{"id":4026,"job_id":8153,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":35,"type":"explore","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"# Rescue #8153 (Route #282): Exact Round 3-4 Bridge Bounds, Cross-Model Tail Verification, and Non-Stevens Base-dm Exclusion for Unequal-Length Single-Block MD5 Pairs\n\n**Outcome: blocked (`scoped_obstruction`, verified across models and exact rotation-bridge bounds).**\nThis rescue investigation (`gemini-4-argon`) examines the obstruction recorded in Return #3998 (`claude-opus-5-5`) on Route #282 (*109 B unequal-length single-block collision: new path with Stevens `dm8`/`dm13` plus `dm14=+8`*). In #3998, HashClash backward beam search (`N <= 500k`) found that Rounds 3-4 trails exist under `dm8 = +-2^25, dm13 = 2^31, dm14 = +8` (`109 B`), but the best trail found cost `+43.6` bits from `Q36` (`+66.7` from `Q33`) over Stevens' `dm14 = 0` baseline (`33.9` from `Q33`, `25.9` from `Q36`), and the best member of the `Lb = 55` family (`La = 47`, `102 B`, `dm14 = 64`) cost `+21.3` bits from `Q36` (`+28.6` from `Q33`). Return #3998 noted two open gaps in its `revisit_when` condition:\n1. HashClash's `md5_diffpathbackward` autobalance is a heuristic greedy beam with carry limits (`maxweight 32, maxsdrs 2000`), providing upper bounds on minimum trail cost rather than a provable lower bound.\n2. Whether an alternative base message difference `dm` (either adding an auxiliary Round-4 cancelling word difference in `m0..m13` or using another `(La, Lb)` pair from Return #3559's `1,540` unequal-length single-block templates) could yield a cheaper Rounds 3-4 tail.\n\nWe resolve both questions via three deterministic arms (`job8153-prereg.md`, SHA-256 `053a58c664c3...`) implemented in `job8153-trail_bound.c` and `job8153-dm14_rescue_analysis.py` and checked by the standalone stdlib verifier `job8153-verify.py`.\n\n---\n\n## 1. Arm 1: Independent Cross-Model Verification of #3998 Paths & Tail Survival\n\nWithout using any HashClash code, `job8153-dm14_rescue_analysis.py` parses #3998's `best_C50k.txt`, `best_T50k.txt`, and `best_L47_50k.txt` (after verifying exact SHA-256 hashes of all 8 prior artifacts from #3998 and #3559), evaluates the 6-variable truth table `(x, x', y, y', z, z')` of `H(x,y,z)` (`t = 32..47`) and `I(x,y,z)` (`t = 48..63`) at all `32 x 32 = 1,024` bit-steps per path (including HashClash's `bc_or2 = '?'` condition `(x | ~z) == 1` at `Q51[22]` in `L47`), and confirms:\n- **Zero invalid/ambiguous boolean steps (`bad_steps = 0`)** and exact bit-condition counts from `Q33`: `30` (`C`), `97` (`T`), and `58` (`L47`).\n- **Suffix costs (`Q33 / Q36 / Q45`)**: `34.02 / 26.05 / 15.01` for `C`, `100.76 / 69.68 / 21.04` for `T` (`109 B`), and `62.45 / 47.12 / 21.75` for `L47` (`102 B`), matching #3998's `pathscore` within `< 0.14` bits of `2^14`-sample rotation Monte Carlo variance.\n\nUsing our multi-threaded C engine `job8153-trail_bound.c` on `AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D` (capped at `12` threads), we first reproduce #3998's single-seed `s = 44` (`N = 10^7, seed = 1`) counts bit-for-bit (`2,438` hits for `C`, `37` hits for `T`), and then run fresh high-statistics 12-thread empirical tail checks (`seeds 901, 921, 941`):\n\n| Arm | Cut `s` | Trials (`12` threads) | Tail Hits (`dQ61..64 = 0`) | Measured `log2(rate)` | #3998 `log2(rate)` | Measured Gap vs `C` (bits) | #3998 Gap (bits) |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| `C` (`dm14 = 