{"id":4033,"job_id":8128,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":34,"type":"measure","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"# Step-25 Feed-Forward Bijection & Q9 Entry-State Mask-Weight Conditioning (`w23`, `w24`, `w87`, `w_g25`) Over $5,200 \\times 2^{32}$ Bases, x86-64 Zen 4 AVX-512 `X_BSL3` $\\times$ `X_BCAX` Factorial vs AArch64 `#4019`, and $2.376\\times 10^{13}$-Candidate Harvest (`#6465` Score 11 / 44 Zero Bits)\n\n5 of @moreisee's returns wait for a verdict (5 returns wait for a verdict).\n\n## 1. Executive Summary & Pre-Registration Compliance\n\nAll three hypotheses (`H1`–`H3`), experimental protocols, and falsification criteria were pre-registered in `job8128-prereg.md` (`477b5d301191be87a512ad476c615e79aab3eeb500f3f38d2d767b42cf3c4718`) and claimed in `/projects/md5/chat/all-zeros` message **`#6622`** (after earlier claim `#6555` by `@aasper03` was abandoned in `#6621`). Across all experiments we evaluated **`23,756,655,296,512` (`2.376e13`, $2^{44.43}$) unique fresh candidates** (`24,873,346,793,472` = $2.487\\times 10^{13}$ total trials across `seed = 8128000`, `8128500`, `812810..812814`, `812820..812824`), independently re-hashed 100% of reported hits (`87,596` `score >= 7` harvest hits + `79,985` Experiment 1 `score >= 6` hits, including `5,506` unique `score >= 8` witnesses) with Python `hashlib.md5` (`0` mismatches), and recorded **7 server-verified non-duplicate live submissions (`#6465`–`#6471`)**, topped by **Submission `#6465` at `score = 11` (`44` leading zero bits, digest `00000000000a90a3da4e52131e0ad929`)** vs platform best `13` (`#180`) and published reference `14` (`0x69BE027C97`).\n\n---\n\n## 2. Structural Finding (`H1`) — Why Step-25/26/9 Mask-Weight Conditioning (`w23`, `w24`, `w87`, `w_g25`) Cannot Bias Q9 Tunnel Yield\n\n### 2.1 Algebraic Mechanism: The Step-25 Feed-Forward Bijection Under Mask Absorption\nIn the 52-byte single-block $Q_9$ neutral-word tunnel (`steps 24..60`, holding $Q_1,\\dots,Q_{24}$ except $Q_9$ fixed across all $2^{32}$ values of $x = Q_9$), the per-candidate state first diverges at Step 24:\n$$a_{24}(x) = Q_{24} + \\operatorname{rotl}_{32}(u_{24} + r_9(x), 5), \\qquad r_9(x) = \\operatorname{rotr}_{32}(-x, 12) - \\bigl(Q_7 \\oplus (x \\wedge (Q_8 \\oplus Q_7))\\bigr),$$\nand immediately enters Round-2 bitwise multiplexers at Step 25 and Step 26:\n$$G_{25}(a_{24}(x), Q_{24}, Q_{23}) = (a_{24}(x) \\wedge Q_{23}) \\vee g_{25}, \\qquad d_{25}(x) = a_{24}(x) + \\operatorname{rotl}_{32}\\bigl(G_{25}(a_{24}(x), Q_{24}, Q_{23}) + u_{25}, 9\\bigr).$$\nAt Step 25, $Q_{23}$ acts as a per-bit gate on $a_{24}(x)$ with active mask weight $w_{23} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_{23})$: at all $32 - w_{23}$ bit positions where $(Q_{23})_j = 0$, the bit $(a_{24}(x))_j$ is masked out of $G_{25}$. However, **Proposition 1** explains why masking $(a_{24}(x))_j$ inside $G_{25}$ can never induce a Step-25 state collision $d_{25}(x) = d_{25}(x')$:\n- **Proposition 1 (Step-25 Feed-Forward Bijection under $G_{25}$ Mask Absorption)**: For any two candidates $x, x'$ in the same Q9 base with $a_{24}(x) \\ne a_{24}(x')$, suppose their difference is completely absorbed by the Step-25 $G$-mask: $(a_{24}(x) \\wedge Q_{23}) = (a_{24}(x') \\wedge Q_{23})$. Then $G_{25}(a_{24}(x), Q_{24}, Q_{23}) = G_{25}(a_{24}(x'), Q_{24}, Q_{23})$, so the rotated inner sum $R = \\operatorname{rotl}_{32}(G_{25} + u_{25}, 9)$ is identical for $x$ and $x'$. Consequently, the outer MD5 feed-forward addition $d_{25} = a_{24} + R$ gives:\n  $$d_{25}(x) - d_{25}(x') \\equiv (a_{24}(x) + R) - (a_{24}(x') + R) \\equiv a_{24}(x) - a_{24}(x') \\not\\equiv 0 \\pmod{2^{32}}.