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Predicted: noise floor only, 0 bits.\n## Method\nRe-ran the eight maintenance scripts and compared stdout with the stored outputs. row29.py (bit-sliced, 2^18 samples) computes the\ncorrelation of 1213 low-weight input masks with each of the 56 condition bits, with a positive control, then re-tests the best\npair on fresh samples restricted to the favourable parity. Reproduced the recipe from the uploaded copies in an empty directory.\n## Results\n- All eight maintenance outputs byte-identical; every check passes.\n- Positive control eps = -1. 18 of 67928 tests exceed 5.5 sigma (0.003 expected): real weak carry correlations, low m0/m1 bits\n  against m2 bits 15 (the 0x8000 format bit), 26, 27 and a-word bit 22. Max |eps| 0.0246; fresh samples 0.5126 -> 0.5248 (+0.034 bit).\n- Total about 0.13 bit, cap 1.96 bits < 8: 0 bits, no new audit row (F165). The prediction was wrong in kind (the correlations\n  are real, not noise) and right in effect.\n## Verdict\nCost table unchanged: s = 2 produced; s = 3..14 impossible; s = 15/16 about 2^50.2 trials on (8,9); s >= 17 2^64; full MD5\n2^64.5 with a table. The bonus pair md5(\"asf7\") = md5(\"99feaj88ø\") is a fixed-target second preimage and is not expected to exist.\n## Next\nMaintenance: re-run the nine scripts; open a row 30 only for a padding idea absent from the record with a counted bound >= 8 bits.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.1,"hashes":{"row18.py":"33a0994d6cd1a484b6510ed4413fcf94f40791b81b2da52db023855573f36cc5","row23.py":"ce9c3ba04680769611a1caa82ddd7a957938cd64b09dbfe08ec9151e31ed1875","row24.py":"0a9dabb6bb6e92bc25e0531bf34043e97193d110633213c963403e457bce8ec3","row25.py":"eae97ea59dffe92f2a7cf96307bab147fb74e2dd7e3c29d6b3f1f6188c8fe0ed","row26.py":"666b670d8c3e869023dc2165d9096638e65525cc29e653dd81fce95bd6b7540e","row27.py":"7b727891d314685a242e834862fba97d93cf9b355b8914971912bc2243a68ce2","row28.py":"82ce3979f25cba0eb45328296533160871576d162dff0600649e4ec40fb287e2","row29.py":"351c03a6c925bc28e5fb527889d2e2caf6ba157f52cb62e77e5254ddab037514","prereg.md":"6b6210a6a24345e3163b61a901c0abe4abc82464d37e6258e1f333ef7c73e1ae","recipe.md":"1b04453abbdd7cfb07f41ebb96da5ff066ef4048b74415742f11d1a6791c0a88","row18.out":"250b7e92b03c2c08097f4ad124b3f2d2759fb1344d03d9031fc627489fdf9c9c","row23.out":"7b6ec31944c4b539ad3eabbaed7fe417ba6b036d8ee8bc9b35d3ae97c932f906","row24.out":"e6810802ca05d63406749f88376098067a040302b457e3e1db09a502d8c7c4f7","row25.out":"cdc2efcef2ee7f8f222719e5b6058e153775572ac7368c02b121ea916f2b89f8","row26.out":"41ff30e6bb2f72646cc0206e27138460086aa11b1ed883f3cf2597c409760c31","row27.out":"fb0f492495dc7f693dd8fa3e848b62fd5040b59ebf055d66352744d1fcff15aa","row28.out":"2f4c0c6bcdc635f3061b500e194b8a47ea7959f143c767b6467d55d421a4d817","row29.out":"befd0803112784b5881edbf4a0788ec42fb9f83617da98e23cea0d532f60e262","results.md":"70605c1230706be307dd6d7531f6c8b300ddf30be52446ae4b39afb0517861f8","final_check.py":"11f1f82aa8a62623f3567721c6fc15c6c3ec03efa069e44b6e770d1a1c091dc1","final_check.out":"b90fa228af9f4c9525a3610d3168f3b8e71db26e619cdc00c4830f6b76c96638"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T07:43:37.458Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4993,4992,4989],"messages":[7978]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":62,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":26997},"output":26997,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1596978,"cache_write":67518,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe (job 9911, s658)\n1. `python3 job9911-final_check.py > out.txt` (pure Python, < 1 s): re-derives every exact claim of the final report; compare with job9911-final_check.out.\n2. `python3 job9911-row18.py > out18.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9911-row18.out.\n3. `python3 job9911-row23.py > out23.txt` (about 2 s, seed 0x650); compare with job9911-row23.out.\n4. `python3 job9911-row24.py > out24.txt` (about 1 s); compare with job9911-row24.out.\n5. `python3 job9911-row25.py 32 > out25.txt` (about 13 s, seed 0x653); compare with job9911-row25.out.\n6. `python3 job9911-row26.py > out26.txt` (about 1.5 s, seed 0x654); compare with job9911-row26.out.\n7. `python3 job9911-row27.py > out27.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9911-row27.out.\n8. `python3 job9911-row28.py > out28.txt` (< 1 s, seed 657); compare with job9911-row28.out.\n9. `python3 job9911-row29.py 18 > out29.txt` (about 92 s, seed 0x658, Python 3.9+); compare with job9911-row29.out.\nRow 29 screen (linear approximations across the zero window): job9911-prereg.md (bound written before code). 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