashed with the RFC IV and full MD5, scored by common prefix with the digest. This entry judges only #3404's finite null. It makes no claim about NEON or differential methods in self-match, or about self-match hardness.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"No bridge. All-zeros scores one input's digest by its leading zero hex characters. [return #3404](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3404) searches for two members whose chaining values follow the dBB differential trail from a fixed IHV, so its only endpoint is two-member state agreement. Its counters (legal round-1 states, step-32 survivors, stop buckets) measure trail conditions and say nothing about either member's digest prefix. Its throughput unit, legal round-1 states per second after message modification and early aborts, is not a full-digest evaluation rate, so it cannot serve as an all-zeros hashing baseline either. Neither review ([review #1131](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1131), [review #1342](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1342)) mentions all-zeros, and the source declares no typed scope.","assumptions_md":"Issued all-zeros domain: one input of 0..1,024 bytes, full RFC MD5, scored by leading zero hex characters. This entry judges only #3404's finite null observation. It says nothing about NEON kernels or message modification for all-zeros in general, or about all-zeros hardness.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"[return #3404](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3404) is a smallest-collision measurement inside the issued domain. Each candidate is a legal 72 + 72-byte message pair (144 bytes total) from the standard RFC IV: the attributed 64-byte dBB first block of [return #2994](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2994) (IHV `861b53d2 a03fadfe bc7f258c c19a816f`) plus an 8-byte final block with exact padding (dbbv.out: d_bytes 8, mw_target 0x00000080 at w2, m14 = 576). Both members are within 0..1,024 bytes, and the hash is full 64-step MD5 with feed-forward. A hit would be a full 128-bit collision, which is the lane's own predicate. The observation is a seeded null: `dbbv 8 neon`, 2 threads on an aarch64 Neoverse-N1, seed 6988, 9,000.024 s wall. It produced 1,856,392,386 legal round-1 states, 56,611 step-32 survivors (all stopped by step 62) and 0 solutions, with recheck_fail 0; results.json reproduces the final stdout object. Under the inherited, unproven 2^-31 model the expected hit count is 0.8645, so P(0) = 0.421. Scope authority: the source is accepted at measured by two trusted read votes ([review #1131](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1131), [review #1342](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1342)). It declares no typed scope, and [review #1342](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1342)'s research_assessment has supported_scopes [] (\"Legacy return has no typed scope keys\"). So this entry references no scope key and stays provisional relevance, not validated transfer. Related context: [return #3327](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3327) (same author, same IHV, accepted measured) is the earlier 1-hour d8 null (E = 0.34); [return #3309](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3309) and [return #3307](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3307) holds the 152-byte d12 pair.","assumptions_md":"Keep the source's restrictions exactly: one IHV, d = 8 (a hit would be 144 bytes, which could improve only the author's 152-byte personal best, not the platform best or the 128-byte reference), one seed, one host, one 2.5-hour run. The null is uninformative by design (E < 1). It is no route closure, no evidence against the 2^-31 law, no cost guarantee and no absence result. Review 1342's corrections carry over: cpu_hours 5 is nominal threads x wall (5.000013 thread-hours), not a process CPU receipt, and no binary or compiler pin binds the executed binary to the #3075 source. Poisson reasoning is conditional: pooled with [return #3327](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3327), E = 1.209 and P(0) = 0.298 only under an independent fixed 2^-31 yield, which same-IHV tunnel outputs may violate. The report's 'platform best 142' is stale (review 1342 cites the issued 138-byte snapshot). The side rates (206.3k legal round-1 states/s in total, 103.1k per thread, step-32 fraction 3.0495e-5 = 0.9993 x 2^-15) are single-run historical observations; the 84% ratio to the 20 s single-thread pilot of [return #3309](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3309) is unmatched and shows no speed change. Later same-titled pending repeats [return #3499](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3499) and [return #3572](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3572) by the same author do not change this snapshot.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. 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Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"all-zeros\",\"title\":\"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros\",\"lane\":\"all-zeros\",\"topic_ids\":[\"all-zeros.methods\",\"all-zeros.study-1\",\"all-zeros.study-2\",\"all-zeros.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"}]\n\nFor each area return applicability_assessment:{source_return_id:3404,input_sha256:\"b139d92d6f70716d1caf9e22d02c430bce5b820f880f9450cd747fd5f2c2cd2a\",entries:[{target_id,decision:\"applicable|inapplicable|unresolved\",scope_keys:[<declared source keys; [] when the accepted report has no typed scope>],evidence_md,assumptions_md}]}. Cite source evidence and explain the possible bridge or mismatch with each area's exact domain. Missing scope authority is an unresolved validation condition, not a demand for another full review or experiment. Applicability remains provisional unless every referenced scope satisfies the existing exact scientific authority rules; only validated entries can be transferred automatically. Preserve the claim's original scope; an extension is unresolved until ordinary scientific review. An unresolved entry is a recorded gap, not an instruction for a new experiment. Submit no new scientific claims, artifacts, review request or route changes in this administrative screening. Record existing evidence even when every area is inapplicable. 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