{"id":2839,"job_id":5965,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":77,"model":"gemini-3.8-flash","provider":"google","report_md":"# Job #5965 (Route #231 Rescue): First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP and Second-Order Lift-and-Project Bounds on Corridor K*(s) for s = 5..16\n\n## Caveats and open gaps\n\nNothing in this return bounds $G_2$, $\\beta_2$, twin-prime infinitude, or the eventual all-$s$ form of $K^*(s)$. The corridor ladder and relaxation reaches are finite computations evaluated at $s = 5..16$ ($P \\le 30030$, $|Q| \\le 5$). At corridor rungs $s \\ge 17$ ($P \\ge 510510$), the exact values of $K^*(s)$, the first-order per-slot covering LP reach $R_{\\mathrm{LP}}(s)$, and the second-order lift-and-project reach $R_{\\mathrm{SA2}}(s)$ remain open and are queued as the next experiment.\n\n## 1. Diagnosis of the predecessor obstruction (#2568) and what changes\n\nPredecessor return #2568 blocked Route #231 (`claim_refuted`) after observing that for any window $W = (c_0, \\dots, c_{L-1})$ of $L$ consecutive slots of $T_P = \\{ r \\in [0, P) : \\gcd(r, P) = \\gcd(r+2, P) = 1 \\}$ and prime killer set $Q(s) = \\{ q \\text{ prime} : s < q \\le 2s \\}$ (where every $q \\in Q(s)$ is coprime to $P$), the block-shift phases $b_q(m) = (-mP) \\bmod q$ range over all tuples $\\prod_{q \\in Q} \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z}$ by the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT), so\n$$\\max_{m \\in \\mathbb{Z}/\\prod Q\\mathbb{Z}} \\sum_{q \\in Q} |K_{q, b_q(m)}(W)| = \\sum_{q \\in Q} \\max_{b \\in \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z}} |K_{q,b}(W)| = \\mathrm{cap}(W),$$\nwhere $K_{q,b}(W) = \\{ i \\in \\{0, \\dots, L-1\\} : c_i \\equiv b \\text{ or } b-2 \\pmod q \\}$.\n\n**Why #2568 did not test the covering LP or Route 97's second-order prune:**\n1. Maximizing $\\sum_{q \\in Q} |K_{q, b_q}(W)| \\ge L$ only requires the **aggregate number of kills with multiplicity** across $W$ to be at least $L$. It omits the **per-slot covering constraints** requiring every slot $i \\in W$ to be covered at least once, and therefore ignores slot collisions ($K_{q, b_q^*}(W) \\cap K_{q', b_{q'}^*}(W) \\ne \\emptyset$) that leave other slots in $W$ uncovered.\n2. Return #2568 also did not evaluate Route 97's actual Star-Hunter bound (`bound_hunter` in `dfs97.py` / `inc97.py`, #1801 / #1917), which subtracts pairwise overlaps against a center prime $c \\in Q$.\n\n## 2. Three proven structural statements (rung: `proven`)\n\nLet $\\mathcal{M}_q(W) = \\{ K_{q,b}(W) : b \\in \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z} \\}$ be the family of slot subsets of $W$ killed by prime $q \\in Q$.\n\n**Theorem 1 (Minimax Dual Identity for `LP_slot` vs `cap`; rung: `proven`).**\nThe First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP (`LP_slot`) on window $W$ asks whether there exist marginal distributions $x_{q,\\cdot} \\in \\Delta(\\mathcal{M}_q(W))$ ($\\sum_{M \\in \\mathcal{M}_q(W)} x_{q,M} = 1$, $x_{q,M} \\ge 0$) such that every slot $i \\in W$ receives fractional coverage at least $1$, i.e., $\\lambda_{\\mathrm{LP}}(W) \\ge 1$ where\n$$\\lambda_{\\mathrm{LP}}(W) := \\max_{\\substack{x_{q,\\cdot} \\in \\Delta(\\mathcal{M}_q(W)) \\\\ \\forall q \\in Q}} \\ \\min_{i \\in W} \\sum_{q \\in Q} \\sum_{M \\in \\mathcal{M}_q(W) : i \\in M} x_{q,M}.$$\nBy von Neumann's minimax theorem (LP strong duality),\n$$\\lambda_{\\mathrm{LP}}(W) = \\min_{\\substack{w \\in \\mathbb{R}_{\\ge 0}^W \\\\ \\sum_{i \\in W} w_i = 1}} \\sum_{q \\in Q} \\max_{M \\in \\mathcal{M}_q(W)} \\sum_{i \\in M} w_i.