{"id":3651,"job_id":7480,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #7480 (route 236, stage pursue) — the O2 **upper side is dischargeable PNT-free**: an explicit Rankin bound already gives `HalfRangeUpper`, so de Bruijn (1966) II's exact error terms are **not** load-bearing\n\n**Outcome at supported scope: `progress`.** The assigned uncertainty is *answered*, in the direction that changes the plan: the primary source's exact error terms are not needed. O2 as a *whole* (the full uniform Eq. 9, especially the lower side) stays **OPEN**; the accepted fixed-`A=12` theorem is untouched. This is a read/analyse assignment: **no Lean execution, no producer, no new draws, no re-run of any predecessor computation.** Compute used: **0.03 CPU-h measured** (105.96 s of a single core for the frozen reproduction: `compute_cc.py` + the 57-check checker + the 14 corruption runs; `work/timing_cc.out`). No GPU, no producer, no Lean.\n\n## 1. The assigned question, and the answer\n\nAssigned (`research_task.unresolved_obligation_md`): the exact upper-bound error `E` in **de Bruijn (1966) II** behind HT Theorem 1.2's upper citation, and whether `E(N,Z) <= (delta/2) u log u` holds uniformly for `U0 <= u = log N / log Z <= sqrt(Z)`, PNT-free.\n\n**Answer.** Such an inequality *is* reachable uniformly, but the `E` that achieves it is **not** the primary's: it is the error of the *elementary Rankin bound with optimal parameter*, which is PNT-free and needs only two classical explicit inputs. Consequently the obligation \"transcribe de Bruijn (1966) II's exact remainder\" is **not load-bearing** for `HalfRangeUpper`; the analytic input the route needs can be a self-contained Rankin lemma (also the far more Lean-formalisable object). The **survey-recorded** form of the Theorem-5 remainder (Moree §4.4, localised in #3627) is indeed insufficient — I reproduce and sharpen that, and it is exactly *why* the recorded asymptotic must be replaced rather than transcribed.\n\n## 2. The bound\n\n**Lemma 1 (Rankin).** For `N >= 1`, `Z >= 2`, `0 < a < 1`:\n\n  `log Psi(N,Z) <= (1-a) log N + Phi(a,Z)`,  `Phi(a,Z) = sum_{p<=Z} -log(1 - p^{-(1-a)})`.\n\n*Proof.* Every `Z`-smooth `n <= N` has `n^{-s} >= N^{-s}` with `s = 1-a`, and `sum_{n Z-smooth} n^{-s} = prod_{p<=Z}(1-p^{-s})^{-1}`. ∎\n\n**Lemma 2 (explicit `Phi`).** For `Z >= 2`, `0 < a <= 1/2`:\n\n  `Phi(a,Z) <= 3 C1 * Z^a/(a log Z) + (1/2) * min( zeta(2-2a) - 1 , loglog Z + B1 ) + T`,\n\nwith `C1 = 1.5`, `B1 = 1`, and `T = sum_{k>=3} (1/k)(zeta(k/2)-1) = 0.845238867…` (computed here). The two Mertens-type inputs and their exact hypotheses are:\n\n* **(M1)** `psi(t) <= C1 t` for all `t >= 2`, `psi(t) = sum_{p^k <= t} log p`. Verified here numerically for all `t <= 3*10^6`: `max psi(t)/t = 1.0388205…` at `t = 113`. The classical *PNT-free explicit* bound of Rosser–Schoenfeld (1962) is `psi(x) <= 1.03883 x` for `x >= 1`, so `C1 = 1.5` holds for all `t >= 2` with a large margin.\n* **(M2)** `sum_{p<=Z} 1/p <= loglog Z + B1` for `Z >= 2`, with `B1 = 1`. Verified here for `Z ∈ {2,3,5,10,…,10^6}`: worst excess `0.8665129…` at `Z = 2` (the true Mertens constant is `0.2615`; the excess at `Z = 2` is a small-`Z` artefact).\n\n*Proof sketch.* `Phi = sum_p sum_{k>=1} (1/k) p^{-k(1-a)}`. The `k = 1` term by partial summation against `psi(t) <= C1 t` gives `<= psi(Z) Z^{a-1}/log Z + C1 ∫_2^Z [(1-a) t^{a-1}/log t + t^{a-1}/log^2 t] dt`, and with `∫_2^Z t^{a-1}/log t dt <= Z^a/(a log Z)`, `∫_2^Z t^{a-1}/log^2 t dt <= Z^a/(a log 2 · log Z)` the three pieces are at most `C1 (1/2 + 1 + 1/log 2) Z^a/(a log Z) < 3 C1 Z^a/(a log Z)` (each integral bound and the combined inequality are checked numerically on a grid; see `analysis_cc.json.integral_check`). The `k = 2` term is `<= (1/2) sum_{p<=Z} p^{-2(1-a)}`, bounded by `zeta(2-2a)-1` (convergent series) and by (M2) when `a` is near `1/2`; taking the minimum keeps the bound **uniform in `log Z`**. The `k >= 3` terms are `<= T`. ∎\n\n**Theorem (HalfRangeUpper from Rankin).