{"id":5552,"job_id":11223,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":108,"model":"gpt-6-astra","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Equal-coordinate correlations: exact CRT weights and a conditional unit-row saving\n\nJob11223, route207 revision11. Outcome: **progress**. The full all-row bound remains unproved. This return identifies the explicit term left unpaid by the natural CRT argument, and prices a primary short-correlation theorem on the unit rows under additional factorability hypotheses. No scientific program or numerical experiment was run.\n\n## 1. Domain and conclusion\n\nUse the notation of [return5540](https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/5540):\n\n    gcd(e1,e2)=1, e1,e2 ~ E=x^(9/20), q ~ x^(1/20),\n    c=q e1 e2 ~ x^(19/20), A=x^(3/50), |I| ~ T=x^(39/100),\n    r(a,b)=theta(a e2-b e1), theta in {1,2}, a,b in H subset (A,2A].\n\nThe admitted pair set P may be a subset of H times H. Its actual restriction is retained. Let K(t,(a,b))=S(t,r(a,b);c), for every integer t in I, and G=K* K. The matrix H1 is G restricted to distinct columns sharing a; H2 shares b. Both are Hermitian. The question is whether\n\n    ||H1||op+||H2||op << A Tc x^(-1/100-delta)                 (1)\n\nholds for some fixed delta>0. Return5540 proves only A Tc x^o(1), with every dual gcd class retained. Its diagonal estimate is used below; its pending status is not upgraded by this return.\n\nTwo new, scoped conclusions follow. First, the CRT expansion below isolates a centered Kloosterman-square weight on a genuinely short interval. Its nonzero frequencies cannot be discarded using complete-period orthogonality. Shared prime factors of q require a different CRT split and introduce a precise harmonic congruence condition. Second, if c admits a divisor s~x^(19/60) with (c,6^infinity)|s and c/(c,s^infinity) cube-free, the unit-row portions of H1,H2 satisfy\n\n    ||H1_unit||op+||H2_unit||op << A Tc x^(-11/300+o(1)).      (2)\n\nThus these restricted portions meet (1) for any fixed 0<delta<2/75. The stated divisor and cube-free hypotheses are additional assumptions, not established facts about all assigned moduli. The nonunit-row portions are still unpaid. Neither (2) nor the CRT identities prove (1), control Hcross, or improve the full restricted operator.\n\n## 2. CRT that preserves prime powers shared with q\n\nDefine q1 as the product of the full prime-power factors of q supported on primes dividing e1; define q2 similarly for e2, and put q0=q/(q1 q2). Then\n\n    C1=e1 q1, C2=e2 q2, C0=q0\n\nare pairwise coprime and their product is c. Omit any factor equal to1. For each retained factor let alpha_i be the inverse of c/C_i modulo C_i and put\n\n    L_i(t;a,b)=S(alpha_i t, alpha_i r(a,b);C_i).\n\nSplitting a unit u modulo c into its residues modulo the C_i proves directly\n\n    S(t,r(a,b);c)=product_i L_i(t;a,b).                     (3)\n\nThis uses e_c(z)=product_i e_{C_i}(alpha_i z), so both local arguments have the displayed alpha_i. There is no assumption that q is coprime to e1e2.\n\nFor fixed a and b!=b', write Delta=b'-b. The second arguments in the C1 factors agree precisely when\n\n    C1 divides theta e1 Delta, equivalently q1 divides theta Delta.  (4)\n\nThe equivalence is exact cancellation of the integer factor e1, and does not require q1 coprime to e1. Thus a common C1 factor exists within each residue class b modulo q1/gcd(q1,theta), but need not exist between classes. Analogously, fixing b freezes the C2 argument exactly when q2 divides theta(a'-a). This is a condition on the local arguments; it is not a claim that distinct arguments always give distinct numerical Kloosterman values.\n\nConsequently, factoring c into e1,e2,q as if these were coprime, or replacing the C1 pair by an absolute square for every equal-a pair, silently changes the assigned kernel. Partitioning the harmonic labels into the classes in (4) does not remove the correlations between those classes.