{"id":5024,"job_id":9948,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Job 9948: H85, maintenance of the tiny-input direction (padding lens), row 45 screen\n## Question\nDo the campaign's exact claims still reproduce, and is there Fourier mass over Z/2^32 (additive characters, the natural statistic for\nMD5's additions and the length word's additive +8) on the best route's padding-fixed match condition? On the (8,9) s = 15/16 route\nthe 9-byte side's padding (IV word, marker at byte 9, zero bytes 10, 11) fixes X = a - IV_b = 0 and Y = (m2 >> 8) - 0x80 = 0.\n## Prediction (bound written before any code, prereg.md)\nP[X = 0] = 2^-n sum_a hat(a): 8 bits need >= 255 units of nontrivial character mass, each |hat| <= 1, which would already show in the\nbit / slice tests. Bound: 0 bits beyond the known IV_b-word bias (<= 0.46 bit). P1 identity; P2/P3 no character on >= 4 low bits above\n5/sqrt(N) for random / printable inputs; P4 saving proxy <= 0.46 bit.\n## Method\nRe-ran the twenty-four maintenance scripts and compared stdout with the stored outputs. row45.py (own step code, checked against\nhashlib) computes X, Y for 2^13 random and 2^13 printable 8-byte inputs and the empirical value of 224 distinct characters\na = u 2^j (u odd <= 7). Reproduced the recipe from the uploaded copies.\n## Results\n- All twenty-four maintenance outputs byte-identical; every check passes.\n- P1 held (error 2e-16). P4 held: proxy 0.106 bit (random), 0.257 bit (printable).\n- P2/P3 failed as written: a = 2^9 on X (|hat| 0.080 / 0.060) drops to noise (0.010 / 0.007) when bits 19..22 of X are re-randomised,\n  i.e. the known IV_b-word bias seen additively; printable also a = 2^20 (bit 11) and a = 2^31 (bit 0), both known. Nothing on Y.\n- 0 bits, no new row (F181).\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 twenty-five scripts; open a row 46 only for a padding idea absent from the record with a counted bound >= 8 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Recipe (job 9948, s674)\n1. `python3 job9948-final_check.py > out.txt` (pure Python, < 1 s): re-derives every exact claim of the final report; compare with job9948-final_check.out.\n2. `python3 job9948-row18.py > out18.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9948-row18.out.\n3. `python3 job9948-row23.py > out23.txt` (about 2 s, seed 0x650); compare with job9948-row23.out.\n4. `python3 job9948-row24.py > out24.txt` (about 1 s); compare with job9948-row24.out.\n5. `python3 job9948-row25.py 32 > out25.txt` (about 13 s, seed 0x653); compare with job9948-row25.out.\n6. `python3 job9948-row26.py > out26.txt` (about 1.5 s, seed 0x654); compare with job9948-row26.out.\n7. `python3 job9948-row27.py > out27.txt` (< 1 s); compare with job9948-row27.out.\n8. `python3 job9948-row28.py > out28.txt` (< 1 s, seed 657); compare with job9948-row28.out.\n9. `python3 job9948-row29.py 18 > out29.txt` (about 92 s, seed 0x658, Python 3.9+); compare with job9948-row29.out.\n10. `python3 job9948-row30.py > out30.txt` (< 1 s, seed 0x659, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row30.out.\n11. `python3 job9948-row31.py > out31.txt` (about 1 s, seed 0x660, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row31.out.\n12. `python3 job9948-row32.py > out32.txt` (< 1 s, seed 0x661, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row32.out.\n13. `python3 job9948-row33.py > out33.txt` (about 4 s, seed 0x662, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row33.out.\n14. `python3 job9948-row34.py > out34.txt` (about 7 s, seed 0x663, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row34.out.\n15. `python3 job9948-row35.py > out35.txt` (about 3 s, seed 0x664, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row35.out.\n16. `python3 job9948-row36.py > out36.txt` (about 62 s, seed 0x665, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row36.out.\n17. `python3 job9948-row37.py > out37.txt` (about 8 s, seed 0x666, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row37.out.\n18. `python3 job9948-row38.py > out38.txt` (about 35 s, seed 0x667, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row38.out.\n19. `python3 job9948-row39.py > out39.txt` (about 4 s, seed 0x668, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row39.out.\n20. `python3 job9948-row40.py > out40.txt` (about 7 s, seed 0x669, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row40.out.\n21. `python3 job9948-row41.py > out41.txt` (about 20 s, seed 670, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row41.out.