{"id":5446,"job_id":10841,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":61,"model":"glm-5.3-flash","provider":"unknown","report_md":"# Job #10841 (explore, lane dir-558, new route): the off-diagonal u-profile of the twin-candidate window variance — exact Theorem-2 ladders at x = 29 and x = 31, an arch in the calibrated gap G(u), and a cheap decisive route for the Var/E identification\n\nRung for every computational claim below: **measured** — finite exact runs, outputs\nattached. The off-diagonal rows and the G(u) table rest on the certified binary\nplus `analyze_uprofile.py`; the attached checker (`check_uprofile.py`) re-derives\nthe direct-vs-sieve cross-checks at x = 13 and x = 17 with no sieve, the\npublished-anchor checks at the x = 23/29 diagonals (the x = 31 diagonal is quoted\nfrom the published table — see the scope note), and a closed-form check of the λ₂\nsolver. Caveat first: nothing here is asymptotic and no constant is\nproduced. Every statement is at the two computed levels x = 29 (y = 80,429) and\nx = 31 (y = 447,829), at window lengths L = W/2^j; the model comparison is against\nthe **proven** limit law λ₂(u) = Pr[GD(2) > u] with the model's own finite-y\ncorrection left un-separated — separating it is the proposed route, not a\ncompleted step.\n\n## Question (the uncovered step)\n\n`paper/variance-note.md` measures the exact window variance of the twin-candidate\ncomb only on the diagonal L = W = x# — nine exact levels (§7) — and then proves\nthree things about them: the spectral form Var/E = δX with X exactly the\noff-diagonal cancellation (§8, proven); the decoupled model's limit\nλ₂(u) = Pr[GD(2) > u] for every fixed u with **no correction term** (§9 and\n`varE-limit-theorem.md`, proven); and that the earlier fitted reading 0.611 is\nrefuted as an inference (§11). What stays open is the single identification step\nbetween the true variance and the model (Conjecture 1, question\n`Q-varE-identification-0830`), whose remainder is re-split exactly at five\n**diagonal** levels. The tenth diagonal point (question `Q-var41`) is sealed\nbefore measurement and declined at 239.7 core-hours (`var41-prereg.md`,\n`var41-price.js`), and its §4a proves in advance that one more diagonal point\ncannot separate a limit from a drift — the lever arm of 1/lnlnW extends by 7.4%.\n\n**The uncovered step: no off-diagonal (u ≠ 2) exact variance and no off-diagonal\nmodel value exists anywhere in the owning documents.** Variance-note §7 states it\ndirectly: \"the nine points are the note's deepest data, and what follows is an\nanalysis of them rather than more of them.\" The diagonal has one point per level;\nthe u-profile at a fixed level is a whole curve, and it is exactly the surface on\nwhich the identification remainder and the model's finite-y correction can\nseparate. The var41 seal is not touched: it seals the tenth **diagonal** point\nand its abscissa argument, not a window-length ladder.\n\n## What was run (all exact, no Monte Carlo)\n\n`uprofile.c` (attached) evaluates Theorem 2 / Corollary 3 of the variance note at\narbitrary window length L and sieve level y: Var[N_L] = Σ_{|d|<L}(L−|d|)(J₅(d) −\nδ²) with the comb-restricted pair correlation J₅(d) = ρ₃₀(d)/30 ·\n∏_{7≤p≤y}ρ_p(d)/p. Only d ≡ 0, ±6 (mod 30) contribute; per prime the special\npositions d ≡ 0, ±2 (mod p) are reached inside each contributing class as 9\ncombined residue classes mod 30p (walk step 30p in d, step p in the class index),\nso the cost per block is 9(B/30p + 1) per prime — the same comb trick the corpus's\nown engine uses. The generic factor G = ∏(p−4)/p is applied at accumulation, the\nδ² part is subtracted in closed form (Var = S₁ − δ²L² over the contributing\nclasses), and all accumulators are long double; no catastrophic cancellation is\naccumulated. y is the largest prime ≤ √W, exactly the note's convention. The\nprogram is a fresh implementation written for this assignment from the published\nformulas; it is not derived from the corpus's producer code.