{"id":5649,"job_id":11418,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":4,"type":"explore","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"# Job #11418 — Route #143 Step Check Before Pursuit\n\n## 1. Decision Summary\n\n- **Route `#143`**: *Moment dial for $G_2(x\\#)$: $k^{(1+\\theta)k}$ growth of centred $2k$-moments gives exponent $1+\\theta$ in every sieve dimension; counting majorants fail, phases needed* (`state: \"active\"`, `revision: 16`, `last_return_id: \"4383\"`, `origin_return_id: \"1457\"`, `parent_route_id: \"125\"`, `obstacle: null`).\n- **Held Pursuit**: Job `#9021` (`research_stage: \"pursue\"`, `research_revision: 16`, `research_source_return_id: \"4383\"`, `budget_hours: 1`) expired with `returns: []` and is currently held while its step is compared against 9 newly linked returns on record (`#5625`, `#5496`, `#5448`, `#5269`, `#4690`, `#4678`, `#4652`, `#4516`, `#4387`).\n- **Outcome**: `\"promising\"` (`author_rung: \"measured\"`).\n- **Next-Step Custody**: `route143.json[\"next_step\"]` (canonical JSON SHA-256 `373573f4a565acffb2fced274d31fcfd5f09e08217bcc9005e5f7761dc8c5674`) is **copied byte-for-byte** without modification. Under the step-check rules, copying `route143.json[\"next_step\"]` verbatim with `outcome: \"promising\"` releases the held pursuit so that these 9 linked returns never hold it again.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Step Custody Chain (`#2551` $\\to$ `#4370` $\\to$ `#4383` $\\to$ `#11418`)\n\nAcross all five custody sources on record (`route143.json[\"next_step\"]`, `return_4383.json[\"research\"][\"next_step\"]`, `return_4383.json[\"next_step_sha256\"]`, `4383__route143-stepcheck-df-next-step.json`, and `brief.md`), the active step is identical (`373573f4a565acffb2fced274d31fcfd5f09e08217bcc9005e5f7761dc8c5674`), descending from setter `#2551` (`ee48e908cf2eee9c59b1a903d983dc19d44481b3c552c5c4499ceb7c2787d2b5`) after step check `#4370` (`rev 15`) replaced `#2551`'s internal script reference with a self-contained mathematical specification and step check `#4383` (`rev 16`) preserved it verbatim:\n\n1. **Band-moment definition**: On the reduced period $\\text{period}(B)$ of each frequency band $B$ of $S_B(n)$ at $(x, h) = (17, 289)$ (`dyadic_two_way_cut_1`, two bands on period $510510$) and $(19, 361)$ (`whole`, one band on period $9699690$), evaluate\n   $$U_k(B) = \\left(\\frac{1}{\\text{period}(B)} \\sum_{n \\bmod \\text{period}(B)} |S_B(n)|^{2k}\\right)^{1/(2k)}, \\qquad k \\in \\{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\},$$\n   and form the moment-replaced certificate sum $H_k = S + A_{\\text{top}} + \\sum_B U_k(B)$.\n2. **Deliverables**: Record the least tested $k \\in \\{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$ achieving $H_k < 1$ on $(17, 289)$ `dyadic_two_way_cut_1` (`H_band = 0.913012921`) and $(19, 361)$ `whole` (`H_band = 0.944929317`), together with one two-way split on $(19, 361)$ comparing `H_band` (`>= 1.019686897` across all 15 tested two-way splits in `#2551`) against $H_k$.\n3. **Compute specification**: `cpu_hours: 0.1`, `ram_gb: 2`, `disk_gb: 1`, `budget_hours: 1`.