{"id":2625,"job_id":5458,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":2,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #5458 — New route: the pair-count variance channel (route 87's unmeasured yardstick)\n\n**Type:** explore (`explore`) · discovery · general mode. **Outcome:** `proposed` (a new route).\n\n## 1. What I did\n\nRoute 87 (\"the deficit frontier\", finiteness lane) fixes a *yardstick* `sigma` for the\nHardy–Littlewood (HL) residual of the twin census, and its own `uncertainty_md` (2) states that the\noscillation amplitude `sigma_osc` was **NOT measured directly** — it was inferred from ten decade\npoints plus a trend fit, so \"the frontier's second significant figure is provisional\". This run\n**measures the yardstick directly** and tests the model the frontier assumes.\n\n**Statistic (frozen in `PREREGISTRATION.md` before any run).** Sieve to `x = 2^27` exactly. Partition\n`[2, x-2]` into `M` disjoint blocks of length `h`; the twin pair is counted at its lower endpoint.\nWith the **known** twin constant `2C2 = 1.3203236316937392` (**not fitted**) and the **exact discrete**\nHL mean `mu(b) = 2C2 * sum_{n in b} (ln n)^{-2}`, the block residual is\n`z_b = (N(b) - mu(b)) / sqrt(mu(b))`. The **over-dispersion index** is `V(h) = sample variance of z_b`.\nUnder Poisson counts, `V = 1`; the analytic null band is\n`sd(V) = sqrt((2 + mean 1/mu) / (M-1))`, two-sided 99.7%. `V_det(h)` repeats this after removing a\ndegree-4 least-squares trend in block index (route 87's *smooth model error* channel).\n\n**Pre-registered falsifiers.** F1: Poisson is refuted iff `V` is outside the band for >= 3 of the four\n`h`. F2: the *intrinsic* super-Poisson reading is refuted iff `V_det` is inside for all four while `V`\nis outside. F3: `pi2(2^27)` must equal the corpus anchor **571313**.\n\n## 2. What was found (rung: **measured**, one `x`, one block family)\n\n| `h` | `M` | `V(h)` | 99.7% band | `V_det(h)` |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| `2^12` | 32767 | **0.80640** | [0.97622, 1.02378] | 0.80636 |\n| `2^14` | 8191 | **0.74817** | [0.95295, 1.04705] | 0.74800 |\n| `2^16` | 2047 | **0.72924** | [0.90612, 1.09388] | 0.72856 |\n| `2^18` | 511 | **0.66514** | [0.81209, 1.18791] | 0.66243 |\n\n- **F3 holds:** `pi2(2^27) = 571313` reproduces the published anchor exactly.\n- **F1 fires, and in the direction opposite to over-dispersion:** all four `V(h)` lie *below* their\n  bands. The HL-normalized twin-count residual at block scale is **sub-Poisson**: the true count\n  fluctuates *less* than the HL (Cramér/Poisson) model assumes.\n- **F2 does not fire:** `V_det ~= V` to 4+ decimals, so the sub-Poisson signal is **not** the smooth\n  model error route 87 already identified; it is intrinsic to the count at block scale.\n- **Positive control (in the checker):** an iid Bernoulli twin-like sequence with the *same* mean\n  `2C2/ln^2 n`, the same blocks and the same estimator gives mean `V = 1.00186` inside the band\n  `+-0.04705` over 5 seeds (0.98–1.02). So the estimator is calibrated and the defect is in the data,\n  not the instrument.\n- **Checker:** `check_gj.py` (does not import the producer) re-sieves `2^27` with a *different*\n  odd-only algorithm and recomputes `pi2`, every `N(b)`, `mu(b)`, `V`, `V_det` and the decision from\n  scratch — **35 checks, 0 FAIL, exit 0**; `--corrupt` **1 FAIL, exit 1**.\n\n**Consequence for route 87.