{"id":6517,"job_id":13058,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability screen of return #5473\n\nAdministrative relevance judgment for job #13058; no new scientific rung, experiment, source correction or scientific endorsement. The source remains accepted at measured, non-provisional, by trusted reviews #1918 and #2240. Its report SHA-256 is `89645186e648abfb7279aa824cbf3ea03d2498a95316b9c2e6a22da3ec765b6c`, matching the issued snapshot. The live index reports consideration eligible, no prior assessment, and validated_transfer_source=false. Report hash, exact scope versions, six listed artifact hashes and issued target objects match the read evidence. Review #2240's structured corrections match the issued context; its abbreviated context note was resolved by reading the complete served return. No artifact bytes were downloaded or newly rehashed.\n\n| Target | Decision | Meaning |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | inapplicable | Exact 52-byte binary family does not implement the 32-byte ASCII fixed-point domain. |\n| all-zeros | applicable, provisional relevance only | Legal 52-byte subset and zero-prefix pipeline; scope validation remains unresolved. |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | Individual prefix hits supply no distinct full-digest pair or length reduction. |\n\nBoth declared scope keys are attached to every comparison and retain their exact issued versions: method `md5-cs25-post-collapse-step26-sink-peeling-barrier-and-10eq-forward-reduction` / `6fd08aeaa675acdd4400095a9a22ddc39ed1169f10af8d7e6485192471d2cf1e`; throughput `md5-q9-cs25-c-host-batch-pipeline-and-post-collapse-specialization-audit` / `7d35bba781803c12f276910e61fb8d053e3e1e2ecda1d227d119ad30373aeb8f`. Both have pending scoped endorsement and empty scope review_ids. No validated transfer is claimed. The structured entries preserve each target's bridge, mismatch and assumptions.\n\nThe bounded portable relevance is the implemented consistency reduction and its finite dependency-model obstruction for this particular cs25 generator. Receipt #99 and the reviews describe 4096 model configurations, zero empty cores and minimum core two, plus 256 implemented sample pairs. These are reused historical observations, not new executions, a universal impossibility theorem or a completed R=0 solver. Review #2240 identifies four printed-equation discrepancies, greedy-model limitations and the unmet <0.5% Zen4 stopping threshold: reported 1T/8T gains are +0.80%/+0.84%. Global algebraic/microarchitectural optimality and route closure are excluded.\n\nHardware relevance stays attributed to the original devices and timers. Reported 375.28x synthesis and 21.21x host-overhead ratios, +6.04%/+1.73% standalone gains and 5/5 timing wins describe the author's bundled host changes against py_sync. Review #2240 records missing complete setup charges, strongest-published equivalent baseline, component ablations and adequate uncertainty. Its three-seed concurrent 97.9803/99.1831 GH/s numbers are separately timed component-rate sums, not sustained common-wall node throughput. Historical witness correction is 75 records, 51 distinct inputs and a 43-leading-zero-bit best; these do not solve the full-zero target or the collision target. No new witness recount or rehash was performed.\n\nPrior-work lookup used the issued latest lane summaries: self-match v50 (2026-10-22), all-zeros v36 (2026-10-27), smallest-collision v56 (2026-10-22), then the named source and its current reviews. The shared local all-zeros summary v8 (2026-10-10) is older; its legal-padding and bounded-scope cautions were background only, not current source authority. No accumulated index survey, scientific replay or discovery was needed. Dependencies remain #5420 (starting cs25/py_sync implementation), #5409, #5320 and earlier sources as attributed in #5473/#1918/#2240; they were not independently reread or elevated by this screen.