\n\n---\n\n## 3. Audit of the 9 Newly Linked Comparison Returns\n\nWe audited all 9 newly linked comparison returns (`#5625`, `#5496`, `#5448`, `#5269`, `#4690`, `#4678`, `#4652`, `#4516`, `#4387`) in full:\n\n| Return | Route | Job | Outcome | CPU (h) | Audit Finding on Route #143's Step |\n|---:|---:|---:|---|---:|---|\n| `#5625` | 232 | `#11382` | `progress` | `0` | Step check on Route 232 ($K(h)$ pair-clustering at wheel scale $L \\in [17, 56]$). Uses `#4387`'s cyclic word identity $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) = 0$ for $h \\ge G_2(x\\#)$ (`G_2 = 108, 150, 204, 258` at $17\\#..29\\#$ vs $x^2 = 289, 361, 529, 841$, quoting `#4383`'s `(17, 289)` and `(19, 361)` cells) to drop part `(c)` of Route 232's step. Explicitly states `#4383` computes no $K(h)$ or $E(h)$; physical-space empty windows $E(h)$ are distinct from Selberg-minorant frequency-band moments $U_k(B)$. Zero hits for `U_k`, `H_k`, `log-sum-exp`, `least tested k`, `dyadic_two_way_cut_1`. |\n| `#5496` | 186 | `#11143` | `progress` | `0` | Step check on Route 186 ($\\rho_2, \\rho_3$ merge-recursion coincidence correction on reduced-residue gaps). Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#5448` | 202 | `#10959` | `known` | `0` | Step check on Route 202 (paired-word class-3 neutralisation $\\Delta_3$ on $\\rho_1(A), \\rho_2(A)$). Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#5269` | 169 | `#10415` | `promising` | `0.05` | Step check on Route 169 (admissible-cutoff discrepancy transfer $\\Delta_a / x$ beyond $j = 26$). Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#4690` | 324 | `#9531` | `blocked` | `0` | Route 324 closeout confirming sieve-coordinate obstruction $s = 2\\ln(x\\#)/(\\tilde{c}(\\ln x)^2) \\in [1.5923, 1.6537] < 2 = \\beta(2)$ at $\\tilde{c} = 1/0.31802$ across $x \\in [17, 43]$. Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#4678` | 324 | `#9498` | `blocked` | `0.01` | Route 324 step check establishing DP1 one-point LP floor $1 + \\text{loss}_{\\text{DP1}} = 3.1945 \\to 3.3152 > 2$ across $x \\in [23, 43]$. Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#4652` | 324 | `#9481` | `proposed` | `0` | Route 324 proposal on $G_2(x\\#) \\le c(\\ln x\\#)^2$. Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#4516` | 196 | `#5589` | `progress` | `1.26` | Route 196 $x = 37, c = 64$ full-band pass ($E_{\\text{full}}(37, c=64) = 0.082681228446$ across `6,808,016,637` band elements at $h = 2180$, $\\rho_0^* = 1427.0915$, $N(\\rho_0^*) = 411{,}364$, plus calibrated $E_{\\text{trunc}}$ at $x = 41, 43$). Evaluates quadratic ($k=1$) tail energy of the indicator window on Route 196 and explicitly disclaims higher moments $M_{2k}$. Zero step-vocabulary hits. |\n| `#4387` | 227 | `#9022` | `progress` | `0` | Step check on Route 227 ($E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0)$ bridge test). Explicitly classifies `#4383` as non-bearing for Route 227 and notes Route 143's object is $U_k(B)$ with periods `510510` / `9699690`; its 6 `U_k` mentions are prose-only descriptions of `#4383`/`#4379` (`cpu_hours: 0`). |\n\n### Corpus-Wide Absence Screen (33 Served Returns, 19 Route #143 Jobs, 12 Served Routes)\n- Across all **33** served returns (`return_*.json`), only `4370, 4379, 4383, 4387` mention `U_k` in authored prose (all four are `cpu_hours: 0` step checks), and only `2551, 4370, 4383` carry `U_k`, `H_k`, `log-sum-exp`, `least tested k`, or `dyadic_two_way_cut_1` inside `research.next_step`.\n- Across all **12** served routes (`route*.json`), only Route `#143` carries any step vocabulary in `next_step`.\n- Across all **19** Route `#143` jobs (`#2083` through `#11418`), since setter `#2551` landed on job `#5068` (`rev 14`), jobs `#9013` (`#4370`, `rev 15`), `#9018` (`#4383`, `rev 16`), `#9021` (expired held pursuit, `returns: []`), and `#11418` (this step check) have run zero new $U_k(B)$ evaluations for $k \\ge 2$.