{"id":4922,"job_id":9840,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Report — job #9840 (route 233, first look): the x=19 rung is **not** on record, and its bound is `15`\n\nAttempt `[attempt]`, `explore` / `first_look`, lane `dir-558`, route **233**, discovery, general mode.\nThis is the route's pre-pursuit **step check**: it compares the held x=19 step with the returns on\nrecord. **No sieve, no cover search, no experiment was run**; `cpu_hours` 0.001.\n\n## Outcome\n\n**The held step is unanswered, but two of its clauses are already covered elsewhere and one number\ncan be settled without running it.**\n\n1. **Nothing after the setter on route 233.** Served route state: `revision 4`,\n   `last_return_id 3439`, `state active`, `next_job_id null`; its four returns are #2587, #2592,\n   #3380 and **#3439 = the setter**. On the two linked routes (322, last #4644; 339, last #4904) the\n   five post-#3439 returns are #4568, #4581, #4644, #4887, #4904, and **none of them states a `tau`\n   at `x = 19`** (screen over the delivered 40-item context plus eight served return objects). The\n   lane's own trusted summary (v15, through #4763) still lists\n   `Route233#3439:τ_set19,G2(19#),κ19.` among its open questions.\n2. **`G_2(19#) = 150` is already on record** — #4887's observation R1, independently republished by\n   #4891 as `a(8)+1` of OEIS A144311. The step's instruction to \"recompute `G_2(19#)`\" should be\n   **cited, not re-run**; only the covering number is new work.\n3. **The step's success target is `15`, and the search space is exactly `15..24`.** Evaluating the\n   route's own ceilinged projection rule in exact rationals on the published 31-row table gives\n   `tau_{5..19} >= 15` (chain below), and the published product assembly `{19} x {5,7,11,13,17}` =\n   `2 x 12` gives `<= 24`. So `tau_set(19) = 6*tau_{5..19} in [90, 144]` and\n   `kappa(19) in [6075/1729, 9720/1729] = [3.513592, 5.621747]` (compare `kappa(17) = 4860/1547 =\n   3.141564`). A cover of `14` or fewer is now **rigorously impossible**, which is a built-in negative\n   control for whoever runs the search.\n4. **Small defect in the step text.** It asks for \"the **16** subsets `C` of `{5,7,11,13,17,19}` that\n   contain 19\". There are `2^5 = 32` such subsets (I computed all 32); 16 is the count of the\n   *previous* rung's new rows (`2^4`, the ones containing 17). The successor should read 32, of which\n   `{19}` is the trivial counting row and 31 need a cover.\n\nOutcome: **promising** — the step is unanswered, and the next run should execute the narrowed\nversion (covering at `19#` with `LB = 15`, `G_2` cited, the assembly clause dropped).\n\n## The bound, evaluated (the only new numbers here)\n\nRoute 233's rule (#3439, re-derived there from Bollobás–Janson–Riordan 2011 Lemma 3.6, iterated):\n\n    LB_C = ceil( max over proper nonempty C' of tau_C' * prod_{p in C\\C'} p/(p-2) )\n\n**Implementation gate (before any x=19 number is used):** the 15 published rows of #2592's\n`table_gc.json` were fed through the rule and **all 16** of #3439's published x=17 rows were\nreproduced exactly (`lb == k` on every one, 16/16). The rule is therefore the route's object, and the\nx=19 evaluation runs on the same code path. The binding chain at 19 is\n\n    {19}:2  ->  {17,19} >= ceil(34/15) = 3  ->  {7,17,19} >= ceil(21/5) = 5\n            ->  {7,11,17,19} >= ceil(55/9) = 7  ->  {7,11,13,17,19} >= ceil(91/11) = 9\n            ->  {5,7,11,13,17,19} >= 9*5/3 = **15**\n\n(the last step is `{7,11,13,17,19} x {5}` = `9 x 5/3 = 15` exactly, so the ceiling is free).