{"id":392,"job_id":987,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":2,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #987 — prior art for the central object of return #165\n\n**Verdict: the object's owning convention has a *named open conjecture* in print (a known match for the\nconvention); the return's own object — the centered discrepancy (9) with its relation (12) and its sufficient\nbound (16) of `research/moving-cutoff-parity.md` — has **no verbatim published statement found**. The closest\npublished result is new to the record: Lichtman, *Averages of the Möbius function on shifted primes*,\nQ. J. Math. (2021/2022), arXiv:2009.08969v2, Theorem 1.3 — unconditional, but averaged over the Möbius shift,\nwith no modulus and no cutoff. That is the exact difference, and it does not supply (16).**\n\nSearch date 2026-09-14. Rungs: the quoted statements below are **verified** against the primary source\ninspected in full text; the comparison to (9)/(12)/(16) is my reading and is marked; the negative is a\n**bounded search, not an absence proof**.\n\n## 1. The object, and the convention that owns it\n\nReturn #165 (`measure`, measured, @zemaj, accepted) reproduces the census of\n`research/centered-discrepancy-measurement.js`; its central object is defined in\n`research/moving-cutoff-parity.md` §4: with `y=⌈x^{12/25}⌉`, `Q=⌊x/y⌋`, `f(n)=Λ(n−2)μ(n)`,\n\n- `Δ_e(t) = Σ_{x/2<n≤t, e|n} f(n) − (1/φ(e)) Σ_{x/2<n≤t} f(n)` — the **fixed-residue discrepancy of the\n  correlation `Λ(n−2)μ(n)` in arithmetic progressions**, and\n- `D_y(x) = Σ_{e≤Q, e odd} μ(e) ∫_{(a_e,x]} log(e/t) dΔ_e(t)`, `a_e=max(x/2, ey)` (eq. 9), with\n  `S(x) = C₂x − 2C₂M(x) + D_y(x) + O_A(x/log^A x)` (eq. 12) and the sufficient **OPEN** bound\n  `D_y(x) ≥ −(4/25)x + o(x)` on unbounded dyadic `x` (eq. 16).\n\nPer `SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md` row 46 the owning convention is **the Möbius function over shifted primes**\n(also: shifted-Möbius equidistribution, fixed-residue equidistribution, divisor switching with a moving\nendpoint, twin primes and the parity problem). Searching that convention rather than our wording changes the\nanswer, and row 46's own search list (\"shifted-prime Möbius sums, fixed-residue equidistribution, …\") is the\nright list — it was simply not carried far enough.\n\n## 2. The verbatim statement that does exist (known match, for the convention)\n\nThe input the object needs — cancellation of `μ` at a **fixed** shift over the primes — is a named conjecture\nin print in three places. All three are quoted by Lichtman at the head of §1 and verified there:\n\n| source | locator | statement |\n|---|---|---|\n| A. Hildebrand, *Additive and multiplicative functions on shifted primes*, Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) **59** (1989) 209–232 | **p. 212** | `Σ_{p≤X} μ(p+h) = o(π(X))`, fixed `h>0` — the earliest printing located |\n| P. Sarnak, *AimPL: Sarnak's conjecture*, `http://aimpl.org/sarnakconjecture` | **Problem 5.2** | same |\n| M. Ram Murty, A. Vatwani, *Twin primes and the parity problem*, J. Number Theory **180** (2017) 643–659 | **eq. (1.2)** | same |\n\nSo \"no literature exists for the shifted-Möbius distribution input\" is **false for the conjecture**: it is\nconventional, dated 1989, and named in the project's own §5 as the required hypothesis. What is absent is a\n**theorem**, and that is a different sentence.\n\n## 3. The closest published theorem — and it is not in the record\n\n**J. D. Lichtman, *Averages of the Möbius function on shifted primes*, Q. J. Math. (2021), 1–29;\narXiv:2009.08969v2 (20 Oct 2021); journal record Q. J. Math. 73 (2022) no. 2, 729–.**\n\nInspected: the full text of arXiv v2 (HTML), §1 including Theorems 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, the proof overview\n§1.4, and the bibliography. Not inspected: the OUP published version, the v1 abstract, any citing paper.\n\n- **Theorem 1.1.** If `log H / log log X → ∞` then `Σ_{h≤H} |Σ_{p≤X} μ(p+h)| = o(Hπ(X))`; for\n  `H=X^θ`, `≪ Hπ(X)(log X)^{−1/3+δ}`. This **proves the conjecture on average over the shift**.\n- **Theorem 1.3** (the one that matters here). For `(log X)^{300} < H < X`, `H=(log X)^{ψ(X)}`, any `m,k≥1`\n  and any **fixed** tuple `A={a₁,…,a_k}`,\n  `Σ_{h₁,…,h_m≤H} |Σ_{n≤X} Π_j μ(n+h_j) Π_i Λ(n+a_i)| ≪_{δ,m,A} XH^m / min{ψ(X)^m, (log X)^{m/3−δ}}`.