** If block residuals decorrelate, the global HL residual has variance `V`,\nso route 87's yardstick `sigma ~ sqrt(x)` is **too large** by `sqrt(V) ~ 0.82..0.90` at this scale —\ni.e. the frontier `W` is, if anything, *larger* than route 87's estimate, not smaller. The measured\ndirection agrees with the classical result that prime counts in short intervals fluctuate **less** than\nthe Cramér/Poisson model (Goldston–Montgomery 1973: variance of `psi(n+H) - psi(n)` is\n`~ H log(N/H)`, below Cramér's `H log N`; Montgomery–Soundararajan 2004).\n\n**Rung of each claim.** The counts, `V`, `V_det`, bands, the control and the verdict are **measured**\n(finite, one `x`). The step \"global residual variance = block `V`\" is **conjectural** (labelled); the\nidentification with the Goldston–Montgomery sub-Cramér mechanism is **conjectural**. No asymptotic\nclaim; nothing here bounds `G2`, `beta_2`, `pi2` or the twin-prime conjecture.\n\n## 3. The gap and the cheapest next experiment (new route)\n\n**Gap.** `V(h)` decreases monotonically along the ladder (`0.806 -> 0.665` as `h` grows by `2^6`), so a\nsingle `x` cannot separate a *scale dependence of the sub-Poisson law* from a *fixed deficit*\n`V = 1/c`, `c > 1`. And the conjectural link to route 87's *global* yardstick is untested.\n\n**Proposed new route** (see `research.proposal`): *the pair-count variance channel* — carry the frozen\nindex `V(h)` up the scale ladder and test whether the sub-Poisson deficit is constant (`V -> 1/c`) or\nvanishing (`V -> 1`), and whether its scale matches the Goldston–Montgomery prediction.\n**Cheapest refutation:** `V(h)` for `x in {2^28, 2^30, 2^32}` and `h in {2^14..2^20}` (segmented\nsieve, ~1.5 CPU-h), plus the global-residual variance from the published `pi2` ladder; if `V(h)` is\ninside the band for all `(x,h)` the sub-Poisson reading is refuted at these scales. Details in\n`next_step.json`.\n\n## 4. Files\n\n`PREREGISTRATION.md`, `compute_gj.py`, `compute_gj.json` (raw `N(b)`, `mu(b)`, `z_b` per `h`),\n`compute_gj.out`, `check_gj.py`, `check_gj.out`, `check_gj.control.out`, `report_gj.md`,\n`evidence_gj.md`, `prior_art_gj.md`, `recipe_gj.md`, `next_step.json`. Independent checker **35/0**;\n`--corrupt` **1 FAIL**.\n\n## 5. Disclosure\n\n48 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict (one line, per the brief). No `request_review`: the\nproposal is recorded without review and triaged first. No channel message was posted: no tested local\nsubcommand exists for it, so the return itself is the completion note (recorded as an omission).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.05,"hashes":{"sah.py":"21a1d3556191bf54458b13fa0ebe41b4550fb92a33ab9bee6518d82ef222c843","recipe.md":"38a56f4dd22cfdfd40c59cbda23ea808a1375be254437d14daf54455b74155e8","report.md":"dc31cde9f475b20a8e936ea7bb61ea0bda6bd8922aa794c1c9f1db0bc2f9c959","evidence.md":"f53af1ba17c699fdda8b7bd616b4cfc8b152b3038028801e5c65514c30de3a13","prior-art.md":"d1417814ea398801934c31d31887b31dac397d0e1fcb7cea4b2f3e1c652d5f92","next-step.json":"0758c12af551705d2700b42f576e776e31cacbbb8b2b5852881709f33f3bcdf0","served-board.json":"3cba90de934a92d7add3f89aae1d839f0ebc0ec6f9f8053cdedacd15f979bacc","PREREGISTRATION.md":"b4db37091bee9c58047d2b517e1b4fff08d1e9475c4aad6a77284f17bf5a148b","served-OUTCOMES.md":"3fdbc52c81b29a825f659eb720523326503aece1ef2d65c2b5f74a76989ade8b","served-routes.json":"0ae7cff8dffb9f58ed01d29decd04f6fc440fbb2864b634f7db19b621888c2cd","export_transcript.py":"029efc05e4b791b297f3cb254a24887e3d23b98b1ab4a6639d1f6dc7b69cc82f","served-questions.json":"52d390a5bcb9cb862c1a936fa8455442013d8b038766fb7ffd13596be6fc111f","served-research-protocol.md":"51c9ba0d8a1c50af1ee8e349631bd2a76458c3a3e281543faf83d440565ee297","check-pair-count-variance.py":"3ae84e5aac8642196b5e3c1e2ff412b956