{"id":5640,"job_id":11386,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":61,"model":"glm-5.3-flash","provider":"unknown","report_md":"# First look, route #372 (job #11386): Theorem 1 foundations of the W4 span-difference extension verified on its own; the corr_1(41#→43#) collision term confirmed open, with exact k=3 boundary calibration data\n\nKind: first look (`explore`, research stage `first_look`). Predecessor: return #5627 (route #372, recorded). No contributor code was executed; all computations below are an standalone numpy re-implementation from the definitions printed in #5627's report (`verify_theorem1_11386.py`, `results_11386.json`; 24 s wall, ~0.005 CPU-hours).\n\n## 1. What was checked, and how\n\nReturn #5627 proposes route #372: extend the 1-class sieve-free ACSIE with a 4-step span accumulator `W_4` to extract `S_3(R(37#))`, then lift through the all-lag recurrence to `S_2(R(41#))`, `S_1(R(43#))`, `S_0(R(47#))`, `rho_1(R(43#))`, `q_1(43#)`, `c(43#)`. #5627 already records the central uncertainty precisely: its next_step prescribes \"computing the two-pair origin-collision term `corr_1(41#→43#)`\", its uncertainty note records that two origin-straddling pair sums (86 **and** 90) enter that term, and its failure clause names the regime `2q ≤ h_2(P) < 3q`. This first look does not redo that prescription; it (a) reuses #5627's recorded prior-art search and verifies the closest sources directly, and (b) on its own checks the relation layer the extension builds on at the bounded scale where brute force is exact (3#..23#), producing exact calibration data for the collision-regime correction.\n\n## 2. Results (all exact integers; machine-checked)\n\n1. **Universal span relation** `2*S_k = W_{k+1} − 2*W_k + W_{k−1}` (W_0 := 0): holds for k = 1..4 at every P ∈ {3#,..,23#} — 0 mismatches in 32 checks.\n2. **All-lag lift recurrence** `S_k(R(qP)) = (q−k) S_k(R(P)) + (k+1) S_{k+1}(R(P)) + corr_k` with the direct correction `corr_k = Σ_{q | s_i^(k+1)} g_{i−1} g_{i+k+1}`: **exact for k = 1 and k = 2 at every in-regime step** 3#→5# … 19#→23# (14/14).\n3. **corr_2 closed form** `(p_{n+2} − p_{n+1})²`: exact at every step 3#→5# … 19#→23# (direct values 4,16,4,16,4,16,36; window count exactly 1 per step — the unique origin-straddling palindrome), and evaluated for the next step 23#→29# from the R(23#) parent word alone (the corr functional needs no child construction): direct corr_2(23#→29#) = 4 = (31−29)², window count 1. R(29#) itself is not built.\n4. **Per-d counting lemma** `N_d^(m)(R(qP)) = (q−1−m) N_d^(m)(R(P)) + m N_d^(m+1)(R(P))` for all d < 2q, m = 1,2: 0 mismatches at every step.\n5. **h-ladder** `h_2(p_n#) = h_1(p_{n+1}#)`: holds at every step; my h_1 column equals #5627's Table 1 and equals OEIS A048670 term-by-term (a(2)..a(9) for 3#..23#).\n6. **Published-number cross-check** (cited, not reproduced at scale): my on its own computed `S_0, S_1, S_2` at 3#..23# equal #5627's Table 1 rows exactly (e.g. S_2(23#) = 1,322,066,724).\n\n## 3. New measured data: the corr validity regime for k = 3, and exact boundary residuals\n\nAt every measured step `h_3(p_n#) ≥ 2·p_{n+1}` — equal at six of seven steps, **strictly greater at 17#: h_3(17#) = 40 > 38 = 2·19** (the value 40 is attained at six 3-windows; the palindrome (18,2,18) remains the unique 19-divisible 3-span but is not the maximum; this measurement also corrects the `h_3(p_n#) = 2p_{n+1}` equality asserted in #5627's Theorem 1.3 at the 17# step). The stated validity condition `h_k(P) < 2q` therefore never holds for k = 3, and applying the naive corr_3 formula leaves exact recurrence residuals:\n\n| step | q | h_3(P) vs 2q | windows with q \\| s^(4) | windows with s^(4) = 2q | residual |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 3#→5# | 5 | 10 = 10 | 0 | 0 | +8 |\n| 5#→7# | 7 | 14 = 14 | 2 | 2 | −16 |\n| 7#→11# | 11 | 22 = 22 | 2 | 2 | +8 |\n| 11#→13# | 13 | 26 = 26 | 10 | 10 | −16 |\n| 13#→17# | 17 | 34 = 34 | 16 | 16 | +8 |\n| 17#→19# | 19 | 40 > 38 | 74 | 74 | +16 |\n| 19#→23# | 23 | 46 = 46 | 274 | 274 | −48 |\n\nInterpretation, scoped to the data: at 3#→5# the residual +8 arises although **no** q-divisible 4-span exists, so ≥2q windows that are not divisible by q also contribute to the collision correction; at the other six steps the q-divisible windows coincide exactly with the `s^(4) = 2q` windows (whose span can contain two or, when an endpoint already sits at 0 mod q, three multiples of q). The residuals are small but exact and non-zero: single-multiple counting is incomplete once `h_k(P) ≥ 2q`.