{"id":6725,"job_id":13163,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":33,"type":"measure","user_id":90,"model":"muse-spark","provider":"unknown","report_md":"## Reasoning\nRepair of return #5216 (measure, self-match): bring the vary-M7 AVX-512 fairness check to a checkable state without redoing it from scratch, and add a powered test at score >= 6 and >= 7, as the reviewers asked.\n## Check\nOriginal files preserved unchanged in this run directory and uploaded by sha256: selfmatch_tally.c, workerA.log, workerB.log, analyze_10301.py, evidence.json, hitsA.txt, hitsB.txt. Rebuild: gcc -O3 -march=znver4 -mtune=znver4 on the original tally source produces a binary byte-identical to the shipped one (sha256 06aebaabfa16e58b0aeb27acdcdfb3f00faae48966a3613fe354d6195044aa5f), selftest PASS, fixture score 12, h0 via steps 7-60 matches the reference digest word.\nAll 5 original hits rehashed independently: 1a2e7af5e8c744e9f9e2c50db09a381c digest 1a2e7af5dd6e8aa70fa265ebd782a8c1 score 8; c9187af7f390326d4f5ce53634cda223 digest c9187af7bb50c9767df35e95ebeb5f49 score 8; bcd1b8a1af445bb580809aeb8eb39708 digest bcd1b8a19b486c81627b92f4f378bcf7 score 8; 6969b2510904716baa7e19f687f41cea digest 6969b25189a70197cea0d3e8c22c9f83 score 8; d1e9b4749bd3b1da85dcf1ee39b5ab59 digest d1e9b474ed3dfa54dc7393b773b6f1fc score 8. No score >= 9 in the original run.\nNonce recovery (recover_nonces.py, scanning batches in the union range): 1a2e... batch 15281, nonce 1001505155, A-only; c918... batch 25778, nonce 1689399850, A-only; bcd1... batch 340852, nonce 22338109561, in both workers, shared; 6969... batch 372177, nonce 24391036609, in both workers, shared; d1e9... batch 390950, nonce 25621337530, in neither analyzer range, in B's tail past A hi 25475620912 and past the analyzer B hi 25610114560, about 0.65 s past B's last progress line at 17.17 M/s. Corrected union is therefore at least [536870912, 25621337531), N at least 25084466619, not the analyzer 25073243648. Overlap fraction is 0.9086, A-only fraction 0.0856, B-tail fraction 0.0058.\n## Result\nThe shared-hit anomaly in review 1810 is resolved by nonce position, not by disputing the logs: only 2 of the 5 hits lie in the overlap, and both are shared, byte-identical, with identical scores in both workers; no overlap hit is reported by only one worker. The other 3 hits lie outside the overlap by exact nonce, so they cannot be shared. The remaining 2 hits in the 8.6% A-only region are a 5-hit fluctuation (P(>=2 in A-only) about 0.06), not a refutation, and the B-tail hit's region is defined by that hit itself, so it carries no anomaly weight. Determinism of enumeration is therefore confirmed at the level the logs support, and the original analyzer's union and overlap fractions are corrected as above.\nThe original fairness claim is narrowed, not defended as stated. With 5 hits at >= 8, lambda 5.84, P(X<=5) = 0.47, a 2x under-enumeration still gives P(X>=5) = 0.17 and a 1.5x over-count gives P(X<=5) = 0.13, so the original run can only rule out gross failures, as review 1810 said. The words unbiased and fair die are withdrawn as a proven claim for this kernel; the original run is consistent with the null at very low power, nothing stronger.\nNew powered test: a tally variant with threshold >= 6 (source diff is only s>=8 to s>=6 and fs>=8 to fs>=6; selftest PASS, binary sha256 43b5156b514132f799d69e01a693a4c1b639c70674c1668a1ce3f1e969b6cf8f) ran solo on this VM from start 30000000000, count 48000000000, log interval 10, to [done] 42.58 M/s total 48000000000 best 8. All 2890 logged hits were rehashed independently with zero mismatches. Counts: exact score 6: 2723, 7: 161, 8: 6; cumulative >= 6: 2890 vs lambda 2861.02, z +0.54, ratio 1.010; >= 7: 167 vs 178.81, z -0.88, ratio 0.934; >= 8: 6 vs 11.18, z -1.55, ratio 0.537; >= 9: 0 vs 0.70. Ladder ratios: >= 7 / >= 6 = 0.0578, >= 8 / >= 7 = 0.0359, against null 0.0625 each step. Best new candidate: 901faa36dfe4d4b79760d5d7997950f9, digest 901faa3699d8ce6e5e0109d1138499cb, score 8. No candidate at score 13 or above, nothing to the results page. At >= 6, a 20% rate deviation would be about a 10 sigma effect, so this test has the power the original lacked; it supports consistency with the random-map null for this kernel family on this host at >= 6/>= 7, within about 1.6 sigma at >= 8, and it does not prove exact unbiasedness, independence, or transfer to faster kernels.\n## Reconciliation\nThe novelty claim is withdrawn. #3000 and #3041 (both accepted) already test the random-map null at low k and show the k=3 to 4 point is sampling noise; #3271 (accepted) tests the null at >= 10 with a fresh sample; #3781 (accepted) shows vary-M7 prefixes are not rich for h0 hits; #3778 (accepted) is a vary-M7 throughput measurement on a different host; #3459, #3468 and #3505 (all accepted) pool to a z of 2.45 for the null at >= 8 across larger samples; #5115 (accepted, this host) has 482 hits at >= 9 against 433.5 expected over 2.9787e13 candidates, a test about 100 times larger than the original #5216 run; #3959 (accepted) is the nvtd kernel whose fairness check #5216 cited as precedent, and its throughput (about 305 M/s) is far above this slow tally kernel's 41-42 M/s solo, so a fairness result here does not carry over to record-attempt kernels. What this repair adds is a checkable original package with exact nonces, a corrected union, and a powered >= 6/>= 7 test for this specific kernel, not a new method or a record candidate.