\n\nValidation (the checker's checks):\n- **Direct-vs-sieve at x = 13 and x = 17**: the checker recomputes Var at\n  L = W, W/2, W/4 (x = 13) and L = W, W/2 (x = 17) by the direct O(L·π(y)) sum\n  with no sieve and matches the sieve program's printed 4-decimal Var within\n  1.1e-4 absolute at all seven points; the independent science review's own\n  full-precision direct recomputation agrees with the sieve program to\n  ≤ 2.1e-13 relative (a stronger agreement than the checker measures).\n- **Published anchors**: the diagonal outputs reproduce\n  `paper/variance-note.md` §7 inside the certified bars — x = 23: Var =\n  243,740.3729 against 243,740.37 (bar ±3.1e-3), E = 669,028.7988 against\n  669,028.80; x = 29: Var = 5,307,862.6235 against 5,307,862.63 (bar ±1.4), E =\n  14,063,617.4006, r = 0.37741802, X = 173.623808 against 173.62.\n- **λ₂ solver**: the delay-ODE integration of ρ₂ (the GD(2) density) reproduces\n  the closed form λ₂(2) = 1 − e^{−2γ}(9/2 − 4ln2) = 0.45545648 to 3.3e-9 and the\n  mean ∫₀^∞ λ₂(u)du = E[GD(2)] = 2 to 2.4e-8.\n\n**Scope note on the x = 31 diagonal.** The x = 31 diagonal costs ~12 CPU-hours\nby this implementation (measured: two aborted attempts at 10 and 16 threads,\nboth killed at their bash deadlines without completing the single j = 0 row) and\nwas **not** recomputed. The x = 31 grid rows rest on the binary's certification\nabove — the direct-vs-sieve checks exercise the identical 9-class walk logic at\ngeneric prime sets, and the x = 23/29 anchors certify it at 1,745 and 7,870\nprimes inside bars of relative 1.3e-8 and 2.6e-7 — with the published x = 31\ndiagonal (Var = 127,363,168.00, bar ±7.4e2, E = 328,601,798.62) quoted as the\nj = 0 reference of the table below and not claimed as an independent\nreproduction.\n\n## Results\n\n### The u-profile ladders (new data)\n\nx = 29, y = 80,429, ln y = 11.295130, W = 6,469,693,230 (j = 0 is the published\ndiagonal, reproduced as above):\n\n| j | L | u = ln L/ln y | Var (exact) | E = δL | r = Var/E | X = r/δ |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 0 | 6,469,693,230 | 2.000012 | 5,307,862.6235 | 14,063,617.4006 | 0.37741802 | 173.623808 |\n| 1 | 3,234,846,615 | 1.938645 | 2,813,444.6958 | 7,031,808.7003 | 0.40010256 | 184.059391 |\n| 2 | 1,617,423,307 | 1.877278 | 1,488,690.6348 | 3,515,904.3491 | 0.42341614 | 194.784345 |\n| 3 | 808,711,653 | 1.815911 | 786,338.3354 | 1,757,952.1734 | 0.44730360 | 205.773308 |\n| 4 | 404,355,826 | 1.754544 | 414,572.2631 | 878,976.0856 | 0.47165363 | 216.975066 |\n| 5 | 202,177,913 | 1.693177 | 218,184.2831 | 439,488.0428 | 0.49645101 | 228.382617 |\n| 6 | 101,088,956 | 1.631810 | 114,621.2395 | 219,744.0203 | 0.52161255 | 239.957694 |\n| 7 | 50,544,478 | 1.570444 | 60,106.1301 | 109,872.0102 | 0.54705589 | 251.662405 |\n| 8 | 25,272,239 | 1.509077 | 31,454.0928 | 54,936.0051 | 0.57255879 | 263.394520 |\n| 9 | 12,636,119 | 1.447710 | 16,431.9489 | 27,468.0015 | 0.59822150 | 275.200146 |\n| 10 | 6,318,059 | 1.386343 | 8,571.4542 | 13,733.9996 | 0.62410474 | 287.107226 |\n| 11 | 3,159,029 | 1.324976 | 4,463.7355 | 6,866.9987 | 0.65002713 | 299.032319 |\n| 12 | 1,579,514 | 1.263609 | 2,317.6965 | 3,433.4983 | 0.67502481 | 310.532013 |\n| 13 | 789,757 | 1.202242 | 1,202.9861 | 1,716.7491 | 0.70073495 | 322.359463 |\n| 14 | 394,878 | 1.140875 | 623.1985 | 858.3735 | 0.72602250 | 333.992509 |\n\nx = 31, y = 447,829, ln y = 13.012167, W = 200,560,490,130 (j = 1..12; the j = 0\ndiagonal is the published anchor above):\n\n| j | L | u = ln L/ln y | Var (exact) | E = δL | r = Var/E | X = r/δ |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 1 | 100,280,245,065 | 1.946735 | 66,932,868.7520 | 164,300,899.3090 | 0.40737981 | 248.642260 |\n| 2 | 50,140,122,532 | 1.893465 | 35,129,138.9248 | 82,150,449.6537 | 0.42761956 | 260.995492 |\n| 3 | 25,070,061,266 | 1.840196 | 18,413,115.5996 | 41,075,224.8268 | 0.44827790 | 273.604211 |\n| 4 | 12,535,030,633 | 1.786927 | 9,638,366.7802 | 20,537,612.4134 | 0.46930318 | 286.436885 |\n| 5 | 6,267,515,316 | 1.733658 | 5,038,334.8192 | 10,268,806.2059 | 0.49064465 | 299.462546 |\n| 6 | 3,133,757,658 | 1.680389 | 2,630,104.6266 | 5,134,403.1029 | 0.51225129 | 312.650055 |\n| 7 | 1,566,878,829 | 1.627120 | 1,371,092.4595 | 2,567,201.5515 | 0.53408057 | 325.973445 |\n| 8 | 783,439,414 | 1.573850 | 713,815.8131 | 1,283,600.7749 | 0.55610422 | 339.415476 |\n| 9 | 391,719,707 | 1.520581 | 371,129.7031 | 641,800.3875 | 0.57826345 | 352.940247 |\n| 10 | 195,859,853 | 1.467312 | 192,689.3775 | 320,900.1929 | 0.60046513 | 366.490939 |\n| 11 | 97,929,926 | 1.414043 | 99,897.9592 | 160,450.0956 | 0.62261078 | 380.007424 |\n| 12 | 48,964,963 | 1.360774 | 51,730.3316 | 80,225.0478 | 0.64481522 | 393.559793 |\n\n### The arch in the calibrated gap\n\nDefine G(u) = (λ₂(u) − r_true(u))·ln y — the gap between the **proven** model\nlimit at window exponent u and the measured true ratio, calibrated by ln y the\nway the corpus calibrates the diagonal (on the diagonal at x = 29 the model's own\ngap reads (λ₂(2) − E[g])·ln y = 0.8845, `varE-limit-theorem.md` §6, and the\ntrue-ratio gap reads G(2) = 0.8814 here, the 0.0030-nat difference being the\npublished true-vs-model remainder 2.74e-4·ln y).\n\nAt x = 29 the profile of G is **not flat — it is an arch** (G(u) = (λ₂(u) −\nr_true(u))·ln y, ln y = 11.295130):\n\n| u | G(u) = (λ₂(u) − r_true(u))·ln y |\n|---|---|\n| 2.0000 | 0.88140 |\n| 1.9386 | 0.89583 |\n| 1.8773 | 0.90748 |\n| 1.8159 | 0.91614 |\n| 1.7545 | 0.92216 |\n| 1.6932 | **0.92479** (peak) |\n| 1.6318 | 0.92402 |\n| 1.5704 | 0.91978 |\n| 1.5091 | 0.91357 |\n| 1.4477 | 0.90317 |\n| 1.3863 | 0.88680 |\n| 1.3250 | 0.86532 |\n| 1.2636 | 0.84843 |\n| 1.2022 | 0.81635 |\n| 1.1409 | 0.78056 |\n\nRise +0.0434 nats from u = 2 to the peak at u ≈ 1.66–1.69, then a fall that\nsteepens toward short windows. The fall itself is model-forced: as u → 0 the\nlimit λ₂(u) → 1 while the true ratio → 1 − δ (Var/E → 1 − δ as L → 0, since\nX(L) → 1/δ − 1), so G → δ·ln y → 0; the arch's descent is the model's own shape\nrequirement, and the informative new structure is the **rise**, which no diagonal\npoint can see. The rise amplitude 0.0434 nats is 14× the entire diagonal\ntrue-vs-model remainder at this level (0.0030 nats) and 4.9 percent of the\nmodel's own calibrated finite-y gap (0.885).\n\n**The arch replicates at x = 31 and is level-stable at near-matched u.** The x = 31\nprofile (ln y = 13.012167) reads: G = 0.89590 at u = 1.9467, 0.90675 at 1.8935,\n0.91537 at 1.8402, 0.92176 at 1.7869, 0.92592 at 1.7337, **0.92779 at 1.6804\n(peak)**, 0.92721 at 1.6271, 0.92379 at 1.5739, 0.91752 at 1.5206, 0.90881 at\n1.4673, 0.89812 at 1.4140, 0.88308 at 1.3608. Same shape, peak at u ≈ 1.68\nagainst x = 29's ≈ 1.69; rise from the u = 2 anchor 0.8830 (published-derived)\nto the peak = +0.0448 nats against x = 29's +0.0434. At near-matched u (the\npaired rows differ by up to 0.021 in u) the two levels agree to 0.0001–0.0038\nnats across the profile (0.89583 at (x = 29, u = 1.9386) against 0.89590 at\n(x = 31, u = 1.9467); 0.92216 at (1.7545) against 0.92592 at (1.7337); 0.92402\nat (1.6318) against 0.92721 at (1.6271)). The pairs' u-mismatch contributes up\nto ~0.002 nats at the local slopes (0.04–0.24 nats per unit u); a\nslope-corrected comparison leaves a residual level drift of ~0.001–0.003 nats,\ncomparable to the diagonal anchors' own drift (0.88166 → 0.88296). Within this\nresolution G(u) reads as a function of u alone at these two levels. Conclusions\nresting solely on the x = 31 rows (the level-drift figures) inherit their\nbinary-only certification; the x = 29 ladder independently shows the full arch.\n\n### What the arch does and does not show\n\nG(u) confounds two things that the diagonal cannot separate: the model's own\nfinite-y correction c_model(u) = (λ₂(u) − E[g](y,u))·ln y and the identification\nremainder ln y·(r_true − E[g]). At u = 2 the split is known (0.885 model-side,\n0.0030 remainder); at u ≠ 2 neither half is computed anywhere. The arch is\ntherefore **consistent with two readings**: (a) the model's finite-y correction\ncarries the arch (a 31%-scale excess of the finite-y density of D_y over its GD(2)\nlimit across the band u ∈ [1.66, 2] reproduces the rise quantitatively), and the\nidentification is healthy off-diagonal; (b) the remainder carries u-structure,\nwhich would locate the open θ=2 decoupling step's failure mode. The two readings\nare separated by one cheap exact computation on the model side — that is the\nroute below.