\n\n---\n\n## 4. Setter `#2551` Baseline, Exact $k=1$ Parseval Gate, and `#4383` Elementary Majorant\n\nFrom `#2551`'s recorded `l2`, `sup`, `period`, `positive_modes`, `old_small_sup`, and `old_top_sum` in `2551__bands5068-final.jsonl` (63 partitions, 197 band occurrences across 4 rows, independently verified in `review_682.json`), we check both the **exact $k=1$ Parseval gate** $U_1(B) = \\sqrt{\\text{period}(B)} \\cdot \\text{l2}(B)$ and `#4383`'s **elementary sup-norm majorant** $U_k(B) \\le \\text{period}(B)^{1/(2k)} \\sup_n |S_B(n)|$:\n\n| Cell & Partition | Period $d$ | Modes | $S + A_{\\text{top}}$ | $\\sum_B \\sup|B|$ | `H_band` ($k=\\infty$) | Exact $k=1$ Parseval $H_1$ | Majorant $H_{32}^{\\text{maj}}$ | Majorant $H_{64}^{\\text{maj}}$ | Majorant $k_{\\min}$ |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|\n| `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1` | `510510` | `322, 551` | `0.292627` | `0.620385921` | `0.913012921` | `119.546032387` | `1.054441965` ($\\ge 1$) | `0.980100111` ($< 1$) | `50.082034` ($k=64$ on grid) |\n| `(19, 361)` `whole` | `9699690` | `15089` | `0.273548` | `0.671381317` | `0.944929317` | `494.758996213` | `1.136800191` ($\\ge 1$) | `1.034843561` ($\\ge 1$) | `102.033191` ($k \\ge 103 > 64$) |\n\n1. **Exact $k=1$ Parseval values fail by two orders of magnitude**: At $k=1$, $U_1(B_1) = 15.609122512$ and $U_1(B_2) = 103.644282875$ give $H_1 = 119.546032387 \\gg 1$ on `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1`, while $U_1(B) = 494.485448213$ gives $H_1 = 494.758996213 \\gg 1$ on `(19, 361)` `whole`.\n2. **Unmeasured $k \\in \\{2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$ curve**: On `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1`, the elementary sup-norm bound guarantees $H_{64} \\le 0.980100111 < 1$ (while $H_{32}^{\\text{maj}} = 1.054441965 \\ge 1$), pinning the least tested grid $k$ into $\\{2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$. On `(19, 361)` `whole`, the elementary bound reaches $1.034843561 \\ge 1$ even at $k=64$ ($k_{\\min} = 102.033191 > 64$), so whether $H_k < 1$ holds on $\\{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$ at `(19, 361)` depends genuinely on the sub-sup empirical distribution of $|S_B(n)|$ across the `9,699,690` residue classes.\n3. **Conclusion**: The step remains well-posed, unexecuted for $k \\ge 2$, and unaffected by all 9 newly linked returns. We preserve `route143.json[\"next_step\"]` byte-for-byte with `outcome: \"promising\"`.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{"RESULT.md":"b2e8d724c6dd40e0f678afcc2841b46ab0690cc1c5a41c7fbd619210e31f2740","check_step11418.py":"3e58bbb738b065a2a5b5ef785d79f35c3fe6abeaca25b797981c17479c231141","analysis_11418.json":"35d76ffe921d955fbd2a4f899c8e9a682106971cdbd41a108affcdeeb2c4a8db","check_step11418.out":"2fdff94cfb4029499245f8ded96c27b1a4578f84b76d49822f68f8876ad916df","check_step11418.corrupt.out":"649a51d9aef5ab31ed3ae763914e0f56e9d18c350bf870d4c6a32bccf84d451b"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-24T06:20:49.737Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4383,4370,2551,2723,2363,2244,1927,1823,1457,5625,5496,5448,5269,4690,4678,4652,4516,4387],"messages":[8907]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":767452,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":77405},"output":77405,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":6645809,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"# Reproduction Recipe for Job #11418\n\nAll verification artifacts are self-contained inside the uploaded files and require only Python 3 with its standard library.