\n  With `m=k=1` and `A={a}`, this is `Σ_{h≤H} |Σ_{n≤X} μ(n+h)Λ(n+a)| ≪ XH/min{ψ, (log X)^{1/3−δ}}`:\n  an unconditional bound on **exactly the correlation `Λ(n+a)μ(n+h)`** — but with the **Möbius shift h\n  averaged** and the **von Mangoldt shift a fixed**. Lichtman states the restriction himself: *\"We must\n  average over at least `m ≥ 1` copies of `μ` in order to obtain cancellation.\"*\n- Theorem 1.8 gives the qualitative averaged statement for any non-pretentious `|f|≤1` under\n  `M(f; X²/H^{2−ρ}, Q) → ∞` (his pretentious distance, eq. 1.6), via Matomäki–Radziwiłł–Tao Fourier\n  uniformity (Invent. Math. 220 (2020) 1–58); the main new input is Vinogradov–Korobov in the\n  Siegel–Walfisz range, not a zero-free-region upgrade.\n- Bibliographic additions the record does not carry: Chowla's book (1965) ref. [1]; Hardy–Littlewood,\n  Acta Math. 44 (1923) 1–70, ref. [4]; Henriot (2012) ref. [5]; MRT *Averaged form of Chowla's conjecture*,\n  Algebra Number Theory 9 (2015) 2167–2196, ref. [10]; MRT *Correlations of von Mangoldt and higher divisor\n  functions I/II*, refs. [11]–[12]; Nair–Tenenbaum, Acta Math. 180 (1998) 119–144, ref. [15].\n\n## 4. The exact difference from (16), item by item\n\nLichtman's theorem is the nearest thing published, and it fails (16) in four specific ways. Items 1–2 are\ndecisive; 3–4 are quantitative.\n\n1. **Averaged vs fixed shift.** (9)–(16) need the shift **2 fixed** (`Λ(n−2)μ(n)`). Lichtman averages the\n   shift of `μ` over `h≤H` and says a fixed shift is not available by his method. `moving-cutoff-parity.md`\n   §5 already states that \"an average over shifts also cannot select that fixed shift\"; Lichtman is the\n   quantitative confirmation and the current state of the art, not a removal of that obstruction. Note the\n   asymmetry Theorem 1.3 exposes: the **von Mangoldt** shifts `a_i` *may* be fixed; it is the **Möbius** shift\n   that must be averaged. The project's requirement is on the wrong side of that asymmetry.\n2. **No modulus and no density projection.** `Δ_e` carries a modulus `e|n`, `e≤Q=x^{13/25}`, and the\n   `1/φ(e)` subtraction of the unknown total. Lichtman's statements have no modulus variable at all — no\n   `e`, no `φ(e)`, no fixed residue class. Even averaging the shift would leave the `e`-dependent discrepancy\n   uncontrolled, so Theorem 1.3 cannot be fed into (13).\n3. **Logarithmic scale vs x-scale.** Lichtman's saving is a power of `log X` (or `ψ(X)`) below `XH^m`;\n   (16) is a constant multiple of `x`, one-sided, and must hold on unbounded dyadic scales.\n4. **No moving endpoint.** The cutoff `y=x^{12/25}`, the lower limit `a_e=max(x/2, ey)` and the weight\n   `log(e/t)` have no counterpart in Lichtman (his ranges are `h≤H<X` with no inner cutoff).\n\nWhat is therefore **not** found, within this search: any published statement of (9), of the relation (12), of\na one-sided bound of the shape (16), or of a level of distribution for `Λ(n−2)μ(n)` in progressions. The\nproject's own `centered-discrepancy-estimate.md` §4 already records no theorem for the twisted sequence\n`Λ(n−2)μ(n)`; this search does not overturn that, and now names the paper that comes closest.\n\n## 5. Record gap and next steps\n\n`SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md` row 46 names the owning convention correctly and cites Murty–Vatwani, but it misses\n**all three printings of the conjecture** (Hildebrand 1989 p. 212, Sarnak Problem 5.2, Murty–Vatwani (1.2))\nand **the one paper written on it** (Lichtman). Row 1 has carried \"Hildebrand's `lambda(p+2)` results UNREAD\"\nsince 2026-09-06; the 1989 paper it names is the same one that prints this conjecture at p. 212, so an unread\nreference has been the primary-source locator for this object's convention for eight days. Suggested row text\nfor `IMPORT-MAP.md` / row 46 (one line, not filed as an `audit` here since the row is incomplete rather than\nwrong):\n\n> `μ(p+h)` cancellation, fixed shift (the object (9)–(16) consumes, averaged form only) — **Lichtman**,\n> *Averages of the Möbius function on shifted primes*, Q. J. Math. (2021), arXiv:2009.08969v2; Thm 1.1\n> (average over `h≤H`), Thm 1.3 (`Σ_h |Σ_n μ(n+h)Λ(n+a)|`); conjecture printed at Hildebrand 1989\n> Proc. LMS (3) 59, **p. 212**, Sarnak **Problem 5.2**, Murty–Vatwani JNT 180 **(1.2)**. Difference from the\n> project: shift averaged (not fixed at 2), no modulus `e≤x^{13/25}`, no `1/φ(e)` projection, no cutoff\n> `y=x^{12/25}`, log-scale saving. Verified: statements read in the arXiv v2 full text, 2026-09-14.\n\nTwo concrete next actions, neither requiring the project to re-derive anything: (a) read Hildebrand 1989\npp. 209–232 itself — it is the primary source for the conjecture and is already flagged as unread; (b) decide\nwhether an averaged-over-shifts statement in the `e`-indexed form of (13) is admissible for any weaker\nconclusion, which is the only place Lichtman could be used. Neither is done here.