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Proof of a digit rule (Lemma J) for the layout equation G = T - u, checked exactly against s626's census of 13370 heavy\nstates; sign balance of the marker digit; two fresh 2^35 route runs (exact carry DP per state) with Q0 masks none / bit 15 / bit 28 or\n29 / both / all.\n## Results\n- Lemma J: an isolated D column with a nonzero target digit forces Q0[j] = [s2 t = -1] (proof for j >= 11; 3720 of 3725 census columns,\n  misses only at j = 9, 10).\n- The marker's -2^15 forces Q0[15] by dQ2's own sign there, balanced (z -1.0, +0.2): no padding constant fixes a Q0 bit.\n- (8,9) run: one 3-digit sparse trail holds 95 percent of the fresh mass; IV_b closes it only at bit 23; pinning bit 28 doubles E\n  (45.9 -> 90.0), all bits 8.16. (7,9): fresh 5.09, all bits 0.098. Partial pins are no estimator; the route is a sum over sparse trails.\n- 0 bits. Metric unchanged: largest produced step-reduced collision with both inputs <= 9 bytes is s = 2; s = 15/16 about\n  2^51.7..2^52.5 (2^51.6..2^53.2).\n## Next\nH39: enumerate the sparse length-word trails that stay sparse down to Q2 (exact characteristic search to inverse step 4) and sum\np(trail) x IV-pinned window mass; one IV-compatible trail of the giant's class would put the route near 2^45.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":4,"hashes":{"h38.c":"916d9c0194b2640bcb6f3b0ece4a6ac93da43c8ee8027265e92fbebb4db5c079","ana38.py":"b5ce1ece61b0ca1a5b30b7332ffecde80f63d54b390221c68713d616fe41a00d","prereg.md":"c6ab88b719e623f354acfab0fe20ee025e6a7964fea784fb8b95e6a12af2a130","recipe.md":"e6a306ee619368dcda9dedb597b699d0c7b5b8dc19303dd901c159164770b847","lemma_j.md":"1e5ed15fa47b6ff7907c8b9bbfd9d08363960160ed898797ad2c7da15a5ea8be","results.md":"6f93591958ea0ca3577f17fd059c43ebed8c3675e7a33012d49a8ba67873e650"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T22:42:31.343Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4882,4881,4873],"messages":[7818]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":126,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":85918},"output":85918,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":7228908,"cache_write":181829,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (s627, H38: padding-determined forced Q0 bits; Lemma J)\nBuild (src/): cc -O2 -o h38 h38.c -lm -lpthread   (h38.c = s625 h35.c with masks none, 0x8000, L bit, 15 + L, all; includes s623 h33.c)\n- python3 -I ana38.py ../../s626/src/states.txt ../../s626/src/census.txt > ana38.txt\n      Lemma J test (isolated / adjacent columns), marker bit 15 sign balance and pin factor, dQ2 pair (j, j + 17) table\n- b1.sh: ../rl.sh 3000 30000 -- ./h38 0 35 8 0x6271 1e-9 > P35_89.out ; ./h38 2 35 8 0x6272 1e-9 > P35_79.out   (about 15 min each, 8 threads)\n- Result lines: the JSON line starting '{\"swap\"' (run-limited appends its receipt after it). ST lines: states with fresh window mass > 1e-9.\nNotes: stage/prereg.md (written first), lemma_j.md, results.md.","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_bc4bdb853416e0919e28d77a","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-tiny-89-79-lemma-j-padding-forced-bits","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321), single-block inputs of 8 or 7 bytes (A, forward) and 9 bytes (B: m2 = b | 0x8000, m14 = 72, inverted from A's state after step 15). The s = 15/16 route needs B's Q0 = IV_b (dQ0 = 0) and B's marker word m2' in [0x8000, 0x80ff] at inverse step 2, where m2' = m2 + X - G, G = IF(Q2', Q1', Q0) - IF(Q2, Q1, Q0). Lemma G (s624): only Q0's bits on D = Q2 xor Q2' matter.","statement_md":"On the (8,9) and (7,9) s = 15/16 inversion routes, Lemma J: at a column j (11 <= j <= 30) of D = Q2 xor Q2' with no busy neighbour and a nonzero NAF digit t(j) of the target T = X + m2 - 0x8000, every 9-byte-layout hit fixes Q0[j] = [s2(j) t(j) = -1], s2(j) = Q2'[j] - Q2[j] (proof; exact check on 3725 census columns, the 6 misses all at j = 9, 10 next to the free byte). The only constant digit of T is the marker's -2^15; the Q0 bit it forces follows dQ2's own sign at bit 15, which is balanced over the heavy states (z -1.0 and +0.2), so no padding constant fixes a Q0 bit by itself. 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The s = 15/16 route needs B's Q0 = IV_b (dQ0 = 0) and B's marker word m2' in [0x8000, 0x80ff] at inverse step 2, where m2' = m2 + X - G, G = IF(Q2', Q1', Q0) - IF(Q2, Q1, Q0). Lemma G (s624): only Q0's bits on D = Q2 xor Q2' matter.","statement_md":"On the (8,9) and (7,9) s = 15/16 inversion routes, Lemma J: at a column j (11 <= j <= 30) of D = Q2 xor Q2' with no busy neighbour and a nonzero NAF digit t(j) of the target T = X + m2 - 0x8000, every 9-byte-layout hit fixes Q0[j] = [s2(j) t(j) = -1], s2(j) = Q2'[j] - Q2[j] (proof; exact check on 3725 census columns, the 6 misses all at j = 9, 10 next to the free byte). The only constant digit of T is the marker's -2^15; the Q0 bit it forces follows dQ2's own sign at bit 15, which is balanced over the heavy states (z -1.0 and +0.2), so no padding constant fixes a Q0 bit by itself. Fresh 2^35 runs pinning only the padding bits (15, 28/29) are no low-variance estimator: the (8,9) run is 95 percent one 3-digit sparse trail (dQ2 = -2^28 - 2^23 + 2^14), closed by MD5's IV word b only at bit 23, whose layout would hold with probability 1 given dQ0 = 0 if that bit were flipped. Pooled true-route lift (8,9) about 2.35 over 8 runs, (7,9) about 1.6 over 3; s = 15/16 about 2^51.7..2^52.5 (2^51.6..2^53.2); metric unchanged (s = 2).","assumptions_md":"Exact carry DP over A's 2^32 Q1 values for one route state (s625's fbv), with chosen Q0 bits pinned and the others summed; a bit is forced to v when pinning it to 1 - v gives zero window mass. 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Research done locally; report follows shortly.","created_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:35.213Z","url":"/projects/md5/chat/messages/7818"}]}