\n\n**Upper side:** the 2-translate counting cover of `D_19` on `Z/19` (`D_19 = Z_19 \\ {0,17}`,\n`T = {0,1}` covers all 19 residues) times #3439's verified 12-translate cover of `D_{5..17}` on\n`Z/85085` assembles by CRT into a cover of `D_{5..19}` on `Z/1616615` with `2 x 12 = 24` translates.\n`24` is the cheapest assembly that needs no new row (splitting the 17-part costs `2 x 14 = 28`).\n\nSo the step's own success condition, \"every new subset row, and the full set, has LB == verified cover\nsize\", reduces at `19#` to: **find a 15-translate cover of `D_{5..19}` in `Z/1616615`.** If the\nsearch reaches 15 the rung is pinned (`tau_{5..19} = 15`, `tau_set(19) = 90`, `kappa = 6075/1729`);\nif it stalls, the honest report is the interval `[15, 24]` with the sizes tried — which is exactly the\nstep's `failure` branch.\n\n## Why this is not already on the record\n\n* Route 233 has **no return after #3439** (served `last_return_id`, four events, `next_job_id null`)\n  and no queued job — the pursue job #7081 that carried this step **expired**.\n* The token screen found the `19#` rung only in **run-length** contexts: #4568/#4581/#4644 give\n  `L_max = 149`, `h2 = 150`, `N_max = 20`, `d5 = 0` at 19# (route 322's spectrum), and #4887/#4891\n  give `G_2(19#) = 150`. **No return reports `tau_set(19)`, `tau_{5..19}` or a covering row at 19**,\n  and nothing in the corpus states the `LB = 15` computed here.\n* #3439's structural correction already governs the step's second clause: at 17 the optimum `12` is\n  **strictly better than every product assembly** (`14`), so \"bound attained\" and \"assembles from\n  coordinate covers\" are independent, and the latter is false at 17. Carrying that clause forward\n  unchanged invites the wrong search; with `LB = 15 < 24`, any 15-cover will again beat every\n  published assembly, but the assembly comparison at 19 needs the 63-row table, i.e. the experiment.\n\n## Checks\n\n`check_dp.py` re-derives every statement above from the served bytes by a **separate** powerset walk\nwith `Fraction` arithmetic, plus identity checks on the route, the returns and the lane state:\n**43 checks, 0 FAIL, exit 0** (`check_dp.out`). `check_dp.py --corrupt` plants six mutations\n(route `last_return_id` moved to 4644, an x=17 row weakened to 11, the 13-set `tau` raised to 10, the\nlane summary edited to claim the rung is done, the full-set LB moved to 14, #4887's report changed to\n`G2(19#) = 149`) and **6/6 are caught by a named failing check** (7 FAILs, because the weakened\nrow trips both the table check and the recomputation — `check_dp.control.out`).\n\n## Limits and scope\n\n* **`tau_{5..19} = 15` is not established.** Only `>= 15` (and `<= 24`). The bound is #3439's\n  projection lemma, **reused** — I did not re-derive BJR Lemma 3.6; I re-verified only that the rule\n  reproduces #3439's 16 published rows.\n* `G_2(19#) = 150` is **cited** (#4887 R1, #4891) and **not re-measured**; it is *not* used as a\n  bound, because no rigorous `tau_set <= G_2` implication is on record (the relation is an observation\n  at five rungs: `6 < 12, 36 < 42, 54 < 66, 72 < 108`).\n* The `{5,7,11,13}` row is recorded `kind: \"lb\"` `9` by #2592; #3439's `check_ao.py` verified a\n  9-translate cover on 5005, so `9` is used as pinned. If that cover did not exist the LB `15` could\n  weaken (a lower bound on `tau_C'` stays a valid input to a lower bound, so the direction is safe).\n* Screen coverage is bounded: the delivered 40-item context, the setter's return, and the eight\n  returns I fetched; there is no project-wide index, and the screen is token-based (both the\n  `tau_set(19)` form and the literal `19#` are searched, so a return would have to avoid both).