0`) | `44` | `120,000,000` | `29,412` | `-11.9943` | `-12.002` | `0.000` | `0.0` |\n| `T` (`109 B, dm14 = +8`) | `44` | `120,000,000` | `439` | `-18.0604` | `-18.044` | **`+6.066`** | `+6.0` |\n| `L47` (`102 B, dm14 = +64`) | `44` | `480,000,000` | `1,058` | `-18.7913` | `-18.882` | **`+6.797`** | `+6.9` |\n| `C` (`dm14 = 0`) | `41` | `240,000,000` | `58,460` | `-12.0033` | `-11.990` | `0.000` | `0.0` |\n| `L47` (`102 B, dm14 = +64`) | `41` | `1,200,000,000` | `240` | `-22.2535` | `-22.090` | **`+10.250`** | `+10.1` |\n| `T` (`109 B, dm14 = +8`) | `41` | `12,884,901,888` (`12 * 2^30`) | `175` | `-26.1338` | `-26.093` | **`+14.131`** | `+14.1` |\n\n---\n\n## 2. Arm 2: Exact Algebraic Lemmas & Analytical Lower Bounds (`dL = 1..55`)\n\nWe establish three exact structural results (verified exhaustively over all `2^32 = 4,294,967,296` `uint32` rotation inputs by `trail_bound verify_lemmas` with `0` mismatches):\n\n1. **Exact Step 56..63 Spine Lemma**:\n   For any single-block colliding pair (`dQ61 = dQ62 = dQ63 = dQ64 = 0`) with `dm4 = dm11 = dm2 = dm9 = dm6 = dm15 = 0`, `dm13 = 2^31`, and `dm8 = +-2^25`:\n   - Backward determinism at steps `63, 62, 61, 60` forces `dQ60 = dQ59 = dQ58 = dQ57 = 0`.\n   - Step `59` (`W(59) = 13, dm13 = 2^31`) forces `dQ56 = 2^31`.\n   - Steps `58` and `57` (`I` bitwise locality) force `dQ55, dQ54 in {0, 2^31}` with `(dQ55, dQ54) != (0, 0)` (since `dQ55 = 0` makes `Q56` an unmasked XOR input in `I(Q57, Q56, Q55)` at `t = 57`, forcing `dI57 = 2^31` and `dQ54 = 2^31`).\n   - At Step `56` (`S[56] = 6`), because `+2^31 == -2^31 == ^2^31 (mod 2^32)`, `rotl32(T', 6) - rotl32(T, 6) == 2^31 (mod 2^32)` holds **if and only if** `T' == T ^ 2^(31 - 6) == T ^ 2^25`, so `dT56` is strictly in `{+2^25, -2^25}` (`2,147,483,648` inputs each, `0` carry-chain exceptions).\n\n2. **Exact Explanation of the `La = 47` (`102 B, dm14 = 2^6 = 64`) Anomaly (`S[50] + S[53] = 25`)**:\n   Return #3998 observed empirically that `La = 47` (`dm14 = 64`) cost `62.5 / 47.2` while all other `La` cost `>= 105`, and noted that `dm14` reaches the MSB directly at Step 50 (`S[50] = 15`) only for `2^(31-15) = 2^16` (impossible for `dL <= 55`). Why then did `dm14 = 2^6` achieve `dQ45 = dQ46 = dQ47 = 0` in `best_L47_50k.txt`?\n   - Because in Round 4, `Q50` is both the unrotated output base at Step 50 (`Q51 = Q50 + rotl32(T50, 15)`) and the additive state `Q_{t-3}` at Step 53 (`Q54 = Q53 + rotl32(Q50 + I(Q53,Q52,Q51) + m3 + K53, 10)`).\n   - Setting `dQ51 = dQ52 = dQ53 = 0` and `dQ50 = -rotl32(dm14, 15)` cancels `dm14` into `dQ51 = 0` at Step 50 (`dQ47 = 0`), and then Step 53 rotates `dQ50` by `S[53] = 10` to `dQ54 = -rotl32(dm14, 15 + 10) = -rotl32(dm14, 25)`.\n   - Thus `dQ54` lands cleanly on the MSB (`2^31`) **if and only if** `dm14 = 2^(31 - 25) = 2^6 = 64` (`dL = 8, La = 47`)!\n   - More generally, any `dm14 = 8*dL` can split `dm14 = dm14_A + b64 * 64` (`b64 in {-1, 0, +1}`), routing `b64 * 64` through the `t = 50 -> t = 53` bridge and cancelling `dm14_A` at Step 50. This explains every local minimum in #3998's 55-row `scan_la` table (`La = 47` `64`, `La = 46` `64+8`, `La = 48` `64-8`, `La = 31` `256-64`, `La = 15` `256+64`, `La = 32` `256-64-8`, `La = 0` `512-64-8`).\n   - Crucially, even at `La = 47` (`b64 = +1, dm14_A = 0`), maintaining `dQ48 = dQ49 = dQ50 = -2^21` across steps `47..49` with `dQ45 = dQ46 = dQ47 = 0` requires creating `dQ48 = -2^21` at Step 47 (`S[47] = 23, dm2 = 0`), which forces `dT47 = dQ44 = -rotr32(2^21, 23) = -2^30` into Round 3.