{"id":1246,"job_id":2587,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":42,"model":"deepseek-v4-pro","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #2587 — Triage of route 98: the two-class covering-run boundary sandwich\n\n## Question\n\nRoute 98 proposes the boundary \"sandwich\" for the two-class covering run\n\n> K*(P, R) ≤ K*(Pp, R) ≤ K*(P, R ∪ {p}) − 1,\n\nwhere K*(P, R) is the longest **cyclic** run of consecutive twin-admissible slots\n(`r` with `gcd(r,P) = gcd(r+2,P) = 1`) each killed by some `q ∈ R` (`q | r` or `q | r+2`),\nover the full period `M = P · ∏R`. Here P is a primorial, `p` a prime not dividing P, and R a\nset of distinct primes coprime to Pp. The three components are: (i) the sharpened transfer\n`K*(Pp,R) ≤ K*(P,R∪{p})`; (ii) the conditional lower bound `K*(Pp,R) ≥ K*(P,R)` when `p > 2K*(P,R)`;\nand the open parts (C1) unconditional lower bound, (C2) the `−1` strictness, (C3) the full sandwich.\n\n## What I checked\n\n- **Brief + route + origin.** Read the full assignment brief, `GET /research-routes/98`, and\n  `GET /return/1243` (the route origin — a `direction` proposal, author rung `conjectured`), plus the\n  `/research-protocol` schema. Return #1243 claims two proven lemmas and reports 719/719 + 719/719 +\n  719/719 + 719/719 (+191 and +13 stress cases, 0 violations) as finite support.\n- **Cited returns.** #609 (fold-entry jump law `K*(Q∪{q}) ≥ K*(Q)+1`, and the K* definition + table),\n  #901 (boundary transfer `K*(Pp,R) ≤ K*(P,R∪{p}) + 1`), #606 (m* boundary jump, Ghat = A144311),\n  #594 (K*(32)=25 ladder and full-period algorithm), #966 (cross-block/wrapping convention), and\n  #161/#645/#658 (seam/closure convention for the single-prime L(T_x,p) object).\n- **Prior art (web).** Ziller–Morack arXiv:1706.03668 (paired Jacobsthal h2 to p≤73 — the shift-2\n  two-class object, no boundary-transfer law, no level-restricted killer set); Ziller arXiv:1903.11973\n  and arXiv:2007.01808 (one-class Jacobsthal); OEIS A048670 (one-class, strictly increasing). No source\n  states a boundary sandwich for the level-restricted two-class K*(P,R).\n- **Independent computation.** Re-derived K*(P,R) from the definitions (no reuse of #1243's scripts),\n  in two independent implementations (numpy, and a pure-Python witness extractor), with sympy for\n  primality. Reproduced #609's six exact values 6/6, then swept 592 (P,p,R) triples\n  (P ∈ {30,210,2310}) and a further 907 triples for C2.\n\n## Rung of each claim\n\n| claim | rung | support here |\n|---|---|---|\n| (i) sharpened transfer `K*(Pp,R) ≤ K*(P,R∪{p})` | **proven** | run-mapping (correct, trivial); 0/592 violations |\n| (ii) conditional lower bound (`p > 2K*(P,R)`) | **proven** | translation/pigeonhole; 0 violations in conditional regime |\n| C1 — unconditional lower bound | **refuted** | counterexample below |\n| C2 — the `−1` strictness | **open** | holds 1499/1499 tested triples, unproven |\n| C3 — full sandwich | **refuted** | follows from C1 failing |\n\n## The counterexample (refutes C1, hence C3)\n\n**P = 30, p = 13, R = {7, 11, 19}:**\n\n```\nK*(30,  {7,11,19})   = 9\nK*(390, {7,11,19})   = 8        (390 = 30·13)\nK*(30,  {7,11,13,19}) = 10\n```\n\nSo `K*(Pp,R) = 8 < 9 = K*(P,R)`, violating the lower half of the sandwich. A maximal 9-run in T_30 is\n`[13067, 13079, 13091, 13097, 13109, 13121, 13127, 13139, 13151]` (each slot verified twin-admissible\nmod 30 and killed by {7,11,19}). The slot `13091 = 13·1007` is p-killed, so it is removed from the\nfiner tile T_390; the run shortens to 8, and an exhaustive scan of the full period (48,279 slots)\nconfirms no other 9-run exists. Here `p = 13 ≤ 2·9 = 2K*(P,R)`, i.e. the **hard regime** where the\npigeonhole argument of the conditional proof fails — exactly the regime the route flagged as its\ncentral uncertainty. A wider search found **no** counterexample with |R| ≤ 2 (0 violations for\n|R|=1 and |R|=2 over the swept ranges), so |R|=3 is minimal in this sweep.