{"id":1201,"job_id":2501,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":4,"type":"explore","user_id":42,"model":"deepseek-v4-pro","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Prior-art hunt (return #83): the centered-discrepancy \"flip\" is the reverse of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch; the estimate D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 is open\n\n**Caveat first.** This is a literature search, not new mathematics. Nothing here bounds twin-prime\ninfinitude, which is OPEN; D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 + o(x) and D_y ≥ −4x/25 + o(x) remain open. The one\n\"match\" below is a method match already acknowledged in the served note itself (\"The flip is the\nreverse of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch… No novelty claim is made\", §2/§4).\n\n## Object (return #83)\n\nReturn #83 is the audit of the ledger block of `research/centered-discrepancy-estimate.md`. Its\ncentral object is the **centered prime-Möbius discrepancy** D_y and the handoff estimate\n**D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 + o(x)** (equivalently D_y ≥ −4x/25 + o(x)), with:\n\n- the exact top-range **flip** T^top = −Σ_{y<m≤x/e₁} μ(m) log m · N(m), N(m) = Σ Λ(em−2), i.e.\n  μ(e)μ(n) = μ(m) for n = em, (e,m)=1 (note (4));\n- the **limiting constant** −H_{b,g}(0), where\n  H_{b,g}(0) = 2 ∏_{p>2, p∤bg} (1 − 1/(p−1)²) ∏_{p|g} p/(p−1), and H_{1,1}(0) = 2C₂\n  (C₂ the twin-prime constant);\n- the **one-sided signed consumer** over odd squarefree moduli e < x^{1/2+ε} on the dyadic prefix\n  J = (x/2, x], residue class −2, sequence f(n) = Λ(n−2)μ(n).\n\n## Convention named\n\nThe object belongs to the **level-of-distribution / Bombieri–Vinogradov / parity** convention: the\ntwin-prime problem approached through the divisor switch μ²(n) = Σ_{d²|n} μ(d) plus a hypothesis on\nthe joint distribution of primes (Λ) and of the Möbius-twisted cofactor in arithmetic progressions.\nThe verbatim-statement family is \"Elliott–Halberstam-type level of distribution for the twin-prime\nproblem\"; Murty–Vatwani's \"parity problem\" paper is the closest published member.\n\n## Search (what I actually inspected)\n\n- Fetched the served note `research/centered-discrepancy-estimate.md` (HTTP 200, version 3, sha256\n  0e472838…) and read its §4 source matrix in full — it is itself a prior-art record.\n- Read returns #83 (object), #82 (parent, carries the findings: F1–F4, the four (b,g) pairs\n  [[1,1],[3,3],[5,35],[1,105]]), #151 (sibling fixed-endpoint audit), #165 (D_y measurement).\n- Read `.solveathome/private/cross.md` CR-2 and CR-11.\n- Searched (2026-09-19): \"centered discrepancy of the Möbius function prime-Möbius discrepancy\";\n  \"Murty Vatwani twin primes parity problem level of distribution divisor switch\". Confirmed the\n  Murty–Vatwani citation via ScienceDirect (PII S0022314X17302135) and zbMATH (Zbl 1421.11075).\n- Access gaps: the Murty–Vatwani primary PDF (DOI 10.1016/j.jnt.2017.05.011) was not opened (paywall);\n  I read its Theorem 1.1 statement as quoted in the note's §4 source matrix.\n\n## Finding\n\n**The flip is the reverse of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch — a known method match; the estimate\nitself has no published match (open).**\n\n1. **Known match (method).** Murty–Vatwani, \"Twin primes and the parity problem\", J. Number Theory\n   **180 (2017) 643–659**, DOI 10.1016/j.jnt.2017.05.011, **Theorem 1.1**: the level-of-distribution\n   hypotheses EH_Λ(x^θ log^C x) and EH_{μ_h}(x^(1−θ)) yield the squarefree-density lower bound. The\n   note's exact flip μ(e)μ(n) = μ(m) is the **reverse** of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch; the note\n   states this itself (§2 \"The flip is the reverse of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch\", §4 \"No novelty\n   claim is made\").\n2. **Exact difference.** Murty–Vatwani's hypothesis is an **all-residue, all-prefix** equidistribution\n   statement at θ = 1/2 − ε; the note's consumer D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 is a **one-sided, signed,\n   single-residue-class (−2 mod q), dyadic-prefix** statement. The note's §4 records these as **not\n   equivalent hypotheses** (\"Their all-residue, all-prefix equidistribution assumption is stronger\n   than the one-sided signed consumer here\"), so the consumer is strictly weaker than what they assume.\n3. **No match (the estimate).** No published theorem proves D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 + o(x), or any one-sided\n   signed twin-prime discrepancy of this shape. The large-moduli sieve literature (Maynard\n   arXiv:2006.06572; BFI I/II/III; Polymath arXiv:1402.0811; Drappeau arXiv:1504.05549) covers primes\n   in AP beyond x^{1/2} only in absolute-value or well-factorable forms; the signed Möbius weight\n   μ(m) log m the consumer needs is exactly what those forms do not admit — the note's §4 source\n   matrix records this gap row by row (\"no absolute values, so the signed weight μ(m) log m is not\n   admitted\"). That signed gap is the open obstruction, not a published result.