{"id":3349,"job_id":6977,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #6977 — `Q-fixed-endpoint-discrepancy` (lane dir-558, explore): independent reproduction, exact-constant audit, and the pinned uncovered step\n\nRun `run-2026-10-13-ae`, general mode, lane **dir-558**,\ntype `explore`, stage `discover`. `cpu_hours 0`: no heavy computation; one stdlib checker (~1.8 s,\none core) plus one `node` re-run of the served validator (~0.6 s).\n\n## The question and the record's answer\n\nQuestion (served `/questions`, id `Q-fixed-endpoint-discrepancy`, status **PARTIAL**): after the accepted\ntruncation to odd moduli `e<x^(1/2+eps)`, what exactly is the fixed-endpoint centered discrepancy\n`D^(e_1)` below and above the level `x^(1/2-eps')`, which piece does an existing theorem estimate, and\nwhat single input would close `D^(e_1)>=-4x/25+o(x)`?\n\n**Registry-row check first: the row is NOT stale.** Its `verdict` is byte-identical to the ledger\nverdict of the note it points at (`research/fixed-endpoint-discrepancy.md`), and the OUTCOMES section\n\"Fixed-endpoint discrepancy — Reviewed low Type I estimate; exact remainder OPEN\" carries the same\ndisposition (`D^(e_1)=2C_2*M+T_I^low+B+O_A(x/log^A x)`, `B=T_II^low+P_band` exact as (2.9), repaired\n`T_I^low=O_(A,eps')(x/log^A x)` accepted 2026-09-09, D-margin OPEN). So no `audit` return is filed and\nno answer on the record is re-derived. The record already answers the question at its own scope; what\nfollows is the scoped check the assignment asks for.\n\nThe record's answer, in one line: `D_low = P_low - Q_low` with `P_low = T_I^low + T_II^low` (Vaughan\nthree-piece split of the cofactor Moebius at `U=V=floor(x^(eps'/3))`), `D_band = P_band - Q_band`; the\none piece an existing theorem estimates is the **below-level Type I piece `T_I^low`** (via the prefix\nform `(BV*)`, the uniform Moebius mean `(3a.9)` and the `q=1` PNT), and only to `O(x/log^A x)`; the\nsingle input that would close the D-margin is a **signed lower bound for the actual `B`** of (2.9) at\nthe rate `(H_B)` — equivalently `B+2C_2 M >= -4x/25+o(x)`.\n\n## What was done, and the rung of each claim\n\n1. **Served artifacts fetched by exact sha256** (`fetch_ae.py`): the `/questions` row, the docs\n   `research/QUESTIONS.md`, `research/OUTCOMES.md`, `research/README.md`,\n   `research/fixed-endpoint-discrepancy.md`, `research/centered-discrepancy-estimate.md`,\n   `research/moving-cutoff-parity.md`, `research/fixed-endpoint-discrepancy-validation.js`, and\n   `/return/2854` (the only `research_context` item naming \"discrepancy\": route 264,\n   `research-centered-discrepancy-measurement.md`).\n2. **The served validator itself re-runs** (`served_validator_rerun.out`): `node\n   fixed-endpoint-discrepancy-validation.js` on node v22.23.3, exit 0, stdout **byte-identical** to the\n   file's embedded `OUTPUT` block, and the sha256 of that stdout is `8cec0757…` — **equal to the\n   `out-sha256` the served file's own footer declares**, so the served finite readings are faithful\n   and not stale. *(Rung: exact finite identity, as served.)*\n3. **Independent re-implementation** `check_ae.py` (Python 3, stdlib only, own sieve with Lambda\n   correct at every prime power, own flipped/`Q`/dual/Vaughan organisers — the served JS was read but\n   not executed as part of the check): **462091 checks, 0 failed, exit 0**; its 8 shared output lines\n   (the four scale lines, the Type I density line, the V4 line, the pass line) are **identical** to the\n   served validator's rerun, including `x=2^16, U=V=3: T_I^low/x=4.4864, T_II^low/x=-4.4982,\n   P_band/x=-0.0295, D^(e1)/x=-0.0231` and the deletion-control count `2,3,5,7`. `--corrupt` (the split\n   level moved by +0.5) gives **exit 1** with the split/density and `m>max(U,V)` checks failing.\n   *(Rung: exact finite identity, independently reproduced; no asymptotic step tested.)*\n4. **Exact-constant audit of the consumer bookkeeping** (my own addition; exact rational arithmetic\n   plus a 200000-prime truncation): `C_2 = 0.660162067`, `A_2 = 0.747911912`,\n   `C_2(1-A_2) = 0.166418993`, inside the record's certified window `33/200 < C_2(1-A_2) < 21/125`\n   (moving-cutoff-parity (15)). Then `4/25+1/200 = 33/200` exactly, and\n   `C_2(1-A_2)>33/200` gives `4/25 + C_2 A_2 < C_2 - 1/200` exactly, so the D-margin\n   (`B+2C_2M>= -4x/25`) **strictly implies** `B>-(C_2-1/200)x+o(x)`; and the converse fails, since\n   admissible `M=-A_2 x/2` with `B` on the B-margin leaves\n   `B+2C_2M = -x(C_2(1+A_2)-1/200) < -4x/25` (as `C_2(1+A_2)-1/200 ~ 1.154 >> 4/25`). The record's\n   \"implies, but is not equivalent to\" is therefore exact. *(Rung: exact rational algebra on the\n   record's own constants.)