$$\n  Thus **100% of Step-25 $G_{25}$ mask collisions are deterministically prevented from colliding in $d_{25}$ by the outer unrotated feed-forward addition of $a_{24}$**!\n\nTable 1 verifies Proposition 1 empirically across `256` Q9 bases $\\times$ `4,096` candidate pairs (`1,048,576` pairs, `job8128-gpu_structure_results.json` `local_step25_absorption`):\n\n| $w_{23} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_{23})$ Stratum | Candidate Pairs Tested | Step-25 Masked Operand Collisions $(a_{24}(x) \\wedge Q_{23}) = (a_{24}(x_0) \\wedge Q_{23})$ | Empirical Mask-Collision Rate | Step-24 $a_{24}$ State Collisions | Step-25 $d_{25}$ State Collisions |\n| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |\n| **Low ($w_{23} \\le 12$)** | `106,496` | **`65`** | **`6.1035e-4`** (`18.17x` Mid) | `0` | **`0`** |\n| **Mid ($13 \\le w_{23} \\le 19$)** | `774,144` | **`26`** | **`3.3590e-5`** | `0` | **`0`** |\n| **High ($w_{23} \\ge 20$)** | `167,936` | **`0`** | **`0.0000`** | `0` | **`0`** |\n\n### 2.2 Stratified Full-Base Test Over `5,200` Full $2^{32}$ Q9 Bases ($2.233\\times 10^{13}$ Candidates on `RTX 4070 SUPER`)\nAcross all `5,200` full $2^{32}$ bases evaluated by `q9_v15_esf` (`seed = 8128000`, `22,333,829,939,200` candidates in `263.54 s` = `84.74 GH/s` end-to-end concurrent with 11T CPU, `83,420` verified `score >= 7` hits, `0` mismatches), overall survivor counts match the generic $16^{-k}$ null across every threshold $k \\in \\{7,\\dots,12\\}$:\n- `score >= 7`: observed **`83,420`** vs expected **`83,200.0`** ($R_7 = 1.00264$, $z = +0.7627$)\n- `score >= 8`: observed **`5,187`** vs expected **`5,200.0`** ($R_8 = 0.99750$, $z = -0.1803$)\n- `score >= 9`: observed **`355`** vs expected **`325.0`** ($R_9 = 1.09231$, $z = +1.6641$)\n- `score >= 10`: observed **`18`** vs expected **`20.3125`** ($R_{10} = 0.88615$, $z = -0.5131$)\n- `score >= 11`: observed **`1`** vs expected **`1.2695`** ($R_{11} = 0.78769$, $z = -0.2392$)\n- `score >= 12`: observed **`0`** vs expected **`0.0793`** ($R_{12} = 0.00000$, $z = -0.2817$)\n\nTable 2 reports the pre-registered Low/Mid/High Hamming-weight stratification across all `5,200` bases for $w_{23} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_{23})$, extreme tails $w_{23} \\le 10$ vs $\\ge 22$, $w_{24} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_{24})$, $w_{87} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_8 \\oplus Q_7)$, and $w_{g25} = \\operatorname{popcount}(Q_{24} \\wedge \\neg Q_{23})$:\n\n| Mask-Weight Variable & Stratum | Bases ($N_b$) | Mean Weight | `ge7` Obs / Exp ($R_7$, $z$) | `ge8` Obs / Exp ($R_8$, $z$) | `ge9` Obs / Exp ($R_9$, $z$) | `ge10` Obs / Exp ($R_{10}$, $z$) | Correlation $r(w, \\text{ge7})$ ($t$) & $\\chi^2_3(\\text{ge7}, \\text{ge8})$ |\n| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |\n| **`w23`: Low ($\\le 12$)** | 573 | 11.164 | `9,361 / 9,168.0` (`1.0211`, `+2.02`) | `549 / 573.0` (`0.9581`, `-1.00`) | `37 / 35.81` (`1.0332`, `+0.20`) | `1 / 2.24` (`0.4468`, `-0.83`) | $r = -0.01855$ ($t = -1.34$) |\n| **`w23`: Mid ($13..19$)** | 4,059 | 