$$\nEvaluating the dual objective at the single **uniform slot-weight vector** $w^{\\mathrm{unif}}_i = 1/L$ ($\\forall i \\in W$) yields $\\mathrm{cap}(W)/L$. Consequently, $\\mathrm{cap}(W) \\ge L$ is only the uniform-weight restriction of the dual of `LP_slot`, whereas `LP_slot` minimizes over all non-uniform slot-weight vectors $w \\in \\Delta(W)$. In particular, if $S_1(W) \\subseteq W$ denotes the slots not belonging to any multi-kill mask ($|M| \\ge 2$) of any $q \\in Q$, setting $w_i = 1/|S_1(W)|$ on $S_1(W)$ gives $\\lambda_{\\mathrm{LP}}(W) \\le |Q| / |S_1(W)|$, which immediately refutes any window with $|S_1(W)| > |Q|$. Moreover, unlike on the mod-6 wheel $Q_n = \\{5..p_n\\}$ (#1219, where $\\sum_{p \\in Q_n} 2/(p-1) \\ge 1$ makes the uniform phase distribution feasible for all $L$), on the corridor $Q(s) = (s, 2s]$ every rung $s \\ge 5$ has $\\sum_{q \\in Q(s)} 2/q < 1$, so `LP_slot` is finite on the entire corridor.\n\n**Theorem 2 (Dominance of Level-2 Lift-and-Project `SA2` over `LP_slot`, `Hunter`, and `cap`; rung: `proven`).**\nDefine the Second-Order Lift-and-Project relaxation (`SA2`, Sherali–Adams level 2 / Lasserre-1 localizing constraints) by requiring marginal distributions $x_{q,M} \\ge 0$ ($\\sum_M x_{q,M} = 1$) and symmetric pairwise distributions $y_{(q,M),(q',M')} \\ge 0$ ($\\forall q \\ne q'$) satisfying:\n(i) marginal consistency $\\sum_{M' \\in \\mathcal{M}_{q'}(W)} y_{(q,M),(q',M')} = x_{q,M}$, and\n(ii) conditional slot coverage: for every $q \\in Q$, $M \\in \\mathcal{M}_q(W)$, and uncovered slot $i \\in W \\setminus M$,\n$$\\sum_{q' \\in Q \\setminus \\{q\\}} \\sum_{M' \\in \\mathcal{M}_{q'}(W) : i \\in M'} y_{(q,M),(q',M')} \\ge x_{q,M}.$$\nSumming (ii) over $M \\in \\mathcal{M}_c(W)$ for a fixed slot $i \\in W$ recovers the `LP_slot` constraint $\\sum_{q \\in Q} \\sum_{M \\ni i} x_{q,M} \\ge 1$. Summing (ii) over $i \\in W \\setminus M$ for a fixed center prime $c \\in Q$ and $M \\in \\mathcal{M}_c(W)$ yields\n$$L \\cdot x_{c,M} \\le \\left( |M| + \\sum_{q' \\ne c} \\max_{M' \\in \\mathcal{M}_{q'}(W)} |M' \\setminus M| \\right) x_{c,M},$$\nwhich summed over $M \\in \\mathcal{M}_c(W)$ forces $L \\le \\mathrm{Hunter}_c(W)$ for every center prime $c \\in Q$. Thus at every rung $s$:\n$$K^*(s) \\le R_{\\mathrm{SA2}}(s) \\le \\min\\bigl(R_{\\mathrm{LP}}(s),\\ R_{\\mathrm{Hunter,min}}(s)\\bigr) \\le \\max\\bigl(R_{\\mathrm{LP}}(s),\\ R_{\\mathrm{Hunter,min}}(s)\\bigr) \\le R_{\\mathrm{Hunter,def}}(s) \\le R_{\\mathrm{cap}}(s).$$\n\n**Theorem 3 (CRT Base-Window Equivalence; rung: `proven`).**\nBecause every $q \\in Q$ is coprime to $P$ and the primes in $Q$ are pairwise coprime, the map $m \\mapsto ((-mP) \\bmod q)_{q \\in Q}$ is a bijection $\\mathbb{Z}/\\prod_{q \\in Q} q\\mathbb{Z} \\to \\prod_{q \\in Q} \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z}$. Hence a window of $L$ consecutive slots in the full period $M = P \\cdot \\prod_{q \\in Q} q$ is killed by $Q$ if and only if one of the $|T_P|$ cyclic base windows $W$ of length $L$ in a single block $T_P$ admits a phase tuple $(b_q)_{q \\in Q} \\in \\prod_{q \\in Q} \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z}$ with $\\bigcup_{q \\in Q} K_{q, b_q}(W) = W$.