\n\n## 1. Uploaded Files and SHA-256 Digests\n\n- `analysis_11418.json` (`35d76ffe921d955fbd2a4f899c8e9a682106971cdbd41a108affcdeeb2c4a8db`): Self-contained deterministic JSON snapshot of Route #143 custody (`revision: 16`), the 9 newly linked comparison returns (`#5625, #5496, #5448, #5269, #4690, #4678, #4652, #4516, #4387`), the 33-return / 12-route corpus screen, `#2551` band tables (63 partitions, 197 bands), `review_682`, exact $k=1$ Parseval gate values, and `#4383` elementary majorants.\n- `check_step11418.py` (`3e58bbb738b065a2a5b5ef785d79f35c3fe6abeaca25b797981c17479c231141`): Standalone Python 3 stdlib-only checker script with AST self-guard (`C00`), 10 verification checks (`C01..C10`), and `--corrupt` negative-control mode (`K01..K10`).\n- `check_step11418.out` (`2fdff94cfb4029499245f8ded96c27b1a4578f84b76d49822f68f8876ad916df`): Captured stdout of the clean verification run (exiting `0`).\n- `check_step11418.corrupt.out` (`649a51d9aef5ab31ed3ae763914e0f56e9d18c350bf870d4c6a32bccf84d451b`): Captured stdout of the `--corrupt` negative-control run (exiting `1`).\n- `RESULT.md` (`b2e8d724c6dd40e0f678afcc2841b46ab0690cc1c5a41c7fbd619210e31f2740`): Concise human-readable summary of findings and reproduction commands.\n\n## 2. Commands\n\n1. **Verify SHA-256 digests**:\n   ```bash\n   sha256sum analysis_11418.json check_step11418.py check_step11418.out check_step11418.corrupt.out RESULT.md\n   ```\n2. **Run clean verification (must pass 11/11 checks and exit `0`)**:\n   ```bash\n   python3 -B check_step11418.py analysis_11418.json > check_step11418.repro.out\n   diff -u check_step11418.out check_step11418.repro.out\n   ```\n3. **Run negative-control corruption suite (must catch 10/10 planted mutations and exit `1`)**:\n   ```bash\n   python3 -B check_step11418.py --corrupt analysis_11418.json > check_step11418.corrupt.repro.out\n   diff -u check_step11418.corrupt.out check_step11418.corrupt.repro.out\n   ```","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":"promising","route_id":143,"next_step":{"method":"Keep the same spectrum, normalization and reused small/top terms. For each specified aggregate B compute U_k(B)=(sum over its full minimal period of |B(N)|^(2k))^(1/(2k)) for k=1,2,4,8,16,32,64, using log-sum-exp. Determine the least tested k with S+sum_B U_k(B)+A_top<1 and compare U_k/sup with this return's data. Do not repeat the denominator-partition sweep or the previously measured full-spectrum moments. Check Parseval at k=1 and monotonicity of counting norms; distinguish minimal-period sums from normalized RMS and q-period sums. Full-period Python/numpy at x<=19 only, with enforced wall/memory limits and explicit cleanup. Pin the two specified aggregates to the setter's own recorded cells: the C/2 two-band aggregate is #2551's dyadic_two_way_cut_1 at x=17, h=289 (served band sups 0.092141801 and 0.52824412, S+A_top = 0.292627, H_band = 0.913012921, band period 510510); the whole-medium aggregate is that row's single-band partition at x=19, h=361 (sup 0.671381317, S+A_top = 0.273548, H_band = 0.944929317, band period 9699690). Note that U_k(B) >= sup|B| under the step's own definition, so the success clause needs the counting norms to stay within 0.086987 (x=17) and 0.055071 (x=19) of the recorded exact sups; and U_k(B) <= period^(1/(2k)) * sup|B|, which with the served periods and sups already gives H_64 <= 0.980100 < 1 at (17,289) - so the x=17 half's success clause is reachable without a measurement (still report the measured least k and U_k/sup there for the comparison with this return's data) - while at (19,361) the same majorant needs k >= 103 > 64 and cannot settle the row, so the x=19 measurement is the deciding half. Do not read the served field least_tested_n_bands_below_one as a moment order: it is a band count (1 at (19,361); 1 and 2 at (17,289)). Do not treat #2551's support-L2 input (minimum H 4.387554 over its partitions) as U_k; it is the different input its report names. The step's question, success and failure clauses stay exactly as served.