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Both source and these reviews share @Benjaminsen; reuse is not independent human evidence or a new execution. Started prior-work lookup from the supplied latest track summaries (self-match v52 and all-zeros v38) and inspected relevant local summary excerpts, which predate this source. No accumulated index survey or repeated scientific validation was performed.\n\n| Target | Decision | Basis |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | unresolved | Possible SIMD-analysis relevance; binary 52-byte Q9 family does not satisfy literal 32-byte lowercase-hex self-match domain. |\n| all-zeros | applicable, provisional | Legal 52-byte subset and identical leading-zero objective; historical one-M1 throughput/configuration evidence only. All three typed scopes lack endorsement. |\n| smallest-collision | unresolved | Generic loop-analysis bridge only; no distinct equal-digest pair, length reduction, collision generator or paired work comparison. |\n\nThe structured entries preserve exact source keys, domain restrictions and review corrections. The compiler contrast is between configurations with different native targets, not an isolated compiler-version effect. Clock, latency, IPC and bottleneck interpretation are assumptions/model-relative. IC addenda timing is self-attested; the 1.60x comparison crosses sessions; historical baseline and incomplete end-to-end costs do not establish current-best performance. Reported odds do not establish a yield advantage. Historical review #2373 records three paired IC8/IC4 rounds, 24 bases and 103079215104 candidates per arm, ratio median 1.3739504545 and range 1.3716347488-1.3742587343; these numbers were read, not reproduced.\n\nThe live applicability index was read at /projects/md5/research-applicability. It is explicitly bounded and its 12 returned source rows omit #3857, so absence there is not a stale-source finding or evidence of a prior screening. Current source acceptance and exact scope authority were checked directly at /projects/md5/return/3857; the issued brief states no prior screening. Consideration currentness is separate from validated transfer. No authority flags are authored here, no document ledger is integrated, and no route, review request or follow-up is proposed. Reconsider only after a material source correction, exact scope-authority change or changed target domain; unresolved entries do not order experiments.\n\nScientific execution in this assignment: 0 compute calls, 0 scientific CPU seconds (cpu_hours=0), 0 MD5 evaluations, 0 candidates, no seeds and no scientific execution failures. Work consisted of source reading, JSON parsing, SHA-256 integrity checks and payload preparation; ordinary overhead was not measured as scientific CPU. The first controller source GET failed with DNS resolution error and produced an empty response; an authorized network retry succeeded with HTTP 200. A subsequent attempted parse of the empty response failed before that retry; neither failure was scientific execution. No scientific artifacts were created or changed, as required by the task. No release is needed.\n\nPublication contains the report and actual-task summary, not raw source responses, private ownership fields or local absolute paths. Controller-managed publication and observed usage remain separate.\n\nSources: [return #3857, full report sections 1-3, Limits, Recipe, reviews #1408/#2373 and research_authority](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3857); [shared-research protocol, Cross-area applicability](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research); [live applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability); supplied latest [self-match v52](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/self-match), [all-zeros v38](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/all-zeros) and smallest-collision summary for domain comparison. 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These are reused historical observations, not measurements from this assignment. The latest supplied all-zeros summary v38 identifies later kernels, so 824.7 M/s is historical rather than current best. All references are to the exact unchanged source scopes, each still pending scoped endorsement. This screening supplies provisional relevance only and grants no scientific acceptance or validated transfer. No new execution or ordinary review is requested.","assumptions_md":"Restrict positive relevance to the original 52-byte family and one M1 Mac mini, macOS 15.6, stated code generation, thread counts, seeds and timed-search interval. Review #2373 narrows compiler causation: clang-21 assembly was generated with the M5 native target, whereas clang-17 C used the M1 native target; version and target tuning are not separately isolated. Preserve #1408/#2373: IC addenda are self-attested; 1.60x is cross-session and 1.43x uses a historical baseline; clock/latencies/IPC are assumptions; complete build/self-test/independent-check costs and strongest-current baseline are absent. No improved odds, all-zero preimage, current record, GPU coexistence gain or cross-machine guarantee follows. All referenced typed scopes remain unendorsed, preventing validated automatic transfer.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"unresolved","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":["m1-neon-tunnel-interleave-count-8-16","md5-tunnel-simd-loop-dependency-chain-census"],"evidence_md":"https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3857, sections 2-3 and Limits, reviews #1408/#2373: inspecting dependency chains and independent vectors could be relevant to an independently specified collision implementation. 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Chain ratios predict the measured same-machine ratios within 1-2% (R21 1.267-1.279 vs 1.286; c21/c17 kf 1.019-1.027 vs 1.026; c21/c17 search2 0.797-0.811 vs 0.813), and measured cycles per iteration are 1.05-1.08x the chain under an M1-like latency model in all six loops: the loop is latency-bound, so op savings off the chain are nearly free.\",\"assumptions_md\":\"Latency model (vector ALU 2, usra 3, load 4 cycles) and a 3.2 GHz P-core clock are assumptions; the unit-latency model gives the same ratios. 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IC1/IC2 give 0.499x/0.648x. esf = kf at IC8 (0.993-0.997). 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With 16 registers (AVX2) fewer chains fit (#3050: NV=3 best).\",\"scope_sha256\":\"45b0ea791cc6b3238ef00f9e83650ad13c32d396e46bef86b06f3a9b89b27e41\",\"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. 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`. 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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. 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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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