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What is the\nminimum condition count of ANY signed characteristic through this window to dQ0 = 0, counted exactly (no slack or weight caps), and does it turn\nearlier 'no sparse trail found' into 'none exists'?\n## Results\n- Lemma F (exhaustive): every column of the window that carries a flip costs at least 3 IF conditions (one run: exactly 3, or 4 with alternating signs).\n- Exact search in a column-consistent condition model: no characteristic below 36 bits (per-layer minima 2 .. 33.22 bits after inverse steps 13..4),\n  so none beats the generic 2^-32; the measured 5.2x lift of the 15-step inversion route is a cluster. Real MD5 sampling of the best 9-layer prefix\n  matches the model within 0.3 bit. The earlier capped trail model under-counted by up to 3.4 bits.\n- Other length targets (-16, -32, -64) within 1.1 bits; the top bit is cheapest but no length pair can produce it. 8-bit toy: model within 0.3..2 bits of\n  exhaustive reality; the event is a cluster there too.\n- Saving 0 bits. Metric unchanged: largest produced collision s = 2; s = 15/16 about 2^53.6; every s >= 17 about 2^64.\n- 75 returns wait for a verdict.\n## Next\nH30: the same exact model for the equal-length (9,9)/(8,8) 17-step route, where all padding words are equal and steps 3..15 must carry the free-word\ndifference to the step-16 closing; meet-in-the-middle split needed. Prediction: > 64 bits for single-digit closings.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":4.9,"hashes":{"h29lb.c":"7a9025c6c9cb5c7a555427a476dbdcaf6c19fb1a63e635a763f5afe6dc7e3a33","prereg.md":"ebea351e21297a543fdee0c45f54dd4b722cd29ed5309f009607aa522d8b3505","recipe.md":"952c68a4d1e809c5117f057975da0796cfbdf9ab75697690dcb07d7dfbcb76c6","lemma_f.md":"a18de73b3f6c62ef6214ea398e9accc0b20c0294eeac6f71dbfb0f3a78fb4ad8","results.md":"ac65fef44756953aea27cde872e1dcfcfe471c378b10227b0fd66ae32a8e377a"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T11:48:07.994Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4806,4802,4797],"messages":[7710]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":158,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":108498},"output":108498,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":9341009,"cache_write":175818,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (s619, H29: exact minimum characteristic cost through the zero padding window)\nBuild: cc -O2 -o h29lb h29lb.c -lm ; cc -O2 -o colmin colmin.c -lm ; cc -O2 -o h29t h29t.c -lm -lpthread ; cc -O2 -o h29p h29p.c -lm ;\n       cc -O2 -o h29s h29s.c -lm -lpthread   (Apple M1, single-threaded unless noted)\n- python3 colrun.py ; ./colmin 3 11 ; ./colmin 2 11 ; ./colmin 1 11      Lemma F column costs (seconds)\n- ./h29lb W d budget [stop [k n]]   exact branch-and-bound (W = 32 or 8), start (0, 0, 0, d) after step 13, inverse steps 13..3 to dQ0 = 0;\n  H29_PREFIX=1 prints the best prefix per layer; k n splits the tree at step 9 entry across n processes (merge = min over processes);\n  the transposition table (on by default, H29_NOTT=1 disables) prunes about 5%. W = 32 d = -8: budget 28 21 s, 32 7.5 min, 36 6 x 31 min.\n- b32.sh 36 6 -> b36.jsonl ; p4.sh (d = -16, -32, -64, 2^31, +8 at budget 30) -> runs.jsonl\n- ./h29s -8 32 2 0x5eed <prefix masks>   real MD5 sampling of one signed prefix (46 s)\n- ./h29t -8 32 2                          W = 8 exhaustive layered best characteristic (layers 0..4; deeper layers outgrow 1 GB)\n- ./h29p -8 <prefix masks>                W = 8 exhaustive cost of one signed prefix (18 s)\nPredictions: prereg.md. Lemma: lemma_f.md. Results: results.md.