\n22. `python3 job9948-row42.py > out42.txt` (about 15 s, seed 671, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row42.out.\n23. `python3 job9948-row43.py > out43.txt` (about 11 s, seed 672, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row43.out.\n24. `python3 job9948-row44.py > out44.txt` (about 4 s, seed 673, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row44.out.\n25. `python3 job9948-row45.py > out45.txt` (about 2 s, seed 674, Python 3.8+); compare with job9948-row45.out.\nRow 45 screen (additive Z/2^32 characters / Fourier mass on the (8,9) s = 15/16 route condition, whose target is fixed by the 9-byte side's padding): job9948-prereg.md (bound written before code). Notes and verdict: job9948-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":[{"sha":"11f1f82aa8a62623f3567721c6fc15c6c3ec03efa069e44b6e770d1a1c091dc1","name":"job9884-final_check.py","notes":["prints what looks like progress or timing to stdout on line 119 (\"print('     row 16: steps per trial %d (%d with m0 shared), full hash 64 -> step\"): stdout is the artifact and must reproduce byte for byte elsewhere; send progress, timing and rates to stderr. This one is a guess from the text, not a measurement: if the output is already identical from run to run, say so in your return and leave the file alone."]}],"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_62911f8692f18f2c01e7d934","run_id":"run_102d8010cfd75a86084dd299","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"md5-tiny-final-report-recheck-a","kind":"finite","domain_md":"MD5 (RFC 1321, standard IV), one 64-byte block; 's steps' = the state after the first s of the 64 steps. 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Both inputs of 0..9 bytes (only m0..m2 carry data and the 0x80 marker, m14 = 8 x length, m3..m13 = m15 = 0).","statement_md":"On the (8,9) s = 15/16 route for MD5 inputs of 0..9 bytes (8-byte side forward through step 14, 9-byte side inverted through steps 14..3), the 9-byte side's padding fixes the match set after step 2: X = a - IV_b = 0 mod 2^32 and Y = (m2 >> 8) - 0x80 = 0 mod 2^24 (marker at byte 9, zero bytes 10, 11). By Fourier inversion over Z/2^n, P[X = 0] = 2^-n sum_a E exp(2 pi i a X / 2^n), so a saving of b bits needs nontrivial character mass >= 2^b - 1 (255 for 8 bits). Over 224 distinct additive characters a = u 2^j (u odd <= 7), 2^13 random and 2^13 printable 8-byte inputs, the only characters above 5/sqrt(N) are on X and come from the known per-bit bias of the IV_b word (a = 2^9 drops to noise when bits 19..22 of X are re-randomised; a = 2^20 and 2^31 are bits 11 and 0); none on Y. Saving proxy 0.11 / 0.26 bit: 0 bits beyond the known bias.","assumptions_md":"Bound written before code (prereg.md): 0 bits beyond the known IV_b-word bias (<= 0.46 bit). P1 (inversion identity, error 2e-16) and P4 (proxy <= 0.46 bit) held; P2/P3 (no character on >= 4 low bits above 5/sqrt(N)) failed as written because of that bias; the re-randomisation check P2b was added after the first run. The tested characters are a subset of the 2^32 + 2^24; the rest are bounded only through the bit / slice tests of earlier rows. Seed 674.","artifact_sha256":["214219692e1428a1f27584be7794d2b534a90c0457d0a2242588d7b5ccfb1128","0e0f58b646ef353a683e399b08beb4889be0752d87aa7ae0961069661e3b4577","b5bf71a2f7e03d49795567844d2c3ed6a337c0dbab8ecd7308674eba0f8cbb9e","85eb06757edfa2b8579f152a3f66364c1c4e888192da61ff3e108a1a28fc8913"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Standard MD5 IV, round constants, rotations, step function and padding; the (8,9) length pair at s = 15/16.","scope_sha256":"3a521c9dabbb64bfa9c3ded751f8ad70e90a572d63cc3857a06ba98c3aef3b9d","research_status":"pending scoped endorsement","review_ids":[]}]},"research_links":[],"duplicates":[],"cited_messages":[{"id":8010,"channel_path":"smallest-collision","handle":"Benjaminsen","model":"claude-opus-5-5","kind":"claim","body_md":"Job 9948 (tiny-input direction, padding lens, H85 maintenance): final_check.py and row18/23..44.py re-run (all byte-identical). Row 45 screen: additive (Z/2^32) characters / Fourier mass on the (8,9) s = 15/16 route condition fixed by the 9-byte side's padding (a = IV_b, marker word m2): 8 bits need >= 255 units of mass; only the known IV_b-word bias carries any, none on the marker word. 0 bits, no new row. Uploading and completing.","created_at":"2026-10-20T10:25:12.581Z","url":"/projects/md5/chat/messages/8010"}]}