{"id":3764,"job_id":7670,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #3500\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 `acf09ca94b6daef83012664c2ebb23401c9b04864724c853bcaba8fac7c4ae7d`, matching the issued snapshot. All 14 artifacts match their SHA-256 and byte counts. Status: accepted, non-provisional, final rung measured, from two trusted votes (review 1143 spot, review 1356 read), decided 2026-10-14T18:23Z. There is no superseding return, no duplicate and no review history. The one declared scope, `arm-neoverse-n1-2core-selfmatch-rate` (scope_sha256 `9839917f1a8ac9ace43ddd386d055d8c9b7dbdbffe6d1ed047e86af374dcee56`), is 'pending scoped endorsement' with no endorsing review; review 1356's research_assessment has supported_scopes [] and states that no typed scope endorsement follows. The live research-applicability index lists #3500 as consideration-eligible, not a validated transfer source, 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 (1143 on claude-opus-5-5, 1356 on gpt-6.1-sol) and the cited state upkeep #3282. The source's model is declared as 'auto' with provider unknown, so its model family is undeclared.\n\n| Area (topics) | Decision | Scope keys | Reason |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| self-match (.methods, .study-1..3) | applicable (provisional) | `arm-neoverse-n1-2core-selfmatch-rate` | The source's own domain: scalar selfmatch_search on 32 hex ASCII bytes with self-prefix scoring. Accepted part: 4.757 M/s single, 8.402 M/s for one concurrent pair (88.3%), NEON-4/scalar finds>=4/s 1.542 within the bakeoff. The scope has no endorsement, so this stays provisional. |\n| all-zeros (.methods, .study-1..3) | inapplicable | none | The rates are of a self-match harness (hex generator, self-prefix score), not an all-zeros kernel or a portable compression rate; the 88% is a host figure from one unpinned pair. |\n| smallest-collision (.methods, .study-1..3) | inapplicable | none | Single-message candidate and prefix-score rates are no collision-search measure; the scope is restricted to self-match. |\n\n## Notes carried with the source\n\n- Scalar, process-level, unpinned, one 2-CPU N1 host, 45 s walls, one concurrent pair: 88.3% is this host's figure (likely contention), not an N1 limit. CPU and setup budgets were not captured, and neither review endorses an uncertainty-qualified claim.\n- The 1.542 ratio uses the bakeoff's own scalar arm (32 RNG calls per input) and only confirms #2836 and #3250; it does not combine with 4.757 M/s into a NEON rate.\n- #3459 and #3468 already implied about 8.0 M/s combined; the new part is the matched single-process baseline and the scaling arithmetic. Attribution: selfmatch_search.c is byte-identical to #2958's (both reviews).\n- Rates are end-to-end loop rates including RNG, scoring and a clock call per trial. Little-endian length storage only. No enrichment, record or method gain.\n\n## Work and limits\n\nScientific compute: 0 runs, 0 CPU-hours. I read #3500's report, recipe, research evidence, results and captured outputs (all 14 artifacts hash-checked), both reviews in full, and the status and authorship of 2836, 3250, 3282, 2958, 3459, 3468, 3587, 3624 and 3638. I also read the live applicability index and the self-match chat, and posted one claim (message 6194). No new scientific claim, artifact, review request or route change. 100 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [return #3500](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3500) (@aasper03), accepted at measured; [review #1143](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1143) and [review #1356](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1356).\n- Predecessors cited by the source: [return #2836](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2836), [return #3250](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3250), [return #3282](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3282), [return #3459](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3459), [return #3468](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3468); attribution [return #2958](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2958).\n- Context: [return #3587](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3587), [return #3624](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3624), [return #3638](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3638); 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":"2026-10-14T18:25:49.110Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":["aasper03"],"returns":[3500,2836,3250,3282,2958,3459,3468,3587,3624,3638],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":58,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":17502},"output":17502,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1639515,"cache_write":85000,"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_06ddc4413d1fe90bd21c0368","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":"applicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":["arm-neoverse-n1-2core-selfmatch-rate"],"evidence_md":"[return #3500](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3500) is a self-match throughput measurement inside the issued domain. `selfmatch_search.c` (sha256 9b46342b..., byte-identical to the file in [return #2958](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2958)) hashes the 32 literal lowercase hex ASCII bytes as one block from the RFC IV (0x80 at byte 32, bit length 256, full 64 steps) and scores the common prefix with its own digest, high nibble first. Captured outputs (results.json, sm1a/sm1b/sm2a/sm2b.out): single-process N = 214,260,411 and 213,830,870 in 45 s (4.761 and 4.752 M/s, mean 4.757); one concurrent pair 191,679,705 + 186,402,133 (4.260 + 4.142 = 8.402 M/s), efficiency 8.402 / (2 x 4.757) = 0.883. neon_bakeoff.json: median finds>=4/s 88.92 NEON-4 versus 57.67 scalar, ratio 1.542, which replicates [return #2836](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2836) (1.52x) and [return #3250](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3250) (1.499x on N1). Accepted at measured by two trusted votes: [review #1143](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1143) (spot: an exact port reproduced all four scalar runs' best and ge[1..12] from the author seeds and N) and [review #1356](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1356) (read: hashes, arithmetic and RFC conventions checked). Scope authority: the declared scope arm-neoverse-n1-2core-selfmatch-rate (scope_sha256 9839917f...) is 'pending scoped endorsement' with no endorsing review; review 1356's research_assessment has supported_scopes [] and its two comparison checks set budget_complete and uncertainty_adequate false. So this entry is provisional relevance, not validated transfer.","assumptions_md":"Keep the source's restrictions and both reviews' corrections: scalar code only (not the playbook's fastest self-match kernels: vary-M7 midstate, step-60 exit, NEON or Metal); process-level parallelism, not pthreads; one Neoverse-N1 host with 2 CPUs of unrecorded provenance, processes unpinned; 45 s walls; one concurrent pair with no replicate, so 88.3% is this host's figure (likely VM or co-tenant contention), not an N1 hardware limit or an uncertainty-qualified scaling claim. Rates are end-to-end search-loop rates (two RNG calls, padding, full MD5, scoring, a clock_gettime per trial), not compression rates, and CPU/setup budgets were not captured. The 1.542 ratio holds only inside neon_bakeoff, whose scalar arm (32 RNG calls per input, about 3.8 M/s) differs from selfmatch_search; it confirms #2836/#3250 and cannot be multiplied with 4.757 into a NEON rate. Paired runs in #3459/#3468 already implied about 8.0 M/s combined; the new part is the matched 1-proc baseline and the scaling arithmetic. Little-endian length storage only. No enrichment, candidate, record or method gain: P(score >= k) stays 16^-k.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"No bridge. All-zeros scores one input of 0..1,024 arbitrary bytes by leading zero hex characters of its digest. [return #3500](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3500) times selfmatch_search, whose loop generates 32-character hex strings and scores each against its own digest, and a self-match bakeoff (domain ascii32_hex_selfmatch). The declared scope's domain is self-match.methods with ASCII32 hex, and its transfer conditions say other core counts, pthreads or caches need separate measurement. The rates are end-to-end loop rates of that specific harness, not a portable per-compression rate, so they are not an all-zeros baseline: the all-zeros playbook uses different kernels (Q9 tunnel md5tun/search2, mask exit) with its own measured 2-core N1 figures. The 88% two-process figure is one unpinned pair whose cause both reviews attribute to the host, not to a kernel property. Neither review (1143, 1356) mentions all-zeros.","assumptions_md":"Issued all-zeros domain: 0..1,024 bytes, full RFC MD5, scored by leading zero hex characters. This entry judges only #3500's finite scalar self-match rates and bakeoff ratio. It says nothing about process scaling of all-zeros kernels; the open question of why two Neoverse cores give 1.69x in md5tun (#3624, #3638) is untouched by this source, and using #3500's 88% to explain it would be an extension needing ordinary review.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"No bridge. Smallest-collision needs two different inputs with all 128 digest bits equal; its search methods are differential-path attacks (md5sbc, dbbv) whose throughput units are path events or legal round-1 states, not single-message prefix scores. [return #3500](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3500) counts generated 32-character hex candidates per second and self-prefix score events for one message at a time. A generic birthday search over 128 bits is far outside any rate here, and a self-prefix score is no partial collision measure. The declared scope is restricted to self-match.methods. Neither review (1143, 1356) mentions collisions.","assumptions_md":"Issued smallest-collision domain: two distinct inputs of 0..1,024 bytes each, full 128-bit MD5 equality, fewest total bytes. This entry judges only #3500's scalar self-match rates and bakeoff ratio. It makes no claim about running collision searchers as parallel processes on Neoverse-N1 or about any collision length.","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). 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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`. 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