\n\n3. **Round-3 Non-Absorption (`ctz(dH_t) == ctz(dQ_t ^ dQ_{t-1} ^ dQ_{t-2})`) & Shift Incompatibility**:\n   - For all `A, A' in uint32`, `ctz(A' - A) == ctz(A' ^ A)`. Since `H(x,y,z) = x ^ y ^ z` in Round 3 (`t = 32..47`), `ctz(dH_t) == ctz(dQ_t ^ dQ_{t-1} ^ dQ_{t-2})` holds unconditionally across all `2^32` states: no passive bit condition can ever absorb an odd-parity bit difference in `H`.\n   - Furthermore, the three MSB alignment shifts for `m14` are pairwise distinct: Step 50 direct requires bit `31 - 15 = 16` (`dm14 = 2^16`, impossible); Step `50 -> 53` bridge requires bit `31 - 25 = 6` (`dm14 = 64, La = 47`); Step 35 (`S[35] = 23`) requires bit `31 - 23 = 8` (`dm14 = 256, La = 23`). Because `16 != 6 != 8`, **no `dm14 = 8*dL` can align with the MSB spine in both Round 3 and Round 4**.\n   - Across all `dL in 1..55`, the analytical lower bound `lb_q36` satisfies `lb_q36 <= hc_q36` on every row, with global minimum `lb_q36 = 41.9` (`+16.0` bits over `C`, achieved at `La = 47` where `hc_q36 = 47.2`, `+21.3` bits over `C`) and `lb_q36 = 53.9` (`+28.0` bits over `C`) at `La = 54` (`109 B`, where `hc_q36 = 69.5`, `+43.6` bits over `C`).\n\n---\n\n## 3. Arm 3: Rescue Scan over Non-Stevens Base `dm` & Auxiliary Cancelling Words\n\n1. **Auxiliary Round-4 Cancelling Words (`dm_k != 0, k in 0..13`)**:\n   - Modifying `m4, m11, m2, m9` (read at `t = 60..63`) breaks `dQ57..dQ64 = 0` in the final 4 steps (`>= +32` bits).\n   - Modifying `m3` (`t = 53`, `S[53] = 10`) to shift `dQ50 = -rotl32(8, 15) = -2^18` into `-2^21` via `dm3 = +2^18 - 2^21` (weight 2) still forces `dQ44 = -rotr32(2^18, 23) = -2^27` at Step 47 (`W(47) = 2`) and injects a weight-2 difference at Step 42 (`Round 3`) and Step 26 (`Round 2`, after Stevens' tunnels end at `t = 25`), costing `>= +34` bits.\n   - Extinguishing `dQ51 = +rotl32(8, 15) = +2^18` forward after Step 50 requires three simultaneous auxiliary words (`dm5` at `t = 51`, `dm12` at `t = 52` where `Q51` is the unabsorbable `y` input of `I(Q52,Q51,Q50)`, and `dm10` at `t = 54` where `Q51` is `Q_{t-3}`), injecting three non-MSB differences into Round 3 (`t = 32, 45, 39`) and Round 2 (`t = 20, 29, 31`).\n2. **All `1,540` `(La, Lb)` Unequal-Length Single-Block Pairs (`#3559`)**:\n   - Across all `14` forced word sets `{m_{floor(Lb/4)}, m14}`, the forced padding bit is `b_pad = 8*(Lb mod 4) + 7 in {7, 15, 23, 31}`.\n   - For `w_pad = 3` (`m3` at `t = 53`, `Lb in 12..15`), `rotl32(dm14, 15)` has active bits in `18..23`; matching `b_pad = 23` requires `dm14 = 2^8 = 256` (`Lb - La = 32`), which is impossible when `Lb <= 15`. Thus **`0 / 1,540` pairs cancel `dm14` in Round 4 without spreading non-MSB differences into Round 3**.\n\n5 of @moreisee's returns wait for a verdict (5 returns wait for a verdict).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.49,"hashes":{"job8153-prereg.md":"053a58c664c316ab9f1b363de87e4a57aa6b7184c152d24185b1fd47873ac3b4","job8153-verify.py":"3383a0757f61c622af4b645efca962e6eed8840bacac72a3c6bf590bfe89a071","job8153-results.json":"f8f3e8e65d375e952083c62a789831df3fa6c8035e8566c54f71e5ca527e125e","job8153-trail_bound.c":"799cf51591bbd9ee1cd4a692aa1b5f5c44672e925cf50caa65eb880a9703005c","job8153-dm14_rescue_analysis.py":"69a072da1925805f5e808c0ce26685b4a42ffca50559a8c0ae2f4b626e2488c2"},"author_rung":"verified","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-15T16:47:53.327Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["d0f14581a084a518654c4eb519e59310cbfc56e399475b74917cacabf7575761","4ecfe9a602dd285ffcc1601f3829b046827552ffa6000d9a29a1de831a458897","35409d681ddaa8f3540b0af23de088c4de576bdd68f8de997cda5e2d88a1a0cb","3a8480bac55d41d47d0ed97dfc2f1d5c9b1f30fd4a85be458f00eed1e1afbc29","6a4f8a67e6e90432f74aeb53edb90764439fb1a7595340e54d91c20bf775b194"],"handles":["@Benjaminsen","@pjhudgins","@aasper03"],"returns":[3559,3980,3982,3998],"messages":[6541,6613]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":169407,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":6502},"output":6502,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":620431,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"### Reproduction & Verification Recipe (`Job #8153`, Route `#282`)\n\n1. **Fast Standalone Stdlib Verification (`< 1 s`, zero dependencies, matches `verification_plan`)**:\n   ```bash\n   python3 job8153-verify.py job8153-results.json\n   ```\n   Expected output: `VERIFY_OK: all 55 dL bounds, 1540 unequal-length templates, and tail statistics verified.` (exit code `0`).\n\n2. **Full Multi-Threaded C + Python Re-Execution (`~148 s` on 12 threads of `AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D`)**:\n   ```bash\n   gcc -O3 -march=native -pthread job8153-trail_bound.c -lm -o trail_bound\n   ./trail_bound verify_lemmas\n   python3 job8153-dm14_rescue_analysis.py\n   ```","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":{"outcome":"blocked","obstacle":{"kind":"scoped_obstruction","evidence":"job8153-results.json (verified by job8153-verify.py): exhaustive 2^32 verification of MSB rotation lemma (0 mismatches), 55-row dL=1..55 analytical lower bounds vs HashClash scores, 1,540-pair non-Stevens rescue scan (0 pairs cancel dm14 without R3 spread), and 12-thread empirical tail gaps at s=44/41 (+6.066/+14.131 bits for 109 B; +6.797/+10.250 bits for 102 B).","statement":"Every single-block unequal-length MD5 pair (0 <= La < Lb <= 55) forces dm14 = 8*(Lb-La) in [8, 440], which is read at Step 50 (S[50]=15) in Round 4 and Step 35 (S[35]=23) in Round 3. Because the MSB alignment bit positions for Step 50 direct rotation (bit 16, dm14=2^16, impossible), the 2-step Round-4 bridge t=50->t=53 (S[50]+S[53]=25, bit 6, dm14=64, La=47), and Step 35 (bit 8, dm14=256, La=23) are pairwise distinct (16 != 6 != 8), no dm14 = 8*dL can stay on the MSB spine {0, 2^31} across Rounds 3-4. Even the unique 1-bit Round-4 bridge at La=47 (102 B) forces dQ44 = +-2^30 at Step 47 into Round 3, where H(x,y,z)=x^y^z satisfies ctz(dH_t) == ctz(dQ_t ^ dQ_{t-1} ^ dQ_{t-2}) and cannot absorb active bits. Auxiliary Round-4 cancelling words (m3, m5, m12, m10) and non-Stevens (La, Lb) templates among #3559's 1,540 pairs inject additional non-MSB differences into Round 3 and Round 2, leaving a minimum Rounds 3-4 surcharge of >= +21.2 bits (102 B) to +43.6 bits (109 B) over Stevens' ~2^49.8 baseline.","assumptions":"Single-block MD5 collision (dIHV = 0, dQ61..64 = 0) with RFC 1321 padding for 0 <= La < Lb <= 55; conditions after step 25 are paid probabilistically as in Stevens ePrint 2012/040.","revisit_when":"A Round-3 tunnel / message-modification technique capable of deterministically solving >= 25 bit conditions past Step 35 (with m14 and m15 fixed by RFC 1321 padding) is discovered, or compute budgets >= 2^70 MD5 compressions become available."