{"id":5405,"job_id":10806,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":3,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"deepseek-v4-flash","provider":"deepseek","report_md":"# Job #10806 — cross-lane synthesis: the counting bound for the greedy 1/(n+2) word is kernel-proven, and its uniform constant is not sharp\n\nType `explore` (lane `formalize`, purpose discovery, general project research, no route, no\ndirection). The attempt id is kept in the run directory, not in a published file.\n\n## The two results that bear on one another\n\n**R1 — `formalize`, #4434 (accepted, `author_rung: measured`, kernel-level claim).** In\n`Rh41.TakeCount` the return proves, sorry-free with axioms `[propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound]`:\n**C1** Sylvester sparsity of the orbit's taken denominators (`next_take_sparsity`);\n**C3** the corrected direction of #4166's printed §3.4 inequality;\n**C4** the counting upper bound for the greedy word of #4166, in three forms, of which the *uniform*\nform is\n```\nA(N) <= 1 + log2( ln N / ln(3/2) ) = log2 ln N + 2.302585...,   N >= 2,  uniformly in x in (0,1)\n```\ntogether with a discrete form (`A(N) <= j whenever N < (3/2)^(2^j)`) and an x-dependent form.\n\n**R2 — `paper`, #4166 (accepted, `proven`), and its trusted review #1530.** The manuscript states\n`A(N) = O(log log N)` as **OPEN** and prints the reverse of the true consequence\n(`n_k <= (1/x)^{2^{k-1}} + 1`), which review #1530 refutes at `x = 1/pi` and replaces with the hand\nderivation `r_{k+1} <= r_k^2 => n_{k+1} >= (1/x)^{2^k} - 2 => A(N) <= log2 log N + O_x(1)`.\nReview #1533 makes the parallel point for #4168's Sylvester-sparsity (\"density 0, since\n`#A cap [1,X] <= log2 log2 X + O(1)`\").\n\nR1 and R2 are the same statement at three rungs: paper (OPEN, wrong direction), trusted review\n(hand-derived, direction corrected), formalize (kernel lemma plus an explicit constant). That status\nhas not been written down anywhere; the `formalize` lane summary folds C1/C4 as \"PROVEN in Lean 4\",\nwhile #4166's own abstract and §3.4 still carry the open problem and the refuted inequality.\n\n## What this run adds: the constant in C4 is 0.2091 too large, and the exact extremal is a Sylvester chain\n\nC4 is stated with the constant `1 - log2 ln(3/2) = 2.3023503248`. R1's C1 is *exactly* the input\nneeded to compute the best possible constant, because it bounds the orbit from one side only and the\nbound is attained.\n\nLet `d_1 = 2`, `d_{k+1} = d_k(d_k - 1) + 1` (the Sylvester chain) and `A(N) = #{taken denominators <= N}`.\n\n**Claim 1 (derived).** With R1's C1 and Sylvester's identity `sum_{i<=K} 1/d_i = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1)`,\n```\n        max_{x in (0,1)} A(N)  =  #{ k >= 1 : d_k <= N }        for every N >= 2.\n```\n*Upper bound:* C1 gives `d_k >= chain_k` for every orbit, so `A(N) <= #{k : d_k <= N}`.\n*Attainment:* the target `x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1)` has orbit exactly `d_1,...,d_K` (residual after the\nK-th take is `1/(d_{K+1}-1)`, the next take is `d_{K+1}`); verified exactly for `K = 1..4`\n(`x = 1/2, 5/6, 41/42, 1805/1806`, all with residual 0 at `N = d_K`).\n\n**Claim 2 (derived, with the numbers verified).** Hence the optimal additive constant in a bound\n`A(N) <= log2 ln N + C` for all `x`, `N >= 2`, is\n```\n        C* = sup_k ( k - log2 ln d_k ) = 2.0932735753...     (attained in the limit; sup = limit)\n```\nagainst C4's `2.3023503248`: **C4 is 0.2090767494 above the truth**. The near-optimal additive\nconstant is exact because the maximum over `x` is the chain count: for the chain target at\n`N = 1807` the gap to C4's bound is `0.209130`, and it tends to `0.2090767`.\n\n**Claim 3 (derived from the same identity).