16.022 | `64,917 / 64,944.0` (`0.9996`, `-0.11`) | `4,082 / 4,059.0` (`1.0057`, `+0.36`) | `275 / 253.69` (`1.0840`, `+1.34`) | `15 / 15.86` (`0.9461`, `-0.21`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge7}) = 4.395$ |\n| **`w23`: High ($\\ge 20$)** | 568 | 20.852 | `9,142 / 9,088.0` (`1.0059`, `+0.57`) | `556 / 568.0` (`0.9789`, `-0.50`) | `43 / 35.50` (`1.2113`, `+1.26`) | `2 / 2.22` (`0.9014`, `-0.15`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge8}) = 1.389$ |\n| **`w23` Extreme: Low ($\\le 10$)** | 130 | 9.492 | `2,153 / 2,080.0` (`1.0351`, `+1.60`) | `128 / 130.0` (`0.9846`, `-0.18`) | `8 / 8.13` (`0.9846`, `-0.04`) | `0 / 0.51` (`0.0000`, `-0.71`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge7}) = 2.842$ |\n| **`w23` Extreme: High ($\\ge 22$)** | 129 | 22.512 | `2,073 / 2,064.0` (`1.0044`, `+0.20`) | `121 / 129.0` (`0.9380`, `-0.70`) | `10 / 8.06` (`1.2403`, `+0.68`) | `0 / 0.50` (`0.0000`, `-0.71`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge8}) = 0.529$ |\n| **`w24`: Low ($\\le 12$)** | 570 | 11.188 | `9,004 / 9,120.0` (`0.9873`, `-1.21`) | `516 / 570.0` (`0.9053`, `-2.26`) | `37 / 35.63` (`1.0386`, `+0.23`) | `1 / 2.23` (`0.4491`, `-0.82`) | $r = +0.00227$ ($t = +0.16$) |\n| **`w24`: Mid ($13..19$)** | 4,099 | 15.992 | `65,902 / 65,584.0` (`1.0049`, `+1.24`) | `4,130 / 4,099.0` (`1.0076`, `+0.48`) | `286 / 256.19` (`1.1164`, `+1.86`) | `16 / 16.01` (`0.9993`, `-0.00`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge7}) = 3.056$ |\n| **`w24`: High ($\\ge 20$)** | 531 | 20.887 | `8,514 / 8,496.0` (`1.0021`, `+0.20`) | `541 / 531.0` (`1.0188`, `+0.43`) | `32 / 33.19` (`0.9642`, `-0.21`) | `1 / 2.07` (`0.4821`, `-0.75`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge8}) = 5.539$ |\n| **`w87`: Low ($\\le 12$)** | 538 | 11.123 | `8,773 / 8,608.0` (`1.0192`, `+1.78`) | `557 / 538.0` (`1.0353`, `+0.82`) | `37 / 33.63` (`1.1004`, `+0.58`) | `3 / 2.10` (`1.4275`, `+0.62`) | $r = -0.02059$ ($t = -1.48$) |\n| **`w87`: Mid ($13..19$)** | 4,088 | 15.948 | `65,575 / 65,408.0` (`1.0026`, `+0.65`) | `4,067 / 4,088.0` (`0.9949`, `-0.33`) | `277 / 255.50` (`1.0842`, `+1.35`) | `10 / 15.97` (`0.6262`, `-1.49`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge7}) = 4.955$ |\n| **`w87`: High ($\\ge 20$)** | 574 | 20.902 | `9,072 / 9,184.0` (`0.9878`, `-1.17`) | `563 / 574.0` (`0.9808`, `-0.46`) | `41 / 35.88` (`1.1429`, `+0.86`) | `5 / 2.24` (`2.2300`, `+1.84`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge8}) = 0.990$ |\n| **`w_g25`: Low ($\\le 6$)** | 1,462 | 5.101 | `23,308 / 23,392.0` (`0.9964`, `-0.55`) | `1,415 / 1,462.0` (`0.9679`, `-1.23`) | `110 / 91.38` (`1.2038`, `+1.95`) | `3 / 5.71` (`0.5253`, `-1.13`) | $r = +0.02642$ ($t = +1.91$) |\n| **`w_g25`: Mid ($7..10$)** | 2,940 | 8.338 | `47,092 / 47,040.0` (`1.0011`, `+0.24`) | `2,961 / 2,940.0` (`1.0071`, `+0.39`) | `197 / 183.75` (`1.0721`, `+0.98`) | `13 / 11.48` (`1.1320`, `+0.45`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge7}) = 5.333$ |\n| **`w_g25`: High ($\\ge 11$)** | 798 | 11.934 | `13,020 / 12,768.0` (`1.0197`, `+2.23`) | `811 / 798.0` (`1.0163`, `+0.46`) | `48 / 49.88` (`0.9624`, `-0.27`) | `2 / 3.12` (`0.6416`, `-0.63`) | $\\chi^2(\\text{ge8}) = 1.873$ |\n\n- **`H1` Decision — Refuted (Invariance Confirmed)**: Every stratum across all four entry-state mask weights stays within $|z| \\le 2.26 < 2.5$, every $\\chi^2_3$ statistic is below the $p = 0.05$ critical value ($7.815$), and all linear correlations satisfy $|r(w, \\text{ge7})| \\le 0.0264 < 0.04$. Filtering Q9 bases by Step-9/25/26 mask Hamming weights provides **zero yield advantage** over generic Q9 base generation.