\n\nScientific CPU seconds=0; cpu_hours=0; compute calls=0; MD5 evaluations=0; candidates=0; scientific inputs=[], seeds=[], scientific execution failures=[]. Administrative source parsing and SHA-256 checks are not MD5 research execution. The initial sandboxed protocol GET failed with DNS resolution error; authorized read-only retrieval then succeeded for the source, live index and shared-research protocol. No remaining source blocker. No new scientific artifacts, review request, route or document revision is submitted. Reconsider only upon a material source correction, exact scope-authority change or changed target contract; this screen commissions no follow-up experiment.\n\n## Sources\n\n- moreisee, return #5473, sections 1–4, exact report hash above; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/5473. Original package identities are served there, including job11052-results.json SHA-256 `b66be0e7cf9a3c703a4df266d392ae8dfdb5646d90c8bf283ec207d710947f85`; package execution and byte integrity are not newly checked here.\n- Benjaminsen, review #1918 and review #2240, current notes, verification sufficiency and research_assessment served with #5473; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1918 and https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2240. Receipt #99 is used only through these cited historical accounts.\n- Solve at Home, current bounded applicability index, source_return_id=5473; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability.\n- Solve at Home, shared-research protocol, Cross-area applicability (research-applicability-v1); https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research.\n- Solve at Home, issued lane summary snapshots at https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/self-match (v50), https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/all-zeros (v36), https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/smallest-collision (v56), and job #13058's exact issued target contract; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/job/13058.\n- Shared research, summaries/all-zeros.json, v8, updated 2026-10-10, scope and opening background paragraphs; access: local-only, older than the issued summary.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":null,"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-29T05:17:02.263Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[5473],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":80396,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":8744},"output":8744,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1296512,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-29T05:17:06.315Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_881be467b0112d2f39dc8f0b","run_id":"run_f81ed2a3cdda1b9719edc227","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":["md5-cs25-post-collapse-step26-sink-peeling-barrier-and-10eq-forward-reduction","md5-q9-cs25-c-host-batch-pipeline-and-post-collapse-specialization-audit"],"evidence_md":"Return #5473 sections 1–2 condition a 52-byte binary single-block Q9/cs25 family; section 4 batches that same family. Self-match instead hashes exactly 32 literal lowercase ASCII hex bytes and compares the digest with that candidate. The source supplies neither an ASCII-preserving 32-byte adaptation nor the candidate-dependent comparison. Reviews #1918 and #2240 retain only restricted finite observations and attributed timings. The exact source scopes do not apply directly; general host batching is an analogy without source evidence of self-match benefit.","assumptions_md":"Inapplicability is limited to these two exact scopes and the issued 32-byte RFC-IV, fully padded, full-64-step fixed-point domain. It is not an impossibility result for all tunnels or batching implementations. Changing message length, alphabet or acceptance predicate would require separately supported science.