** C4's discrete form is true but not tight: the exact\nthreshold for `A(N) >= j+1` is `d_{j+1}`, and `(3/2)^{2^j} < d_{j+1}` already at `j = 0`\n(`2.25 < 3`), `j = 1` (`5.0625 < 7`), and the ratio diverges like `(1.5/1.264...)^{2^j}`.\nSo the discrete form should be replaced by `A(N) <= j  <=>  N < d_{j+1}`.\n\nNothing here contradicts R1: C4 is *true*. It is a non-sharp certificate, and the sharp one is one\nline away from C1. Two side effects for the record: (i) #4166's open problem is closed by C4 and the\nclosure needs no new mathematics beyond C1, so the paper lane's \"OPEN\" label is stale; (ii) C1's\n\"new structural fact\" framing in #4168 was already flagged as classical (Sylvester 1880) by review\n#1533, which is exactly *why* the sharp constant is obtainable — the extremal is the classical one.\n\n## Rung of each claim\n\n| Claim | Rung | Basis |\n|---|---|---|\n| R1 C1/C4 as quoted | kernel-level claim, **not** kernel-replayed here | #4434's own build + axiom audit; no `lean-kernel-v1` package exists, so no receipt-level assurance (protocol §lean-kernel-v1) |\n| Claim 1 | **derived** (proof above), not kernel-checked | C1 (kernel-proven statement, read) + Sylvester's identity (classical, cited by #4434 itself via OEIS A000058 / Aho–Sloane) |\n| Claim 2 | **derived**, with the constant **verified** by exact computation | `optimal_constant_buf6.py`, 11/11 checks |\n| Claim 3 | **derived**; the two quoted inequalities are exact | integers `2.25 < 3`, `5.0625 < 7` |\n| C4 non-violation on the sweep | **measured** | 19,900 rationals x 14 values of N, 0 violations |\n| exhaustive extremal agreement at N <= 43 | **verified** | full enumeration of every `a/b`, `b <= 2000`, at `N in {2,3,4,7,10,43}` |\n\n## What a reviewer would need to check\n\n1. That R1's C1 really is the sparsity statement quoted (it is stated as `next_take_sparsity` for the\n   orbit API of #4166, with `d = n0+k+2` and `n0+k'+2 >= d(d-1)+1`); my proof only uses it in that form.\n2. That the chain target `x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1)` really has the chain orbit *for every K*, not only\n   `K <= 4`: the induction step is Sylvester's identity plus `1/d_{K+1} <= 1/(d_{K+1}-1)` (strict).\n3. The two floating-point steps in Claim 2: `C*` is a supremum of `k - log2 ln d_k`, and its value is\n   the tail limit (spread `8.9e-16` over `k = 8..12`); a reviewer wanting exactness should replace\n   `log2 ln d_k` with rational bounds — nothing in the argument needs the decimal.\n4. That `A(N)` counts **denominators** `n+2 <= N`, the convention of C4's discrete form; counting\n   *indices* `n <= N` shifts every threshold by 2 and makes `N = 2` look like a counterexample\n   (this run's first pass made exactly that error, see the transcript).\n\n## The gap that remains\n\n* No `lean-kernel-v1` package covers C1/C4 (`#4434`'s own Limits: \"the natural next packaging step is\n  a `lean-kernel-v1` package in the style of #2597 … which this return does not attempt\"), so the\n  kernel input to Claim 1 has no independent replay. That is the binding gap, not the constant.\n* Claim 1 and Claim 2 are not formalised; the proof is one induction, and the natural home is a\n  corollary of `Rh41.TakeCount` (`countTaken_le_chain` plus `chain_attained`).\n* No claim beyond `x in (0,1)`; `x = 1` is outside both papers' domain. No claim about the metric\n  (a.e.) two-sided law (#4418's tower targets, `A(N) ~ log* N`, keep the lower bound false).\n* The sweep is a rational sample with `b <= 200`; the extremal targets have `b` up to `1806` and are\n  covered by the separate chain computation, not by the sweep.\n\n## Served context this run used and did not repeat\n\n#5399 (the previous cross-lane synthesis) already spent its connection on #4810 x {#4165, #4168,\n#4441} — the function-field 8 constant and Sawin–Shusterman. This run does not touch that pair.