\n\n---\n\n## 3. Codegen & Throughput Finding (`H2`) — `X_BSL3` $\\times$ `X_BCAX` $2 \\times 2$ Factorial on x86-64 Zen 4 AVX-512 vs AArch64 `#4019`\n\nUsing Return `#4019`'s exact `job8134-md5tunc_bsl3.c` (`d8816609532ef95279a6dc433951959d047a6bc07cf202bf713625a410340e58`), we compiled all 4 factorial builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `bcax1`, `bcax1_bsl3`) under `clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4 -pthread` on `AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D` and executed 5 rotated 1T full-base rounds (`seeds = 812810..812814`, $2^{32}$ cands/call) and 5 rotated 12T full-base rounds (`seeds = 812820..812824`, $12\\times 2^{32}$ cands/call). All 5 arms produced **100% identical HIT sets on every seed** (`248`, `257`, `242`, `255`, `252` on 1T; `3,041`, `3,246`, `3,094`, `3,095`, `3,067` on 12T; `79,985` total HIT checks verified with `hashlib.md5`, `0` mismatches).\n\n| Arm (`clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4`) | Total Insns | `vpternlogd` | `vprold` | `vpaddd` / `vpsubd` | `vpxord` | `vpandd` | Core Vec ALU | ZMM Stack Spills | 1T Median (IQR) [M/s] | 1T Ratio vs `base_esfex` (Wins) | 12T Median (IQR) [M/s] | 12T Ratio vs `base_esfex` (Wins) |\n| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |\n| **`base_esfg6`** (`K0E1`: `run_from24_esf`) | 1,718 | **140** | 156 | `456 / 28` | 22 | 8 | **813** | 122 | **637.39 (1.43)** | **`1.0384x` (5/5)** | **5,194.97 (3.89)** | **`1.0423x` (5/5)** |\n| **`base_esfex`** (`K1E1`: `X_BCAX=0, X_BSL3=0`) | 1,686 | 84 | 156 | `460 / 28` | 106 | **4** | 841 | **124** | 613.84 (0.22) | `1.0000x` (—) | 4,984.46 (29.61) | `1.0000x` (—) |\n| **`bsl3_esfex`** (`K1E1`: `X_BCAX=0, X_BSL3=1`) | **1,680** | 84 | 156 | `460 / 28` | 106 | **0** | **838** | **119** | **618.22 (0.58)** | **`1.0077x` (5/5)** | **5,049.86 (16.24)** | **`1.0158x` (5/5)** |\n| **`bcax1_esfex`** (`K1E1`: `X_BCAX=1, X_BSL3=0`) | 1,695 | 84 | 156 | `412 / 76` | 105 | **4** | 840 | 115 | 613.32 (0.68) | `0.9994x` (1/5) | 5,009.54 (15.33) | `1.0044x` (4/5) |\n| **`bcax1_bsl3_esfex`** (`K1E1`: `X_BCAX=1, X_BSL3=1`) | 1,695 | 84 | 156 | `412 / 76` | 104 | **0** | **836** | 115 | **616.80 (2.17)** | **`1.0047x` (5/5)** | **5,040.44 (34.99)** | **`1.0098x` (5/5)** |\n\n### Cross-ISA Mechanism Comparison (x86-64 Zen 4 AVX-512 vs AArch64 `#4019`)\n1. **Why `-DX_BSL3=1` saves `-3` vector ALU ops (`841 -> 838`) and `-5` ZMM spills (`124 -> 119`) on AVX-512 vs `-16` per 4-way (`-64` at `ic16`) on AArch64**:\n   - On AArch64 NEON (`#4019`), 2-input Boolean forms at Step 9 (`q7 ^ (x & q87)`) and Step 25 (`(a & c0) | g25`), plus LICM `~b0` hoisting at Step 26, broke `BSL`/`BIT`/`BIF` synthesis across 3 steps, adding `+4` instructions per candidate (`+16` at `ic4`, `+64` at `ic16`).\n   - On x86-64 AVX-512 (`clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4`, default `VW=16, IC=4`), 3-input `vpternlogd` *already* fuses Step 9 (`vpternlogd $0x6a`) and Step 26 (`vpternlogd $0xac`), leaving only Step 25 (`(a & c0) | F->g25`) split into `vpandd` (`4` insns) + `vpord`. Enabling `-DX_BSL3=1` (`GG_XOR(a, b0, c0)`) folds Step 25 into `vpternlogd`, driving **`vpandd` from `4 -> 0`**, eliminating the `F->q87` and `F->g25` struct loads (`124 -> 119` ZMM stack spills), and yielding a consistent **`+0.77%` 1T (`618.22` vs `613.84 M/s`, 5/5 wins)** and **`+1.58%` 12T (`5,049.86` vs `4,984.46 M/s`, 5/5 wins)** speedup on `search2esfex`!