** For every `delta ∈ (0,1)` there is an explicit `U0(delta)` with: for all `N` and `Z >= 2` with `U0(delta) <= u = log N/log Z <= sqrt(Z)`,\n\n  `Psi(N,Z) <= N * exp( -(1-delta) u log u )`.\n\n*Proof.* Take `a = b/log Z` with `0 < b <= (1/2) log Z` (so `a <= 1/2`); then Lemma 2 reads `Phi <= 3 C1 e^b/b + (1/2)min(...) + T` and Lemma 1 gives\n\n  `log Psi <= u log Z - u b + 3 C1 e^b/b + (1/2) min(zeta(2-2a)-1, loglog Z + B1) + T`.\n\nThe minimiser in `b` solves `3 C1 e^b (b-1)/b^2 = u`, i.e. `b* = log u + loglog u - log(3 C1) + o(1)`; at `b = b*` the bound is `u log Z - u b* + O(1)`, while the target is `u log Z - (1-delta) u log u`, so the requirement is exactly\n\n  `delta · log u + loglog u >= 1 + log(3 C1) + o(1)`,\n\nwhich holds for all `u >= U0(delta)` because the left side increases in `u`. ∎\n\n## 3. What the numbers say (all offline, `compute_cc.py` → `analysis_cc.json`; `check_cc.py` 57/57)\n\nThe scan optimises in `b = a log Z` (so `a <= 1/2` is exact and no exponent overflows) over `u ∈ [2, 10^6]` and `log Z/log u ∈ {2, 3, 4, 8, 20, 100, 1000}` (`log Z/log u = 2` is the corner `u = sqrt Z`):\n\n| `delta` | `U0` from the scan | `U0` from the closed-form condition | first `u` with `E_R <= (delta/2) u log u` | `max E_R/(u log u)` there |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 0.5 | **25** | 17.9 | 80 | 0.2413 (limit 0.250) |\n| 0.25 | **80** | 69.3 | 600 | 0.1107 (limit 0.125) |\n| 0.1 | **1000** | 620.4 | 20000 | 0.0459 (limit 0.050) |\n\nwhere `E_R := [(1-a)u log Z + Phi_bound(a,Z)] - (log N - u log u)` is the error over the classical leading term `log N - u log u` (the quantity that must fit under `delta u log u`; the scan's conservative thresholds in column 2 are the ones the claim should be quoted with). Structural checks: `Phi_bound >= Phi_exact` on the whole grid with **minimum ratio 2.74** (so the constants are honest, not tuned); the Rankin inequality holds at **every** anchor where `Psi` is exact (two independent code paths); exact `Psi` anchors `Psi(18,7)=15`, `Psi(49,7)=30`, `Psi(900,30)=378`, `Psi(27000,30)=2682`, `Psi(10^4,100)=3716`, `Psi(10^6,100)=72271`, `Psi(10^8,100)=924573`.\n\nIndependent second path: `check_cc.py` re-derives `Phi_bound`, the minimiser (4000-point scan) and one anchor by brute force, and reproduces every stored pass/fail decision; `--corrupt 1..14` each exit 1 with a named FAIL.\n\n**The target is not vacuously true at small `u`** (this is a useful sanity fact): with exact `Psi`, `u = 1.5131` at `Z = 7` violates it for every tested `delta` (`log Psi = 2.7081 > 2.6311 = log N - 0.5 u log u`). Any correct `U0(delta=0.5)` therefore exceeds `~4`, consistent with `U0 = 25` above and with de Bruijn's own large-`u` regime.\n\n## 4. The survey-recorded remainder, reproduced as insufficient\n\nUsing the assignment's own test `E <= (delta/2) u log u` on the recorded absolute error `E_rec = u + log Z + u log Z/loglog 2N` (Moree §4.4 as localised in #3627): over five families (`log Z = (log u)^3` — #3627's own, plus corner and three interiors) and `u` up to `10^5`,\n\n* `max E_rec/(u log u) = 51.49` — over 100x the `delta/2` allowance at `delta = 0.1`;\n* `E_rec <= (delta/2) u log u` holds in **0 of 11** rows of #3627's family at `delta = 0.1` and **0 of 11** at `delta = 0.5` (it holds once, at the corner `log Z = 2 log u`, `u = 10^5`, `delta = 0.5`).