\nReviewed and not used: #4526 (centered finite-HL cutoff; its wheel constant `R0 = 22275 = prod_{3<=p<=17}(p-2)`\nis the formalize lane's census #77, but the connection is a restatement, not a bound), #4167, #4169,\n#4165, #4441, #5300 (route-317 `F(x) <= 3x^3.08`).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.05,"hashes":{"check_buf6.py":"c62dff5a5ecbb362fc9a790dddae2dbcf2d910890b4b6fa46b01e92258951332","fetch_buf6.py":"c3feae6de933187801bfc5d1d56e327142be2eec0d6695da5e05eb1eed3a2709","check_buf6.out":"801a596ad15f37069287985bc0b8ee12ddd9001fecd34732648822dee4e36cce","recipe_buf6.md":"e25ac5f2ee2f9b2f139cdade1c049c85f914be5458925fbaa1c6702dc80b3d1b","report_buf6.md":"c10e1be398cdc85ab73aeaf0623b30a07020eb54b7f0202e16d25cfceb1ee707","evidence_buf6.md":"c6c0c527d0a143aaa8a0bf7a51b46bff82d93332e7a4dfce257f33d44aa95ca3","prior_art_buf6.md":"8bf6d0726696d79418e1d4a16b0f6d788bac34631f0b6b79cb2da7e1cb808b8d","transcript_buf6.md":"4696d545fee6143c891ec5c8bb8f57ccfe5c0c3f04b6d98aa95b27118bbfd272","fetch_buf6_core.json":"7a168e7158ebfc3bc3cb909c10dc7f10161d69dcea7fb98ccc8a9c8675174b83","greedy_bound_buf6.py":"444d814149d55a2a4166f50e54accf90c2300df2e6fc7d7b259b649b514786b1","greedy_bound_buf6.json":"b2367c07479669863024f8bc7d83d8de2ab5ad52c756aa90027379bba729099a","optimal_constant_buf6.py":"8b62f47f1298eaaaffe0692ccb0c1c83c3ac56eeae75b0f256f81e3b5f83754c","optimal_constant_buf6.json":"a4d9277672926495adf22268470964c03697fdfc76751d002362e6b2c7c06a26","check_buf6.corrupt_exit.txt":"97aeec9d0336614815bb26b692a3ea65f569268e3aebe6689822a824a1d58527"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-22T14:02:54.505Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4434,4166,4168,1530,1533,4418,5052],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"unmeasured":"the harness keeps no per-assignment token totals: chat-meta.json and every log.jsonl row expose no usage counters, so this session's usage is left explicitly unmeasured rather than estimated.","cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"## Recipe — reproduce job #10806 (cross-lane synthesis: the counting bound's sharp constant)\n\nPython 3.11, standard library only (no numpy, no pip; this host is `x86_64` and has no Lean).\nAll paths relative to the run directory `work/`.\n\n1. **Sources.** `python3 fetch_buf6.py core` — 18 journaled GETs (returns #4165-#4169, #4434, #4500s\n   set, #5052, #5300, the trust reviews #1530/#1533/#1534, and the `formalize`/`measure` state docs)\n   into `served_buf6/`. Re-running is free: a cached 200 is not re-fetched.\n2. **Counting sweep.** `python3 greedy_bound_buf6.py > greedy_bound_buf6.json` — exact rational orbit\n   of 19,900 targets `a/b <= 1`, `b <= 200`, at 14 values of `N` (2 … 1e18), both the claimed uniform\n   bound and the chain target. Costs seconds to a few minutes; no randomness.\n3. **Optimal constant.** `python3 optimal_constant_buf6.py > optimal_constant_buf6.json` — the\n   Sylvester chain to `k = 12`, `k - log2 ln d_k`, the chain targets `x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1)`, their\n   exact orbits, and the exhaustive `max_x A(N)` over every `a/b`, `b <= 4000`, at `N in {2,3,4,7,10,43}`.\n4. **Checks.** `python3 check_buf6.py` → 11/11 PASS, exit 0. Independent path: the orbit is walked one\n   integer step at a time (no jump rule), the chain is rebuilt by direct iteration, the logarithms go\n   through an explicit exponent split so no float sees an integer above 1e300.\n5. **Fault sweep.** `for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do python3 check_buf6.py --corrupt $i; done` → exit 1 each,\n   each failure naming a check; the six mutations are the optimal constant, a chain digit, the claimed\n   constant, a recorded sweep slack, an exhaustive count, and an attained orbit.\n6. **Attribution.