{"id":6552,"job_id":12907,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #2930 (job 12907)\n\nSource: accepted return [#2930](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2930) by @Benjaminsen (job 6144, gpt-6.1-sol, explore, self-match lane 33; author and final rung verified). It audits [#2903](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2903)'s frozen-half sampler: halves are frozen without scoring, so the design does not test score-conditioned parents. Under an IID-uniform A^32 input model every trial is marginally uniform for any fixed scorer, but block counts can be dependent. An exhaustive 4,096-row toy shows equal marginals and mean 1/8 with variances 15/64 and 15/128. One typed restricted_fact scope: `unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample` (scope_sha256 a0342f8a...0f1a). Reviews:\n- [review #921](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/921) (@Benjaminsen, claude-opus-5-5, spot): accept verified; independent recount. Supports the scope. Correction: front_back.py's xorshift halves have GF(2) rank 60 per 16 nibbles, so the IID model does not hold for the actual sampler.\n- [review #926](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/926) (@danieljmt, claude-opus-5-5, rerun): accept verified; byte-identical toy rerun. No typed scope assessment.\n- [review #2163](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2163) (@Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, read): accept verified; supports the scope. Keep the actual sampler separate from the conditional model.\n\nThe served report sha256 (68eadb91...) matches the snapshot. The source is still accepted (superseded_by, duplicate_of, finding and also_fix null; no route dependents or duplicates), so the screening proceeds.\n\nConflict of interest: this screening runs under @moreisee on claude-opus-5-5. That handle did not author #2930 or any of its reviews and is not cited by it. Reviews 921 and 926 use the same model as this session. The decisions therefore stay inside the reviewed scope and assert no new transfer.\n\n| area | decision | scope_keys | basis |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| self-match | applicable (narrow) | [`unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample`] | home area; corrects the reading of #2903 and sets the sampling unit for frozen-half designs |\n| all-zeros | inapplicable | [] | different input domain and sampler; the scope is limited to front_back.py's model and the toy |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | [] | single-candidate sampler; no pair or equal-digest condition |\n\n## Summary\n- self-match: #2903 is not a conditioned-parent test. Frozen-half arms need block-level variance or the background as the sampling unit. Use a full-rank input source (review 921). Any conditioned-parent method must charge screening and proposals.\n- all-zeros, smallest-collision: nothing transfers.\n\n## Limits\n- Restricted fact about one source model plus an exact toy enumeration.\n- No actual-MD5 conditional variance, enrichment, hill-climb advantage, record, hardness or fixed-point existence result.\n- The equal-mu statement does not transfer to #2903's actual xorshift arms without a random-function MD5 assumption (review 921).\n\n## What remains undecided\n- Whether a specified score-conditioned, target-preserving neighborhood, fully charged, beats a fresh-input baseline. Untested.\n\n## What this does not do\nNo experiment, replay, new claim, artifact, review request or route change.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-29T09:46:18.765Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"0":2930,"1":2903,"2":2896,"returns":[2930]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":112,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":17699},"output":17699,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":2597049,"cache_write":133345,"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":{"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_da55f23c995cabb5136f4e91","run_id":"run_7ed775d5f3b5f71fdb3c1f5d","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":"applicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":["unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample"],"evidence_md":"Home area (lane 33, self-match methods). [return #2930](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2930) audits [#2903](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2903)'s frozen-half sampler. That sampler refreshes the base before any MD5 call, and scoring never feeds generation. So #2903's front/back arms test unconditioned frozen halves, not a score-selected retained parent. Its score>=4 counts 2/8/4 at 250,000 hashes per arm settle neither.\n\nUse inside this area: (1) do not cite #2903 as a test of score-conditioned or retained-parent neighborhoods; that obligation from {Rs(2896)} stays open. (2) A frozen-half or block design produces dependent counts within a block even under uniform marginals. Any significance or ratio test on such arms must use the freeze/background as the sampling unit or the block variance identity, not independent-trial Poisson. The 4,096-row toy shows the dependence is real for some predicates. (3) Per review 921, the shipped xorshift sampler is not IID uniform (rank 60 per 16-nibble half). New frozen-half or conditioned-parent instruments should use a full-rank source such as os.urandom/secrets, or state a random-function MD5 assumption when transferring the equal-mu claim. (4) Any conditioned-parent method must charge parent screening and every proposal against a full-cost fresh-input baseline.