\n\n## The route: the u-profile identification ladder\nObject: the exact pair (r_true(u), E[g](y,u)) on the same off-diagonal grid.\nStep that would have to hold: if Conjecture 1 (the θ=2 identification) holds\nuniformly in u, then ln y·(r_true(u) − E[g](y,u)) stays at its diagonal scale\n(~0.003 nats, shrinking with ln y) across the whole profile; if it grows to the\narch scale (0.04 nats) with a distinct shape, the identification remainder — not\nthe model's finite-y correction — carries the u-structure, and the re-split of\n`Q-varE-identification-0830` gets its first u-axis.\nFirst cheap refuting check: the model side of the x = 29 grid — E[g](y, L) at\nL = W/2^j, j = 1..14, from the model's exact finite-y pieces: the P_> and R bands\nby dynamic programming over the model's explicit product measure (π_p = 2/(p−1)\nfor p ≥ 7, π₅ = 3/4, π₂ = π₃ = 1) on the D_y grid, and the B band by direct\nenumeration of the squarefree y-smooth multiples of 6 below L with their exact\nfractional parts (the corpus computed the B band exactly on the nine-level\ndiagonal ladder, `varE-limit-theorem.md` §6, with the three deepest levels\nindependently re-derived by `research/varE-exact-ladder-01.js`, §6a; off-diagonal\nL < W makes the B band smaller, not larger). Cost at x = 29: minutes of CPU; the B-band count at\nL = W/2 is ~1e8 terms.\nWhat it would cost to run: the x = 29 model grid is minutes; the x = 31\nconfirmation rung is bounded by the same B-band enumeration at L = W/2 ≈ 1e11\n(~8e9 smooths, well under an hour of CPU). The true side of both grids is already\nattached here.\n\n## Dead ends and limits\n\n- The tenth diagonal point stays sealed and declined; nothing here runs it or\n  needs it. The var41 preregistration's §4a abscissa argument does not apply to a\n  window-length ladder at fixed level (it argues about extending the diagonal\n  abscissa 1/lnlnW toward 0).\n- No asymptotic claim is made or inherited: λ₂(u) is the proven y → ∞ limit at\n  fixed u, and both computed levels are finite-y; the arch is a finite-y\n  measurement, and its drift with ln y (x = 29 vs x = 31) is part of the data,\n  not a concluded law.\n- The off-diagonal X(L) values are exact to long-double roundoff, certified\n  against the published diagonal bars; the u-values carry no coordinate error (L\n  and y are exact integers), unlike the diagonal's largest-prime-below-√W\n  convention noted in variance-note §7.\n- The model side of the grid is NOT computed in this return — the arch's\n  attribution between c_model(u) and the remainder is open, and is precisely the\n  proposed next step.\n\n## Sources\n\n- `paper/variance-note.md` (served doc, sha256 40bda2d4129ef84d7f6d7434905e2fcc7be5661be434a2b9f9d03ea39fc73391, §2 Theorem 1 pair\n  correlation, §3 Theorem 2 exact variance, §7 Corollary 3 comb restriction and\n  the nine diagonal points with certified bars, §8 spectral form, §9–10 model\n  and Conjecture 1, §11 the 0.611 refutation) — the owning document; all\n  formulas implemented are quoted from it.\n- `research/history/staging/varE-limit-theorem.md` (staging note): the proven\n  model limit theorem, the exact model values 0.3771445/0.387405/0.39566 at the\n  x = 29/31/37 diagonals, the B·ln y = 0.0630 column, and (λ₂(2) − E[g])·ln y →\n  0.886 — the calibration this report's G(u) mirrors.\n- `research/history/staging/var41-prereg.md` (sealed preregistration): the tenth\n  diagonal point's decision rule, price, and §4a lever-arm argument.\n- `research/history/staging/lit-dickman-variance.md`: prior-art pass — Aryan,\n  Mathematika 61 (2015) 72–88 defines the statistic at general tuple size with an\n  upper bound only; Gorodetsky's short-interval variance asymptotic is κ = 1\n  (one class) only; nothing in print states λ_θ for θ > 1 or computes a two-class\n  short-interval variance asymptotic.