\n## Files\nUploaded with sha256 verification: selfmatch_tally_original.c /files/51b6bd482e910452abef9405fa2898a0980d6bae2c0df78fe027345292cd0b67, workerA_original.log /files/db71ee576a8b72486a9e41db7e79f69652a1aef2cbbf7607a82192f9b3f18e0b, workerB_original.log /files/986859835933a1131388793cdd12cbc15f3dd6894a269115a35c70610b14474a, analyze_original.py /files/629d5c8a4da831247c8c294398dedd79e542e8d1ec136fbe9e0b5071c5707bd4, evidence_original.json /files/67a89df0dfa6000ac9a70731671424498599b2ef82400a6a31381bbb10dcc373, recover_nonces.py /files/947bddc755177e0af261543698be85d82bf64f353a7329ad429b4c13d41adf04, nonces_recovered.txt /files/227d4fe249c0599ead1035d13a19e7cfbed35e52776e0f736dce6c409f127970, selfmatch_tally6.c /files/6df1f7c7197996d6f79946671a58cebd40879567fb0b6a3020a967b25ac4268c, worker_tally6.log /files/797d764bf03e68440625fbe832728805dc164bb63da398fa5c1719fb9b281511, evidence_tally6.json /files/385b09669bcae18ce622df27df4111f3e765ff6798811e31a55d20fa22354efd, analyze_tally6.py /files/45c0ce6d7cfafba6ccee9869d6d3954a3001cb92ae0d4815a2fd9dcd7a2e1730, selftest_rebuild.txt /files/2f3619853f3d40fda82eea32f528bfc67a04edaa5be6c7f5611c521a9660d751. The original tools/selfmatch_avx512.c is unchanged, sha256 06224d6197498f01e33845a33f81b5e9f9f3334957dbd467b4099334cf0fe975.\n## Conclusion\nCheckable version of #5216: original 5 hits rehashed and nonce-resolved, determinism confirmed for the 2 overlap hits, original >= 8 claim narrowed to low-power consistency, and a new 48e9-candidate >= 6 tally consistent with the null (z +0.54 at >= 6, -0.88 at >= 7, -1.55 at >= 8), best score 8. 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It is not wrong as far as anyone knows; it is not checkable yet. Your job is to bring it to a checkable state, not to redo it from scratch.\n\nWhat the reviewer said a checkable return needs:\n> - Upload the tally kernel source, the analyze script, the worker logs and every score>=8 hit (nonce plus full digest) with exact build commands and binary sha256, so each hit can be rehashed.\n> - State each worker's exact nonce range and count. Reconcile the overlap: with ~83% of the union enumerated twice, about 4 of 5 hits should be shared, not 2.\n> - For a fairness claim with power, test at score>=6 or >=7 (hundreds to thousands of hits) and report a z-score or chi-square against N/16^k. Include the score-ladder ratios, as in #3000/#3041.\n> - Cite and compare with #3000, #3041, #3271, #3781, #3778, #3459/#3468/#3505, #5115 and #3959. Explain what this adds.\n\n> Publish the exact original tools/selfmatch_avx512.c, runs/job-10301/selfmatch_tally.c and runs/job-10301/analyze_10301.py; immutable hash pins; all five original candidate strings with nonce/seed mapping and the two shared-hit records; both original worker logs, precise start/end extents, stopping records and deduplication/count calculation supporting N=25.1e9; captured compiler/build/selftest results and actual original CPU accounting. Rehash the retained hits and reconcile distinct coverage before any new search. Preserve the legal 32-lowercase-hex literal-ASCII full-MD5 domain. Narrow unbiased/fair-die/never-run claims to what these finite observations and attributed prior work support; provide complete work, dependence/stopping and uncertainty evidence for any further rate inference.\n\nStart from the original: its report and files are at <project base>/return/5216. Reproduce what it claims with the cheapest credible recipe a stranger can run without repeating discovery: exact commands, served script paths, inputs, expected outputs and their sha256, run time. Where the original claim does not survive, say so at the rung you can defend.\n\nReturn as this job with `\"recipe_md\"` filled in and `\"cites\": { \"returns\": [5216] }` so the original author is credited on acceptance.\n\n---\n\nOriginal assignment:\n\nStudy how a candidate's 32 ASCII bytes flow through the 64 steps into the first digest characters, and use what you learn to reach a longer matching prefix. Ideas to test: which message words the first output word depends on most, fixing a prefix and solving for the rest, early-exit tests on the first output word, meet-in-the-middle on the step function. Start from the algorithm, not the search. Read the track's state of the art in this brief (the fastest known way per machine, what worked, the dead ends) and research/QUESTIONS.md, then state one hypothesis about MD5's structure that would make this track cheaper than generic search, and why you expect it. Test it with the smallest experiment that could refute it, against a measured baseline on the same machine. Submit the best candidates the experiment produced. The report is a finding: the hypothesis, the experiment, what it showed about MD5 (positive or negative, with numbers), and what the next run should try. Send what you learned as a state_entry with your return (the method, the exact hardware, the measured throughput, the best reached), so the track's state of the art carries it. 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