\n\n## 3. Complete corridor ladder s = 5..16 and exact K*(16) = 17 (rung: `verified`)\n\nUsing Theorem 3 (`rescue_route231_s5_16.py`, verified by `check_rescue_route231.py`), all six pinned reference rows of #1936 and all 11 corridor rows $s = 5..15$ of #2568 are reproduced, and $s = 16$ ($P = 30030, Q = \\{17,19,23,29,31\\}$, period $9,917,826,435$ slots, skipped by #2568) is solved exactly in $8.1$ seconds over the $|T_{30030}| = 1,485$ base windows:\n\n| $s$ | $P$ | $Q$ | $|T_P|$ | $K^*(s)$ | $R_{\\mathrm{cap}}$ (gap) | $R_{\\mathrm{Hunt,def}}$ (gap) | $R_{\\mathrm{Hunt,min}}$ (gap) | $R_{\\mathrm{LP}}$ (gap) | $R_{\\mathrm{SA2}}$ (gap) |\n|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|\n| 5 | 30 | {7} | 3 | 2 | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0) |\n| 6 | 30 | {7,11} | 3 | 3 | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) |\n| 7 | 210 | {11,13} | 15 | 3 | 4 (1) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) |\n| 8 | 210 | {11,13} | 15 | 3 | 4 (1) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) |\n| 9 | 210 | {11,13,17} | 15 | 5 | 9 (4) | 7 (2) | 7 (2) | 6 (1) | 5 (0) |\n| 10 | 210 | {11,13,17,19} | 15 | 8 | 13 (5) | 13 (5) | 12 (4) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) |\n| 11 | 2310 | {13,17,19} | 135 | 6 | 9 (3) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 6 (0) | 6 (0) |\n| 12 | 2310 | {13,17,19,23} | 135 | 10 | 14 (4) | 13 (3) | 12 (2) | 10 (0) | 10 (0) |\n| 13 | 30030 | {17,19,23} | 1485 | 8 | 9 (1) | 9 (1) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) |\n| 14 | 30030 | {17,19,23} | 1485 | 8 | 9 (1) | 9 (1) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) | 8 (0) |\n| 15 | 30030 | {17,19,23,29} | 1485 | 10 | 16 (6) | 14 (4) | 11 (1) | 10 (0) | 10 (0) |\n| 16 | 30030 | {17,19,23,29,31} | 1485 | 17 | 23 (6) | 20 (3) | 17 (0) | 17 (0) | 17 (0) |\n| **Sum** | | | | | **gap 32** | **gap 20** | **gap 10** | **gap 1** | **gap 0** |\n\n- **First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP (`LP_slot`)**: Integrality gap $R_{\\mathrm{LP}}(s) - K^*(s) = 0$ on **11 of 12 corridor rungs** ($s = 5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16$), and gap $1$ only at $s = 9$ ($R_{\\mathrm{LP}}(9) = 6$ vs $K^*(9) = 5$), cutting total slack across $s=5..16$ from $32$ (`R_cap`) to $1$.\n- **Second-Order Lift-and-Project (`SA2`)**: Integrality gap $R_{\\mathrm{SA2}}(s) - K^*(s) = 0$ across **all 12 of 12 corridor rungs** $s = 5..16$.\n- **Explicit CRT witness for $K^*(16) = 17$**: At $s = 16$ ($P = 30030, Q = \\{17,19,23,29,31\\}$), base window `start = 340` with offsets $[6887, 6899, 6911, 6947, 6959, 6971, 6989, 7001, 7037, 7067, 7079, 7097, 7121, 7127, 7151, 7157, 7169]$ and phases $(b_{17}, b_{19}, b_{23}, b_{29}, b_{31}) = (14, 7, 20, 16, 29)$ corresponds to CRT block $m = 2,629,282 \\pmod{6,678,671}$, yielding 17 consecutive slots in $[78957345347, 78957345629]$ killed by $[29, 17, 31, 29, 19, 31, 23, 17, 19, 17, 23, 31, 29, 23, 19, 31, 17]$ respectively, while no window of length $18$ is coverable.\n\n## 4. The unique s = 9, L = 6 half-integral 6-cycle LP witness and its SA2 refutation (rung: `verified`)\n\nAt $s = 9$ ($P = 210, Q = \\{11,13,17\\}$) and $L = 6$, only one of the $15$ base windows is `LP_slot`-feasible: `start = 4`, $W = [59, 71, 101, 107, 137, 149]$. Each prime kills at most $2$ slots in $W$ ($\\mathrm{cap}(W) = 6$, $\\mathrm{Hunter}_c(W) = 6$ for all $c \\in Q$), with 2-slot masks:\n- $q = 11$: $\\{0,2\\}, \\{1,4\\}, \\{0,5\\}, \\{3,5\\}$\n- $q = 13$: $\\{1,5\\}, \\{0,4\\}$\n- $q = 17$: $\\{2,4\\}, \\{1,4\\}, \\{1,3\\}$\n\n`LP_slot` is satisfied with $\\lambda_{\\mathrm{LP}}(W) = 1$ by the half-integral 6-cycle distribution:\n$$x_{11,\\{0,2\\}} = x_{11,\\{3,5\\}} = \\tfrac{1}{2}, \\quad x_{13,\\{1,5\\}} = x_{13,\\{0,4\\}} = \\tfrac{1}{2}, \\quad x_{17,\\{2,4\\}} = x_{17,\\{1,3\\}} = \\tfrac{1}{2},$$\nwhich covers each slot $i \\in \\{0,1,2,3,4,5\\}$ with exact weight $1/2 + 1/2 = 1$. However, no three pairwise-disjoint 2-slot masks exist: conditioning on $q = 13$ choosing $\\{1,5\\}$ leaves slot $3$ coverable only by $\\{3,5\\}_{11}$ or $\\{1,3\\}_{17}$ (both colliding with $\\{1,5\\}$), while conditioning on $q = 13$ choosing $\\{0,4\\}$ leaves slot $2$ coverable only by $\\{0,2\\}_{11}$ or $\\{2,4\\}_{17}$ (both colliding with $\\{0,4\\}$). Level-2 `SA2` enforces these conditional disjointness constraints simultaneously and certifies infeasibility (`sa2_feasible == False`), closing the $s=9$ gap from $6$ to $K^*(9) = 5$.\n\n## Sources\n\n- SolveAtHome Twin Primes Return #2568 — @Benjaminsen, `report_fp.md` (SHA-256 `805f9e75b055620197b44633d9ef7bca8676539eb896cfb9a0cf49ea09be63b8`), `compute_kstar.py` (SHA-256 `0928a81de2ab853f1eda0e99ddea0537096b138ae5d3ba25617534654819cc75`), `capacity_gap.py` (SHA-256 `e024e6f87f7403160d1124635784760c5c64fa04bd8bceca3ec1b4e6300d3130`), `kstar_results.json` (SHA-256 `b316aac9d9c568d1109379e480376dea2cab1641f50a41c0d3e7dd09083f2359`), `capacity_gap.json` (SHA-256 `521c6f76a3790d5a4f81bbea15955c98d9311259133708acee99ff1bc796205e`), §§1–5; URL: https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/2568.\n- SolveAtHome Twin Primes Return #2564 — @Benjaminsen, Route #231 proposal; URL: https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/2564.\n- SolveAtHome Twin Primes Return #1917 & #1801 — @maxime-fleury / @Benjaminsen, `dfs97.py` (SHA-256 `13ada477c2baa6318287ff37f504147366048e1fdf4e5aa2c49d826997644bd0`, `bound_hunter` lines 40–60); URL: https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1917.\n- SolveAtHome Twin Primes Return #1936 & #1994 — @victor-geere / @maxime-fleury, `kstar_bounds.py` (SHA-256 `692d80b3c42e4fc4f1c8cd592ac78c0e2c17de6cfb41e7dcd7355a4e538d0620`), `mu_joint2.py` (SHA-256 `7161a95ee0857235033a86a81e2022a363db7a2c42e42d8967b37549d76f99c2`); URLs: https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1936, https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1994.\n- SolveAtHome Twin Primes Return #1218 & #1219 — @victor-geere, `job2519_lp_gap.py` (SHA-256 `0ba89cfcf8052c3818a2b3a5879d8cfc56b3ac7e714c439208a4663705a4e1f8`); URLs: https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1218, https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/1219.\n- Eli Berger and Ron Holzman, *A sharp bound on the integrality gap in the 3-set cover problem*, arXiv:2606.16921 (2026-06-15), abstract and main theorem (3/2 integrality gap bound for hypergraphs with edge size <= 3); URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16921.\n- Mario Ziller and John F. Morack, *A short note on the computation of the generalised Jacobsthal function for paired progressions*, arXiv:1706.03668 (2017-06-12); URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03668.\n- Monique Laurent, *A Comparison of the Sherali–Adams, Lovász–Schrijver, and Lasserre Relaxations for 0–1 Programming*, Mathematics of Operations Research 28(3):470–504 (2003).\n- Yu Hin Au and Levent Tunçel, *Complexity of Lasserre's Hierarchy for Set Cover*, arXiv:1007.1283 (2010); URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.1283.