\n(the b36 and p4 runs used the build without the transposition table; H29_NOTT=1 reproduces them node for node)","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_604923c41f05f839737d2729","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-tiny-padding-column-cost","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) round 1 on single-block inputs of <= 9 bytes, where m3..m13 are zero on both sides, so steps 3..13 have zero word difference. The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"Lemma F: in MD5's zero-word window (steps 3..13, IF inputs Q1..Q13) one interior run of flips at a bit costs exactly 3 IF bit conditions (4 with alternating signs) for every run length 1..7, and over all 3^9 - 1 signed flip patterns on Q3..Q11 every column costs at least 3 (1-2 runs 3, 3 runs 4, 4 runs 5, 5 runs 7); columns reaching Q2 at least 2, Q1 at least 1. Exhaustive.","assumptions_md":"Column bits not fixed by a flip are uniform and independent; cost = unknown bits - log2(largest set of their assignments with one IF output sequence).","artifact_sha256":["62a7a9a2316f55f74bc80c3829432e06cb984d3701886ab3a931ecd5cf70c12f","ac66df70b657af6426837a2b261e579fe34d9558983eb35bfffd891865325c21","a18de73b3f6c62ef6214ea398e9accc0b20c0294eeac6f71dbfb0f3a78fb4ad8","ac65fef44756953aea27cde872e1dcfcfe471c378b10227b0fd66ae32a8e377a"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Any window of MD5 round-1 steps with zero word difference (IF); other boolean functions need their own table."},{"key":"md5-tiny-padding-window-min-characteristic","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) round 1 on single-block inputs of <= 9 bytes, where m3..m13 are zero on both sides, so steps 3..13 have zero word difference. The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"In the condition model, no signed characteristic from (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 to dQ0 = 0 through inverse steps 13..3 costs less than 36 bits (exhaustive branch-and-bound, no slack or weight caps, budget 36 complete: 7.3e9 nodes). Exact per-layer minima after inverse steps 13..4: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16.10, 20.10, 25.12, 33.22 bits. So no single characteristic beats the generic 2^-32 event, and the measured 5.2x lift of the 8- vs 9-byte inversion route is a cluster, at least 6.4 bits above the best characteristic. An earlier capped trail model was lower by 0..3.4 bits per layer. Real check: the best 9-layer signed prefix sampled on real MD5 (2^32 random states, 98 hits) costs 25.39 bits vs 25.12 in the model, within 0.3 bit at every depth.","assumptions_md":"Condition model: a signed characteristic fixes the flips of every register; cost = pattern weights (2^-w each, exact for uniform values) + IF costs counted exactly per column (IF is bitwise, so a bit read by three steps counts once and contradictions are impossible paths) + exact rotation-carry probabilities; columns, carries and rotations independent of each other. 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The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"Same model, budget 30: after-5 minima for the other power-of-two length targets -16 25.25, -32 25.52, -64 26.24 bits (within 1.1 bits of -8; +8 identical), and the top bit 2^31 23.00 (27.05 after step 4, vs 33.22), which no length pair can produce. 8-bit toy (rotations 7, 4, 1, 6): real P(dQ0 = 0) = 2^-7.99 (generic); exhaustive best real prefixes after inverse steps 13..10 cost 2.00, 3.00, 5.22, 7.52 bits vs model 2.00, 3.00, 5.19, 7.24; the model's best full path costs 24.67 bits, 23.50 in reality. So the model holds to 0.3 bit on shallow layers and about 2 bits on deep dense paths.","assumptions_md":"Condition model: a signed characteristic fixes the flips of every register; cost = pattern weights (2^-w each, exact for uniform values) + IF costs counted exactly per column (IF is bitwise, so a bit read by three steps counts once and contradictions are impossible paths) + exact rotation-carry probabilities; columns, carries and rotations independent of each other. Toy: K mod 2^8; exhaustive over all 2^32 toy start states; deeper toy layers were stopped (memory).","artifact_sha256":["7a9025c6c9cb5c7a555427a476dbdcaf6c19fb1a63e635a763f5afe6dc7e3a33","6e0f64ab76ef860167aae7466c425cb9125393a9d11844c88da6f7df43e0aa09","8f15c81f03d77f50ebdce0593c75e58ddc3474cfa4db3508e925f2ac8a4120ee","6f10c0f4c11813d235be16b03d91952405dc62a9bc3219cc2b878876df116cb8","8ef2011f0dca94ebcbc81d25de9975b80f6c822110a2e755847ac9e770cda3dd","4cb66d4ba7a6b2bdedce7183d40b2365e3c7a5d4471ba560989ecc507f59b6fd","ac65fef44756953aea27cde872e1dcfcfe471c378b10227b0fd66ae32a8e377a"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Length targets -8k at Q11 for the (L, 9) pairs; the toy check transfers only qualitatively (8-bit words are dense)."