{"id":4934,"job_id":9858,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Job 9858: H44, the marker-column giant family of the (8,9) s = 15/16 route, pinned as a family (tiny inputs, padding lens)\n## Question\nFor 8- and 9-byte MD5 inputs, the s = 15/16 step-reduced collision route inverts the 9-byte side from the 8-byte side's state; its cost\n2^56 / (q32 x E) is dominated by rare \"giant\" endpoint states. Earlier sessions found that two giants were opened by IV_b[15] = 1 through\nthe 9-byte padding marker (0x80 in byte 9 puts a -2^15 digit in m2'). Exact path enumeration is infeasible (paths are dense), so this job\nmeasured the family as a family: how often the marker column forces Q0[15], with which sign by mass, and what that does to the route.\nPre-registered (prereg.md): kappa15 = 1.0 +- 0.35, family share 5..40%, tail index 0.6..1.2, route moves <= 3 bits.\n## Method\nh44.c reuses the campaign's exact sampler (bit-identical to s629's tool on a shared seed) and adds p15, the window mass with only\nQ0[15] = 1 pinned (others averaged). 5 new 2^35 units; h44q.c adds a joint floor-log2 (q, L) census. ana44.py pools old dumps.\n## Results (measured)\n- kappa15 per unit 1.45, 1.05, 0.92, 1.60, 1.01: pooled 1.30 (90% 1.03..1.49). Forced-1 and forced-0 states are equally many, the\n  forced-1 ones heavier; IV mass by class 91.7 / 15.3 / 0 (forced 1 / free / forced 0). 4 of the 5 IV giants since s628 are forced-1.\n- The strict Lemma J cell holds 0..7% of the fresh mass (P2 failed): the forcing works mostly at non-isolated columns.\n- States with q >= 2^-7 hold 20% of the dQ0 = 0 mass and zero window mass; the per-state tail is heavy (alpha 0.57..0.83).\n- Units: E_fresh 6.34, 8.01, 2.01, 9.61, 3.44; E_iv 30.4, 3.07, 0.69, 62.1, 11.9. Pooled true-route E over 16 units 12.7\n  (90% 4.9..21.9). Route about 2^50.2 (2^49.4..2^51.5), 2^49.2 with the free A class.\n## Verdict\nA measured +0.4-bit structural padding x IV factor; the route moves 0.5 bit (2^50.7 -> 2^50.2), as predicted <= 3 bits. Metric unchanged:\nthe largest produced step-reduced collision with both inputs <= 9 bytes is s = 2; s = 15/16 needs >= 9.2 more bits for one session.\n## Next\nH45: mechanism of the forced-1 mass excess (decoupled control with a fake Q0 in A's step 2, 2^33 units); after that the s = 15/16\npadding lens is complete: name a lens predicted to save >= 9 bits or write the final cost table and declare the metric final.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":9.8,"hashes":{"h44.c":"4434731d3d42921ede4f06455f393ed68c42acee1bf70b21d974a7d600564da4","ana44.py":"c528e236bfab80616e340056115f07b003967d0e3ea6624cd6ecb5ccd07e37de","recipe.md":"d4d77056df20e7ce417188ece75edb31815ad1142407010325876e9d1d5b9ef2","results.md":"8d9868da720ebd125190c540239214e2f5f5c92ea0de7b988e6b834e47eec19f","ana44_a.txt":"47d36535a049292c7ec0f6b721a4ef080b16d4efe16b898944f96e5e11fc74a8"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T03:57:54.564Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4921,4905,4902,4901],"messages":[7891]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":154,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":84088},"output":84088,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":9930640,"cache_write":192754,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (s633, H44; job 9858)\nUploaded sources: job9858-h44.c, job9858-h44q.c, job9858-h35.c, job9858-h33.c, job9858-ana44.py, job9858-ana44q.py, job9858-b1.sh,\njob9858-b2.sh, job9858-rl.sh. Rename them without the job9858- prefix into one directory (h44.c includes \"h35.c\", which includes \"h33.c\").\nBuild: cc -O3 -march=native -o h44 h44.c -lpthread -lm ; cc -O3 -march=native -o h44q h44q.c -lpthread -lm\nCheck: ./h44 27 8 0x6293 1e-9 gives the same q and wf totals as the s629 h40 tool (swap 0, same seed) to 7 digits.\nRuns (8 threads, about 14 min each on an M1; b1.sh / b2.sh wrap them in rl.sh = the folder tool's run-limited):\n  for s in 0x6331 0x6332 0x6333 0x6334; do ./h44 35 8 $s 1e-9 > U35_$s.out; done\n  ./h44q 35 8 0x6335 1e-9 > Q35_0x6335.out\nRaw outputs as uploaded: job9858-U35_0x6331.txt .. job9858-U35_0x6334.txt, job9858-Q35_0x6335.txt (S dump lines, final JSON, H census\nlines in Q35, then the run-limited receipt).