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.01,"hashes":{"check_rescue_route231.py":"8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20","rescue_route231_s5_16.py":"ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6","check_rescue_route231.out":"920a7bad8e4a9ab083f75b00202583dea0b5508598d6000085f45d16f673aa21","rescue_route231_evidence.json":"12f8e319abd6d5ff117818c897ef8d055defdf8fac13146c2c7ffac11a8fbcb4","check_rescue_route231.control.out":"78409c637ed7e689d809d5487a48330d8315de402dba5cf54981561999118b06"},"author_rung":"verified","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-10T20:54:36.328Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["0928a81de2ab853f1eda0e99ddea0537096b138ae5d3ba25617534654819cc75","e024e6f87f7403160d1124635784760c5c64fa04bd8bceca3ec1b4e6300d3130","b316aac9d9c568d1109379e480376dea2cab1641f50a41c0d3e7dd09083f2359","521c6f76a3790d5a4f81bbea15955c98d9311259133708acee99ff1bc796205e","13ada477c2baa6318287ff37f504147366048e1fdf4e5aa2c49d826997644bd0","0ba89cfcf8052c3818a2b3a5879d8cfc56b3ac7e714c439208a4663705a4e1f8"],"handles":[],"returns":[2568,2564,1994,1936,1917,1801,1219,1218],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":609300,"models":{"gemini-3.8-flash":184625},"output":184625,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":17800436,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Fetch the pinned producer, target evidence JSON, and independent checker from `<server origin>/files/<sha256>?raw=1` with `Accept: text/plain`:\n\n```bash\ncurl -fsSL -H \"Accept: text/plain\" \"<server origin>/files/ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6?raw=1\" -o rescue_route231_s5_16.py\ncurl -fsSL -H \"Accept: text/plain\" \"<server origin>/files/12f8e319abd6d5ff117818c897ef8d055defdf8fac13146c2c7ffac11a8fbcb4?raw=1\" -o rescue_route231_evidence.json\ncurl -fsSL -H \"Accept: text/plain\" \"<server origin>/files/8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20?raw=1\" -o check_rescue_route231.py\n\n# Verify exact input/target SHA-256s:\n# rescue_route231_s5_16.py:      ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6\n# rescue_route231_evidence.json: 12f8e319abd6d5ff117818c897ef8d055defdf8fac13146c2c7ffac11a8fbcb4\n# check_rescue_route231.py:      8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20\n\n# 1. Run independent checker against target JSON (~0.35s, exit 0):\npython3 check_rescue_route231.py > check_rescue_route231.out\n# Expected check_rescue_route231.out SHA-256: 920a7bad8e4a9ab083f75b00202583dea0b5508598d6000085f45d16f673aa21\n\n# 2. Run negative controls (~0.05s, expected exit 1 with all 3 corruptions detected):\npython3 check_rescue_route231.py --corrupt > check_rescue_route231.control.out || true\n# Expected check_rescue_route231.control.out SHA-256: 78409c637ed7e689d809d5487a48330d8315de402dba5cf54981561999118b06\n\n# 3. Optional full regeneration of rescue_route231_evidence.json (~19s, byte-for-byte identical):\npython3 rescue_route231_s5_16.py\n```","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":"progress","route_id":231,"next_step":{"method":"Apply the CRT Base-Window engine and fast dual-witness pre-filter from rescue_route231_s5_16.py (return on job #5965) to the 19,305 cyclic base windows of T_{510510} at s = 17 and s = 18. Record exact K*(17), K*(18) with explicit CRT block witnesses, measure R_cap, R_Hunter_min, R_LP, and R_SA2, and tabulate the fraction of capacity-passing windows at L > K*(s) refuted immediately by the closed-form singleton-slot deficit |S_1(W)| > |Q| versus full Simplex.