\n\n## 3. The explicit unpaid weighted term\n\nTo exhibit the issue even in a favorable case, impose temporarily gcd(q,e1e2)=1. This subsection is a restricted identity, not a reduction of the general case by assumption. Now C1=e1,C2=e2,C0=q, and for fixed a the C1 factor is independent of b. Write it as U_a(t), and set\n\n    V_b(t)=L_2(t;a,b)L_0(t;a,b),\n    W_a(t)=|U_a(t)|^2-phi(e1).\n\nIf q=1 its factor is understood as1. For a pair b!=b' in the actual a-block, expansion gives the exact decomposition\n\n    G_a(b,b') = phi(e1) sum_{t in I} conjugate(V_b(t))V_b'(t)\n                + R_a(b,b'),\n    R_a(b,b') = sum_{t in I} W_a(t) conjugate(V_b(t))V_b'(t).  (5)\n\nThe centering constant is exact: summing |S(alpha_1 t,R;e1)|^2 over all t modulo e1 gives e1 phi(e1), since the t-sum enforces equality of the two unit variables. It is independent of R, even when R is nonunit.\n\nMore explicitly, let R=alpha_1 theta a e2 modulo e1, and for m modulo e1 let\n\n    k_m=alpha_1^(-1)m mod e1,\n    F_a(m)=sum_{u mod e1; u,u+k_m units}\n                 e_{e1}(R[(u+k_m)^(-1)-u^(-1)]).\n\nThe Fourier convention is\n\n    |U_a(t)|^2 = sum_{m mod e1} F_a(m)e_{e1}(mt),\n    F_a(0)=phi(e1).\n\nIt follows that the unpaid matrix has the explicit formula\n\n    R_a(b,b') = sum_{m!=0 mod e1} F_a(m)\n                 sum_{t in I} e_{e1}(mt) conjugate(V_b(t))V_b'(t). (6)\n\nProof: expand conjugate(U_a)U_a, and group the two unit variables by alpha_1(v-u)=m. This also fixes every sign and normalization in (6). All t, including nonunits, remain present.\n\nEquations (5)-(6) are the missing term in a replacement of |U_a(t)|^2 by its complete-period mean. Here T/E=x^(-3/50), so I does not cover even one full e1 period for sufficiently large x. Moreover, a mean-zero weight cannot generally be dropped from a weighted sum even over a full period. The required estimate must control the correlation with V_b and V_b'; an unweighted complete second moment does not do so. No smoothness or bounded-variation property of this arithmetic weight is assumed.\n\nThe direct Gram bound from5540 still only gives ||H1||+||H2|| << A Tc x^o(1). Formula (6) is an explicit unpaid term, not a lower bound demonstrating failure of (1). H2 has the same issue with the divisor labels exchanged. Under shared factors, (3)-(4) retain additional off-class products instead of this common absolute square.\n\n## 4. What a primary incomplete-correlation theorem does buy\n\n[Blomer--Milicevic, Theorem5, pp.7--8](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.7845) applies to a short sum of two complete Kloosterman sums restricted to unit row indices. With its modulus r=c, auxiliary modulus q=c, length M=T, and divisor s|c satisfying (c,6^infinity)|s, it gives\n\n    sum_{t in I; (t,c)=1} S(t,r1;c)S(t,r2;c)\n      << c^eta [T^(1/2)c s^(1/2) + T^(1/2)c^(5/4)s^(-1/4)\n                 + T c^(3/4)g^(1/4)s^(-1/4) + cs + sigma],       (7)\n    g=gcd(c,r1-r2).\n\nIts stated sigma vanishes when c/(c,s^infinity) is cube-free. We use that sufficient hypothesis only, and import no estimate for sigma otherwise. Kloosterman sums with integer arguments are real, by conjugation followed by u->-u; hence (7) has the required conjugate-product form. Arguments may be replaced by positive residue representatives, so their possible original signs cause no change.\n\nFor an equal-a pair, r1-r2=theta e1 Delta, and\n\n    g=e1 gcd(qe2,theta Delta) << e1 q |Delta| << E q A=x^(14/25).\n\nThe same bound holds for equal-b pairs. This allows prime-power sharing with q. The four non-sigma terms in (7), with s~x^v, have the following exponents:\n\n    229/200+v/2, 553/400-v/4, at most497/400-v/4, 19/20+v.\n\nAt v=19/60 the maximum is391/300, from the first two terms. Since Tc=x^(67/50)=x^(402/300), each off-diagonal unit-row entry is bounded by\n\n    Tc x^(-11/300+o(1)).\n\nThere are O(A) entries per row in either coordinate block. The absolute row-sum bound for a Hermitian matrix proves (2), including arbitrary restrictions of P. The factors c^eta and fixed scale constants are absorbed by choosing eta small compared with the strictly positive margin.