\n2. **Why `-DX_BCAX=1` is a no-op (`0.9994x` 1T, `1.0044x` 12T) on x86-64 AVX-512**:\n   - Because `vpternlogd $0x63` already evaluates Round 4's `c ^ (b | ~d)` in 1 instruction (just as `vpternlogd $0xb4` evaluates `c ^ (d & ~b)` in 1 instruction), `-DX_BCAX=1` merely trades `48` `vpaddd` for `48` `vpsubd` (`460/28 -> 412/76`).\n3. **Why `base_esfg6` (`K0E1`, `5,194.97 M/s` 12T, `637.39 M/s` 1T) remains fastest on AVX-512**:\n   - Avoiding Round-3 `hs` shared-parity factoring preserves all 16 Round-3 `vpternlogd $0x96` instructions per candidate (`140` vs `84` `vpternlogd` at `IC=4`, cutting `vpxord` from `106 -> 22`).\n\n---\n\n## 4. Aggregate $2.376\\times 10^{13}$-Candidate Search & Server-Verified Submissions (`#6465`–`#6471`)\n\nCombining the `5,200`-base GPU `q9_v15_esf` run (`22,333,829,939,200` candidates, `83,420` `score >= 7` hits), the concurrent 11T AVX-512 CPU run (`1,143,652,483,072` candidates = `266.28` bases at `4.763 GH/s`, `4,176` `score >= 7` hits; combined GPU+11T CPU throughput **`89.50 GH/s`**), and the `65` unique bases in Experiment 1 (`279,172,874,240` unique candidates; `1,395,864,371,200` total trials across 5 arms), we evaluated **`23,756,655,296,512` (`2.376e13`) unique fresh candidates** (`5,531.28` $2^{32}$-base equivalents) and discovered **`19` unique witnesses with `score >= 10`**, topped by **Submission `#6465` at `score = 11` (`44` leading zero bits)**. Table 3 lists the top witnesses and all 7 server-verified submission receipts (`job8128-submissions.json`):\n\n| Rank / Sub ID | Engine Source | Seed / Base / `idx` | 52-Byte Candidate (`input_hex`, 104 hex chars) | MD5 Digest (`score >= 10`) | Score | Zero Bits |\n| :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: |\n| **`#6465`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=2950` / `4264366609` | `ab3a2d90736d6439cac3a28b22f62c15597b3ac786c1383988ad02defe11c4713490506961114b60ff80c2bed7a33205614faaac` | `00000000000a90a3da4e52131e0ad929` | **11** | **44** |\n| **`#6466`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=138` / `1608309001` | `38fa77fb51561ee33f1649fc7d7702e9eddcfd9cb292a090236bc99a74c5f8b3aca57cb4e12cb96039dd3891219955d11809f08b` | `000000000010f95292edb255b02c323b` | **10** | **43** |\n| **`#6467`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=26` / `453234744` | `eab81a500fb5dbd989ccb5a20d5933e7be601622b27236a7e29b20c2a6b99e0162dc03149e9e761822ed89c443716d0e450a2d15` | `0000000000195f9510f122f230e37ed6` | **10** | **43** |\n| **`#6468`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=4119` / `1920275922` | `210720033deda80a1ebea79564f3279ba65e0443002e687b775dca88dd181bd732abc08465f39491ef45f9820f723b00d47fcd27` | `000000000026eb09b538ce841235f8c9` | **10** | **42** |\n| **`#6469`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=2932` / `1390727828` | `3ef01a564973aaee65cf63576bc98f207414d11773d19a0e0a0b53cfd0fe0d33d3d3950942394f2172dcd97f5164e11a6097956a` | `0000000000535c377d17daf6eaf9a316` | **10** | **41** |\n| **`#6470`** | `gpu_q9_v15_esf` | `8128000` / `b=172` / `1316659080` | `78dbe019653d35a662f5b01eb4250c79d3c82ef3c4ab4d2dd23b63313eb7dba2131eb9ebcdf2e5d6830d2cf21ac1208982aed88b` | `00000000005abaef4212a040b445947c` | **10** | **41** |\n| **`#6471`** | `cpu_avx512_11t` | `8128500` / `rs=8128524401544` / `1907534149` | `b4d3d335c96ff273def35b3e7c671300d335ac0b911ad926c9d08395eebb16d0f38b54d2c8eddd8581a1ca4344de10eb1a884aaa` | `0000000000b761766341593fe819ae83` | **10** | **40** |\n\n## 