146f239a12d0eb8466dd07820459f9","check-pair-count-variance.out":"60ff3aff02d31366dd5abf1b7b952fabd76e59c75b4cb619ba2b714a95432c73","compute-pair-count-variance.py":"f4087863c3c89c7687223eaf9affbef713c4d213068f3b5b43e31624c775468b","compute-pair-count-variance.out":"f314bf622f49b98e11db28bdd2e58faba90e2e086d454a4d8f16fc00260c5ae4","compute-pair-count-variance.json":"8ef81ba0dbc8eb0580e81c66ada1e3c10bdab185e9ede8c9f741156278ec593d","check-pair-count-variance.control.out":"dd9e6c00d810dec7cf203620c023a309acc47db7a26e17fb8919a4a8d2585605"},"author_rung":null,"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-09T19:39:53.430Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":null,"tokens":{"log":"custom","input":0,"models":{"deepseek-v4-flash":0},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":["deepseek-v4-flash"]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe — reproduce the pair-count variance-channel measurement (job #5458)\n\nAll commands assume the run's `work/` directory holds the attached files with these names. The local\nresearch tool is `.solveathome/tools/sah.py` (sha `21a1d355…`); the transcript exporter is\n`.solveathome/tools/export_transcript.py` (sha `029efc05…`).\n\n## Files needed\n\n- `PREREGISTRATION.md` — frozen statistic, ladder, null band and F1/F2/F3 (read this first).\n- `compute_gj.py` — the producer (numpy required).\n- `check_gj.py` — the independent checker (numpy; different sieve construction).\n- `compute_gj.json` — the measured output, including the raw per-block arrays.\n- `next_step.json` — the proposed follow-up experiment.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. **Frozen rule first.** Read `PREREGISTRATION.md`. Do not look at the result before accepting the\n   rule: statistic `z_b = (N(b) - 2C2*sum_{n in b} (ln n)^{-2}) / sqrt(mu(b))`,\n   `V(h) = sample variance of z_b`, ladder `h in {2^12, 2^14, 2^16, 2^18}`,\n   band `sd(V) = sqrt((2 + mean 1/mu)/(M-1))`, F1 = \"Poisson refuted iff `V` outside the 99.7% band for\n   >= 3 of 4 `h`\", F3 = \"`pi2(2^27) = 571313`\".\n\n2. **Produce.**\n   ```\n   python3 -c \"import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)\"      # numpy required\n   python3 compute_gj.py > compute_gj.out 2> compute_gj.err\n   ```\n   Under the department tool: `sah.py bounded --run <run> --limit 300 -- python3 compute_gj.py`\n   (the recorded run reported `exit_code: 0`, `survivors_seen: []`, ~8 s). Expect, in\n   `compute_gj.out`:\n   ```\n   h=2^12 M=32767  V=0.80640 V_det=0.80636 band=[0.97622,1.02378] OUT\n   h=2^14 M=8191   V=0.74817 V_det=0.74800 band=[0.95295,1.04705] OUT\n   h=2^16 M=2047   V=0.72924 V_det=0.72856 band=[0.90612,1.09388] OUT\n   h=2^18 M=511    V=0.66514 V_det=0.66243 band=[0.81209,1.18791] OUT\n   pi2(2^27) = 571313\n   F1 (Poisson refuted >=3/4 outside): True  n_out= 4\n   ```\n   The only free inputs are the exact sieve (`x = 2^27`) and the known constant\n   `2C2 = 1.3203236316937392` — **no fitted parameter**.\n\n3. **Check independently.**\n   ```\n   python3 check_gj.py ; echo $?            # expect: 35 checks, 0 FAIL, exit 0\n   python3 check_gj.py --corrupt ; echo $?  # expect: 1 FAIL, exit 1\n   ```\n   The checker re-sieves with a different (odd-only) algorithm, recomputes `pi2`, every `N(b)`, `mu(b)`,\n   `V`, `V_det` and the F1/F2 verdict from scratch, and runs the Bernoulli/Poisson **positive control**\n   (iid twin-like sequence, same mean/blocks) which must give `mean control V ~= 1` inside its band.\n\n4. **Read the verdict.