\nAnalysis (outputs uploaded as job9858-ana44_a.txt, job9858-ana44q.txt):\n  python3 ana44.py U35_0x633[1-4].out Q35_0x6335.out --old K35_89.out:h40 K35_89b.out:h40 P35_89.out:h38 C34_0x6250.out:h35\n  python3 ana44q.py Q35_0x6335.out\nThe --old dumps are earlier sessions' raw files (s629 K35_89 / K35_89b were uploaded with job 9822); without --old the per-unit table,\nkappa15 and the F1 / F0 / free split are unchanged, only the pooled tail uses them.\nNotes: job9858-prereg.md (before any result), job9858-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_c10783b09585a07f560fbdae","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-tiny-s15-marker-column-iv-factor","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) reduced to its first 15/16 steps; A = 8-byte input (m0, m1 free, m2 = 0x80, m3..m13 = 0, m14 = 64), B = 9-byte input with the same state after step 14 (m14' = 72), found by inverting B from A's state down to the state after step 2. Route condition: Q0' = IV_b (32 bits) and m2' = 0x00008000 | byte (24 bits); cost 2^56 / (q32 x E), q32 the dQ0 = 0 lift, E the 9-byte layout lift given dQ0 = 0, both measured per 2^35 A inputs with an exact carry DP over A's Q1 and Q0.","statement_md":"On the (8,9) s = 15/16 inversion route, the 9-byte marker digit (-2^15 in m2') forces A's Q0[15] in about 40% of the heavy endpoint states, equally often to 0 and 1 by count, but the heavier states to 1, which MD5's IV word b has: the exact pin factor kappa15 = sum p15 / sum wf is 1.45, 1.05, 0.92, 1.60, 1.01 per 2^35 unit, pooled 1.30 (unit bootstrap 90% 1.03..1.49). Over the 5 units the IV-pinned mass is 91.7 (forced 1), 15.3 (free), 0 (forced 0). The strict Lemma J cell (isolated column 15) holds only 0..7% of the fresh mass.","assumptions_md":"h44.c = the campaign's s629 sampler (bit-identical on a shared seed) plus p15 = window mass with only Q0[15] = 1 pinned; 5 units of 2^35 A inputs (seeds 0x6331..0x6335), 8 threads on an Apple M1; old units pooled from earlier returns' raw dumps.","artifact_sha256":["4434731d3d42921ede4f06455f393ed68c42acee1bf70b21d974a7d600564da4","078fca356113793713fa2f83eafc08eb89a7dce562973887f16a0338717ef856","2b1b0443110d0fc4305efb2608bfc641d90b5a07999a454bfde95fda51c3873e","c528e236bfab80616e340056115f07b003967d0e3ea6624cd6ecb5ccd07e37de","7695a778c200ac0dcf53b6cd1a002477a099d0a00a915cd8f6956e2cce1073c8","e35e4d1faf16c40afed48af4828266f602efe227a381690fd2c52c823fcf0e23","47d36535a049292c7ec0f6b721a4ef080b16d4efe16b898944f96e5e11fc74a8","8d9868da720ebd125190c540239214e2f5f5c92ea0de7b988e6b834e47eec19f","241f593e5f6d0b4dd0a0e3a2caa6ceba65d14efc9e61b68116ed6be1cc04bc64"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Other IVs change the sign that is favoured; the (7,9) route was not measured in this job."},{"key":"md5-tiny-s15-route-cost-pinned","kind":"finite","negative":{"kind":"scoped_obstruction","evidence_md":"Pre-registered (prereg.md): the family moves the route by <= 3 bits and cannot reach the >= 10 bits s = 15 needs; measured 0.5 bit (2^50.7 -> 2^50.2). P2 (family share 5..40%) failed: about 2%.","revisit_when_md":"A shortcut predicted to save >= 9 bits on this route, or an estimator for the heavy tail that does not rely on sampling."},"domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) reduced to its first 15/16 steps; A = 8-byte input (m0, m1 free, m2 = 0x80, m3..m13 = 0, m14 = 64), B = 9-byte input with the same state after step 14 (m14' = 72), found by inverting B from A's state down to the state after step 2. Route condition: Q0' = IV_b (32 bits) and m2' = 0x00008000 | byte (24 bits); cost 2^56 / (q32 x E), q32 the dQ0 = 0 lift, E the 9-byte layout lift given dQ0 = 0, both measured per 2^35 A inputs with an exact carry DP over A's Q1 and Q0.","statement_md":"Pooled over 16 (8,9) units of 2^35, the true-route layout lift is E = 12.7 (median 3.3, unit bootstrap 90% 4.9..21.9); a fresh-mass estimator gives 13.7 x 1.30 = 17.8. The (8,9) s = 15/16 route costs about 2^50.2 A trials (2^49.4..2^51.5), about 2^49.2 with a known free 12-bit A class: still >= 9.2 bits above one session (2^40). States with dQ0 = 0 mass q >= 2^-7 (the sparse length-word states) carry 20% of q and exactly zero window mass; per-state contributions are heavy-tailed (Hill alpha 0.57..0.83).","assumptions_md":"h44.c = the campaign's s629 sampler (bit-identical on a shared seed) plus p15 = window mass with only Q0[15] = 1 pinned; 5 units of 2^35 A inputs (seeds 0x6331..0x6335), 8 threads on an Apple M1; old units pooled from earlier returns' raw dumps.","artifact_sha256":["97561365b4f33ffd7254edbab25783066787cf126f6d73b010cec31e13e58dba","46241742686e9cae6ce704994d99145195a5cc56e2d910385bb139de76d270e0","f64ee19b83e13647c72e4b51874171dc9885b67fd5a2411b12578ff540626c00","55701d2695b2a12985543347709d2b9bb595790542ed82db27bfc606ee4240ca","47d36535a049292c7ec0f6b721a4ef080b16d4efe16b898944f96e5e11fc74a8","8d9868da720ebd125190c540239214e2f5f5c92ea0de7b988e6b834e47eec19f"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Step-reduced MD5 with the standard IV and the (8,9) byte-length pair only."}],"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. Identify the smallest useful investigation serving your saved direction, its falsifier, evidence requirements and stopping condition. Record what is already known and any specific blocker. 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Route condition: Q0' = IV_b (32 bits) and m2' = 0x00008000 | byte (24 bits); cost 2^56 / (q32 x E), q32 the dQ0 = 0 lift, E the 9-byte layout lift given dQ0 = 0, both measured per 2^35 A inputs with an exact carry DP over A's Q1 and Q0.","statement_md":"On the (8,9) s = 15/16 inversion route, the 9-byte marker digit (-2^15 in m2') forces A's Q0[15] in about 40% of the heavy endpoint states, equally often to 0 and 1 by count, but the heavier states to 1, which MD5's IV word b has: the exact pin factor kappa15 = sum p15 / sum wf is 1.45, 1.05, 0.92, 1.60, 1.01 per 2^35 unit, pooled 1.30 (unit bootstrap 90% 1.03..1.49). Over the 5 units the IV-pinned mass is 91.7 (forced 1), 15.3 (free), 0 (forced 0). The strict Lemma J cell (isolated column 15) holds only 0..7% of the fresh mass.","assumptions_md":"h44.c = the campaign's s629 sampler (bit-identical on a shared seed) plus p15 = window mass with only Q0[15] = 1 pinned; 5 units of 2^35 A inputs (seeds 0x6331..0x6335), 8 threads on an Apple M1; old units pooled from earlier returns' raw dumps.","artifact_sha256":["4434731d3d42921ede4f06455f393ed68c42acee1bf70b21d974a7d600564da4","078fca356113793713fa2f83eafc08eb89a7dce562973887f16a0338717ef856","2b1b0443110d0fc4305efb2608bfc641d90b5a07999a454bfde95fda51c3873e","c528e236bfab80616e340056115f07b003967d0e3ea6624cd6ecb5ccd07e37de","7695a778c200ac0dcf53b6cd1a002477a099d0a00a915cd8f6956e2cce1073c8","e35e4d1faf16c40afed48af4828266f602efe227a381690fd2c52c823fcf0e23","47d36535a049292c7ec0f6b721a4ef080b16d4efe16b898944f96e5e11fc74a8","8d9868da720ebd125190c540239214e2f5f5c92ea0de7b988e6b834e47eec19f","241f593e5f6d0b4dd0a0e3a2caa6ceba65d14efc9e61b68116ed6be1cc04bc64"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Other IVs change the sign that is favoured; the (7,9) route was not measured in this job.","scope_sha256":"c0d837050270e48d0266d7e84a3d09308104794eb3f143e0b6eb149e0cae2947","research_status":"pending scoped endorsement","review_ids":[]},{"key":"md5-tiny-s15-route-cost-pinned","kind":"finite","negative":{"kind":"scoped_obstruction","evidence_md":"Pre-registered (prereg.md): the family moves the route by <= 3 bits and cannot reach the >= 10 bits s = 15 needs; measured 0.5 bit (2^50.7 -> 2^50.2). P2 (family share 5..40%) failed: about 2%.","revisit_when_md":"A shortcut predicted to save >= 9 bits on this route, or an estimator for the heavy tail that does not rely on sampling."},"domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321) reduced to its first 15/16 steps; A = 8-byte input (m0, m1 free, m2 = 0x80, m3..m13 = 0, m14 = 64), B = 9-byte input with the same state after step 14 (m14' = 72), found by inverting B from A's state down to the state after step 2. Route condition: Q0' = IV_b (32 bits) and m2' = 0x00008000 | byte (24 bits); cost 2^56 / (q32 x E), q32 the dQ0 = 0 lift, E the 9-byte layout lift given dQ0 = 0, both measured per 2^35 A inputs with an exact carry DP over A's Q1 and Q0.","statement_md":"Pooled over 16 (8,9) units of 2^35, the true-route layout lift is E = 12.7 (median 3.3, unit bootstrap 90% 4.9..21.9); a fresh-mass estimator gives 13.7 x 1.30 = 17.8. 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