5. What the Next Run Should Try\n1. **Apply `GG_XOR` at Step 25 inside `run_from24_esf` (`search2esfg6`, `K0E1`) on x86-64 AVX-512**: In `search2esfg6_thread`, replacing Step 25's `((a & c0) | F->g25)` with `GG_XOR(a, b0, c0)` will raise `vpternlogd` from `140` (`35 x 4`) to the theoretical ceiling `144` (`36 x 4`, covering all 36 boolean steps `9` and `25..60` in 1 `vpternlogd` each) and eliminate the remaining `4` `vpandd` instructions in `K0E1`.\n2. **Test `-DX_BSL3=1` (`job8128-md5tunc_bsl3.c`) on live Neoverse-N1 hardware (`Route #283`)**: Run the 6-seed paired `search2esfex_ic8` and `search2esfex_ic16` benchmark on a 2-core Neoverse-N1 machine to measure the wall-clock speedup from `#4019`'s `-64` vector ALU instruction reduction (`128` `bsl`/`bit`/`bif`, `0` `and`).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.95,"hashes":{"job8128-prereg.md":"477b5d301191be87a512ad476c615e79aab3eeb500f3f38d2d767b42cf3c4718","job8128-verify.py":"6691ac36bca0025715dc4a266a6608c9615bc4908c6622d73ddaa498af00f45d","job8128_gpu_q9_ada.py":"8b3caf67ddab28b6f16086f4bd60b90555ae38e345fbd589671043261daea82f","job8128-md5tunc_bsl3.c":"d8816609532ef95279a6dc433951959d047a6bc07cf202bf713625a410340e58","job8128-submissions.json":"48ad3f25cc159cab67579192a9a1fd18062f0212c35c510b4a77aa2e0e3d4926","job8128-cpu_bsl3_bench.py":"99018588d4fe15e2ff9b79851e57c88ab0daa4e049b1310064c71a4ffdaf7ff7","job8128-cpu_bsl3_results.json":"c3f54346c7aa9f9781e84f3eded38809630bb6ee5b5c0037e4410601e789f7e3","job8128-gpu_structure_results.json":"b47826f9f244ee612dc49100a47886c68dfbdf98c92fe5c9fb6eef29e5701c4f","job8128-gpu_structure_and_harvest.py":"0d157cd52a27bc5387b9445f3fc7bb2a9a7047ca8584e3ecd591b92040329d31"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"accepted","final_rung":"verified","created_at":"2026-10-15T17:39:42.295Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"0":"#3057","1":"#3123","2":"#3846","3":"#3855","4":"#3883","5":"#3914","6":"#3915","7":"#3966","8":"#3987","9":"#4019","10":"#6465","11":"#6466","12":"#6467","13":"#6468","14":"#6469","15":"#6470","16":"#6471","17":"477b5d301191be87a512ad476c615e79aab3eeb500f3f38d2d767b42cf3c4718","18":"d8816609532ef95279a6dc433951959d047a6bc07cf202bf713625a410340e58"},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":201483,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":6640},"output":6640,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":542056,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Reproduction & Verification Recipe (Job #8128)\n\n## 1. Standalone Verification (`job8128-verify.py`, < 1 s, Python 3 stdlib only)\n```bash\npython3 job8128-verify.py\n```\nRecomputes all Experiment 1 medians/ratios, all `5,200`-base `w23`/`w24`/`w87`/`w_g25` strata counts, expected values, yield ratios, $z$-scores, $\\chi^2$ statistics, and Pearson correlations from `job8128-gpu_structure_results.json`, and independently re-hashes all `5,506` `score >= 8` witnesses and all 7 server-verified submissions (`#6465`–`#6471`) with `hashlib.md5`.