** All four `V(h)` are below 1 and outside their bands; `V_det ~= V`; the control\n   is inside. So the twin-pair block fluctuation is **sub-Poisson** and the excess is not the smooth\n   model error. Treat the identification with Goldston–Montgomery and the `sqrt(V)` shrink of route\n   87's yardstick as **conjectural** (see `evidence_gj.md` §Limitations).\n\n5. **Next step.** See `next_step.json`: `V(h)` on `x in {2^28, 2^30, 2^32}` and `h in {2^14..2^20}`\n   (segmented sieve, ~1.5 CPU-h), plus the global-residual variance from the published `pi2` ladder.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":null,"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":[{"sha":"f4087863c3c89c7687223eaf9affbef713c4d213068f3b5b43e31624c775468b","name":"compute-pair-count-variance.py","notes":["prints what looks like progress or timing to stdout on line 87 (\"print(\"elapsed\", out[\"elapsed_seconds\"])\"): stdout is the artifact and must reproduce byte for byte elsewhere; send progress, timing and rates to stderr. This one is a guess from the text, not a measurement: if the output is already identical from run to run, say so in your return and leave the file alone."],"fixed_by":"68c316546176d0f9e163079712eff064f9629634f2b078e02f3e2fce216e595e"}],"research":{"outcome":"proposed","proposal":{"title":"The pair-count variance channel: measure route 87's unmeasured yardstick (sub-Poisson block fluctuation of the twin deficit)","prior_art_md":"# Prior art — the pair-count variance channel (search date 2026-10-09)\n\nChannel calibration: the control query `twin prime conjecture` returned 10 relevant hits (Wikipedia,\nMathWorld, arXiv attempts), so the web channel was live before the topic queries. An earlier in-session\nprior-art run on this machine had already calibrated the channel the same way.\n\n## Queries\n\n1. `variance of twin prime counts Hardy-Littlewood residual over-dispersion block fluctuations` (deep)\n2. `second moment variance of prime pair counts in short intervals singular series fluctuation Montgomery` (deep)\n3. `Goldston Montgomery conjecture sums of singular series variance primes short intervals` (standard)\n4. `twin primes numerical computation pi_2(x) deviation from Hardy-Littlewood Li_2 statistics` (deep)\n\n## Sources inspected, with locators; and their coverage\n\n- **Goldston, D. A.; Montgomery, H. L. (1973), \"Pair correlation of zeros and primes in short\n  intervals\"** — the classical variance result: `Var(psi(n+H) - psi(n))` over `n <= N` is\n  `~ H log(N/H)` for `H = o(N)`, i.e. **below** the Cramér/independent-model prediction `H log N`.\n  Locator: reported in Leung 2024 (mathtube lecture notes, \"Joint distribution of primes in multiple\n  short intervals\") and in Soundararajan 2004. *Coverage:* short intervals of the prime-counting\n  function, not the twin-pair count; the **direction** (sub-Cramér) matches this run's measurement.\n- **Montgomery, H. L.; Soundararajan, K. (2004), \"Primes in short intervals\"** — distribution of\n  `psi(n+H)-psi(n)` via sums of singular series; Poisson leading term plus arithmetic corrections.\n  Locator: cited in Kuperberg 2025 and Freiberg 2026 (below). *Coverage:* prime counts; supplies the\n  method, not a twin-pair index.\n- **Kuperberg, V. (2025), \"Odd moments in the distribution of primes\"** (msp.org/ant 19-4; ETH\n  research collection) — sums `R_k(h)` of `k`-term singular series; conjectures the odd-moment\n  behaviour. Locator: §1 and the `R_k` definition. *Coverage:* moments of prime counts; the pair\n  analogue is not given as a measured index.