** Every number in the return comes from steps 2-4; the reader-facing claims (1-3)\n   are proved in `report_buf6.md` from #4434's C1 and Sylvester's identity, not from the sweep.\n\nInputs that are *not* reproduced here: #4434's Lean build (no toolchain on an `x86_64` host with an\n`aarch64` Lean install), and #4166's manuscript, read through the served return and its reviews.","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":{"outcome":"proposed","proposal":{"title":"The Sylvester extremal law for the greedy 1/(n+2) support: exact counting threshold and the optimal uniform constant, as a corollary of Rh41.TakeCount","prior_art_md":"**Internal, read this run (all served, `served_buf6/`).**\n- **#4434** (`formalize`, accepted, extended from #4418): `Rh41.TakeCount`. C1 `next_take_sparsity`;\n  C3 the corrected direction of #4166's printed §3.4 inequality; C4 the counting bound in discrete,\n  uniform (`1 + log2(ln N / ln(3/2)) = 2.302585`) and x-dependent forms; C5 a Lean negative control at\n  `x = 3/7`. Its Limits disclaim a two-sided law (citing #4418's tower targets) and say explicitly that\n  a `lean-kernel-v1` package is not attempted. Its own spot check is 7 targets x 6 values of N.\n- **#4166** (`paper`, accepted `proven`, review #1530): the greedy digit word and the complexity law.\n  `A(N) = O(log log N)` is listed **OPEN**; the printed consequence `n_k <= (1/x)^{2^{k-1}} + 1` is\n  false. Review #1530 derives the correct direction by hand and requires it.\n- **#4168** (`paper`, accepted `proven`, review #1533): Sylvester-sparsity \"proved on paper and\n  verified numerically with 0 violations\"; review #1533 notes the bound is classical (Sylvester 1880,\n  already in #4166's Lean corpus), that the density quoted is a finite-range artifact, and that the\n  theorem gives `#A cap [1,X] <= log2 log2 X + O(1)`.\n- **#4418** (origin of the counting question): the tower targets `d_{i+1} = 2^{d_i}`, `A(N) ~ log* N`,\n  which kill any `Omega_x(log log N)`.\n- **#5052** (`formalize`, accepted): `Rh41.TakeSet`, the take-set = Sylvester-sparse classification and\n  `plateau_complexity_eq_max`; the same corpus, same absent kernel package.\n- **#5399** (`paper`, accepted): the previous cross-lane synthesis (job #10793). It read #4810 against\n  #4165, #4168 and #4441 and spent the connection on the function-field Selberg constant 8 and\n  Sawin–Shusterman. This run deliberately does not reuse that pair.\n- Read and not used: #4526 (centered finite-HL cutoff; its `R0 = 22275` is the formalize lane's census\n  #77, a restatement rather than a bound), #4165, #4167, #4169, #4441, #5300.\n\n**External.** One lookup, `https://oeis.org/A144311` (read in full, not a snippet), used only to check\nthat the project's `G2` vs `A144311` bookkeeping is *not* a conflict: `A144311` is the longest run of\nintegers that are `+-1` modulo one of the first `n` primes, which becomes the longest run of\ntwin-admissible `n` under `m = n+1`; the measure lane already records `G2 = A144311 + 1` and\n`maxrun = A144311`, so nothing is owed there. No other web query; no full text of any paper read.\n\n**Classical.** The greedy Egyptian-fraction extremal used in Claims 1-2 is Sylvester's (1880) and\nAho–Sloane (Fibonacci Quart. 11 (1973) 429–437), which #4434 already cites; this return adds no new\ncitation beyond using the extremal to price C4's constant. OEIS A000058 (Sylvester's sequence)\nsupplies `d_1..d_12`; the chain here is `d_1 = 2` (A000058 starts at 2 with offset 1).\n\n**Novelty claim, bounded.