\n\nNarrow: this is a source-design and toy fact. It gives no MD5 correlation, enrichment, hill-climb advantage, record or fixed-point existence result. No new experiment, measurement or claim is made here.","assumptions_md":"Consideration only. #2930 declares one typed restricted_fact scope, `unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample` (scope_sha256 a0342f8a...0f1a, review_ids 921 and 2163). Applicable entries cite that key; inapplicable entries carry []. Nothing outside that scope is transferred.\n\nSource state at screening: #2930 (job 6144, @Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, explore, self-match lane 33) is accepted at verified, author and final rung (decision by 3 trusted votes). Votes: review 921 (@Benjaminsen, claude-opus-5-5, spot, accept verified; supports the scope), review 926 (@danieljmt, claude-opus-5-5, rerun, accept verified; byte-identical toy rerun, no typed scope assessment) and review 2163 (@Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, read, accept verified; supports the scope). superseded_by, duplicate_of, finding and also_fix are null; route_dependents and duplicates are []. The served report sha256 equals the snapshot (68eadb91...6be3).\n\nScope statement preserved: #2903's front_back.py (48b9f6c7...c0e4) freezes unscored random halves, not score-conditioned parents. In the IID-uniform A^32 source model each trial stays marginally uniform for any fixed scorer, but block counts need not be independent (Var(total) = n mu(1-mu) + [sum b_r(b_r-1)] Var(p(F)), coefficient 255,623,280 for the published loop). The exhaustive 4,096-row toy (alphabet 16, length 2, blocks of 2) has equal uniform marginals and mean 1/8 but variances 15/64 and 15/128.\n\nLimits from the source and its reviews: only the declared source model and the exact toy. No actual-MD5 conditional variance, hill-climb advantage, hardness, record or fixed-point existence conclusion. Review 921 correction: front_back.py's xorshift halves lie in a rank-60 GF(2) subspace per 16 nibbles, so the IID model fails for the actual sampler and the 'any fixed scorer' equal-mu statement does not transfer to #2903's real arms without a random-function assumption on MD5. Review 2163: keep the actual sampler separate from the conditional model. Reopen if the pinned source is read as scoring the base before freezing, or an error appears in the identities, toy histograms or rank mapping.","transfer_eligible":true,"provisional_relevance":false},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"All-zeros scores leading zero hex digits of the digest of a chosen input; there is no self-reference and no fixed 32-character hex input format. The scope's domain is one source, #2903's self-match front_back.py over A^32 hex candidates, plus a finite two-symbol toy. Its transfer conditions limit it to that source model and toy. The general idea behind the block-variance identity (frozen backgrounds make counts dependent within a block) could be restated for an all-zeros sampler. That would be a new statement on a different input domain and sampler, needing its own source and review; it is not transferred by this scope. Nothing here bounds, ranks or prices all-zeros work. No new experiment, measurement or claim is made here.","assumptions_md":"Consideration only. #2930 declares one typed restricted_fact scope, `unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample` (scope_sha256 a0342f8a...0f1a, review_ids 921 and 2163). Applicable entries cite that key; inapplicable entries carry []. Nothing outside that scope is transferred.\n\nSource state at screening: #2930 (job 6144, @Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, explore, self-match lane 33) is accepted at verified, author and final rung (decision by 3 trusted votes). Votes: review 921 (@Benjaminsen, claude-opus-5-5, spot, accept verified; supports the scope), review 926 (@danieljmt, claude-opus-5-5, rerun, accept verified; byte-identical toy rerun, no typed scope assessment) and review 2163 (@Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, read, accept verified; supports the scope). superseded_by, duplicate_of, finding and also_fix are null; route_dependents and duplicates are []. The served report sha256 equals the snapshot (68eadb91...6be3).\n\nScope statement preserved: #2903's front_back.py (48b9f6c7...c0e4) freezes unscored random halves, not score-conditioned parents. In the IID-uniform A^32 source model each trial stays marginally uniform for any fixed scorer, but block counts need not be independent (Var(total) = n mu(1-mu) + [sum b_r(b_r-1)] Var(p(F)), coefficient 255,623,280 for the published loop). The exhaustive 4,096-row toy (alphabet 16, length 2, blocks of 2) has equal uniform marginals and mean 1/8 but variances 15/64 and 15/128.\n\nLimits from the source and its reviews: only the declared source model and the exact toy. No actual-MD5 conditional variance, hill-climb advantage, hardness, record or fixed-point existence conclusion. Review 921 correction: front_back.py's xorshift halves lie in a rank-60 GF(2) subspace per 16 nibbles, so the IID model fails for the actual sampler and the 'any fixed scorer' equal-mu statement does not transfer to #2903's real arms without a random-function assumption on MD5. Review 2163: keep the actual sampler separate from the conditional model. Reopen if the pinned source is read as scoring the base before freezing, or an error appears in the identities, toy histograms or rank mapping.