\n\nThis is precisely the route's own stated `failure` clause (\"a concrete (P,p,R) where\n`K*(Pp,R) < K*(P,R)`, recorded with the witness, scoping the sandwich down to the conditional form\").\n\n## Remaining gap / what survives\n\n- The **scoped-down conditional sandwich** `K*(P,R) ≤ K*(Pp,R) ≤ K*(P,R∪{p})` holds whenever\n  `p > 2K*(P,R)` (both legs proven). This is the correct, surviving form of the route.\n- **C2** (strictness `K*(Pp,R) ≤ K*(P,R∪{p}) − 1`) is *not* refuted — it held in all 1,499 tested\n  triples — and remains open; it is the only live component and a candidate for a separate (linked)\n  proposal. It does **not** bound anything asymptotic and leaves twin-prime infinitude untouched.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/research-routes/98\n- https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1243\n- https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/609 , /return/901 , /return/606 , /return/594 ,\n  /return/966 , /return/161 , /return/645 , /return/658\n- https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/research-protocol\n- Ziller & Morack, *A short note on the computation of the generalised Jacobsthal function for paired\n  progressions*, arXiv:1706.03668 — https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03668 (h2 table to p≤73)\n- Ziller, *New computational results on a conjecture of Jacobsthal*, arXiv:1903.11973 —\n  https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.11973\n- Ziller, *On differences between consecutive numbers coprime to primorials*, arXiv:2007.01808 —\n  https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01808\n- OEIS A048670 (one-class primorial Jacobsthal function).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.02,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-09-19T11:15:06.646Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[1243,901,609,606,594,966,161,645,658],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"custom","input":76127,"models":{"deepseek-v4-pro":55636},"output":55636,"source":"custom-jsonl","entries":30,"cache_read":2542464,"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":{"outcome":"blocked","obstacle":{"kind":"claim_refuted","evidence":"Exact full-period brute force, two independent implementations agreeing: K*(30,{7,11,19}) = 9 over 4,389 slots and K*(390,{7,11,19}) = 8 over 48,279 slots, so K*(Pp,R)=8 < 9=K*(P,R). The maximal 9-run [13067,13079,13091,13097,13109,13121,13127,13139,13151] loses the p-killed slot 13091 = 13*1007 in T_390 and no other 9-run exists. Swept ranges found no |R|<=2 counterexample; the two proven legs held 0/592 violations.","statement":"C1 - the unconditional lower bound K*(Pp,R) >= K*(P,R) for every primorial P, prime p not dividing P, and R coprime to Pp - is false; consequently the full sandwich C3 (K*(P,R) <= K*(Pp,R) <= K*(P,R u {p}) - 1) is false.","assumptions":"Route 98's own definitions: base modulus P, tile = twin-admissible residues (gcd(r,P)=gcd(r+2,P)=1), K* = longest cyclic run of consecutive slots each killed by some q in R over the full period P * prod(R). The counterexample lies in the hard regime p <= 2K*(P,R), exactly where the pigeonhole argument of the conditional proof fails.","revisit_when":"The conditional sandwich (p > 2K*(P,R)) is already proven and is the correct scoped form; C2 (the -1 bound) is not refuted (1499/1499) and is a candidate for a separate linked proposal. C1/C3 need no reconsideration without a changed definition (e.g. restricted R, or a different closure convention)."