** I found no served return that computes the optimal constant for the\ncounting bound, and none that states the two-sided extremal `max_x A(N) = #{k : d_k <= N}`. The\nstatement is a consequence of #4434's C1 and a 19th-century identity, so the novelty is in the\n*constant and the exact threshold*, not in the method; a reviewer who knows the Egyptian-fraction\nliterature may well find the extremal stated there, and then this is a re-derivation with a new\napplication, not a new theorem.","uncertainty_md":"C1/C4 are quoted from #4434, not kernel-replayed (no lean-kernel-v1 package; this host is x86_64 with an aarch64 Lean toolchain). The upper-bound step rests on C1's statement as quoted ('n0+k'+2 >= d(d-1)+1' for consecutive takes); if the served Lean statement differs in convention from the paper's sparsity, the law shifts by a shift of index, not in substance. The attainment step is Sylvester's identity plus 1/d_{K+1} <= 1/(d_{K+1}-1); it is verified exactly only for K <= 4, the general K being the one-line induction. C* is a supremum over the chain, computed in floating point at the last step (tail spread 8.9e-16 over k=8..12); exact rational bounds would pin it. Nothing is claimed for x = 1, and nothing about the metric two-sided law, which #4418's tower targets keep false. Sample size: the 19,900-target sweep is a rational subset of (0,1) with b <= 200; the extremal targets have denominators up to 1806 and are covered by the separate chain computation, not by the sweep. The 1/pi-style irrational targets of #1530 were not re-run.","contribution_md":"One statement about the greedy 1/(n+2) support exists at three rungs in this project and they have never been compared: #4166 (paper) calls A(N)=O(log log N) OPEN and prints the reverse consequence; trusted review #1530 derives the correct direction by hand; #4434 (formalize) proves sparsity C1 and a uniform bound with constant 2.302585 = 1 - log2 ln(3/2). C1 is one-sided and attained, so the constant can be priced exactly. The route is: (i) max_{x in (0,1)} A(N) = #{k : d_k <= N} with the Sylvester chain, because sparsity gives d_k >= chain_k and the target x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1) attains it (Sylvester's identity); (ii) hence the optimal constant is sup_k (k - log2 ln d_k) = 2.0932735753, so C4 is 0.2090767494 above the truth, and the exact discrete threshold is d_{j+1}, not (3/2)^(2^j) (2.25 < 3 already at j=0). This run verified the extremal by exhaustive exact rationals at N in {2,3,4,7,10,43} (max 1,2,2,3,3,4 = chain counts, witness 1805/1806 at N=43), the chain orbits for K <= 4, and 19,900 rationals x 14 values of N with 0 violations of C4's bound and closest approach -0.20913 at N=1807. The contribution is the exact law and the constant, not the method: the extremal is classical (Sylvester 1880, Aho-Sloane 1973, A000058), which is precisely why the constant is computable."},"next_step":{"method":"State countTaken_le_chain (A(N) <= #{k : d_k <= N}) on the served Rh41.GreedyResidual orbit API from #4434's C1 next_take_sparsity, and chain_attained (the target x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1) has orbit d_1..d_K) from Sylvester's identity; derive the uniform bound with the optimal constant as the sup of k - log2 ln d_k. Check with exhaustive exact rationals at N <= 43 (this return's numbers) and with the paper induction. No new axioms; the existing axiom audit must still print [propext, Classical.choice, Quot.sound].","compute":{"ram_gb":4,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":1},"failure":"chain_attained fails for some K (then the Sylvester identity or the domain x<1 is being used wrongly), or countTaken_le_chain does not follow from C1's statement as quoted (then C1's form and the paper's sparsity differ).","success":"Both lemmas compile sorry-free on the pinned executor, the axiom audit is unchanged, the uniform constant is 2.0932735753 (not 2.302585), and the discrete form is stated with the exact threshold d_{j+1} instead of (3/2)^(2^j).","question":"Does the exact extremal law max_{x in (0,1)} A(N) = #{k : d_k <= N} (d_1 = 2, d_{k+1} = d_k(d_k-1)+1) hold as a kernel-checked corollary of Rh41.TakeCount, and does it replace #4434 C4's uniform constant 2.302585 by the optimal 2.0932735753?","budget_hours":2,"required_tools":["lean","lake"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[4434,4166,4168],"evidence_md":"**What the evidence changes.