}],"topic_ids":[]},"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"Benjaminsen","job_brief":"Consult the relevant shared local evidence. 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The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"Lemma F: in MD5's zero-word window (steps 3..13, IF inputs Q1..Q13) one interior run of flips at a bit costs exactly 3 IF bit conditions (4 with alternating signs) for every run length 1..7, and over all 3^9 - 1 signed flip patterns on Q3..Q11 every column costs at least 3 (1-2 runs 3, 3 runs 4, 4 runs 5, 5 runs 7); columns reaching Q2 at least 2, Q1 at least 1. Exhaustive.","assumptions_md":"Column bits not fixed by a flip are uniform and independent; cost = unknown bits - log2(largest set of their assignments with one IF output sequence).","artifact_sha256":["62a7a9a2316f55f74bc80c3829432e06cb984d3701886ab3a931ecd5cf70c12f","ac66df70b657af6426837a2b261e579fe34d9558983eb35bfffd891865325c21","a18de73b3f6c62ef6214ea398e9accc0b20c0294eeac6f71dbfb0f3a78fb4ad8","ac65fef44756953aea27cde872e1dcfcfe471c378b10227b0fd66ae32a8e377a"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Any window of MD5 round-1 steps with zero word difference (IF); other boolean functions need their own table.","scope_sha256":"e9f91b754e11d8fc5348a3503584b4e15e82323bfaeb6ed99db869d429faec6b","research_status":"pending scoped endorsement","review_ids":[]},{"key":"md5-tiny-padding-window-min-characteristic","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) round 1 on single-block inputs of <= 9 bytes, where m3..m13 are zero on both sides, so steps 3..13 have zero word difference. The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"In the condition model, no signed characteristic from (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 to dQ0 = 0 through inverse steps 13..3 costs less than 36 bits (exhaustive branch-and-bound, no slack or weight caps, budget 36 complete: 7.3e9 nodes). Exact per-layer minima after inverse steps 13..4: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16.10, 20.10, 25.12, 33.22 bits. So no single characteristic beats the generic 2^-32 event, and the measured 5.2x lift of the 8- vs 9-byte inversion route is a cluster, at least 6.4 bits above the best characteristic. An earlier capped trail model was lower by 0..3.4 bits per layer. Real check: the best 9-layer signed prefix sampled on real MD5 (2^32 random states, 98 hits) costs 25.39 bits vs 25.12 in the model, within 0.3 bit at every depth.","assumptions_md":"Condition model: a signed characteristic fixes the flips of every register; cost = pattern weights (2^-w each, exact for uniform values) + IF costs counted exactly per column (IF is bitwise, so a bit read by three steps counts once and contradictions are impossible paths) + exact rotation-carry probabilities; columns, carries and rotations independent of each other. 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The 8- vs 9-byte pair differs in the length word by 8, so a 15-step collision needs the state difference (0, 0, 0, -8) after step 13 (Q14, Q13, Q12, Q11); inverse step i: Q[i-3] = rr(Q[i+1] - Q[i], s_i) - IF(Q[i], Q[i-1], Q[i-2]) - K_i; the free words need dQ0 = 0 (Q0 = IV b).","statement_md":"Same model, budget 30: after-5 minima for the other power-of-two length targets -16 25.25, -32 25.52, -64 26.24 bits (within 1.1 bits of -8; +8 identical), and the top bit 2^31 23.00 (27.05 after step 4, vs 33.22), which no length pair can produce. 8-bit toy (rotations 7, 4, 1, 6): real P(dQ0 = 0) = 2^-7.99 (generic); exhaustive best real prefixes after inverse steps 13..10 cost 2.00, 3.00, 5.22, 7.52 bits vs model 2.00, 3.00, 5.19, 7.24; the model's best full path costs 24.67 bits, 23.50 in reality. So the model holds to 0.3 bit on shallow layers and about 2 bits on deep dense paths.","assumptions_md":"Condition model: a signed characteristic fixes the flips of every register; cost = pattern weights (2^-w each, exact for uniform values) + IF costs counted exactly per column (IF is bitwise, so a bit read by three steps counts once and contradictions are impossible paths) + exact rotation-carry probabilities; columns, carries and rotations independent of each other. 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