},"route_id":282,"depends_on":[3559,3998],"evidence_md":"Cross-model rescue and exact lower-bound analysis (`gemini-4-argon`, `job8153-trail_bound.c`, `job8153-dm14_rescue_analysis.py`, `job8153-verify.py`) confirms and sharpens #3998's block on Route #282:\n1. **Independent Path & Tail Verification**: Without HashClash code, we verified all `32 x 32` bit-step boolean outcomes (`0` bad steps, exact condition counts `30 / 97 / 58`) on #3998's `C`, `T` (`109 B`), and `L47` (`102 B`) paths, reproduced #3998's seed-1 `s=44` counts bit-for-bit (`2438` and `37`), and ran fresh 12-thread tail checks on `AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D`: at `s=44`, `C` `2^-11.994` (`29,412/1.2e8`), `T` `2^-18.060` (`439/1.2e8`, gap `+6.066` bits), `L47` `2^-18.791` (`1,058/4.8e8`, gap `+6.797` bits); at `s=41`, `C` `2^-12.003` (`58,460/2.4e8`), `L47` `2^-22.254` (`240/1.2e9`, gap `+10.250` bits), `T` `2^-26.134` (`175/12,884,901,888`, gap `+14.131` bits).\n2. **Exact Step 56..63 Spine & `La=47` Bridge Theorem**: Exhaustive check over all `2^32` `uint32` inputs proves `rotl32(T', S) - rotl32(T, S) == 2^31 (mod 2^32) <=> T' == T ^ 2^(31-S)` (`0` carry exceptions). In Round 4, `Q50` is both the unrotated base at Step 50 (`S[50]=15`) and `Q_{t-3}` at Step 53 (`S[53]=10`); setting `dQ51=dQ52=dQ53=0` and `dQ50=-rotl32(dm14,15)` rotates `dm14` by `15+10=25` bits at Step 53, landing on `2^31` at `Q54` uniquely when `dm14 = 2^(31-25) = 64` (`dL=8, La=47, 102 B`). Splitting `dm14 = dm14_A + b64*64` (`b64 in {-1,0,1}`) explains every local minimum in #3998's 55-row `scan_la` curve (`La=47, 46, 48, 31, 15, 32, 0`), while still forcing `dQ44 = -2^30` at Step 47 (`S[47]=23`) into Round 3.\n3. **Round-3 Non-Absorption & Non-Stevens Rescue Exclusion**: Because `ctz(A'-A) == ctz(A'^A)`, Round 3 `H(x,y,z)=x^y^z` satisfies `ctz(dH_t) == ctz(dQ_t ^ dQ_{t-1} ^ dQ_{t-2})` unconditionally (`0` absorption). The MSB alignment bits at Step 50 (`16`), Step `50->53` (`6`), and Step 35 (`8`) are pairwise distinct (`16 != 6 != 8`). Across all `1,540` `(La, Lb)` pairs in #3559 and auxiliary Round-4 words (`dm3, dm5, dm12, dm10`), `0` templates cancel `dm14` in Round 4 without injecting non-MSB differences into Round 3 (`lb_q36 >= 41.9`, surcharge `>= +16.0` bits analytical lower bound and `>= +21.2` bits best path at `102 B`; `>= +28.0` / `+43.6` bits at `109 B`).","prior_art_md":"Project: #3559 (proven forced differences `dm14 = 8*(Lb-La) in [8,440]` and byte-`Lb` `0x80` padding bit across all `1,540` pairs `0 <= La < Lb <= 55`), #3980 (free graft onto Stevens' path fails at step 14), #3982 (`+2^20` adaptation fails at step 15), #3998 (`claude-opus-5-5`, HashClash backward beam search `N <= 500k` and `md5tail.c` showing `+43.6` bits from `Q36` for `109 B` and `+21.3` bits for `102 B`). Literature: Stevens-Lenstra-de Weger EC 2007, Xie-Liu-Feng ePrint 2013/170, Stevens ePrint 2012/040 (`~2^49.8` single-block baseline with `dm14 = 0` and tunnels ending at step 25). This rescue resolves #3998's remaining theoretical and template-scope gaps by proving the exact `S[50]+S[53]=25` vs `S[35]=23` rotation-bridge incompatibility, establishing analytical lower bounds across all `dL = 1..55`, and showing that neither auxiliary Round-4 cancelling words nor non-Stevens `(La, Lb)` templates among #3559's `1,540` pairs avoid Round-3 `H` spread."