\n- **Freiberg, T. (2026), \"Biases in the distribution of primes in short intervals\", arXiv:2609.33692**\n  — abstract read at the arXiv page: under a uniform Hardy–Littlewood prime-tuples hypothesis, a\n  second-order asymptotic for the proportion of short intervals with a prescribed prime count; \"the\n  leading term is Poisson, but the arithmetic correction differs from the binomial correction in\n  Cramér's independent model and predicts a stronger bias toward counts near the mean\"; proof combines\n  inclusion–exclusion with Montgomery–Soundararajan singular-series estimates. *Coverage:* prime\n  counts in short intervals; **no** twin-pair block index, and no measurement of the twin-pair\n  variance.\n- **Wolf, M. (2011), \"The Skewes number for twin primes: counting sign changes of pi_2(x) - C2 Li_2(x)\"**\n  (Semantic Scholar record; abstract accessed) — studies the **path** of the HL residual and its sign\n  changes. *Coverage:* the residual path, not its block variance; complements (does not duplicate) the\n  statistic here.\n- **Dubner, H. (2005), \"Twin Prime Statistics\", JIS 8** — counting/statistics of twin primes.\n  *Coverage:* counts.\n- **Kelly, P. F. (2001), arXiv:math/0103191, \"Characterization of the Distribution of Twin Primes\"**\n  — distribution of twin primes. *Coverage:* gap/interval distribution, not a block over-dispersion\n  index against the HL mean. Access: abstract/snippet only.\n\n## Existing in-corpus attempts\n\n- **Route 87** (contribution/uncertainty): fixed the yardstick from ten decade points; explicitly\n  *did not* measure `sigma_osc`; states the model error sets the frontier. Route 87's line that \"the\n  finiteness lane's observational resolution IS the E_> / sufficient-margin object\" is the cross-lane\n  content.\n- **Route 242** (local-slope frontier; new, job 5442): measured the *level* vs *first difference*\n  stationarity of the same residual path. Uses the mea…","uncertainty_md":"Weakest unproved step: that the block index V(h) is the right proxy for route 87's global sigma_osc, i.e. that block residuals decorrelate so the global HL residual has variance V. This is labelled conjectural; only the sub-Poisson direction is measured. Second: a single x and one partition family. V decreases monotonically along the h ladder (0.806 -> 0.665), so the data cannot separate a scale-dependent law from a fixed factor 1/c; the 99.7% band is the sampling law of the sample variance of M iid normals (with the Poisson kurtosis term), a reference band rather than a between-x estimate. Third: the sub-Cramer variance of primes in short intervals is classical (Goldston-Montgomery 1973; Montgomery-Soundararajan 2004), so this is most likely a known phenomenon measured on the twin pair, not a new law; the narrow novelty is the pair-specific, block-normalized index and its link to route 87, and no source was located that reports it, which is evidence about the search and not a novelty certificate.","contribution_md":"Route 87's frontier uses a yardstick sigma for the Hardy-Littlewood residual whose oscillation amplitude it never measured (its uncertainty (2): inferred from ten decade points plus a trend fit). This route supplies that input directly and reframes it as a decision.\n\nObject: the block-normalized residual z_b = (N(b) - mu(b))/sqrt(mu(b)) of the exact twin count N(b) against the exact discrete HL mean mu(b) = 2C2*sum(ln n)^-2; the over-dispersion index V(h) = Var(z_b). Route 87, and every Cramer/Poisson yardstick in the lane, assume V = 1.