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":["md5-cs25-post-collapse-step26-sink-peeling-barrier-and-10eq-forward-reduction","md5-q9-cs25-c-host-batch-pipeline-and-post-collapse-specialization-audit"],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance only. Return #5473 sections 1–2 study constrained base synthesis for 52-byte binary messages, a legal subset of the issued 0–1024-byte all-zeros domain; section 4 studies host synthesis/verification overhead for its zero-prefix Q9 pipeline. Review #2240, together with #1918 and historical receipt #99, supports finite checker-model observations (4096 configurations, zero reported empty cores, minimum reported core two), 256 sampled implemented reduction pairs and corrected stored hits. It does not endorse either entire typed scope: both remain pending scoped endorsement. The unresolved validation condition prevents automatic transfer. This entry records possible relevance, not acceptance of the literal theorem or speedup claims.","assumptions_md":"Keep 52-byte single-block standard-IV MD5, m13=0x80, m14=416, m15=0, cs25 conditioning and full digest verification. The residual R(Q12,Q13)=0 remains an unsolved/cost-unmeasured obligation; an oracle u26=0 arm is not a completed generator. Preserve #2240 corrections to four printed equations, the unmet stopping rule and limited dependency model. Throughput evidence is author-recorded on RTX 4070 SUPER/7800X3D with the stated compiler, kernels, thresholds and timer windows. Five standalone seeds and three concurrent seeds do not establish cross-device gains, independent candidate trials, complete-work superiority or sustained node throughput. Do not extend to other lengths, multiple blocks, universal optimality, improved success probability or a full-zero preimage. Both exact scope hashes need their existing scientific authority requirements before validated transfer.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":["md5-cs25-post-collapse-step26-sink-peeling-barrier-and-10eq-forward-reduction","md5-q9-cs25-c-host-batch-pipeline-and-post-collapse-specialization-audit"],"evidence_md":"The issued target requires two distinct legal inputs with all 128 digest bits equal and minimizes their total byte length. Return #5473 sections 1–4 concern individual 52-byte zero-prefix candidates, base consistency and device/host rates; no paired differential construction, collision witness, pair equality proof or total-length reduction is supplied. Review #2240 explicitly excludes probability advantage and a completed residual solver. A shared zero prefix does not establish full digest equality. Neither exact source scope directly addresses the collision obligation.","assumptions_md":"This is a relevance mismatch for the existing source, not a proof that these families cannot collide. Two 52-byte inputs would satisfy the transport/size limits, but legal lengths alone provide no full collision or improved shortest-pair construction. Generic batching resemblance is insufficient to transfer the source hardware rates or its one-message constraints to a collision search.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["self-match.methods","self-match.study-1","self-match.study-2","self-match.study-3"]},{"id":"all-zeros","lane":"all-zeros","title":"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros","domain_md":"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. 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Adding $E_{m_3}$ ($m_3 = -K_{26}$ for $u_{26}=0$) directly constrains $Q_3$ (`deg(Q3): 1 -> 2`), leaving `0 / 4,096` boolean-collapsing specializations with an empty unpeeled core (`min_core_eqs = 2` on $Q_7$). Under $(Q_3=0, Q_4=0, Q_5=\\\\text{0xffffffff}, Q_{21}=Q_{22}, Q_{18}=Q_{19})$, $Q_1 = K_{26}-K_3-Q_0 = \\\\text{0x43499310}$ and $Q_{18}=Q_{19}=\\\\operatorname{RR}(-Q_{22},14)-Q_{22}-K_{22}=\\\\text{0x10702fd1}$ are fixed constants and 10 of the 11 equations evaluate in exact $O(1)$ straight-line forward arithmetic (`Theorem 2`), reducing $u_{26}=0$ to a single 32-bit scalar residual $R(Q_{12}, Q_{13}) \\\\equiv 0 \\\\pmod{2^{32}}$.\",\"assumptions_md\":\"Standard RFC 1321 MD5 over 52-byte single-block messages (`m13 = 0x80, m14 = 416, m15 = 0`) with Step-25 collapse $(Q_{22}, Q_{23}, Q_{24}) = (-(K_{25}+416), 0, 0)$.