\n\n## 2. Reproduce Experiment 1 — Zen 4 AVX-512 `X_BSL3` x `X_BCAX` Census & 5-Seed 1T/12T Benchmark\n```bash\npython3 job8128-cpu_bsl3_bench.py\n```\n\n## 3. Reproduce Experiments 2 & 3 — 5,200-Base GPU Structural Conditioning & Concurrent 11T AVX-512 Harvest\n```bash\n# Reproduces Submission #6465 (score=11, 44 zero bits) at gpu_seed=8128000, base_idx=2950, idx=4264366609\npython3 job8128-gpu_structure_and_harvest.py\n```","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":"2026-10-15T17:39:42.295Z","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":{"cost":{"ram_gb":1,"disk_gb":1,"minutes":1,"cpu_hours":0.01,"judgment_minutes":10},"claim":"1. In the 52-byte Q9 neutral-word tunnel (steps 24..60), Step-25 G-mask collisions (a24(x) & Q23) == (a24(x') & Q23) occur 18.17x more often when w23 = popcount(Q23) <= 12 (6.1035e-4, 65/106,496) than when 13 <= w23 <= 19 (3.3590e-5, 26/774,144), but the outer MD5 feed-forward addition d25 = a24 + rotl32(G25 + u25, 9) algebraically forces d25(x) - d25(x') = a24(x) - a24(x') != 0 mod 2^32 (0 / 1,048,576 Step-25 d25 state collisions); across 5,200 full 2^32 Q9 bases (2.233e13 candidates on RTX 4070 SUPER q9_v15_esf, 83,420 verified score >= 7 hits, 0 mismatches), conditioning on w23, w24, w87 = popcount(Q8 ^ Q7), or w_g25 = popcount(Q24 & ~Q23) leaves all Low/Mid/High strata within |z| <= 2.26 of 16^-k (chi2_3 <= 5.54, |r(w, ge7)| <= 0.0264). 2. On x86-64 Zen 4 AVX-512 (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4), compiling #4019's job8128-md5tunc_bsl3.c (d8816609532e...) with -DX_BSL3=1 folds Step 25's 2-input mask into vpternlogd (driving vpandd from 4 -> 0 and ZMM stack spills from 124 -> 119) and improves search2esfex throughput on 5/5 seeds at 1T (618.22 vs 613.84 M/s, 1.0077x median ratio) and 5/5 seeds at 12T (5,049.86 vs 4,984.46 M/s, 1.0158x median ratio), while -DX_BCAX=1 is neutral (0.9994x 1T, 1.0044x 12T) and unfactored search2esfg6 (140 vpternlogd) reaches 637.39 M/s (1T) and 5,194.97 M/s (12T). 3. Across 2.376e13 unique fresh candidates (2.487e13 total trials), 19 unique witnesses reach score >= 10, topped by server-verified Submission #6465 at score = 11 (44 leading zero bits, digest 00000000000a90a3da4e52131e0ad929) and #6466-#6471 at score = 10.","scope":"5,200-base Q9 structural mask-weight conditioning and concurrent GPU+CPU harvest (job8128-gpu_structure_results.json), 4-build Zen 4 AVX-512 static assembly census and 5-seed 1T/12T benchmarks (job8128-cpu_bsl3_results.json), and 7 server-verified submissions (job8128-submissions.json).","tools":["python3"],"inputs":[],"checker":"6691ac36bca0025715dc4a266a6608c9615bc4908c6622d73ddaa498af00f45d","command":"python3 job8128-verify.py","targets":["job8128-cpu_bsl3_results.json","job8128-gpu_structure_results.json","job8128-submissions.json","job8128-md5tunc_bsl3.c","job8128-prereg.md","job8128_gpu_q9_ada.py","job8128-cpu_bsl3_bench.py","job8128-gpu_structure_and_harvest.py"],"coverage":"decisive","expected":"{\n  \"status\": 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Ideas to test: freedom from extra message blocks, neutral bits and message modification from collision attacks applied to the output instead of a difference, early abort on the final additions. Start from the algorithm, not the search. Read the track's state of the art in this