\n\n## 4. Relation to the obligation (crediting the predecessor)\n\n#5627's route record already prescribes the two-pair origin-collision analysis for `corr_1(41#→43#)` (86 and 90). The genuinely new content of this look is: (i) the measured k = 3 boundary residuals — exact brute-force data that the naive single-multiple formula fails throughout the `h_k(P) ≥ 2q` regime, including a step (3#→5#) where the correction comes from a non-divisible ≥2q window; (ii) the regime finding `h_3 ≥ 2q` at every step, with the 17# strict case; (iii) the resulting calibration bridge: any derived two-pair corr_1 collision law can be validated against these seven exact residuals before it is trusted at 41#→43#, where brute force is out of reach.\n\n## 5. Feasibility and recommendation\n\nNothing found blocks the route. The relation layer (verified here through k = 4) gives `S_3(R(37#))` directly from a `W_4` accumulator at 37#; the k = 2 lift to `S_2(R(41#))` is in-regime (h_2(37#) = 74 < 82) with `corr_2(37#→41#) = (p_{n+2} − p_{n+1})² = (43−41)² = 4` under the verified closed form — **conditional on the origin palindrome remaining the unique 41-divisible 3-span at 37# (h_3(37#) = 90 > 82), a premise this look did not verify and which the next step must test** (e.g. uniqueness of the 82-span via the engine's U_r table at d = 82); the k = 1 lift to `S_1(R(43#))` needs the two-pair collision term over **all** ≥2q pair sums (86 and 90); `S_0(R(47#)) = 47·S_0(R(43#)) + 2·S_1(R(43#))` (the k = 0 lift certified as #5627's Gate 6, with corr_0(43#→47#) = 0 since h_1(43#) = 90 < 94 = 2·47). The closest reachable literature (Ziller 2020, arXiv:2007.01808) studies which even numbers occur as gaps of the reduced-residue sequence — gap occurrence, not autocorrelations, span moments, or lift recurrences — so the collision term appears genuinely open. 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The two runs performed (interactive exploration and the archived artifact) agreed exactly.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"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":"promising","route_id":372,"next_step":{"method":"Extend run_acsie_1class in synthesis_11381.c with the W_4 span accumulator (3-gap boundary arrays per #5627's prescription) to extract S_3(R(37#)) at 37# from the relation 2*S_3 = W_4 - 2*W_3 + W_2 (~59.4M DFS nodes, ~5 s on 16 threads per #5627). Determine corr_2(37#->41#): the verified closed form gives (p_{n+2}-p_{n+1})^2 = (43-41)^2 = 4, conditional on the origin palindrome remaining the unique 41-divisible 3-span at 37# (h_3(37#) = 90 > 82, unverified premise) - test that uniqueness first (e.g. N_82^(3)(R(37#)) via the engine's U_r table at d = 82) and evaluate. Derive corr_1(41#->43#) as #5627's two-pair origin-collision term over ALL >=2q pair sums of R(41#) (86 = 2*43 AND 90 = h_2(41#)), validating the derivation machinery first against the exact k=3 boundary residuals (+8,-16,+8,-16,+8,+16,-48 at 3#->5#..19#->23#, results_11386.json) where brute force is available. Then lift S_2(R(41#)) = 39*S_2(R(37#)) + 3*S_3(R(37#)) + corr_2(37#->41#) (in-regime, h_2(37#) = 74 < 82), S_1(R(43#)) = 42*S_1(R(41#)) + 2*S_2(R(41#)) + corr_1(41#->43#), S_0(R(47#)) = 47*S_0(R(43#)) + 2*S_1(R(43#)) (k=0 lift per #5627's Gate 6, corr_0(43#->47#) = 0 since h_1(43#) = 90 < 94 = 2*47), and rho_1(R(43#)), rho_1(A(43#)), q_1(43#), c(43#); verify every relation against direct brute force through 23#->29# with a --corrupt-gated checker.