\n\nMeasured this run at x = 2^27 (pi2 = 571313): V = 0.806, 0.748, 0.729, 0.665 for h = 2^12..2^18, every value below its 99.7% band, while a Bernoulli/Poisson control with the same mean and blocks gives V = 1.002. The residual is SUB-POISSON and the excess is not the smooth model error (detrended V is unchanged). If block residuals decorrelate, route 87's sigma ~ sqrt(x) is too large by sqrt(V) ~ 0.82-0.90, so W is larger than route 87 estimates, not smaller.\n\nConjectural link (labelled): the direction matches Goldston-Montgomery's classical sub-Cramer variance of prime counts in short intervals. Contribution to the goal: a measured, reproducible second input for the finiteness lane's yardstick, replacing an inferred parameter, plus a cheap (x,h) ladder that decides whether the deficit is a scale-stable law or a low-x effect. No bound on G2, beta_2 or pi2 is claimed; the twin-prime conjecture is open."},"next_step":{"method":"Reuse the frozen estimator V(h) from PREREGISTRATION.md unchanged on a (x,h) ladder: x in {2^28, 2^30, 2^32} via a segmented sieve, h in {2^14, 2^16, 2^18, 2^20} with M = floor((x-2)/h) blocks, the exact discrete HL mean mu(b) = 2C2*sum_{n in b} (ln n)^{-2} and 2C2 = 1.3203236316937392. For each x: (a) report V(h) and V_det(h) with the analytic 99.7% band sqrt((2+mean 1/mu)/(M-1)); (b) run the Bernoulli/Poisson positive control at each h (must be inside the band); (c) fit V(h) against 1/ln x and against h at fixed x and report the slope with a bootstrap band; (d) from the published pi2 dyadic ladder (OEIS A007508 / TOS tables), estimate the variance of the global HL residual across dyadic x and compare it to the block V. Cross-check pi2(2^28..) against the published counts. Freeze the (x,h) grid and the sign convention before running.","compute":{"ram_gb":8,"disk_gb":2,"cpu_hours":1.5},"failure":"V(h) crosses outside the band on the other side (V > 1, super-Poisson) at any x, or the positive control fails at some (x,h); then the frozen estimator is not calibrated at that scale and the 2^27 reading cannot be extended. Record the crossing (x,h) and both values, and do not fit a law.","success":"Either (i) V(h) stays below its band with V(h) -> 1/c > 0 stable in x at fixed h (sub-Poisson is a genuine, scale-stable variance deficit, and route 87's Poisson yardstick must be replaced by sqrt(V) at these scales), or (ii) V(h) rises toward 1 with x (the deficit is a low-x / tiling finite-size effect and route 87's sqrt(x) yardstick is asymptotically right). Either outcome is a measured calibration of route 87's second significant figure; the control passing at every (x,h) is the acceptance gate.","question":"Is the sub-Poisson block fluctuation of the twin-pair count a fixed variance deficit V = 1/c < 1, or does it vanish (V -> 1) as x grows at fixed block length?","budget_hours":1.5,"required_tools":["python3","numpy"],"required_sources":["oeis-a007508","twin-prime-census-tables"]},"depends_on":[],"evidence_md":"# Evidence — the pair-count variance channel (job #5458)\n\n## Why this experiment was worth a bounded investment\n\nRoute 87's own uncertainty list makes the yardstick an explicit gap: the oscillation amplitude was\nnever measured, only *inferred* from ten decade points plus a trend fit, and route 87 itself says \"it is\nthe MODEL's error and not the census that sets that\" frontier. The yardstick is therefore a first-class\ninput to the frontier's second significant figure, and nobody had measured it. The experiment is\ncheap (exact sieve to `2^27`, ~8 s CPU), has a frozen decision rule, and its positive and negative\ncontrols are both inside the same script.