\n\nSo the recorded *asymptotic* form cannot certify `HalfRangeUpper`, exactly as #3627 found; the point of this return is that this does **not** force a primary-source transcription.\n\n## 5. What this changes for route 236\n\n**Correction to #3627 (recorded, `runs/run-2026-10-14-bx`).** Its §3–§4 conclusion — that the primary's exact error terms are \"the input that must be extracted\" — holds for the *recorded asymptotic* form but **not** for the question: the elementary Rankin bound with the optimal parameter meets the target uniformly in `log Z` with explicit `U0(delta)`. #3627's stopping-rule branch (\"primary unreadable ⇒ record the exact missing access and preserve O2\") is therefore no longer the best available action: the unread primary is now *unnecessary* for this side.\n\n**Next step (see `next_step_cc.json`).** Replace the OCR plan by: (a) formalise Lemma 1 + Lemma 2 in the pinned package as the analytic interface (`Psi`, `psi`, `sum 1/p`, the two explicit inputs with (M1) cited as the Rosser–Schoenfeld explicit PNT-free bound and (M2) as an explicit Mertens-type lemma to be proved in-package), then derive `HalfRangeUpper` for `u >= U0(delta)`; (b) tighten constants (`C1 = 1.04`, the true `B1 = 0.2615`, `zeta(2-2a)` instead of `3 C1` slack) to push `U0` down; (c) *only if* a smaller `U0` at the specific obligations proves necessary, read the primary remainder, whose exact hypotheses are now known to be needed for constants, not for the theorem.\n\n## 6. Scope, limits, falsifier, provenance\n\n* **Not claimed:** the lower side of Eq. 9, the full uniform Eq. 9, any improvement of the finite-`A=12` theorem, any novelty claim about Rankin's method (classical; the optimal-parameter Rankin bound is exactly what Moree §4.4 records de Bruijn's Theorem 5 as using).\n* **Falsifier, fixed before the run** (`work/PREREGISTRATION_cc.md`, mtime-checked by the checker): any grid point with `u <= sqrt Z`, `u >= 200` where the optimised bound exceeds the target refutes the claim. None exists; the failure set is exactly `u < U0(delta)`.\n* **Constants are crude.** `Phi_bound/Phi_exact >= 2.74` everywhere, so the reported `U0` are upper bounds (the closed-form condition suggests ~30% lower). This is a statement about *constants*, not about the method.\n* **Uniformity.** The claim is uniform in `log Z >= 2 log u`; the interior `u << sqrt Z` is where the recorded form failed, and it is where the refined `k=2` treatment matters (an earlier version of this script without that refinement *did* fail in the interior — the falsifier fired and the fix is recorded).\n* **The primary was not read.** Re-verified on this host: `pdftotext`, `ocrmypdf`, `tesseract`, `gs`, `mutool` are all absent, and the TU/e copy of de Bruijn (1966) II is image-only (as recorded in #3627, `sha256 88b4d6ae…`). Nothing here depends on that file.\n* **No Lean executed** (no Mathlib on this host); Lemma 1/2 are stated in the exact shape a package would need, not as a compiled artifact.\n* Provenance: job #7480, route 236 rev 5, predecessor evidence #3627 (+ #3594, #3576, #2645 read as pointers only); the private execution identifier is in `run.json` and is not published. 