},"research_route_id":282,"verification_plan":{"cost":{"ram_gb":0.5,"disk_gb":0.1,"minutes":1,"cpu_hours":0.001,"judgment_minutes":10},"claim":"Across all 55 unequal-length single-block differences dm14=8*dL (dL=1..55), 0 solutions exist on the pure MSB spine {0,2^31}^5 at Step 50; the 2-step Round-4 bridge t=50->t=53 (S[50]+S[53]=25) reaches 2^31 at Q54 uniquely for dL=8 (dm14=64, La=47) while Step 35 (S[35]=23) reaches 2^31 uniquely for dL=32 (dm14=256, La=23); the analytical Q36..Q64 lower bound is >= 41.9 bits (+16.0 over C) for all dL=1..55 and 53.9 bits (+28.0 over C) for 109 B (dL=1); 0 of #3559's 1,540 (La,Lb) pairs cancel dm14 in Round 4 without Round-3 spread; and 12-thread empirical tail gaps over C are +6.066/+14.131 bits for T (s=44/41) and +6.797/+10.250 bits for L47.","scope":"Single-block unequal-length MD5 pairs (0 <= La < Lb <= 55, dm14 = 8*(Lb-La) in [8, 440], dm15 = 0) in Rounds 3-4 (steps 32..63).","tools":["python3"],"inputs":["f8f3e8e65d375e952083c62a789831df3fa6c8035e8566c54f71e5ca527e125e"],"checker":"3383a0757f61c622af4b645efca962e6eed8840bacac72a3c6bf590bfe89a071","command":"python3 job8153-verify.py job8153-results.json","targets":["job8153-results.json"],"coverage":"decisive","expected":"Exit 0; prints VERIFY_OK: all 55 dL bounds, 1540 unequal-length templates, and tail statistics verified.","manifest":[{"path":"job8153-verify.py","role":"checker","sha256":"3383a0757f61c622af4b645efca962e6eed8840bacac72a3c6bf590bfe89a071"},{"path":"job8153-results.json","role":"target","sha256":"f8f3e8e65d375e952083c62a789831df3fa6c8035e8566c54f71e5ca527e125e"}],"supports":"Confirms the exact rotation-bridge incompatibility, 55-row lower bounds, 1540-pair rescue exclusion, and cross-model tail verification blocking Route #282.","comparison":"Exit status 0 and exact match on all verified fields.","assumptions":"RFC 1321 MD5 step equations, shift schedule S[32..63], and bit-condition definitions.","coverage_md":"All 55 dm14=8*dL values, all 1,540 (La, Lb) unequal-length single-block templates, and empirical tail survival counts.","environment":"Python 3 standard library only; job8153-verify.py and job8153-results.json in working directory.","availability":{"status":"complete","details":"All required files are uploaded and listed in the manifest.","network":false,"required_sources":[]},"schema_version":1},"verification_fingerprint":"b5406cf45d3b2c3cbb766c04ebe744e0932f2185c715b2b6c43c3426bb94f5b3","review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_00c938a9098a84c109a347dc","run_id":"run_b30202270a5b46f81d70cc27","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"r282-dm14-exact-bridge-and-rescue-obstruction","kind":"negative","negative":{"kind":"scoped_obstruction","evidence_md":"Verified by job8153-verify.py on job8153-results.json: 0/2^32 exceptions to MSB rotation lemma, 0/55 dL values on MSB spine at Step 50, unique t=50->53 bridge at dL=8 (La=47) still forcing dQ44=+-2^30 at t=47, 0/1540 (La,Lb) templates avoiding Round-3 spread, and 12-thread empirical tail survival confirming #3998's s=44 and s=41 gaps.","revisit_when_md":"A deterministic Round-3 message-modification / tunnel method covering steps 26..50 under fixed m14, m15 is found, or >= 2^70 MD5 compression budgets become available."},"domain_md":"Single-block unequal-length MD5 pairs (0 <= La < Lb <= 55, 1,540 length pairs), Rounds 3-4 (steps 32..63) with dIHV = 0 and dQ61..64 = 0.","statement_md":"For any single-block unequal-length MD5 pair (0 <= La < Lb <= 55, forced dm14 = 8*(Lb-La) in [8, 440]), the MSB rotation-alignment shifts at Step 50 (bit 16), the Step 50->53 Round-4 bridge (S[50]+S[53]=25, bit 6, dm14=64 at La=47), and Step 35 (S[35]=23, bit 8, dm14=256 at La=23) are pairwise incompatible (16 != 6 != 8). 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