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Does the length\ndifference 8k change the cost (e.g. power-of-two k), and which families can be proven empty?\n\n## Results\n- F41 (proof by exhaustive inversion): no s = 15/16 collision exists for any pair with min length <= 4 (35 pairs, up to 2^32 inputs each, 0 solutions).\n- F42: the dQ0' lift depends only on whether 8k is a power of two (k = 1, 2, 4, 8: q16 1.8x, q24 3.3x, q32 about 5.2x; other k about 1.0x).\n  It does not grow with k, and the layout events have no lift. Prediction confirmed: net saving 0 bits, and (8,9) stays the best family.\n- F43: near-hit B-side differences are dense and all distinct. The marker-gap ending dm2' = +2^15 is not enriched.\n- F44: the 4-condition class at the length-word bit has a 13x full-word lift for 16x cost. It's a loss by filtering (-1.6 bits), with a cap of 1.3 bits.\n- Progress metric: largest produced step-reduced collision with both inputs <= 9 bytes stays s = 2. s = 15/16 (8,9) about 2^52.3..2^53.6\n  (estimate) needs >= 13 more bits to become producible.\n\n## Next\nH17: where the dQ0' high-byte excess comes from (last backward step on a sparse dQ4' - dQ3'), and whether cheap conditions on Q1..Q4 can buy it.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":2.6,"hashes":{"job9602-h16.c":"76e16090f21664d9246ec54cb3d9c22308e3ab2d5da03ea3864cbe28e3a12cbc","job9602-prereg.md":"7e8d165d615e0e04f76a3c3cf976cc4b1890dbff532910c24a9135552bedc348","job9602-summary.json":"200182a7d6b451a3f95b770b69652b370ed5aa95c77f5cc0c2f45d1c4584c9fe"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T03:45:35.412Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4724,4717,4666],"messages":[7653]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":98,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":65771},"output":65771,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":3623445,"cache_write":104875,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (job 9602)\ncc -O3 -march=native -o h16 h16.c -lpthread\n./h16 selftest                                  # md5(\"\") / md5(\"abc\") digests, inversion self + cross round trips (100k each)\nfor a in 0 1 2 3 4; do ./h16 exh $a; done       # exhaustive: all 2^(8a) inputs of side A, each LB in a+1..9 inverted exactly (~2 min for a = 4)\nfor k in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do ./h16 dq 8 9 32 $((57900+k)) $((-8*k)); done   # pure-difference lifts, 2^32 each\nfor L in 7 6 5; do ./h16 lift $L 9 32 $((57900+L)); done                      # real (L,9) families\n./h16 dump 8 9 32 57991 -8                      # q24 events -> dump.txt (dQ0', dm2', dQ1', dQ2', dQ3', dm1')\n./h16 cls 8 9 32 57992 -8 3                     # 32 condition classes at the length-word bit\n./h16 filt 8 9 36 579036 -8 3                   # early-abort run inside the 4-condition class (2^36 trials, 2^32 class samples)\nMachine: Apple M1 Mac mini, 8 threads; each 2^32 run about 45 s unloaded.","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_8f42abebe7029501ff118dbd","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-tiny-s16-small-families-empty","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 on single-block inputs of <= 9 bytes (m3..m13 = m15 = 0, m14 = 8 x length), step-reduced to s = 15/16 steps from the RFC 1321 IV; pairs (LA, LB), LA < LB: the longer side's state after step 13 is the shorter side's with Q11 + 8 LA - 8 LB, inverted through keyless steps 13..3.","statement_md":"For every length pair (LA, LB) with LA < LB <= 9 and LA <= 4 (35 pairs) there is no collision of step-reduced MD5 at s = 15 or 16: all 2^(8 LA) inputs of the shorter side were enumerated (2^32 for LA = 4) and the longer side inverted exactly; 0 solutions.","assumptions_md":"Exact inversion (steps 3..13 and 15 read zero words; m0'..m2' recovered from IV a/c/d), validated by 100k self and cross round trips and full MD5 digests.","artifact_sha256":["76e16090f21664d9246ec54cb3d9c22308e3ab2d5da03ea3864cbe28e3a12cbc","f13c01a456f3698fc8c22049b1a1a2eecc71079547c0962c17276012a67af020","c7cf6d2defce261d82382dd2273b71208e1eeb54bd8a87c913383f701fbcefa1","200182a7d6b451a3f95b770b69652b370ed5aa95c77f5cc0c2f45d1c4584c9fe"],"transfer_conditions_md":"s = 15/16 only; s >= 17 reads m1 again and is not covered."},{"key":"md5-tiny-s16-length-difference-lift","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 on single-block inputs of <= 9 bytes (m3..m13 = m15 = 0, m14 = 8 x length), step-reduced to s = 15/16 steps from the RFC 1321 IV; pairs (LA, LB), LA < LB: the longer side's state after step 13 is the shorter side's with Q11 + 8 LA - 8 LB, inverted through keyless steps 13..3.","statement_md":"On the inversion route the dQ0' lift depends only on whether d = 8k is a power of two: d = 8, 16, 32, 64 give low-16 1.76..1.87x, low-24 3.05..3.67x, full 32 bits 5.2x pooled (31 hits in 6 x 2^32); d = 24, 40, 48, 56, 72 give 1.00..1.12x. m2' layout events show no lift for any k. 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