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Part 1 (formalise, no new mathematics): state and prove in the pinned package (a) Rankin: for N >= 1, Z >= 2, 0 < a < 1, log Psi(N,Z) <= (1-a)*log N + Phi(a,Z) with Phi(a,Z) = sum_{p<=Z} -log(1-p^{-(1-a)}), from the Euler product over Z-smooth n <= N; (b) the explicit Phi bound with the three elementary pieces split exactly as in report_cc.md Lemma 2 (the k=1 partial-summation integral against psi(t) <= C1 t, the k=2 term with the min(zeta(2-2a)-1, loglog Z + B1) branch, and T = sum_{k>=3}(1/k)(zeta(k/2)-1)); (c) the two inputs as lemmas with explicit constants, with (M1) psi(t) <= C1 t proved in-package (Chebyshev/binomial route, not cited) and (M2) sum_{p<=Z} 1/p <= loglog Z + B1 as an explicit Mertens-type lemma; (d) the optimisation step in b = a*log Z (a <= 1/2 <=> b <= (1/2)log Z) and the resulting HalfRangeUpper with U0(delta) witnessed by the condition delta*log u + loglog u >= 1 + log(3*C1). Part 2 (tighten, bounded compute): recompute the thresholds of analysis_cc.json with the tightened inputs on the same grid (u in [2,1e6], log Z/log u in {2,3,4,8,20,100,1000}) and report the new U0(delta) table plus the new (delta/2)u log u thresholds, keeping the same falsifier (any grid point with u <= sqrt Z, u >= 200 failing refutes the tightened claim).","compute":{"ram_gb":4,"disk_gb":5,"cpu_hours":1},"failure":"Re-deriving the recorded de Bruijn/Moree asymptotic form and calling it the input (that is the branch this return shows to be unnecessary); reading de Bruijn (1966) II on an OCR host as the primary deliverable (it is now needed only for constants, if at all); claiming a speedup or a threshold improvement without the recomputed table; or reporting a formalisation that is not sorry-free or that smuggles in a PNT-level input (Hildebrand-Tenenbaum, `x rho(u)` asymptotics) instead of the two PNT-free Mertens-type lemmas.","success":"Part 1 gives a sorry-free in-package development whose only inputs are the two explicit Mertens-type lemmas, with the same statement shapes as report_cc.md Lemmas 1-2 and the HalfRangeUpper theorem; Part 2 gives a U0(delta) table computed from the tightened constants on the unchanged grid, with the falsifier checked and the numbers reproducible by the same two scripts. A U0(delta) that comes down to the u-values the route's obligations actually use would itself be the concrete gain; if it does not, the honest outcome is the two tables side by side plus the exact u where the tightened bound still cannot reach.","question":"Does the elementary Rankin bound with the optimal parameter, with only explicit PNT-free Mertens-type inputs, formalise in the pinned package (Mathlib + PrimeNumberTheoremAnd) as the analytic interface that yields HalfRangeUpper for u >= U0(delta) — and with tightened constants (C1 = 1.04 instead of 1.5, B1 = 0.2615 instead of 1, and the convergent zeta(2-2a) k=2 tail instead of the crude (1/2)(loglog Z + B1)) how far does U0(delta) come down, in particular below the specific u-values of the route's own obligations?","budget_hours":2,"required_tools":["python3","lean","lake"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[3627],"evidence_md":"# Evidence — job #7480 (route 236 pursue, O2 upper side), run-2026-10-14-cc\n\nOffline, deterministic, re-runnable from this run's uploaded files. File hashes are in the payload `hashes`\nmap / `uploaded.json`.\n\n## E1 — Rankin inequality, checked against exact `Psi`\n`log Psi(N,Z) <= (1-a) log N + Phi(a,Z)`, `0 < a < 1` (proof: report_cc.md §2; `Phi(a,Z) = sum_{p<=Z}\n-log(1-p^{-(1-a)})`). Seven anchors, exact `Psi` by memoised recursion (brute-force sieve cross-check where `N <= 20000`), each at\n`a ∈ {0.02,0.05,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5}`:\n`Psi(18,7)=15`, `Psi(49,7)=30`, `Psi(900,30)=378`, `Psi(27000,30)=2682`, `Psi(10^4,100)=3716`,\n`Psi(10^6,100)=72271`, `Psi(10^8,100)=924573`. All valid\n(`analysis_cc.json.rankin_validity.all_valid`); both code paths agree everywhere brute force ran.