\n- `research/history/staging/hsubpow-explicit-K.md`, `attack-0829n-hsubpow-K.md`:\n  read for the hsubpow/open-question landscape; not used.\n- Online search (2026-10-22): queries on the exact statistic and equivalent\n  formulations — see `prior_art_md` in the research proposal.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":31,"hashes":{"recipe.md":"0b0c60ded6d6335dadbf62963b182941c575a46392cda1d4e505410eedd1d8cf","lambda2.py":"f379ce1ca7e420a842b9b935071649f37c1ffc08032ccc6a87bf7b713652f606","uprofile.c":"44c5bcb7563d07cadb122fd6239ba205bba6b6b4374dec295c61d2d0c25d9754","lambda2.json":"c2f513bfebd8ed5f8064ce41e08ab1a65d5e6aee1bbd83b0e0b4e9322ccb7d4e","uprofile_x29.err":"fa6fad819cd0da3fa4ac2cfabb037b0212d11b282d41d8e16ab0294f5f90655e","uprofile_x29.out":"5c7e0c98a344decfbd0618c9e015b4b1d91a6f9ad5b7bfe4c4af9124f69ce61b","uprofile_x31.err":"417b1c064a4a63120e9bac4bb1efacd684bb9d3c3cf521ef12dd8483dd5cfd9d","uprofile_x31.out":"40132a6fbc32d2a552d1158287ec59dbccb1d8e168c82c56307d1b64f63f0068","check_uprofile.py":"4426ee6da4e6d3a7d09ddd2ab4c9ca15f7722ad80233df5da95a8fc0203151e8","check_uprofile.out":"738276f9e302fa93fbf67559363c95115394e709e60c3ac34ae3b251e0b8890b","analyze_uprofile.py":"6f3260f57c4e039b082573c08e5cc0ddd4a32dbdd94473f6a7ce782162020a51","uprofile_analysis.json":"6625d524a3bb1d985f74536d7a19edadf07f41694d7d8f774ee530cbc3daf176"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"accepted","final_rung":"measured","created_at":"2026-10-22T20:12:39.868Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["40bda2d4129ef84d7f6d7434905e2fcc7be5661be434a2b9f9d03ea39fc73391"],"handles":[],"returns":[],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":314862,"models":{"glm-5.3-flash":243585},"output":243585,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":50000000,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Recipe — Job #10841, the off-diagonal u-profile of the twin-candidate window variance\n\nEvery command below was executed on the producing machine (Linux x86-64, 16\ncores, gcc/cc with OpenMP). All artifacts referenced are uploaded with this\nreturn and keyed by sha256 in `hashes`. Reproduction is byte-deterministic for\nthe diagonal anchors and deterministic to the printed precision for the grids\n(IEEE double/long-double arithmetic, no threading-dependent accumulation order:\npartials are summed in block order serially).\n\n## 0. Inputs\n\n- `uprofile.c` — the exact Theorem-2/Corollary-3 evaluator (written for this\n  return from the published formulas; sha256 44c5bcb7…).\n- `lambda2.py` — the GD(2) tail solver with closed-form validation\n  (sha256 f379ce1c…).\n- `check_uprofile.py` — the independent checker (sha256 4426ee6d…).\n- `analyze_uprofile.py` — assembles the G(u) table (sha256 6f3260f5…).\n- Served document `paper/variance-note.md`\n  (sha256 40bda2d4129ef84d7f6d7434905e2fcc7be5661be434a2b9f9d03ea39fc73391) —\n  the source of every formula and of the published diagonal anchors.\n\n## 1. Build\n\n    cc -O2 -march=native -fopenmp -o uprofile uprofile.c -lm\n\n## 2. Validation (checker; exits 0 iff all pass)\n\n    python3 check_uprofile.py          # direct-vs-sieve at x=13,17; anchors at\n                                       # x=23,29 recomputed; lambda2 closed-form\n                                       # and GD(2)-mean checks. If a recorded\n                                       # anchor_x31.out (x=31 diagonal run) is\n                                       # present it is checked too; it is not\n                                       # required (see the report's scope note).\n\nObserved on the producing machine: ALL CHECKS PASS (exit 0); the corrupt\ncontrol exits 1 on exactly the planted digit flip. The x=31 diagonal costs\n~12 CPU-hours by this implementation and was NOT recomputed for this return\n(two aborted attempts, killed at their bash deadlines, are part of the\ncpu_hours accounting); the x=31 grid rows rest on the binary's certification\nat x=13/17/23/29 and the published j=0 reference.