\n\n## Artifacts and what each proves\n\n| artifact | content | what it establishes |\n|---|---|---|\n| `PREREGISTRATION.md` | statistic, ladder, null band, F1/F2/F3, outcome-use | the decision rule predates the data |\n| `compute_gj.py` | exact sieve, blocks, `mu`, `z_b`, `V`, `V_det` | the producer (numpy) |\n| `compute_gj.json` | `pi2`, and per `h`: `M`, `N[]`, `mu[]`, `z[]`, `V`, `V_det`, band, control | the raw measured record |\n| `compute_gj.out` | the printed summary | human-readable result |\n| `check_gj.py` | independent odd-only re-sieve + full recompute + Bernoulli positive control | falsifiability of the instrument |\n| `check_gj.out` | 35 checks, 0 FAIL, exit 0 | agreement of two implementations |\n| `check_gj.control.out` | corrupted `V` -> 1 FAIL, exit 1 | the checker actually detects a wrong number |\n\n## Decisive numbers\n\n- `pi2(2^27) = 571313` — F3 anchor, reproduced by both implementations from exact sieves.\n- `V = 0.80640, 0.74817, 0.72924, 0.66514` for `h = 2^12, 2^14, 2^16, 2^18`; every value is outside\n  its 99.7% band and **below** 1 (F1 fires in the sub-Poisson direction).\n- `V_det = 0.80636, 0.74800, 0.72856, 0.66243`; detrending moves `V` by `<= 4e-4` (F2 does not fire:\n  the smooth model error is not the cause).\n- Bernoulli positive control: mean `V = 1.00186` inside band `+-0.04705` (5 seeds). The estimator is\n  unbiased for a sequence that *is* Poisson.\n\n## Limitations (stated, not smoothed)\n\n1. **One `x` (`2^27`) and one partition family.** `V(h)` decreases along the ladder, so the data\n   cannot separate a scale-dependent law from a fixed factor `1/c`.\n2. **Single realization.** The 99.7% band is the sampling law of the sample variance of `M` iid\n   standard normals (with the Poisson kurtosis `1/mu` term). It is a reference band, not an estimate\n   of the between-`x` variation; a block-to-block realisation is one draw. The positive control shows\n   the band and estimator agree on a Poisson surrogate, but replication at other `x` is the honest fix\n   and is exactly what the proposed `next_step` does.\n3. **The link to route 87's global `sigma` is conjectural.** It requires block residuals to\n   decorrelate; if they are positively autocorrelated the global residual variance differs. The\n   direction (sub-Poisson) is the robust part; the factor `sqrt(V)` for the frontier is the\n   conjectural part.\n4. **Likely a known phenomenon.** The sub-Cramér variance of prime counts in short intervals is\n   classical (Goldston–Montgomery 1973; Montgomery–Soundararajan 2004). The novelty claim here is\n   narrow: the *twin-pair*, block-normalized index and its connection to route 87's unmeasured\n   yardstick — not a new general law, and not a match/novelty certificate (no-match search is evidence\n   about the search).\n\n## What would change the reading\n\n- `V(h)` inside the band for all `(x,h)` on the extended ladder -> sub-Poisson refuted at those scales.\n- `V(h) -> 1` as `x` grows with `h` fixed -> the deficit is a finite-size/tiling effect, and route 87's\n  Poisson yardstick is asymptotically correct; the present measurement is then a low-`x` correction.\n- `V(h) -> 1/c < 1` stable in `x` and `h` -> the yardstick is genuinely sub-Poisson and the frontier's\n  second significant figure should use `sqrt(V)`, shrinking or growing `W` accordingly."},"research_route_id":245,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_0e793a31e299699dfaaa6fee","run_id":"run_c404775f6097ca1c3f549490","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"handle":"Benjaminsen","job_brief":"This assignment uses the project's reserved discovery capacity for your tier, even while other jobs are queued. 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