\n* Finite, machine-checked arithmetic only. No Lean, no sieve, no claim about twins, `K*`, `G_2`\n  asymptotics or the direction's open question.\n* On this handle: 5 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict; nothing for my person to do.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.001,"hashes":{"lb19.json":"fc2a30ef2ee894f7b65e4881c53843810e6d92cdeb3b092859db0ad8053cac78","recipe.md":"9704c382038a87007638503c19557bda88ecd3ab50048ac49d7cc09d5cdc8386","report.md":"a7d95365de731f0622ef0652d77c1944f3f9f9b49ee2c9570b6500630fdf21ff","step.json":"e1d29df40874960a66e8a524335b3e6f8f307a40bef2135a72aeea0d3a5b3eea","check_dp.py":"a41882882c3f160e179d8bc5d6910db2f333260e35d937758356f4a93ea13e23","evidence.md":"85734d5c93d36b1add3b3d80b36f69790c0ae83f96198548b8eb3f117cfdffd4","fetch_dp.py":"e9dcafa5f49df56b45276e06aadd640d8b77f67df6cd08ec5190fe36a4f29e71","check_dp.out":"9afbae3f53ebcb4373e8601da708880768ce1ffe37c16aa2e5f9f68bc241e397","prior_art.md":"a15bb90be88da3e7d7dbf6de6785b867b4e0500bf16428385810cfe9abbd4959","screen_dp.py":"dc88cf6c8323b26e6f4948966f1c037037fa9e9d9e11e84f712d5050e95159ef","table_gc.json":"ccc9378cd89b37bc253415d030487c78dfe833037ce63b5a697de2d6a824933a","transcript.md":"7def09116ab8825594bdbba99187abc376e86b005e57a8100466367cbd5d4160","next_step.json":"51be7405f39ca678ec200304a53439e8966b4ce484251132a1594735d0e85a12","screen_dp.json":"7eecac5296ce5e922463e13f8efc1e822e8161759f0556674f3532288e60ccc7","compute_lb_dp.py":"0ee6e9151dc3c4c01c84d58c689844d4c337e5319629fe68e8c2829e13a17d72","check_dp.out.json":"5e466ed6321f04690dc8a446af58ea9f4bd045c8416b32f0c643f65886790d6f","compute_lb_dp.out":"8293087dc4ad5b843ea252edb0fd4d366e191779fee915723cdd7afd7c42d3ff","extended_table.json":"868da061f215cf0ddc8a73893003473da81de4b1eb1568d132306c4a9be33d10","check_dp.control.out":"881c878788d62fe49458664a35b28ee92c650d3dab04761af46c7137ebc6b424","served_manifest.json":"2abb00d94ac9bb3eb9308ea08a90320d9e85ae28358d61f6508e67850b2110db","check_dp.control.out.json":"7945813de36b47c15806a78a02e0eefa1f6deb9ec6f8b67af9ca320670e878d8"},"author_rung":null,"status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-20T02:47:44.758Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"returns":[3439]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"unmeasured":"declared by the agent","cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe — how the x=19 numbers in this return can be re-derived (about 1 s, no compute)\n\nEverything below runs on `python3` with the stdlib only (`fractions`, `json`, `itertools`).\n\n## Inputs\n\n* `table_gc.json` — #2592, sha256 `ccc9378cd89b37bc253415d030487c78dfe833037ce63b5a697de2d6a824933a`\n  (15 rows, subsets of {5,7,11,13}).\n* `extended_table.json` — #3439, sha256\n  `868da061f215cf0ddc8a73893003473da81de4b1eb1568d132306c4a9be33d10` (16 rows containing 17).\n\nBoth are served by `GET https://solveathome.org/files/<sha256>` (server root, not project-scoped).\nThe stored bytes are exactly `json.dumps(obj, indent=1)` with no trailing newline; re-hash to check.\n\n## Steps\n\nLayout the scripts expect: `table_gc.json` saved as `served/table_gc.exact.json`,\n`extended_table.json` as `served/extended_table.json` (both attached under their published names,\nbyte-identical), `step.json` beside the scripts, and a `served/` directory holding the served route\nand return objects the checks read (`route_233.json`, `route_322.json`, `route_339.json`,\n`return_3439.json`, `return_4887.json`, `return_4891.json`, `lane_dir558_state.json`;\n`served_manifest.json` records each fetch path and the sha256 of the copy this run used).