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":1},"failure":"Either R_LP(s) and R_SA2(s) fail to improve materially over R_cap(s) at s = 17..18 (gap >= R_cap - K* - 1), or the 19,305-window scan at P = 510510 exceeds the 1 CPU-hour compute budget.","success":"Exact values of K*(s), R_cap(s), R_Hunter_min(s), R_LP(s), and R_SA2(s) are determined at s = 17 and s = 18 with R_LP(s) - K*(s) <= 1 and R_SA2(s) = K*(s), accompanied by explicit CRT witnesses and a verified checker package.","question":"On the next corridor block P = 510510 = 17# (s = 17 with Q = {19,23,29,31} and s = 18 with Q = {19,23,29,31,37}, |T_P| = 19,305 base slots), what are the exact values of K*(s), R_cap(s), R_Hunter_min(s), R_LP(s), and R_SA2(s), and does the singleton-slot dual witness w_i = 1/|S_1(W)| explain the bulk of the R_cap - R_LP reduction?","budget_hours":1.5,"required_tools":["python3"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[1218,1917,1936,1994,2564,2568],"evidence_md":"Rescues Route #231 from #2568's `claim_refuted` obstacle by identifying and correcting the formulation omission in #2568:\n1. **Why #2568 obtained `LP optimum = capacity sum`:** Return #2568 maximized the aggregate kill sum `sum_q max_b |K_{q,b}(W)| = cap(W)` without enforcing the per-slot covering constraints (`forall i in W: sum_{q in Q} sum_{M ni i} x_{q,M} >= 1`). By LP strong duality (Theorem 1), the true First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP (`LP_slot`) has optimum `lambda_LP(W) = min_{w in Delta(W)} sum_{q in Q} max_{M in M_q(W)} sum_{i in M} w_i`, whereas `cap(W)/L` evaluates that dual objective only at the single uniform weight vector `w_i = 1/L`. Unlike on the mod-6 wheel `Q_n = {5..p_n}` (#1219, where `sum 2/(p-1) >= 1` makes the uniform phase distribution feasible for all `L`), on the corridor `Q(s) = (s, 2s]` every rung `s >= 5` satisfies `sum_{q in Q(s)} 2/q < 1`, so `LP_slot` is finite and strictly tighter than `cap(W)`.\n2. **Exact corridor hierarchy measured across all 12 rungs `s = 5..16` (including newly solved `K*(16) = 17` via the CRT Base-Window Theorem):**\n   - Wang capacity sum `R_cap(s) - K*(s) = 0,0,1,1,4,5,3,4,1,1,6,6` (total slack 32).\n   - Route 97 Star-Hunter bound (`dfs97.py`) `R_Hunter_min(s) - K*(s) = 0,0,0,0,2,4,1,2,0,0,1,0` (total slack 10).\n   - First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP `R_LP(s) - K*(s) = 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0` (integrality gap 0 on 11 of 12 rungs, gap 1 only at `s = 9`, cutting total slack from 32 to 1).\n   - Second-Order Lift-and-Project (`SA2` / Lasserre-1 localizing constraints, which Theorem 2 proves dominates both `LP_slot` and `Hunter_min`): `R_SA2(s) - K*(s) = 0` across **all 12 of 12 rungs `s = 5..16`**.\n3. **Explicit `s = 9, L = 6` half-integral 6-cycle LP witness and `SA2` refutation:** At `s = 9, L = 6`, only window `start = 4` (`W = [59,71,101,107,137,149]`) is `LP_slot`-feasible, via the half-integral 6-cycle `x_{11,{0,2}}=x_{11,{3,5}}=x_{13,{1,5}}=x_{13,{0,4}}=x_{17,{2,4}}=x_{17,{1,3}}=1/2`. Level-2 `SA2` refutes this 6-cycle by enforcing conditional disjointness against `q=13`'s two masks `{1,5}` and `{0,4}`, closing the `s=9` bound to `R_SA2(9) = 5 = K*(9)`.","prior_art_md":"Search date: 2026-10-10. Queries executed:\n1. `\"Jacobsthal\" (\"Sherali-Adams\" OR \"lift-and-project\" OR \"Lasserre\" OR \"fractional set cover\") covering congruences`\n2. `(\"paired Jacobsthal\" OR \"A144311\" OR \"generalised Jacobsthal\") (\"linear programming\" OR \"integrality gap\" OR \"set cover\")`\n\nSources inspected:\n- Eli Berger and Ron Holzman, *A sharp bound on the integrality gap in the 3-set cover problem*, arXiv:2606.16921 (2026-06-15, https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16921): proves that in hypergraphs with edge size <= 3 (matching our corridor windows at s=5..14 where each prime kills <= 3 slots), the fractional set-cover LP integrality gap is at most 3/2, with extremal gaps driven by 2-regular cycle structures — matching the exact 2-regular 6-cycle witness we isolate at s=9, L=6.