},"route_id":98,"depends_on":[609,901,594,966,606],"evidence_md":"Triage of route 98's boundary sandwich, with an independent exact computation. I re-derived K*(P,R) from the definitions (no reuse of #1243's scripts) and validated it against return #609's six exact values (6/6). A full-period sweep over 592 (P,p,R) triples (P in {30,210,2310}, p up to 47, |R|<=3) confirms the two proven legs at 0 violations but refutes C1: (P=30, p=13, R={7,11,19}) gives K*(30,{7,11,19})=9 and K*(390,{7,11,19})=8, so K*(Pp,R) < K*(P,R) in the hard regime p=13 <= 2*9 = 2K*(P,R). A second, independent pure-Python implementation confirms it with an explicit witness: the 9-run [13067,13079,13091,13097,13109,13121,13127,13139,13151] loses the p-killed slot 13091 = 13*1007 when the base grows 30 -> 390, shortening the run to 8; an exhaustive scan of the full period (48,279 slots) shows no other 9-run. No counterexample with |R|<=2 was found in the swept ranges. Hence the full sandwich C3 is refuted (not merely unproven), and the correct surviving object is the conditional sandwich K*(P,R) <= K*(Pp,R) <= K*(P,R u {p}) for p > 2K*(P,R) (both legs proven). C2 (the -1 strictness) held in all 1,499 tested triples and remains the sole open component. This is the route's own stated failure clause, so no further experiment on C1/C3 is warranted.","prior_art_md":"Search date 2026-09-19. Queries: 'Ziller Morack arXiv:1706.03668 paired Jacobsthal function h2 twin prime covering run'; 'Ziller arXiv:2007.01808 Jacobsthal function'; 'Jacobsthal function two residue classes primorial covering run boundary monotonicity'; 'OEIS A048670 Jacobsthal function primorial strictly increasing'. Inspected: (1) Ziller & Morack, 'A short note on the computation of the generalised Jacobsthal function for paired progressions', arXiv:1706.03668 (ar5iv full text) - computes the paired Jacobsthal function h2(n) for primorials to p<=73 (table 2,6,18,30,66,...,2622), i.e. the shift-2 two-class object, with no boundary-transfer law and no level-restricted killer set; (2) Ziller, 'New computational results on a conjecture of Jacobsthal', arXiv:1903.11973 - one-class Jacobsthal, counterexamples to Jacobsthal's conjecture to k=43; (3) Ziller, 'On differences between consecutive numbers coprime to primorials', arXiv:2007.01808 - one-class gap structure. Also OEIS A048670 (one-class primorial Jacobsthal, strictly increasing). None states a boundary sandwich for the two-class level-restricted K*(P,R). Exact remaining gap after this triage: the unconditional sandwich is refuted (counterexample in the hard regime); the only open component is C2, the -1 strictness, which no external source addresses and which held 1499/1499 in my sweep."},"research_route_id":98,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_23424801c73890cd6fd3264c","run_id":"run_0e101f9a78c6b65d8e10ecd5","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"handle":"victor-geere","job_brief":"Search online for existing attempts, results, tables and datasets before testing feasibility. Reuse the recorded search and inspect the closest sources and weakest assumption. Use published numbers with citations; do not reproduce them in triage. Seek the smallest experiment on the uncovered step. Recommend promising only with specific evidence and a bounded next step; do not claim the route is proved. Map the assumptions of any borrowed method onto this problem.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/98 and return #1243. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 98, outcome: \"promising|progress|blocked|inconclusive|known|result\", evidence_md: \"what the evidence changes, <=4000 chars\", prior_art_md: \"updated online search record, sources and exact remaining gap, <=4000\", next_step: {question, method, success, failure, budget_hours} <only for continued pursuit>, obstacle: {kind, statement, assumptions, evidence, revisit_when} <for blocked/inconclusive>, depends_on: [<return ids actually required>]}. A result with a distinct next_step requests review and continues pursuit concurrently; omit next_step when no further experiment is warranted. Use known with prior_art_md and no next_step or obstacle when cited prior work already covers the proposed contribution; it stops automatic investigation without requesting review. The evidence grade is separate. 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