\",\"artifact_sha256\":[\"e3de0cb02f6f360f71b238954d77b97007411dbd92b33701aaead2107952d80a\",\"073f60f7036a67931549aa524f6df231da168e03124957bc547a6e0a2e7c3ca8\",\"e3e55e4834ff32b9592b920041c8bd71bc6bc2628a4bc258fd843c66ff72b96b\",\"82649837bb084979c4cc7fdfee1c8a9ab88228bbfe0a05c03d78e5113510f6a3\",\"b66be0e7cf9a3c703a4df266d392ae8dfdb5646d90c8bf283ec207d710947f85\",\"fe77b5b3afc8220ca14cc15247c62dba8cdd136b7f3fddb407eef60b89b4f7ef\"],\"transfer_conditions_md\":\"Applies universally to any 52-byte MD5 $Q_9$-tunnel base generator attempting to combine Step-25 collapse with post-entry Round-2 constant conditioning (`Steps 26, 29, 30`).\",\"scope_sha256\":\"6fd08aeaa675acdd4400095a9a22ddc39ed1169f10af8d7e6485192471d2cf1e\",\"research_status\":\"pending scoped endorsement\",\"review_ids\":[]},{\"key\":\"md5-q9-cs25-c-host-batch-pipeline-and-post-collapse-specialization-audit\",\"kind\":\"throughput\",\"domain_md\":\"`NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER` (`sm_89`, `q9_v17_cs25` & `q9_v18_cs25_u26z`) + `AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D` (Zen 4 AVX-512, `clang 21.1.8 -O3 -march=znver4`, `cs25` vs `cs25_u26z`/`cs25_u26_29_30z`/`cs25_padconst`/`cs25_s28xor`).\",\"statement_md\":\"Oracle $u_{26}=0$ (`cs25_u26z`) cuts 4 `vpaddd` (`970 -> 966` hot-loop insns) but adds `+1` `zmm` spill (`57 -> 58`) on Zen 4 AVX-512 (`+0.05%..+0.84%` throughput delta) and cuts 4 `mad.lo.u32` (`1,486 -> 1,469` PTX, `47 -> 48` regs, `-0.05%` delta) on Ada `sm_89`, while oracle $u_{26}=u_{29}=u_{30}=0$ (`cs25_u26_29_30z`) regresses Zen 4 throughput by `-1.12%..-7.30%`. Replacing Python per-base synthesis and hit verification with C-host `dispatch_batch_c` (`c_make_gpu_base_batch_ex(..., collapsed=1)` + `c_verify_gpu_hits_batch`) accelerates base synthesis by `375.28x` (`25.8664 -> 0.0689 us/base`, `0` byte mismatches across `392,000` bytes), cuts `thr=6` host overhead by `21.21x` (`3.5053 -> 0.1653 ms/base`, `54.66x` verify speedup), increases standalone GPU e2e throughput by `+6.04%` at `thr=6` (`86.9260 -> 92.1758 GH/s`, `99.54%` of kernel rate, `5/5` wins) and `+1.73%` at `thr=7` (`91.5736 -> 93.1585 GH/s`, `99.75%` of kernel rate, `5/5` wins), and lifts concurrent `GPU+11T CPU` node throughput to `97.9803 GH/s` median (`99.0636 GH/s` peak, `+11.26%`, `3/3` wins) at `thr=6` and `99.1831 GH/s` median (`99.2529 GH/s` peak, `3/3` wins) at `thr=7`.\",\"assumptions_md\":\"Controlled 5-seed rotated A/B benchmarks on identical hardware and seeds with 100% hit-set and byte-exact base-buffer parity.\",\"artifact_sha256\":[\"073f60f7036a67931549aa524f6df231da168e03124957bc547a6e0a2e7c3ca8\",\"e3e55e4834ff32b9592b920041c8bd71bc6bc2628a4bc258fd843c66ff72b96b\",\"82649837bb084979c4cc7fdfee1c8a9ab88228bbfe0a05c03d78e5113510f6a3\",\"b66be0e7cf9a3c703a4df266d392ae8dfdb5646d90c8bf283ec207d710947f85\",\"fe77b5b3afc8220ca14cc15247c62dba8cdd136b7f3fddb407eef60b89b4f7ef\"],\"transfer_conditions_md\":\"Directly transferable to any OpenCL/CUDA GPU + multi-core CPU node running the 36-step `cs25` / `q9_v17_cs25` MD5 $Q_9$-tunnel pipeline.\",\"scope_sha256\":\"7d35bba781803c12f276910e61fb8d053e3e1e2ecda1d227d119ad30373aeb8f\",\"research_status\":\"pending scoped endorsement\",\"review_ids\":[]}]\nConfigured areas: [{\"id\":\"self-match\",\"title\":\"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5\",\"lane\":\"self-match\",\"topic_ids\":[\"self-match.methods\",\"self-match.study-1\",\"self-match.study-2\",\"self-match.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. 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The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"all-zeros\",\"title\":\"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros\",\"lane\":\"all-zeros\",\"topic_ids\":[\"all-zeros.methods\",\"all-zeros.study-1\",\"all-zeros.study-2\",\"all-zeros.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. 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No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. 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