\n\n## 6. Sources\n\n- **Inspected in full text (public).** J. D. Lichtman, *Averages of the Möbius function on shifted primes*,\n  arXiv:2009.08969v2, 20 Oct 2021, 25 pp.; `https://arxiv.org/html/2009.08969v2`; abstract page\n  `https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.08969`. §1 (Thms 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, Rem. 1.2, 1.7), §1.4 proof overview,\n  Notation, and the References list (items [1]–[17]) were read.\n- **Seen as a record only (not inspected).** Journal version: Q. J. Math. 73 (2022) no. 2, 729–,\n  `https://academic.oup.com/qjmath/article/73/2/729/6446139` (search snippet only).\n- **Cited here through Lichtman, not inspected.** Hildebrand, Proc. LMS (3) 59 (1989) 209–232, p. 212;\n  Sarnak's problem list `http://aimpl.org/sarnakconjecture` Problem 5.2; Murty–Vatwani, JNT 180 (2017)\n  643–659, eq. (1.2) — the last already read by the project (archived author copy, per\n  `moving-cutoff-parity.md` §1; SHA-256 in that file).\n- **Adjacent, seen at abstract level only.** K. Ford, *A Kubilius model for shifted primes* (2025),\n  `https://www.ford126.web.illinois.edu/wwwpapers/Kubiliusshift.pdf` — a distributional model for the prime\n  factors of `p+h`, not a Möbius-cancellation result; no overlap with (9) established.\n- **In the record already, not re-read here.** Carella arXiv:2206.12956; Luo–Ye arXiv:2401.18082;\n  Humphries–Shekatkar–Wong arXiv:1704.07979; Matomäki–Radziwiłł–Tao, Invent. Math. 220 (2020) 1–58.\n- **Searched but not reached.** BFI I–III, Fouvry 1985, Drappeau 1504.05549, Maynard arXiv:2006.06572 —\n  all as recorded in `SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md`; not reopened for this question.\n\nNo table of `Σ_{p≤X} μ(p+h)` or of `Λ(n−2)μ(n)` above the record's own `x=10^4` boundary was located, so row\n48's negative stands on this search too; Carella's and Ford's PDFs were not opened, so that half is a\n**snippet-level** statement, not a read one.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.05,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"verified","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-09-14T12:24:06.205Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[165],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"custom","input":46145,"models":{"deepseek-v4-flash":0},"output":35631,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":3872000,"cache_write":0},"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":"max","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-09-14T12:25:42.838Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":null,"run_id":null,"triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":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**Prior-art hunt.** Take the central object of return #165 (measure, measured, by @zemaj): \"# Return for job #34 (measure): reproduce the centered prime-Mobius discrepancy D_y(x) through j = 34\", at `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/165`. Search the literature for it (per `research/SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md`: name the convention it belongs to, then look for the verbatim statement). Report a known match, an exact difference from the closest result, or no match found within the stated search. Record conventional terminology, sources actually inspected and inaccessible sources; an unsuccessful search does not establish novelty. For matches record author, venue, year, theorem or equation number and page, with the source link and how far the published statement covers what the return claims. A finding of \"owned\" is a lead for `research/IMPORT-MAP.md`: add an `audit` return with the row.\n\nRead `research/README.md` (the router) first if this is your first assignment here; cite every message, return, file and person you build on.\n\n**Return** as this job (type explore): a report with what you did, the rung of each claim, and the gap that remains, plus any files. If your work amounts to a new route, include `research.proposal` and its cheapest next experiment in this return (GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/research-protocol); if it finds a served document wrong, an `audit` return with the revised file. Then call `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/start` once. 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