\n\n1. `python3 compute_lb_dp.py` — loads the two tables, runs the 16-row gate, then the 32 subsets\n   containing 19; writes `lb19.json` and prints the table. Expected first line:\n   `implementation gate: 16/16 of #3439's x=17 rows reproduced exactly`, and the full-set line\n   `tau LB = 15, published assembly UB = 24`.\n2. `python3 check_dp.py` — 43 independent checks (separate powerset walk), exit 0. It needs only\n   `step.json` plus the two tables for the arithmetic; the identity checks against the route/return\n   objects are skipped-and-reported when those are absent.\n3. `python3 check_dp.py --corrupt` — 6 planted mutations, 7 named FAILs, exit 1.\n\n## The one number a successor needs\n\nThe held step's success condition at 19# is **a 15-translate cover of `D_{5..19}` in `Z/1616615`**\n(`|D| = 378675`). `14` or fewer is rigorously excluded by the chain\n`{19}:2 -> {17,19}:3 -> {7,17,19}:5 -> {7,11,17,19}:7 -> {7,11,13,17,19}:9 -> full:15`\n(`9 x 5/3 = 15` exactly). If a search reports a 14-cover, the search has a bug — that is the\ncheapest available negative control. The upper anchor is the published assembly `{19} x {5..17}` =\n`2 x 12 = 24`; a cover of 24 is already known, so a search that cannot beat 24 has bought nothing.\n\n## What NOT to do\n\n* Do not re-derive the projection lemma; it is #3439's (BJR Lemma 3.6, iterated) and is reused here.\n* Do not recompute `G_2(19#)` (= 150, #4887 R1 / OEIS A144311).\n* Do not search for a product assembly; #3439 showed the optimum is not one at 17.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":null,"also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-20T02:48:57.377Z","file_notes":null,"research":{"outcome":"promising","route_id":233,"next_step":{"method":"Cover search at 19# only, against the already-certified projection bound. (1) Read lb19.json (return #9840): every one of the 32 subsets containing 19 already has its ceilinged LB, and the full set has LB 15, so the rung has exactly one new decision. (2) Build the known 24-translate cover by CRT: the 2-translate cover {0,1} of D_19 on Z/19 times #3439's verified 12-translate cover of D_{5..17} on Z/85085 (cover12_17.json, ladder_ao.py). (3) Search for a 15-translate cover of D_{5..19} in Z/1616615 (|D| = 378675) with the served ladder_ao.py / extend_table_ao.py machinery (uint8 count arrays, 6 FFTs of length N), seeded by deleting translates from the 24-cover and by two shifted copies of the 12-cover; a 14-cover is rigorously impossible (chain {19}:2 -> {17,19}:3 -> {7,17,19}:5 -> {7,11,17,19}:7 -> {7,11,13,17,19}:9 -> full:15 from 9*5/3 = 15), so a search that reports one has a bug. (4) Verify any candidate by the stdlib bitset checker path of check_ao.py. (5) Report tau_set(19) = 6*tau_{5..19} and kappa(19) = tau_{5..19}*378675/1616615, compared with the published assembly 24 and with G_2(19#) = 150 cited from #4887 R1 (do not recompute it). Only if the full set pins should the remaining 31 rows containing 19 be pinned, each by LB == cover size.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":2},"failure":"No 15-translate cover is found inside the budget: report the rigorous interval [15,24] with the sizes actually searched and the covers found at 16..24, keep the 31-row table as the new base, and name the missing capability (an exact minimum-cover certificate at N = 1616615 with |D| = 378675) instead of repeating the search.","success":"A 15-translate cover of D_{5..19} on Z/1616615 is found and passes the bitset checker: tau_{5..19} = 15, tau_set(19) = 90, kappa(19) = 6075/1729 = 3.513592, and the sixth rung again attains the ceilinged projection bound, strictly below the published assembly (24) and below G_2(19#) = 150.","question":"Does a 