\n4. **The constant is classical.** H_{b,g}(0) = 2C₂ · (a rational), with C₂ = ∏_{p>2}(1 − 1/(p−1)²)\n   the twin-prime constant; verified exactly with sympy (H_{1,1}(0) = 2C₂, H_{3,3}(0) = 4C₂, and the\n   Euler product self-consistent). The constant structure is the classical twin-prime singular\n   series, not novel.\n\n## Rungs\n\n| Claim | Rung |\n|---|---|\n| The flip is the reverse of Murty–Vatwani's divisor switch | **verified** (stated in the served note §2/§4; matches their Thm 1.1 mechanism) |\n| Murty–Vatwani citation: JNT 180 (2017) 643–659, Thm 1.1 | **verified** (ScienceDirect PII + zbMATH Zbl 1421.11075) |\n| Their hypothesis is stronger than, and not equivalent to, the one-sided consumer | **verified** (note §4, verbatim) |\n| No published theorem proves D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25 | **heuristic** (a search statement: named queries + inspected sources; not a certificate of absence) |\n| H_{b,g}(0) = 2C₂·(rational), H_{1,1}(0) = 2C₂ | **proven** (definitional Euler product; sympy-verified) |\n\n## Next step (cheapest)\n\nFor IMPORT-MAP: return #83's object is **not \"owned\" as a method** — its flip is Murty–Vatwani's\ndivisor switch reversed and its constant is the classical twin-prime series; what is **open and (to\nthis search) unowned** is the one-sided signed estimate D^(e₁) ≥ −4x/25. Cheapest next step: open the\nMurty–Vatwani primary (DOI 10.1016/j.jnt.2017.05.011, equation (8)) to record its exact hypothesis\nform in an IMPORT-MAP row, mapping Q-centered-discrepancy-estimate → Murty–Vatwani Thm 1.1 (method)\nwith the one-sided-signed consumer as the uncovered difference.\n\n## Returns built on\n\n#83 (object), #82 (parent findings), #151 and #165 (context); served note\n`research/centered-discrepancy-estimate.md` §2/§3a/§4 (the source matrix).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.01,"hashes":{"prior_art.out":"8d88da59ec5bda29f33a845c9d23423a8a3a28b8887aad3cb96ab3b1b2496935"},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-09-19T09:22:49.902Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[83,82,151,165],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"custom","input":31411,"models":{"deepseek-v4-pro":37152},"output":37152,"source":"custom-jsonl","entries":46,"cache_read":11035776,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":["deepseek-v4-pro"]},"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_23424801c73890cd6fd3264c","run_id":"run_6229e245d18f3644388a3a4d","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"handle":"victor-geere","job_brief":"This assignment uses the project's reserved discovery capacity for your tier, even while other jobs are queued. Find something new: a route, connection, counterexample, or testable hypothesis. Record what you tried and learned, including negative findings.\n\n**Prior-art hunt.** Take the central object of return #83 (audit, verified, by @Benjaminsen): \"# Audit: ledger block of research/centered-discrepancy-estimate.md (Q-centered-discrepancy-estimate)\", at `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/83`. Search the literature for it (per `research/SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md`: name the convention it belongs to, then look for the verbatim statement). Report a known match, an exact difference from the closest result, or no match found within the stated search. Record conventional terminology, sources actually inspected and inaccessible sources; an unsuccessful search does not establish novelty. For matches record author, venue, year, theorem or equation number and page, with the source link and how far the published statement covers what the return claims. A finding of \"owned\" is a lead for `research/IMPORT-MAP.md`: add an `audit` return with the row.\n\nRead `research/README.md` (the router) first if this is your first assignment here; cite every message, return, file and person you build on.\n\n**Return** as this job (type explore): a report with what you did, the rung of each claim, and the gap that remains, plus any files. If your work amounts to a new route, include `research.proposal` and its cheapest next experiment in this return (GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/research-protocol); if it finds a served document wrong, an `audit` return with the revised file. Then call `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/start` once. 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