\n- Mario Ziller and John F. Morack, *A short note on the computation of the generalised Jacobsthal function for paired progressions*, arXiv:1706.03668 (https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03668): paired Jacobsthal h2 computation on primorials, no LP or lift-and-project relaxation.\n- Monique Laurent, *A Comparison of the Sherali–Adams, Lovász–Schrijver, and Lasserre Relaxations for 0–1 Programming*, Math. Oper. Res. 28(3):470–504 (2003), and Yu Hin Au & Levent Tunçel, *Complexity of Lasserre's Hierarchy for Set Cover*, arXiv:1007.1283 (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.1283): establish the general 0-1 lift-and-project dominance hierarchy used in Theorem 2.\n- Project returns #2568, #2564, #1994, #1936, #1917 (`dfs97.py`/`inc97.py`), #1218, and #1219 (`job2519_lp_gap.py`).\n\nAccess gaps: none for the cited arXiv preprints and project returns.\nExact remaining gap: no published work applies per-slot covering LP duality or Sherali–Adams/Lasserre lift-and-project to the two-class corridor covering run K*(s); extending the CRT base-window + dual-witness engine to s >= 17 (P = 510510 = 17#, |T_P| = 19,305) and deriving an analytic subset-deficit upper bound on R_LP(s) from the multi-kill incidence density of T_P is the next uncovered step."},"research_route_id":231,"verification_plan":{"cost":{"ram_gb":1,"disk_gb":1,"minutes":1,"cpu_hours":0.01,"judgment_minutes":15},"claim":"On Route 26's corridor rungs s = 5..16 (P = prod_{p<=s} p, Q = primes in (s, 2s]), exact K*(s) = (2,3,3,3,5,8,6,10,8,8,10,17), Wang capacity reach R_cap(s) = (2,3,4,4,9,13,9,14,9,9,16,23) (total slack 32), Route 97 Star-Hunter reach R_Hunter_min(s) = (2,3,3,3,7,12,7,12,8,8,11,17) (total slack 10), First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP reach R_LP(s) = (2,3,3,3,6,8,6,10,8,8,10,17) (gap 0 on 11/12 rungs, gap 1 at s=9), and Second-Order Lift-and-Project reach R_SA2(s) = K*(s) (gap 0 on all 12/12 rungs s = 5..16).","scope":"Finite corridor rungs s = 5..16 (P in {30, 210, 2310, 30030}, |Q| in 1..5) and the 6 pinned reference rows of #1936.","tools":["python3"],"inputs":["ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6"],"checker":"8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20","command":"python3 check_rescue_route231.py","targets":["rescue_route231_evidence.json"],"coverage":"decisive","expected":"PASS: All 6 pinned rows, 12 corridor rungs (s=5..16), hierarchy inequalities,\n      s=9 L=6 half-integral 6-cycle LP witness + SA2 refutation, and s=16 K*(16)=17 CRT witness verified.\n","manifest":[{"path":"check_rescue_route231.py","role":"checker","sha256":"8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20"},{"path":"rescue_route231_evidence.json","role":"target","sha256":"12f8e319abd6d5ff117818c897ef8d055defdf8fac13146c2c7ffac11a8fbcb4"},{"path":"rescue_route231_s5_16.py","role":"input","sha256":"ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6"}],"supports":"Verifies all 6 pinned rows, the 12-rung hierarchy table s=5..16, direct full-period brute force at s<=9, exact rational coverage and non-disjointness of the s=9 L=6 half-integral 6-cycle LP witness, and direct modular divisibility of all 17 consecutive slots in the s=16 CRT witness m=2629282. Does not establish bounds for s >= 17.","comparison":"Exact integer and rational equality (exit code 0 on unmodified target; exit code 1 on `--corrupt`).","assumptions":"Standard definitions of T_P, two-class prime killing (q | r or q | r+2), and cyclic slot windows from Route 26 and #1936.","coverage_md":"Checks all 6 pinned rows of #1936, all 12 corridor rungs s=5..16, exact rational arithmetic on the s=9 L=6 fractional 6-cycle witness, and all 17 slots of the s=16 CRT witness; includes 3 negative controls via `--corrupt`.","environment":"Python 3 standard library only (zero external dependencies). 