*\n5. **Finite bookkeeping recomputation of the displayed BFI II+III accumulation**: with the block count\n   `eps'/log 2` per dyadic step the supplied bound's scale is `eps'^3 x log x/(3 log 2)`, whose ratio to\n   `x/log x` is `eps'^3 (log x)^2/(3 log 2)` — at `x=2^16` that is `2.7e-4`, but it grows like\n   `(log x)^2` and crosses 1 only near `log x ~ 670`. So the record's claim \"not `o(x/log x)`\" is an\n   asymptotic statement, not a reading at reachable scales. *(Rung: displayed-count recomputation.)*\n6. **Online prior-work search** (see `prior_art_ae.md`): the cited sources exist and match their\n   attributions; the newest lead is Maynard, *Primes in arithmetic progressions to large moduli III:\n   uniform residue classes* (arXiv:2006.08250; Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 306 (1544), 2025), which the\n   record's source matrix does not cite.\n\n## The exact uncovered step (source-checked)\n\nThe record answers the question; the uncovered step is not in the split or in `T_I^low` but in the\n**remainder `B`**: no inspected source estimates `B` of (2.9) with its **actual signed coefficients**\n(`mu(a) log(ab)` on the Type II part, `mu(m)` on the band). Two things are distinct and the record keeps\nthem distinct:\n\n- the all-moduli, **absolute-value** statement `(4.9)`, `sum_{q<=2x^(1/2+eps')(log x)^(3L)} tau(q)^3\n  sup_{t<=x}|Delta_q(t;-2)| = o(x/log x)`, is a stronger **sufficient** input for the band piece\n  `P_band` only, and it is not necessary; BFI II+III Theorem A supplies the absolute values and the\n  level but not the shape (its `delta^2 x/log x` per block accumulates to `~eps'^3 x log x/(3 log 2)`,\n  `omega(x/log x)`; the second error term `~eps' x (log log x)^O(1)/log x` is not `o(x/log x)` either);\n- even with `(4.9)` in hand the D-margin still needs the **signed** statement\n  `2C_2 M + T_II^low >= -4x/25+o(x)`.\n\nSo the single input that would close `D^(e_1)>=-4x/25+o(x)` is exactly `(H_B)`: a signed lower bound for\n`B` with `B(2^j) >= -(C_2-c_0)2^j + o(2^j)` for some fixed `c_0>0` on an unbounded set of `j` (which,\ngiven the reviewed `T_I^low`, is equivalent on those scales to `S(x)>=c_0 x+o(x)`). No source in the\ninspected matrix states it, and the note's own negative scope is preserved: an absolute-value band bound\ncannot replace a signed bound for `T_II^low`.\n\n## Negative / methodological finding\n\nThe finite reading is sensitive to `Lambda` at prime powers. My own first version of the checker\nomitted the prime-power reset after the marking pass (`Lambda(q)` came out as `log p` for every `q`\ndivisible by `p`, not only for `p^a`); it reproduced every structural check but printed\n`T_I^low/x = 8.0607` instead of `4.4864`. Adding the reset reproduced the served value exactly. The\nnote's \"correction of the power-of-two atom\" and its prime-power handling are therefore not cosmetic\nbookkeeping: an incorrect `Lambda` changes the finite ratio by about a factor 1.8 while leaving the\nidentities' shape intact. This is offered as a falsifier-quality note for any reader who re-implements\nthe validator.\n\n## Limits and what this return does not claim\n\nExact finite identities and exact rational constants only; **no asymptotic step is tested**, and the\nreproduction cannot establish `(4.1)`. No new primary source was read; the source comparison reuses the\nmatrix in the served note. `T_I^low/x` and its siblings at `x=2^16` are finite bookkeeping at a tiny\nfixed cutoff and carry no asymptotic content. The certified window `33/200<C_2(1-A_2)<21/125` is taken\nfrom moving-cutoff-parity (15); I only verified that the record's own implication arithmetic is exact\nunder it. The `C_2`/`A_2` values are 200000-prime truncations, adequate for a 3-digit window but not a\nproof of the window.\n\n## Next step (bounded, cheapest discriminating)\n\nOne source question decides whether the band half of `B` is still uncovered: does any 2024-2026\nbeyond-`1/2` mean-value theorem state a **sum over moduli** (not a per-class or \"all but `O(delta Q)`\nmoduli\" statement) of the **prefix supremum** with absolute values at level\n`x^(1/2+eps')(log x)^(3L)` with an `o(x/log x)` shape — i.e. does Maynard III (arXiv:2006.08250),\nStadlmann (arXiv:2309.00425) or the 2025-2026 refinements supply `(4.9)`? Read one candidate's main\ntheorem and record whether its modulus sum is over *all* moduli in the dyadic block with the needed\nlog-power shape. Even a positive answer leaves `T_II^low`, so it cannot close the D-margin alone.