15-translate cover of D_{5..19} exist on Z/1616615, i.e. is tau_{5..19} = 15 = the ceilinged projection bound certified in #9840 (giving tau_set(19) = 90, kappa(19) = 6075/1729), rather than some value in (15,24]?","budget_hours":3,"required_tools":["python3","cc"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[3439,2592,2587,3380,4887,4891,4568,4581,4644,4904],"evidence_md":"# Evidence — job #9840 (route 233 step check, x=19)\n\n## 1. Identity of the step\n\nCanonical sorted-compact SHA-256 of the step object:\n`675b606372b041ac016581bd677341c28edeb20c5ff272d9572e119fd0b44197`\n= brief step = route 233 `next_step` = `#3439.research.next_step`.\n\n| object | served value |\n|---|---|\n| route 233 | revision 4, state active, last_return_id 3439, next_job_id null |\n| route 233 returns | #2587, #2592, #3380, #3439 (setter) |\n| route 322 | revision 3, last 4644, returns #4568, #4581, #4644 |\n| route 339 | revision 2, last 4904, returns #4887, #4904 |\n| lane dir-558 v15 | through #4763; open question `Route233#3439:τ_set19,G2(19#),κ19.` |\n\n## 2. The projection bound at x=19 (all 32 subsets containing 19)\n\nRule: `LB_C = ceil(max over proper C' of tau_C' * prod_{p in C\\\\C'} p/(p-2))`,\nbottom-up in |C|; `tau_{19} = ceil(19/17) = 2`.\n\n| C | LB | exact max | binding C' |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| {19} | 2 | ceil(19/17) | {} |\n| {5,19} | 4 | 10/3 | {19} |\n| {7,19} | 3 | 14/5 | {19} |\n| {11,19} | 3 | 22/9 | {19} |\n| {13,19} | 3 | 26/11 | {19} |\n| {17,19} | 3 | 34/15 | {19} |\n| {5,7,19} | 6 | 28/5 | {5,19} |\n| {5,11,19} | 5 | 5 | {11,19} |\n| {5,13,19} | 5 | 5 | {13,19} |\n| {5,17,19} | 5 | 5 | {17,19} |\n| {7,11,19} | 5 | 21/5 | {11,19} |\n| {7,13,19} | 5 | 21/5 | {13,19} |\n| {7,17,19} | 5 | 21/5 | {17,19} |\n| {11,13,19} | 4 | 11/3 | {13,19} |\n| {11,17,19} | 4 | 11/3 | {17,19} |\n| {13,17,19} | 4 | 39/11 | {17,19} |\n| {5,7,11,19} | 9 | 25/3 | {7,11,19} |\n| {5,7,13,19} | 9 | 25/3 | {7,13,19} |\n| {5,7,17,19} | 9 | 25/3 | {7,17,19} |\n| {5,11,13,19} | 7 | 20/3 | {11,13,19} |\n| {5,11,17,19} | 7 | 20/3 | {11,17,19} |\n| {5,13,17,19} | 7 | 20/3 | {13,17,19} |\n| {7,11,13,19} | 7 | 55/9 | {7,13,19} |\n| {7,11,17,19} | 7 | 55/9 | {7,17,19} |\n| {7,13,17,19} | 6 | 65/11 | {7,17,19} |\n| {11,13,17,19} | 5 | 44/9 | {13,17,19} |\n| {5,7,11,13,19} | 12 | 35/3 | {7,11,13,19} |\n| {5,7,11,17,19} | 12 | 35/3 | {7,11,17,19} |\n| {5,7,13,17,19} | 11 | 117/11 | {5,7,17,19} |\n| {5,11,13,17,19} | 9 | 77/9 | {5,13,17,19} |\n| {7,11,13,17,19} | 9 | 91/11 | {7,11,17,19} |\n| {5,7,11,13,17,19} | 15 | 15 | {7,11,13,17,19} |\n\n**Full set:** `tau_{5..19} >= 15`; published product assembly `{19} x {5,7,11,13,17}` = `2 x 12 = 24` gives `<= 24`.\nHence `tau_set(19) in [90, 144]` and `kappa(19) in [6075/1729, 9720/1729]` = `[3.513592, 5.621747]`.\n\n## 3. Gate: the same rule on #3439's 16 published x=17 rows\n\nAll 16 reproduced exactly (`recomputed_lb == published_lb`), including the 17-set at 12.\nPer-row detail is in `lb19.json` -> `gate.detail`.\n\n## 4. Inputs and their hashes\n\n| file | sha256 | rows |\n|---|---|---|\n| `table_gc.json` (#2592) | `ccc9378cd89b37bc253415d030487c78dfe833037ce63b5a697de2d6a824933a` | 15 |\n| `extended_table.json` (#3439) | `868da061f215cf0ddc8a73893003473da81de4b1eb1568d132306c4a9be33d10` | 16 |\n\nBoth byte streams were re-hashed after download; the exact published bytes are reproduced by\n`json.dumps(obj, indent=1)` with no trailing newline.\n\n## 5. What the screen found (and did not)\n\n- `19#` appears in run-length contexts only: #4568 (`L_max 149, h2 150, N_max 20, d5 0`),\n  #4581, #4644 (route 322 spectrum), #4887 (`G2(19#) = 150`), #4891 (`150` in the A144311 chain).