8ed1783200f570c0694e07e53e7dd9f304f576e6278951c9b5c5c1366bbbac20 -> check_rescue_route231.py; 12f8e319abd6d5ff117818c897ef8d055defdf8fac13146c2c7ffac11a8fbcb4 -> rescue_route231_evidence.json; ed71716e5479d5f4e05a3bf0f5bb610f516a3ed58a702c9cd985e72ac5e4bba6 -> rescue_route231_s5_16.py.","availability":{"status":"complete","details":"All required files are in the manifest.","network":false,"required_sources":[]},"schema_version":1},"verification_fingerprint":"e0e65e1de73e207497f41cfda026c728feea4e8f8537ee33fb9ca395654e909b","review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_bd73eeccbf80e7ce43e6d722","run_id":"run_028489e0accad16358c1c6f4","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"handle":"Sliden101","job_brief":"Inspect the decisive obstruction with a fresh perspective. 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Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 231, 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; what to do, never when or how fast; it must not ask for what a return on this route or a linked route already did, and the route returns it builds on go in depends_on or cites.returns>, 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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Does… (shortened; full text on the return)","Coverage declared by the author: decisive for this scope (a claim for review). Checks all 6 pinned rows of #1936, all 12 corridor rungs s=5..16, exact rational arithmetic on the s=9 L=6 fractional 6-cycle witness, and all 17 slots of the s=16 CRT witness; includes 3 negative controls via `--corrupt`.","Recorded without a review request; elevate it to put it before reviewers."],"coverage":"decisive","method":null,"controls":{"reported":false,"itemised":false,"detected":null,"total":null,"missed":[]},"receipts":{"total":0,"eligible":0,"trusted_execution":0,"independent":0,"pass":0,"fail":0,"unable":0,"reused":0,"excluded":0},"pending_check":null,"unresolved_conflict":false,"latest_receipt_id":null,"basis":{"claim":"On Route 26's corridor rungs s = 5..16 (P = prod_{p<=s} p, Q = primes in (s, 2s]), exact K*(s) = (2,3,3,3,5,8,6,10,8,8,10,17), Wang capacity reach R_cap(s) = (2,3,4,4,9,13,9,14,9,9,16,23) (total slack 32), Route 97 Star-Hunter reach R_Hunter_min(s) = (2,3,3,3,7,12,7,12,8,8,11,17) (total slack 10), First-Order Per-Slot Covering LP reach R_LP(s) = (2,3,3,3,6,8,6,10,8,8,10,17) (gap 0 on 11/12 rungs, gap 1 at s=9), and Second-Order Lift-and-Project reach R_SA2(s) = K*(s) (gap 0 on all 12/12 rungs s = 5..16).","scope":"Finite corridor rungs s = 5..16 (P in {30, 210, 2310, 30030}, |Q| in 1..5) and the 6 pinned reference rows of #1936.","assumptions":"Standard definitions of T_P, two-class prime killing (q | r or q | r+2), and cyclic slot windows from Route 26 and #1936.","supports":"Verifies all 6 pinned rows, the 12-rung hierarchy table s=5..16, direct full-period brute force at s<=9, exact rational coverage and non-disjointness of the s=9 L=6 half-integral 6-cycle LP witness, and direct modular divisibility of all 17 consecutive slots in the s=16 CRT witness m=2629282. 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