\n\n## Process notes\n\n- Session clock: `fbctl/logs/session.json` `deadline_utc 2026-10-13T02:22:47Z` was already past when this\n  run started (supervisor nudge 02:24Z, renewal pending); every step was checkpointed to\n  `work/PROGRESS.md` before the next.\n- Claim channel: the served `api` section (2026-10-12.5) documents `/asks/<id>/claim` for department\n  inbox asks only and no lane chat endpoint, so no lane claim message was posted; nothing was published\n  through chat.\n- 66 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict (1 made on deepseek-v4-flash), the oldest since\n  2026-09-22; recorded here as the brief asks.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{"check_ae.py":"fa36d07019ab8297e5cfe8f314582d1bcfeb87147ea98f4a0192a45324cab1f7","fetch_ae.py":"76372eee87910c6db7b74c76bda4a707f89cd31f5349cdf4f2d5b3eea795d7ad","check_ae.out":"61a9b8192e543ee5dbce125db24c6baeb0c6c8b068bbb2298de31aaeee12e363","recipe_ae.md":"9fbb53d262d819c1124998d4a6cec03cc4302e7091bfad65f72fcad01aedec09","report_ae.md":"61052649307f58988702e74ce3a1538ced737d37c1947ef274e5a10f6259ee5e","evidence_ae.md":"afb86337a9700372311d8f95828e45ee01766a0fb8c6b1bd246d357fd7a829c9","prior_art_ae.md":"ee0a4eb05e157bb2f3a746c9baf1e179779d976084893697b0d510994e68d420","transcript_ae.md":"b36c77487dfcf69475f0965d7302ecd557c3e45e5825b69efb697fd16ea8bcd7","next_step_ae.json":"0b4c3dcc5e99c8dab63810e61072515a9cb540beb6e96f5715890779e0286634","check_ae.control.out":"2bf055a12b1e08c4c22330acfcb3f6bf1180842dec0e7bd0cdddbc36f7ea90e9","served_validator_rerun.out":"8cec07576f8454313964307c60df209c3a1c045a88ff4b8fbeedbbf66dd55d35","served_fixed-endpoint-discrepancy-validation.js":"edd9d46975b651dcde3a06cfea69b0812c40e9e1ffa2a677e559e1f8489b72c3"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-13T02:43:19.170Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["d409f4cb9fc740d7f456dffccb0a29ba8df3684d7a7bb51ce5b508981380c3e5","edd9d46975b651dcde3a06cfea69b0812c40e9e1ffa2a677e559e1f8489b72c3","0e472838611a569c06491fe539ad5c557a45805840bdb9091b324d7aedd1a175","ef7a18651d5d39ac45bb7f96727c0b2d6e16f39f620f359d63d220c6a7f2cd9d","8206a1b04d161c0f10e99f71526901d5e9bb1a3b23a60e5d2ba81cc259b12c65","e366c34725cac84f6d209ae605d7975be45c8f406c698add83c0f8e0909c8170"],"handles":[],"returns":[2854],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"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":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":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_0e793a31e299699dfaaa6fee","run_id":"run_862b4f7037d872d94ea565b9","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,"applicability_assessment":null,"handle":"Benjaminsen","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**Your question**, one of 47 open or partial in `research/QUESTIONS.md` (full list: `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/questions`; each session is handed a different one):\n\n- `Q-fixed-endpoint-discrepancy` (PARTIAL): After the accepted truncation to odd moduli e<x^(1/2+eps), what exactly is the fixed-endpoint centered discrepancy D^(e_1) below and above the level x^(1/2-eps'), which piece does an existing theorem estimate, and what single input would close D^(e_1)>=-4x/25+o(x)?\n  Record so far: Reviewed 2026-09-09 after the coprimality repair: T_I^low=O_(A,eps')(x/log^A x), hence S=C_2x+B+O_A(x/log^A x), with B the exact Type II plus band sum (2.9). The untruncated modulus bound was false; g<=(log x)^(A+13), both tails, the coprime density and the weighted BV multiplicity now pay the estim\n\n**Do this, in order.** Read `research/README.md` (the router) and the rows of `research/QUESTIONS.md` and `research/OUTCOMES.md` that name this question. Next search online for existing attempts, published results and computations for this question; inspect the closest sources and record the exact uncovered step. Use published numbers with their stated scope, without reproducing them here. Then work the uncovered question in lane **dir-558** for up to 2 h: read the records it names, check the claims at their stated calibration, try to break the standing verdict, and write down what you established, at which rung, and what would falsify it. 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