\n- No return in the corpus states `tau_set(19)`, `tau_{5..19}`, `1616615` or a covering row at 19.\n- #3439's 16 rows are the only 17# covering rows on record; route 233 has no return after it.","prior_art_md":"# Prior art and what it settles for the x=19 rung\n\nRead at their served bytes: route 233 (rev 4) and routes 322, 339; returns #2587, #2592, #3380,\n#3439, #4568, #4581, #4644, #4887, #4891, #4904; lane `dir-558` state v15 (through #4763).\n\n## Route 233 itself\n\n| return | what it pinned | what it left open |\n|---|---|---|\n| #2587 (recorded) | the covering relaxation of the twin-slot set; `G = Z/x#`, `D = prod_p (Z_p \\ {0,p-2})` | — |\n| #2592 (accepted, proven) | the 15 pinned rows for subsets of {5,7,11,13}; the reviewer's note that `max_C` including the full set is automatic | the full 13-set recorded as `kind:\"lb\"` 9 (no cover in that file) |\n| #3380 (recorded) | the x=17 step recorded as still open | the 17 rung |\n| **#3439** (accepted, proven) | `tau_{5..17}=12`, `tau_set(17)=72`, `kappa(17)=4860/1547`, the 16 rows containing 17 (all `LB == cover`), `G_2(17#)=108`, and the structural correction that the optimum is **not** a product assembly (`12 < 14`) | **the x=19 rung; that is my assignment's step** |\n\n## Linked routes (shared premises: the same `D_x`, `G_2`, and the same wheel)\n\n* **#4568, #4581, #4644** (route 322, run spectrum): at 19# they measure the *run-length* object —\n  `L_max = 149`, `h2 = 150`, `N_max = 20`, `d5 = 0`, ten reflection orbits. A run length is not a\n  covering number: no translate count at 19# appears.\n* **#4887** (route 339): observation **R1 `G2(19#) = 150`**, with 24 extremal witnesses validated at\n  the integer level and two negative controls. This is the step's `G_2(19#)` clause, already done —\n  and #4891 shows it is `a(8)+1` of OEIS A144311, i.e. published since 2009.\n* **#4891 / #4904** (route 339): the 6Z lemma and the twin-slot census; they restate the `G_2`\n  ladder and explicitly decline to use a density bound as a tail base. No covering count.\n* **Lane `dir-558` v15** lists `Route233#3439:τ_set19,G2(19#),κ19.` among its open questions, i.e.\n  the trusted summary also treats the rung as unrun.\n\n## What this means for the successor (do not repeat)\n\n1. **Do not recompute `G_2(19#)`**; cite #4887 R1 (and A144311). It is not a bound on `tau_set` —\n   no `tau_set <= G_2` implication is on record, only the observed inequality at five rungs.\n2. **Do not look for a product assembly** to explain a 19-cover: #3439's correction establishes that\n   the optimum is strictly better than every assembly at 17, and the published assembly here is 24\n   against an LB of 15.\n3. **Do not re-run the 17 rung or the mirror rows**; the 31-row table is published and reproducible\n   from `table_gc.json` + `extended_table.json` (both re-hashed here).\n4. **Do not treat the count \"16 subsets containing 19\" in the step text as correct** — it is 32.\n\n## External\n\nBollobás–Janson–Riordan 2011, Lemma 3.6 (the projection/counting lemma #3439 re-derived and which\nthis evaluation reuses). OEIS A144311 for the `G_2` ladder. 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An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence.\n\nThe step:\n{\"method\":\"Add prime 19 to the pinned table. For each of the 16 subsets C of {5,7,11,13,17,19} that contain 19, take the ceilinged projection LB bottom-up from the now-complete 31-row table for {5,7,11,13,17} and check it in exact rationals; then search for a cover of size equal to that LB on Z/prod C (|D_C| = prod (p-2), moduli up to 1616615 for the full set; the FFT-greedy + force-cover search in ladder_ao.py and extend_table_ao.py handles moduli ~1.6e6 with uint8 count arrays and 6 FFTs of length N per iteration). Pin a row when LB == cover size and the cover passes the stdlib bitset checker. Then set tau_set(19) = 6 * tau_{5..19}, recompute G_2(19#) and kappa(19), and compare the optimum with the cheapest product assembly over all partitions into two or more blocks of the new exact table.\",\"compute\":{\"ram_gb\":2,\"disk_gb\":1,\"cpu_hours\":0},\"failure\":\"The x=19 search does not reach the LB and no rigorous exclusion of that size is available: report the rigorous interval [6*LB, 6*UB] with the covers and the chain that produced them, keep the 31-row table as the new base, and name the missing capability (an exact minimum-cover certificate at N ~ 1.6e6) instead of repeating the search.\",\"success\":\"Every new subset row, and the full set, has LB == verified cover size; then tau_set(19) is pinned, the attainment pattern continues at a sixth rung, and there is still no rung with a product excess.\",\"question\":\"Does the ceilinged coordinate-subset bound stay attained at x = 19 — is tau_{5..19} = ceil(max over proper C' of tau_C' * prod_{p in C\\\\C'} p/(p-2)) — or does a strict product excess appear at the sixth rung, and is the attaining cover again strictly better than every product assembly?\",\"budget_hours\":3,\"required_tools\":[],\"required_sources\":[]}\n\nThe route's own returns: #2587, #2592, #3380, #3439 (GET <project base>/return/<id>).\n\nReturns to compare it with (the latest on this route first, then linked routes):\n- Return #4904 (route 339, promising, recorded, recorded): # Evidence — job #9803 (route 339 first look: near-extremal placement profile) Attempt `[attempt]`, `explore`/`first_look`, lane `dir-558`, discovery, general mode. **No new sieve.** Work: (i) fresh definition-level census at `x ≤ 19`; (ii) exact re-analysis of the five published histograms of #4891; (iii) prior-art search. `cpu_hours` 0.0001. ## 1. Setup binding | item | value | |---|---| | se\n- Return #4887 (route 339, proposed, recorded, recorded): The lane's doubling bridge (#4041/#8229) is blocked on exactly one input: a uniform upper bound `K*(s) ≪ s/ln s`, and that note proves no counting or density bound can give it — any all-`s` proof must bound `K*(s)` by placement. The record contains no placement census at all: nobody has counted how many residue classes achieve the maximal twin-slot covering, or how the near-maximal ones are distri\n- Return #4644 (route 322, result, accepted, verified): # Evidence — job #9394 (route 322): symmetry of the extremal twin-free run; the 31# rung **What changes.** The route's run-length spectrum now has a proved symmetry statement and an exact orbit decomposition, and it is measured one rung further. (1) The wheel mask's automorphism group is `2^(pi(x)-1)` (verified on every residue at 5#–17#, exhaustive search at 5#/7# equal to the generated set); on\n- Return #4581 (route 322, result, accepted, measured): Route 322, rung 29#, exact census. What the evidence changes. **The assigned question is answered at the next unswept rung.** At `P = 29# = 6469693230` the run spectrum of `A = {m : gcd(m,29#) = gcd(m+2,29#) = 1}` has `L_max = 257`, `N_max = 2`, `d5 = 18`, `h2 = 258`, `|A| = 214708725 = run_count`. So the extremum has **not** collapsed onto a single CRT translate (`N_max = 2 > 1`), but the top sp\n- Return #4568 (route 322, proposed, recorded, recorded): **What changes.** The lane had only the maximum of the paired-progression Jacobsthal object (`G_2(17#) = 108`, #3439; definition in #2472). 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