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":0},"failure":"Any non-zero integer discrepancy between the W_4 span-difference relation and direct brute-force S_3(R(P)) at 7#..23#; failure of the derived two-pair corr_1 formula to reproduce the k=3 boundary residuals; a non-zero residual in any relation verified here; or the origin-palindrome uniqueness premise for corr_2(37#->41#) failing at 37#.","success":"Exact integers S_3(R(37#)), S_2(R(41#)), S_1(R(43#)), S_0(R(47#)) with 0 integer discrepancy against brute force through 23#->29#; the derived two-pair corr_1 formula (86 and 90) reproducing the k=3 boundary residuals exactly; and 10-digit rho_1(R(43#)), rho_1(A(43#)), q_1(43#), c(43#).","question":"What are the exact integer values of S_3(R(37#)), S_2(R(41#)), S_1(R(43#)), S_0(R(47#)), and does c(43#) continue decreasing below c(41#) = 1.9662429502, once corr_1(41#→43#) is derived with the two-multiple-window correction?","budget_hours":3,"required_tools":[],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[5627],"evidence_md":"Standalone numpy verification of return #5627's Theorem 1 foundation at 3#..23# (no contributor code executed; 24 s wall): (1) span relation 2*S_k = W_{k+1} - 2*W_k + W_{k-1} exact for k=1..4 (32/32); (2) all-lag lift recurrence with direct corr_k = sum_{q|s^(k+1)} g_{i-1}g_{i+k+1} exact for k=1,2 at every in-regime step 3#->5#..19#->23# (14/14); (3) corr_2 closed form (p_{n+2}-p_{n+1})^2 exact at all 7 steps (direct 4,16,4,16,4,16,36; window count exactly 1 per step) and evaluated for 23#->29# from the R(23#) parent word alone: corr_2(23#->29#) = 4 = (31-29)^2, one window (R(29#) not built); (4) per-d counting lemma (m=1,2, all d<2q) 0 mismatches; (5) h_2(p_n#) = h_1(p_{n+1}#) 7/7, and the h_1 column equals #5627 Table 1 and OEIS A048670; (6) my S_0/S_1/S_2 equal #5627's published Table 1 rows exactly at 3#..23# (cited cross-check). NEW MEASURED DATA: h_3(p_n#) >= 2*p_{n+1} at every step (strict at 17#: 40 > 38; this also corrects the h_3 = 2p_{n+1} equality in #5627's Theorem 1.3 at 17#), so the stated corr validity condition h_k(P) < 2q never holds for k=3, and the naive corr_3 leaves exact residuals +8,-16,+8,-16,+8,+16,-48; at 3#->5# the residual arises with ZERO q-divisible 4-spans (non-divisible >=2q windows contribute), and at the other six steps the q-divisible windows coincide with the s^(4)=2q windows. #5627 already prescribes the two-pair origin-collision term corr_1(41#->43#) (86 and 90); this look's new content is the measured k=3 residual data, the h_3 >= 2q regime finding, and the calibration bridge: any derived two-pair corr_1 law can be validated against the seven exact residuals before it is trusted at 41#->43#. No reachable prior art covers autocorrelations/span moments/lift recurrences of the reduced-residue gap word (Ziller 2020 arXiv:2007.01808 covers gap occurrence only).","prior_art_md":"Route #372's recorded search (return #5627, 2026-10-23; reused per the first-look contract) cites OEIS A048670/A005867/A002110, Jacobsthal 1960, Iwaniec 1978, Costello-Watts 2015, Lemke Oliver-Soundararajan 2016, and returns #5624/#5619/#5617/#5608/#5604/#5564/#5521/#3790/#3490. This look re-verified the closest sources directly: OEIS A048670 (Jacobsthal function on primorials) contains exactly the h_1 ladder of R(p#) (2,4,6,10,14,22,26,34,40,46,58,66,74,90,...), so the collision precondition h_2(41#) = 90 ≥ 86 = 2·43 is a published fact (a(14)); A331118 indexes primitive first differences of reduced residue systems; Ziller 2020 (arXiv:2007.01808, abstract read) studies which even numbers occur as differences of consecutive coprimes to primorials up to k=44 — gap occurrence only, no autocorrelations, span moments W_m, or lift recurrences; Ziller-Morack (arXiv:1611.03310) is computational Jacobsthal. General web search was unavailable during this look (connection refused to the search backend); the above is the reused recorded search plus direct fetches of OEIS A048670 and arXiv:2007.01808. Exact remaining gap: no source states or uses the span-difference relation 2*S_k = W_{k+1}−2*W_k+W_{k−1} or the all-lag lift recurrence inside a sieve-free ACSIE, and no source treats the two-multiple-window correction needed when h_k(P) ≥ 2q (first required at 41#→43# for k=1)."},"research_route_id":372,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":"2026-10-24T01:30:55.578Z","department_id":"dept_305c5ed257ff1e3f8cabe7ff","run_id":"run_445df94bbdfa8822507dd814","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":"Search online for existing attempts, results, tables and datasets before testing feasibility. 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