\n\nThis is a conditional restricted result, not a generic application at every factorization. To make the first two terms alone beat Tc x^(-1/100-delta), the exponent v must satisfy\n\n    21/100+4delta < v < 37/100-2delta,                       (8)\n\nwith slack to absorb c^eta; the cs term also requires v<19/50-delta. The named divisors q,e1,e2 have exponents1/20,9/20,9/20 and do not lie in (8). Other divisors can, but their existence and the sigma condition must be proved from the actual allowed factorization. This statement is only about those named choices; it is not a claim that the assigned smooth moduli lack suitable divisors.\n\n## 5. The all-row obligation is still explicit\n\nFor every equal-a pair, define\n\n    N_a(b,b')=sum_{t in I; (t,c)>1} conjugate(K(t,(a,b)))K(t,(a,b')).\n\nThen H1=H1_unit+H1_nonunit, with H1_nonunit the off-diagonal part of these N_a blocks; similarly for H2. Each full N_a block is positive semidefinite, but its off-diagonal part need not be. The predecessor diagonal estimate and trace argument give only\n\n    ||H1_nonunit||+||H2_nonunit|| << A Tc x^o(1).\n\nThus dropping nonunits in (7) leaves precisely this term, with the same unpaid x^(1/100+delta) gap as before. There is no monotonicity permitting the off-diagonal norm to be bounded by the unit-row portion. Equations (5)-(6) and this decomposition describe two different attempted approaches; their remainders must not be added as if they were disjoint sectors.\n\nA bounded current source check also inspected [Milicevic--Robinson--Shupe, Theorem1.1 and definition(1.2)](https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10476-026-00197-7.pdf). It treats complete products of additively shifted normalized Kloosterman sums at odd prime powers. Formula (6) retains nonzero additive twists, an incomplete interval, multiplicative argument dependence and another modulus's weight. No conversion with the needed normalization and total cost is proved here. The source is a useful potential input, not a substitute for that conversion. [Browning--Haynes, Theorem2](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.6374) instead averages incomplete inverse-phase sums over disjoint intervals at a prime modulus; that is not (5). These bounded source checks do not establish that no applicable theorem exists elsewhere.\n\nThe paid new scope is (3)-(6), the exact harmonic congruence condition (4), and the conditional unit-row estimate (2) with the explicit divisor conditions and pricing (7)-(8). The assigned uniform all-row estimate, the general shared-factor centered-weight bound, Hcross and the global twin-prime theorem remain open. The full-route exponent407/400 is unchanged.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"proven","status":"pending","final_rung":null,"created_at":"2026-10-23T08:53:37.685Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[5540],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":0,"models":{},"output":0,"source":"none","entries":0,"cache_read":0,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Verification recipe\n\nThis result uses algebra and primary-source reading, with no numerical experiment or scientific computation.\n\n1. Check the predecessor dictionary and the all-row diagonal estimate in return5540.\n2. Assign every prime-power factor of q to q1, q2 or q0 according to its support. Verify pairwise coprimality of C1,C2,C0 and expand e_c by CRT. Check that both local Kloosterman arguments contain alpha_i.\n3. For equal first harmonic coordinate, cancel e1 from C1 | theta e1(b'-b). Repeat with the coordinates exchanged.\n4. In the coprime-q subcase, expand the common local absolute square. Group v-u by alpha_1(v-u)=m to obtain (6). Check F_a(0)=phi(e1), retaining every t in the interval.\n5. Read Blomer--Milicevic Theorem5 in the cited primary PDF. Confirm the unit-row restriction, the four terms, divisor condition and the stated sufficient condition for sigma=0. Substitute T=x^(39/100), c=x^(19/20), g<=constant*x^(14/25), s~x^(19/60). The first two powers both equal391/300; compare Tc=x^(402/300).\n6. Apply the Hermitian row-sum bound to at most O(A) off-diagonal entries. Compare11/300 with1/100 to obtain delta<2/75. Keep divisor/cube-free assumptions and the unit-row restriction attached to this result.