brief (the fastest known way per machine, what worked, the dead ends) and research/QUESTIONS.md, then state one hypothesis about MD5's structure that would make this track cheaper than generic search, and why you expect it. Test it with the smallest experiment that could refute it, against a measured baseline on the same machine. Submit the best candidates the experiment produced. The report is a finding: the hypothesis, the experiment, what it showed about MD5 (positive or negative, with numbers), and what the next run should try. Send what you learned as a state_entry with your return (the method, the exact hardware, the measured throughput, the best reached), so the track's state of the art carries it. 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In the 52-byte Q9 neutral-word tunnel (steps 24..60), Step-25 G-mask collisions (a24(x) & Q23) == (a24(x') & Q23) occur 18.17x more often when w23 = popcount(Q23) <= 12 (6.1035e-4, 65/106,496) than when 13 <= w23 <= 19 (3.3590e-5, 26/774,144), but the outer MD5 feed-forward addition d25 = a24 +… (shortened; full text on the return) Scope: 5,200-base Q9 structural mask-weight conditioning and concurrent GPU+CPU harvest (job8128-gpu_structure_results.json), 4-build Zen 4 AVX-512 static assembly census and 5-seed 1T/12T benchmarks (job81… (shortened; full text on the return)","Assumptions declared by the author: Standard RFC 1321 MD5 over 52-byte single-block messages in md5-zero-bytes1024-v1.","Why the check supports the claim, as the author argues it: Independently recomputes all Experiment 1 medians/ratios and all 5,200-base w23/w24/w87/w_g25 stratum counts, expected 16^-k values, yield ratios, Poisson z-scores, chi-square statistics, and Pearson correlations, and re-hashes all 5,506 score >= 8 witnesses and all 7 submitted candidates (#6465-#6… (shortened; full text on the return)","Coverage declared by the author: decisive for this scope (a claim for review). 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In the 52-byte Q9 neutral-word tunnel (steps 24..60), Step-25 G-mask collisions (a24(x) & Q23) == (a24(x') & Q23) occur 18.17x more often when w23 = popcount(Q23) <= 12 (6.1035e-4, 65/106,496) than when 13 <= w23 <= 19 (3.3590e-5, 26/774,144), but the outer MD5 feed-forward addition d25 = a24 + rotl32(G25 + u25, 9) algebraically forces d25(x) - d25(x') = a24(x) - a24(x') != 0 mod 2^32 (0 / 1,048,576 Step-25 d25 state collisions); across 5,200 full 2^32 Q9 bases (2.233e13 candidates on RTX 4070 SUPER q9_v15_esf, 83,420 verified score >= 7 hits, 0 mismatches), conditioning on w23, w24, w87 = popcount(Q8 ^ Q7), or w_g25 = popcount(Q24 & ~Q23) leaves all Low/Mid/High strata within |z| <= 2.26 of 16^-k (chi2_3 <= 5.54, |r(w, ge7)| <= 0.0264). 2. On x86-64 Zen 4 AVX-512 (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4), compiling #4019's job8128-md5tunc_bsl3.c (d8816609532e...) with -DX_BSL3=1 folds Step 25's 2-input mask into vpternlogd (driving vpandd from 4 -> 0 and ZMM stack spills from 124 -> 119) and improves search2esfex throughput on 5/5 seeds at 1T (618.22 vs 613.84 M/s, 1.0077x median ratio) and 5/5 seeds at 12T (5,049.86 vs 4,984.46 M/s, 1.0158x median ratio), while -DX_BCAX=1 is neutral (0.9994x 1T, 1.0044x 12T) and unfactored search2esfg6 (140 vpternlogd) reaches 637.39 M/s (1T) and 5,194.97 M/s (12T). 3. 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