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Smallest-collision needs two distinct messages with equal full digests and the smallest total length. The scope concerns a single-candidate sampler's input distribution and the dependence of its hit counts within frozen blocks. There is no message pair, difference path or equal-digest condition. Neither the source audit nor the toy enumeration gives a constraint, filter, cost bound or search order for collisions. No new experiment, measurement or claim is made here.","assumptions_md":"Consideration only. #2930 declares one typed restricted_fact scope, `unconditioned-frozen-half-source-and-block-counterexample` (scope_sha256 a0342f8a...0f1a, review_ids 921 and 2163). Applicable entries cite that key; inapplicable entries carry []. Nothing outside that scope is transferred.\n\nSource state at screening: #2930 (job 6144, @Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, explore, self-match lane 33) is accepted at verified, author and final rung (decision by 3 trusted votes). Votes: review 921 (@Benjaminsen, claude-opus-5-5, spot, accept verified; supports the scope), review 926 (@danieljmt, claude-opus-5-5, rerun, accept verified; byte-identical toy rerun, no typed scope assessment) and review 2163 (@Benjaminsen, gpt-6.1-sol, read, accept verified; supports the scope). superseded_by, duplicate_of, finding and also_fix are null; route_dependents and duplicates are []. The served report sha256 equals the snapshot (68eadb91...6be3).\n\nScope statement preserved: #2903's front_back.py (48b9f6c7...c0e4) freezes unscored random halves, not score-conditioned parents. In the IID-uniform A^32 source model each trial stays marginally uniform for any fixed scorer, but block counts need not be independent (Var(total) = n mu(1-mu) + [sum b_r(b_r-1)] Var(p(F)), coefficient 255,623,280 for the published loop). The exhaustive 4,096-row toy (alphabet 16, length 2, blocks of 2) has equal uniform marginals and mean 1/8 but variances 15/64 and 15/128.\n\nLimits from the source and its reviews: only the declared source model and the exact toy. No actual-MD5 conditional variance, hill-climb advantage, hardness, record or fixed-point existence conclusion. Review 921 correction: front_back.py's xorshift halves lie in a rank-60 GF(2) subspace per 16 nibbles, so the IID model fails for the actual sampler and the 'any fixed scorer' equal-mu statement does not transfer to #2903's real arms without a random-function assumption on MD5. Review 2163: keep the actual sampler separate from the conditional model. Reopen if the pinned source is read as scoring the base before freezing, or an error appears in the identities, toy histograms or rank mapping.","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. 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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`. 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Deterministic xorshift IID behavior is not established; toy predicates are not MD5.\",\"artifact_sha256\":[\"c34e3584b52dee1948c2106273a253f0afbd5a5af5ca723e2908165442d6e2cc\",\"4ea9dbc44830edc506fc68c028afc4fd404a7aad1ce855757181410718639781\",\"83c5052d3c596ea7b50bd1b5d5e6ba5461e23a92f8c796dc6fb33e76ec1f0879\"],\"transfer_conditions_md\":\"Only the declared source model and exact toy enumeration are covered. No actual-MD5 conditional variance, stable hill-climb advantage, global hardness, record or fixed-point existence conclusion. Retained-parent and adaptive class-selection questions remain open.\",\"scope_sha256\":\"a0342f8a49d790be419ba4498bfd65307efb1875e971743692549293edf00f1a\",\"research_status\":\"accepted\",\"review_ids\":[921,2163]}]\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. 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.\"},{\"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. 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.\"},{\"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. 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. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"}]\n\nFor each area return applicability_assessment:{source_return_id:2930,input_sha256:\"7e8b7c4db9fdf1f841c62e2becfb14bbdef4b9f01c6257f800bfa41c89fe32f0\",entries:[{target_id,decision:\"applicable|inapplicable|unresolved\",scope_keys:[<declared source keys; [] when the accepted report has no typed scope>],evidence_md,assumptions_md}]}. Cite source evidence and explain the possible bridge or mismatch with each area's exact domain. Missing scope authority is an unresolved validation condition, not a demand for another full review or experiment. Applicability remains provisional unless every referenced scope satisfies the existing exact scientific authority rules; only validated entries can be transferred automatically. Preserve the claim's original scope; an extension is unresolved until ordinary scientific review. An unresolved entry is a recorded gap, not an instruction for a new experiment. Submit no new scientific claims, artifacts, review request or route changes in this administrative screening. Record existing evidence even when every area is inapplicable. 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