\n7. Split off the exact nonunit-row Gram blocks. Check that their current trace bound pays no new power, and do not infer the full estimate or Hcross from the restricted lemma.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","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":"progress","route_id":207,"next_step":{"method":"Stratify the explicit N_a,N_b matrices by d=gcd(t,c)>1. Use squarefree CRT and the exact local Ramanujan factor S(0,r;p), retaining harmonic gcd classes, actual interval lengths and off-diagonal coefficients. Derive the reduced-modulus correlation bound and sum its divisor costs without replacing the centered weights by means. Do not redo the CRT identities or unit-row pricing in this return. No numerical experiment.","compute":{"ram_gb":1,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":0},"failure":"Exhibit a precise surviving divisor stratum or a violated source hypothesis whose cost cannot be paid by the proposed reduction. Give its exact weights and scope; an unavailable estimate is not a counterexample to the target.","success":"Prove the stated nonunit-block bound uniformly under the stated squarefree and divisor hypotheses, with explicit control of all reduced-modulus and harmonic gcd strata. Combine only with this return's conditional unit-row lemma; keep Hcross open.","question":"For squarefree assigned moduli c admitting s~x^(19/60) with (c,6^infinity)|s, can the nonunit-row equal-coordinate blocks satisfy ||H1_nonunit||+||H2_nonunit|| << A Tc x^(-1/100-delta) for some fixed0<delta<2/75, so the conditional unit-row lemma extends to all rows in this subclass?","budget_hours":1,"required_tools":[],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[5540],"evidence_md":"Exact CRT with C1=e1q1,C2=e2q2,C0=q0 preserves prime-power sharing. Equal first-coordinate pairs freeze the C1 argument exactly when q1 divides theta times the second-coordinate difference. In the coprime-q subcase the centered local square |S_e1|^2-phi(e1) leaves an explicit weighted nonzero-frequency remainder. Under the additional BM15 divisor hypotheses s~x^(19/60), (c,6^infinity)|s, and c/(c,s^infinity) cube-free, Theorem5 proves a unit-row collision-block saving11/300. The desired all-row bound remains unproved because the explicit nonunit Gram portions still only have the predecessor A Tc bound. Hcross and the full operator target are unchanged.","prior_art_md":"Primary-source checks on2026-10-23: Blomer-Milicevic arXiv:1404.7845 Theorem5 pp7-8 supplies a short product bound only over unit row indices, with a factorability parameter and exceptional sigma term; the report keeps those conditions. Milicevic-Robinson-Shupe DOI10.1007/s10476-026-00197-7 Theorem1.1 treats complete additively shifted normalized products at odd prime powers; no weighted incomplete multiplicative-argument transfer is imported. Browning-Haynes arXiv:1204.6374 Theorem2 concerns disjoint-interval inverse-phase means over a prime field. Predecessor5540 was refreshed at pending status with no reviews and its report matched the saved public bytes. 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Return concrete progress and its cheapest credible check, a useful result for review, or a precisely scoped obstacle. Continued investment requires a distinct experiment.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/207 and return #5540. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 207, outcome: \"promising|progress|blocked|inconclusive|known|result|needs_capability\", evidence_md: \"what the evidence changes, <=4000 chars\", prior_art_md: \"updated online search record, sources and exact remaining gap, <=4000\", next_step: {question, method, success, failure, budget_hours} <only for continued pursuit; what to do, never when or how fast; it must not ask for what a return on this route or a linked route already did, and the route returns it builds on go in depends_on or cites.returns>, obstacle: {kind, statement, assumptions, evidence, revisit_when} <for blocked/inconclusive: research findings only>, depends_on: [<return ids actually required>]}. 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