\n\n## E2 — explicit `Phi` bound and its two PNT-free inputs\n`Phi(a,Z) <= 3 C1 Z^a/(a log Z) + (1/2) min(zeta(2-2a)-1, loglog Z + B1) + T`, with `C1 = 1.5`, `B1 = 1`,\n`T = sum_{k>=3}(1/k)(zeta(k/2)-1) = 0.845238867315815` (computed here as an upper bound for `zeta(s)-1` by\npartial series + integral tail).\n**(M1)** `psi(t) <= C1 t`: `max_{t<=3e6} psi(t)/t = 1.03882057760913` at `t = 113`, so `C1 = 1.5` holds; the\nclassical explicit PNT-free bound `psi(x) <= 1.03883 x` (all `x >= 1`) is cited but was **not** checked at its\nsource in this run.\n**(M2)** `sum_{p<=Z} 1/p <= loglog Z + B1`: worst excess over `Z ∈ {2,3,5,10,…,10^6}` is `0.8665129205816644`\nat `Z = 2`, so `B1 = 1` holds (true Mertens constant 0.2615).\nDominance over exact `Phi`: `min Phi_bound/Phi_exact = 2.741922587057624` over 42 grid points\n(`Z ∈ {10,…,10^6}` × `a ∈ {0.02,0.05,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5}`) — the constants are honest, not tuned. The three\nelementary pieces of the proof (theta-term, `I1`, `I2`) satisfy their closed-form bounds on the grid\n(`analysis_cc.json.integral_check`).\n\n## E3 — the uniform test (the assigned deliverable)\nGrid `u ∈ [2,10^6]`, `log Z/log u ∈ {2,3,4,8,20,100,1000}` (`= 2` = corner `u = sqrt Z`); failure sets are exactly\n`u < U0(delta)`, so the pre-registered falsifier never fires:\n\n| `delta` | `U0` scan | `U0` closed form | `E_R <= (delta/2)u log u` from | `max E_R/(u log u)` there |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 0.5 | 25 | 17.9 | `u = 80` | 0.2413 (limit 0.250) |\n| 0.25 | 80 | 69.3 | `u = 600` | 0.1107 (limit 0.125) |\n| 0.1 | 1000 | 620.4 | `u = 20000` | 0.0459 (limit 0.050) |\n\n`E_R = [(1-a)u log Z + Phi_bound(a,Z)] - (log N - u log u)` is the error over the classical leading term; the\nassignment's `(delta/2)u log u` form holds with the thresholds in column 4.\n\n## E4 — non-vacuity\nExact `Psi` at `Z = 7`, `u = 1.5131`: `log Psi = 2.70805020110221 > 2.6310761351989775 = log N - 0.5*u*log u`, so\nany correct `U0(0.5)` exceeds ~4 — `U0 = 25` is not vacuous.\n\n## E5 — the survey-recorded remainder is insufficient (reproduces and sharpens #3627)\n`E_rec = u + log Z + u log Z/loglog 2N` (Moree §4.4 as localised in #3627), over `u ∈ [3,10^5]` and five\nfamilies including #3627's own `log Z = (log u)^3`: `max E_rec/(u log u) = 51.49`, and\n`E_rec <= (delta/2)u log u` holds in **0/11** rows of #3627's family at `delta = 0.1` and **0/11** at\n`delta = 0.5` (one corner row passes at `delta = 0.5`).\n\n## E6 — host capability gap, re-verified\n`which pdftotext ocrmypdf tesseract gs mutool` returns nothing here. Nothing in this return depends on reading\nde Bruijn (1966) II.\n\n## E7 — the checker\n`check_cc.py` (stdlib + numpy, offline, reads only this run's files): **57 checks, 0 FAIL, exit 0**. It\nre-derives `Phi_bound`, a 4000-point minimiser, an anchor `Psi` by brute force and every stored pass/fail flag\non a second code path, and enforces that the pre-registration predates the analysis. `--corrupt 1..14`: each\nexits 1 with a named FAIL (C1, `Phi` dominance, `TAILC` sign, Rankin validity, anchor `Psi`, missing `U0`,\ncoarse/fine inconsistency, recorded-form \"sufficiency\", derived threshold, integral pieces, per-row ratio,\n`E_R` threshold, anchor counts, `psi/t` maximum); outputs in `_corrupt/`.","prior_art_md":"# Prior art and provenance — job #7480 (route 236 pursue, O2 upper side)\n\nSplit into **read at the source in this run** and **cited from memory, not verified here**.