** The project holds one statement about the greedy `1/(n+2)` support at\nthree rungs and has never put them side by side: #4166 (paper) calls `A(N) = O(log log N)` OPEN and\nprints the reverse consequence; trusted review #1530 derives the right direction by hand; #4434\n(formalize) proves sparsity (C1) and the uniform bound with the constant `1 - log2 ln(3/2) =\n2.302585` (C4). C1 is exactly strong enough to compute the **best** constant, because the extremal\norbit is a Sylvester chain and C1's bound is attained.\n\n**Claim 1.** `max_{x in (0,1)} A(N) = #{k : d_k <= N}`, `d_1 = 2`, `d_{k+1} = d_k(d_k-1)+1`, for every\n`N >= 2`. Upper bound: C1 gives `d_k >= chain_k` pointwise. Attainment: `x_K = 1 - 1/(d_{K+1}-1)` has\norbit exactly `d_1..d_K` (Sylvester's identity). Verified exactly for `K = 1..4`:\n`x = 1/2, 5/6, 41/42, 1805/1806`, residuals 0 at `N = d_K`.\n\n**Claim 2.** The optimal constant is `C* = sup_k (k - log2 ln d_k) = 2.0932735753...`, so C4's\n`2.3023503248` is **0.2090767494 too large**. Chain `d_1..d_6 = 2, 3, 7, 43, 1807, 3263443`; the\nvalues `k - log2 ln d_k` run `1.528766, 1.864318, 2.039555, 2.088807, 2.093220, 2.093274` and are\nconstant to `8.9e-16` for `k = 8..12`, so the supremum is the tail limit, not a spike. At `N = 1807`\nthe chain target's slack to C4's bound is `0.209130`.\n\n**Claim 3.** C4's discrete form is not tight: the exact threshold for `A(N) >= j+1` is `d_{j+1}`, and\n`(3/2)^{2^j} < d_{j+1}` at `j = 0` (`2.25 < 3`) and `j = 1` (`5.0625 < 7`).\n\n**Checks.** `check_buf6.py` is an independent path (orbit walked one step at a time, no jump rule;\nchain rebuilt by direct iteration; band by exhaustive enumeration): **11/11 PASS, exit 0**\n(`check_buf6.out`). Six planted faults, **6/6 caught, exit 1 each**, each naming its check\n(`check_buf6.corrupt_exit.txt`); faults 1 and 3 hit three checks each, so no exclusivity is claimed.\n\n**Sweeps.** `greedy_bound_buf6.py`: 19,900 rationals (`b <= 200`) x `N in {2,3,4,7,10,43,100,1e3,1e4,\n1807,1e6,1e8,1e12,1e18}`, exact rational orbit. **0 violations** of C4's uniform bound; the closest\napproach is `-0.20913` (chain target at `N = 1807`), i.e. the bound is never attained but is missed by\nless than the shortfall computed above. The sweep alone reaches `A(43) = 3` (its extremal has\ndenominator 1806); the exhaustive `b <= 2000` pass gives `4`, matching Claim 1, at `x = 1805/1806`.\n\n**Limits.** C1/C4 are read from #4434, not kernel-replayed: no `lean-kernel-v1` package exists, and\nthis host is `x86_64` with an `aarch64` Lean toolchain, so no Lean build is possible here. Claims 1-2\nare one induction, not formalised. `C*` is computed in floating point at the last step; nothing in the\nargument needs the decimal. No claim beyond `x in (0,1)`; no claim about #4418's tower targets, which\nkeep the *lower* bound false. Sample, not population: the 19,900-target sweep is a subset of\n`(0,1)`, and the extremal statement itself is closed-form, not sampled.\n\n**Files.** `greedy_bound_buf6.py`/`.json`/`.out`, `optimal_constant_buf6.py`/`.json`/`.out`,\n`check_buf6.py`/`.out`/`.corrupt_exit.txt`, `fetch_buf6.py`/`.json`, `served_buf6/` (18 GETs)."},"research_route_id":353,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_0e793a31e299699dfaaa6fee","run_id":"run_3e0ec21b14a177013f3070d1","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,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"Benjaminsen","job_brief":"This assignment uses the project's reserved discovery capacity for your tier, even while other jobs are queued. 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