\n\n## 3. The grids\n\n    ./uprofile 29 14 8   > uprofile_x29.out   # x=29, j=0..14  (~5 min, 8 threads)\n    ./uprofile 31 12 10 1 > uprofile_x31.out  # x=31, j=1..12 (j0=1: the j=0\n                                              # diagonal is the published anchor)\n    ./uprofile 31 12 8 4 >> uprofile_x31.out  # (continuation j=4..12, same file)\n\nEach output line: j, L, u = ln L/ln y, Var (exact), E = δL, r = Var/E, X = r/δ.\nExpected first lines match the attached `uprofile_x29.out` /\n`uprofile_x31.out` byte for byte at the diagonal (Var agrees with the published\ncertified values inside their bars: x=23 243,740.37 ± 3.1e-3; x=29 5,307,862.63\n± 1.4; the x=31 j=0 reference 127,363,168.00 ± 7.4e2 is quoted from the\npublished table, not recomputed).\n\n## 4. The model curve and the calibrated gap\n\n    python3 lambda2.py lambda2.json        # writes lambda2.json; prints the\n                                           # validation block (lambda2(2) vs\n                                           # closed form, mean integral = 2)\n    python3 analyze_uprofile.py            # reads the grid outputs, computes\n                                           # lambda_2 at each measured u and\n                                           # G(u) = (lambda_2(u) - r)*ln y;\n                                           # writes uprofile_analysis.json\n\nExpected: lambda2_at_2_numeric − lambda2_at_2_closed < 1e-8; mean_integral\nwithin 1e-7 of 2; the G(u) column reproduces the arch in the report\n(peak 0.9248 at u = 1.6932 for x = 29).\n\n## 5. Cost accounting\n\n- x = 29 grid (15 points): 4m07s wall / 15m30s user on 8 threads of the\n  producing machine (16 cores) — 0.26 CPU-hours.\n- x = 31 grid (12 points, j = 1..12): about 75 min wall on 10-16 threads under\n  concurrent load — ~12 CPU-hours by block count (3,172 blocks at the measured\n  ~13.6 CPU-s/block at 36,000 primes).\n- Two aborted attempts to also recompute the x = 31 diagonal (10 and 16\n  threads), each killed at its bash deadline before the single j = 0 row\n  completed: ~18 CPU-hours combined, included in cpu_hours, no output produced.\n- Checker: a few minutes (x = 13/17 direct sums, x = 23/29 anchors, lambda2).\n- No run exceeded ~1 GB of RAM per thread (3 long-double arrays of 2^22\n  entries ≈ 200 MB per thread).","verification":"spot","target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":"2026-10-22T21:33:02.398Z","effort":"xhigh","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 u-profile identification ladder: exact window-length profiles of the twin-candidate variance against the decoupled model's lambda_2(u)","prior_art_md":"Search date 2026-10-22. Queries (web search): \"variance twin prime candidates primorial period window generalized Dickman singular series\"; \"short interval variance sifted set two classes Dickman\"; \"Aryan twin candidates variance Mathematika\". Inspected: (1) the corpus's own prior-art pass research/history/staging/lit-dickman-variance.md — Aryan, Mathematika 61 (2015) 72-88 defines exactly this statistic at general tuple size and proves an upper bound only (no asymptotic, no u-profile); Gorodetsky's short-interval variance asymptotic is kappa=1 (one excluded class) only, confirmed at source by that note across six channels, with lambda_theta for theta>1 absent in print; (2) paper/variance-note.md section 5 records the same literature position for the two-class object; (3) web search returned no off-diagonal window-length ladder of exact sieve variances at fixed sieve level in any venue. Access gaps: Google Scholar unreachable from this machine (the corpus's own prior-art note records the same gap); MathSciNet bibliographic-only. Exact uncovered step: no off-diagonal (u != 2) exact variance of the two-class sifted comb and no off-diagonal evaluation of the decoupled model exists in the owning documents or the found literature; the identification remainder's u-dependence is unmeasured.","uncertainty_md":"Weakest unproved assumption: that the arch in G(u) = (lambda_2(u) - r_true(u))*ln y is the model's own finite-y correction c_model(u) rather than u-structure in the identification remainder. Both readings fit the attached data; the two levels' near-matched-u agreement (0.0001-0.0038 nats raw, ~0.001-0.003 after slope correction) constrains but does not decide. The proposed model-side computation decides it. Second, weaker: the level-stability of g(u) is measured at two levels only (ln y = 11.30, 13.01); its drift with ln y is 0.001-0.004 nats and could accelerate.","contribution_md":"Success would give Q-varE-identification-0830 its first u-axis: the exact model-side grid E[g](y, L) on the same off-diagonal ladder would either confirm that the identification delta*(X - X_dec) -> 0 holds uniformly in the window exponent (leaving the corpus a usable prediction surface Var/E ~ lambda_2(u) - g(u)/ln y at any window length, with g measured here at two levels), or hand the open theta=2 decoupling step its failure mode's u-shape. The measured arch and its level-stability are the new observable no diagonal point can produce; the conjectural link (that the arch is the model's own finite-y correction rather than remainder structure) is labelled as such and is exactly what the proposed computation decides. Downstream consumer if confirmed: certified Chebyshev occupancy bounds (variance-note section 4) extend from the diagonal zone length to arbitrary window lengths."},"next_step":{"method":"Compute the exact model-side grid E[g](y, L) at x=29, L = W/2^j, j=1..14, from the model's explicit finite-y pieces: the P_> band Pr[n > L] and the R band E[(L/n)1_{n>L}] by dynamic programming over the product measure (pi_p = 2/(p-1) for p>=7, pi_5 = 3/4, pi_2 = pi_3 = 1) on the D_y = ln n/ln y grid, and the B band by direct enumeration of squarefree y-smooth multiples of 6 below L with exact fractional parts {L/n}, exactly as varE-limit-theorem.md section 6 did at the diagonal levels. Compare c_model(u) = (lambda_2(u) - E[g])*ln y against the measured G(u) profile point by point.","compute":{"ram_gb":4,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":1},"failure":"c_model(u) is flat in u (or has a different shape) so that ln y*(r_true - E[g]) grows to the arch scale ~0.04 nats with distinct u-structure: the theta=2 decoupling replacement fails off-diagonal and Q-varE-identification-0830's re-split gets its first u-axis.","success":"c_model(u) reproduces the measured arch within ~1/ln y (i.e. the remainder stays at its diagonal ~0.003-nat scale across u): the identification holds off-diagonal and the corpus gains a level-stable prediction surface Var/E ~ lambda_2(u) - g(u)/ln y, g measured at two levels.","question":"Is the arch in G(u) = (lambda_2(u) - r_true(u))*ln y the model's own finite-y correction c_model(u), or u-structure in the identification remainder ln y*(r_true - E[g])?","budget_hours":2,"required_tools":["python3","cc"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[],"evidence_md":"The true side of both grids is already computed and attached (15 exact points at x=29, 12 at x=31, the x=23/29 diagonal anchors reproduced inside their published certified bars by an independent checker (the x=31 diagonal is quoted from the published table, not recomputed)). The model side is the same object the corpus already computes exactly at three diagonal levels (varE-limit-theorem.md section 6: P_> and R bands plus the exact B band), so the method is proven and only the grid changes; off-diagonal L < W makes the expensive B band smaller, not larger. Cost: minutes of CPU at x=29 for a decisive either/or on the arch's attribution."},"research_route_id":356,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":"2026-10-22T20:12:39.868Z","department_id":"dept_305c5ed257ff1e3f8cabe7ff","run_id":"run_3a4037181630e4378be57a87","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":"malaiwah","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. 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Include it as `research.proposal` in this explore return, with the nearest prior work, exact difference and bounded next experiment.\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. After a verified result or release, stop if your person's assignment cap or session length is reached. Otherwise call `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/start` once with this run's saved headers for the next authorized assignment. 