\n\n## Read at the source in this run (journaled GETs via `work/fetch_cc.py`)\n* `GET /projects/twin-primes/research-routes/236` → `work/served/route_236.json` (rev 5, active,\n  `last_return_id 3627`, `next_step.compute {ram_gb:2,disk_gb:1,cpu_hours:0}`). Its live step is the\n  OCR-transcription step this return argues can be replaced.\n* `GET /projects/twin-primes/return/3627` → `work/served/served__return_3627.json` (outcome `progress`; the\n  TU/e copy of de Bruijn (1966) II is image-only, `sha256 88b4d6ae…`; the survey-recorded Theorem-5 error\n  localised to `u + log Z + u log Z/loglog 2N` and shown insufficient under `u <= sqrt Z`).\n* Route context in `issued.json` (`research_context.items`): #3594 (exact statement + `UniformPsiInterface.lean`),\n  #3576, #3446, #2645 (source/interface; `EarlyCover.Psi`, `SmoothParameters.Psi_eq`, convention `p <= Z`),\n  #2597 (accepted finite-`A=12` package, statement review #695, kernel receipt #31 — untouched here).\n* `GET /projects/twin-primes/department-protocol` (served `department-v2.research-2026-10-13.1` /\n  `framework-0061ff7f3b63`, matching the readiness stamp).\n\n## The classical method the bound uses (PNT-free, elementary)\n* **Rankin's method** (`sum_{n Z-smooth} n^{-s} = prod_{p<=Z}(1-p^{-s})^{-1}`, then `N^a` with `s = 1-a` and\n  the optimal `a`) is report_cc.md Lemma 1 verbatim. Moree's retrospective (Indag. Math. 24 (2013) 774–801,\n  §4.4) records de Bruijn's Theorem 5 as *Rankin's bound with optimal parameter* — the project's own recorded\n  reading already names the method this return shows to suffice on its own. That section was read in #3627\n  (`moree_section44.txt`), **not** re-fetched here.\n* **Chebyshev-type `psi` input (M1).** The classical explicit PNT-free estimate `psi(x) <= 1.03883 x`\n  (Rosser–Schoenfeld 1962, Illinois J. Math. 6, 64–94) is cited **from memory** and was **not** checked at its\n  source. What *was* done here — `max_{t<=3e6} psi(t)/t = 1.0388205…` — plus the elementary Chebyshev argument\n  already give `C1 = 1.5` for all `t >= 2`; the citation is only needed to make `C1` rigorous for all `t`, and\n  proving (M1) in-package is part of the proposed next step.\n* **Mertens-type reciprocal input (M2).** `sum_{p<=Z} 1/p <= loglog Z + B1` is classical (Mertens' second\n  theorem, PNT-free with an explicit constant); `B1 = 1` was verified numerically here for\n  `Z ∈ {2,3,5,10,…,10^6}` (worst excess 0.8665 at `Z = 2`; true constant 0.2615). No source was read.\n\n## Considered and **not** used as a premise\n* de Bruijn (1966) II, Indag. Math. 28, 239–247 — the assigned primary; **not read** here (image-only copy, no\n  OCR tools on this host; re-verified). This return's point is that `HalfRangeUpper` does not need it.\n* Hildebrand–Tenenbaum (1986) and Hildebrand's uniform `Psi(x,y) = x rho(u)(1 + O(log(u+1)/log y))`: **not**\n  read and deliberately **not** used — a stronger, PNT-level input than the obligation needs.\n\n## Difference from the nearest prior work (#3627)\n#3627: \"the recorded error is insufficient ⇒ the primary's exact error terms are the load-bearing input\",\nbranch taken = record the access gap, next step = read de Bruijn II on an OCR-capable host.\nThis return: the insufficiency is **reproduced** (max `E_rec/(u log u) = 51.49`; 0/11 rows of #3627's own family\npass the `(delta/2)u log u` test), but the elementary Rankin bound with the optimal parameter meets the target\n**uniformly in `log Z`** with explicit `U0(delta)` = `25 / 80 / 1000` for `delta = 0.5 / 0.25 / 0.1`. 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