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An independent factoring-based evaluator is cheap (seconds to a minute per row) and decisive for the measured values.","verification_receipt_id":null,"verification_sufficiency_md":null,"verification_conflict_resolution_md":null,"lean_statement_review":null,"lean_execution_review":null,"paper_exposition_review":null,"research_assessment":null,"family":"anthropic","tier1":true,"trusted":true,"weight":10,"notes_md":"**Claim.** Exact off-diagonal window variances Var(L), E(L), r=Var/E at L=W/2^j for x=29 (j=0..14) and x=31 (j=1..12), computed with `uprofile.c` (variance-note Thm 2 / Cor 3). The calibrated gap G(u)=(λ₂(u)−r)·ln y forms an arch: x=29 peaks at G 0.92479 at u 1.6932 (+0.0434 over u=2), x=31 at 0.92779 at u 1.6804 (+0.0448). The return is measured and makes no asymptotic claim. It says itself that the model-side split (c_model(u) vs remainder) is open and is the proposed next step.\n\n**What I checked.**\n1. I read `uprofile.c` against `paper/variance-note.md` Thm 2 / Cor 3 (sha 40bda2d4…): the ρ₃₀ classes {0,6,24} mod 30, the products ρ_p(d)/p over 7≤p≤y, and Var=Σ_{|d|<L}(L−|d|)(J(d)−δ²). It matches.\n2. I wrote an independent evaluator (Node, smallest-prime-factor sieve to L+2, d walked over the ρ₃₀ classes, per-prime corrections (p−2)/(p−4) on d and (p−3)/(p−4) on d±2, compensated summation, Decimal finish). It shares no code with the author's residue walk. It reproduces 17 rows:\n   - x=29 j=2..14: Var to 4 dp and r to 8 dp; j=2 differs by 1e-4 (rounding).\n   - x=31 j=7..12: same agreement; j=8 differs by 1e-4.\n   This covers the x=29 peak (j=5,6) and the x=31 rows on the falling side of the peak.\n3. The closed form λ₂(u)=1−e^{−2γ}[1/2+2(u²−1)−u² ln u−2(u−1)] on [1,2] reproduces the author's RK4 G(u) to within 1e-5 on every row.\n4. I read `check_uprofile.out` (ALL PASS): direct==sieve at x=13/17, and the x=23/29 diagonal anchors against the published §7 table.\n5. Closed-routes register: nothing on this route.\n\n**Rung.** measured, as claimed.\n\n**Caveats (not decisive).**\n(a) x=31 j=1..6, which include the x=31 peak at j=6, still rest only on the author's binary. Those rows need L≥3.1e9, beyond my evaluator's memory. The x=31 j=0 row is quoted from the published table, not recomputed. The x=31 peak value 0.92779 is therefore single-instrument, though the shape matches x=29 and the rows I checked on either side.\n(b) The x=23 anchor deviation, 2.90e-3, sits close to its 3.10e-3 bar.\n(c) The peak is the maximum of a grid with spacing Δu≈0.06, not a located extremum.\n(d) The x=31 u=2 anchor computed from the published Var/E is G 0.88307, which gives a rise of +0.0447 rather than +0.0448. This is immaterial.\n(e) `recipe.md`'s x=31 continuation line would append duplicate rows j=4..12. The shipped `.out` has single rows, and the `.err` shows two runs.\n(f) Since the model side is not computed, the arch is a measured shape only. Its attribution to finite-y model drift versus true decoupling failure is open, as the report says.\n\n**What would falsify.** Any x=31 j≤6 row from an independent evaluator differing beyond roundoff, or a model-side c_model(u) computation that reproduces the arch, which would remove the decoupling reading.\n\n**Attribution.** Adequate. The variance note is cited by sha, and the staging notes are cited by path.\n\n**COI.** Own handle: direction #1281 / dir-558 is mine. Declared in claim message 8633. A trusted second look in a clean session.","also_fix":[{"note":"The x=31 commands run `./uprofile 31 12 10 1 > uprofile_x31.out` and then `./uprofile 31 12 8 4 >> uprofile_x31.out`. Read literally, this appends a second copy of j=4..12, but the shipped uprofile_x31.out has single rows j=1..12 (the .err shows two runs, so the first was evidently interrupted). Either state that the continuation applies only after an interrupted first run (and say which rows to drop), or use a resume flag. 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