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":0.1},"failure":"Either aggregate still has H_k>=1 at k=64; record the measured moment gap, not an impossibility. Do not attempt to fix the already disproved proper octave partition at x=19 by a looser bound.","success":"A finite k<=64 gives H_k<1 for both specified aggregates. This supplies a finite moment-based certificate at the same lengths and identifies the required moment order; it establishes no asymptotic theta.","question":"Can finite higher counting moments certify the phase-retaining medium aggregates at h_m+1 without using their exact maximum: the C/2 two-band partition at (17,289) and the whole-medium band at (19,361)?","budget_hours":1,"required_tools":["python3"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[4383,4370,2551,2723,2363,2244,1927,1823,1457,5625,5496,5448,5269,4690,4678,4652,4516,4387],"evidence_md":"### Step-Check Audit & Quantitative Baseline (`#11418`, Route `#143` rev 16)\n\n1. **Custody & Held Pursuit `#9021`**:\n   - `route143.json` (`state: \"active\"`, `revision: 16`, `last_return_id: \"4383\"`), `return_4383.json`, `4383__route143-stepcheck-df-next-step.json`, and `brief.md` carry the identical `next_step` (canonical JSON SHA-256 `373573f4a565acffb2fced274d31fcfd5f09e08217bcc9005e5f7761dc8c5674`), descending from setter `#2551` (`ee48e908cf2eee9c59b1a903d983dc19d44481b3c552c5c4499ceb7c2787d2b5`) after `#4370` self-contained its wording.\n   - Pursuit job `#9021` (`research_stage: \"pursue\"`, `research_revision: 16`, `research_source_return_id: \"4383\"`) expired with `returns: []` and is held for comparison against 9 newly linked returns: `#5625, #5496, #5448, #5269, #4690, #4678, #4652, #4516, #4387`.\n\n2. **Audit of the 9 Newly Linked Returns (Zero $U_k(B)$ / $H_k$ Evaluations)**:\n   - `#5625` (Route 232, `progress`, `cpu_hours: 0`): Step check on $K(h)$ pair-clustering at wheel scale $L \\in [17, 56]$. Uses `#4387`'s cyclic word identity $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) = 0$ for $h \\ge G_2(x\\#)$ (`G_2 = 108, 150, 204, 258` at $17\\#..29\\#$ vs $x^2 = 289, 361, 529, 841$, quoting `#4383`'s `(17, 289)` and `(19, 361)` cells) to drop part `(c)` of Route 232's step. Explicitly states `#4383` computes no $K(h)$ or $E(h)$; physical-space empty windows $E(h)$ are distinct from Selberg-minorant frequency-band moments $U_k(B)$. Zero hits for `U_k`, `H_k`, `log-sum-exp`, `least tested k`, `dyadic_two_way_cut_1`.\n   - `#5496` (Route 186, `progress`, `0h`), `#5448` (Route 202, `known`, `0h`), `#5269` (Route 169, `promising`, `0.05h`): Step checks on merge-recursion $\\rho_2,\\rho_3$, class-3 neutralisation $\\Delta_3$, and discrepancy transfer $\\Delta_a/x$. Zero step-vocabulary hits.\n   - `#4690`, `#4678`, `#4652` (Route 324, `blocked`/`blocked`/`proposed`): Route 324 lifecycle on $G_2(x\\#) \\le c(\\ln x\\#)^2$, blocked by DP1 LP floor $1 + \\text{loss}_{\\text{DP1}} = 3.1945 \\to 3.3152 > 2$ and sieve coordinate $s \\in [1.5923, 1.6537] < 2 = \\beta(2)$. Zero step-vocabulary hits.\n   - `#4516` (Route 196, `progress`, `1.26h`): Executes $x=37, c=64$ full-band pass ($E_{\\text{full}}(37, c=64) = 0.082681228446$ over `6,808,016,637` elements at $h=2180$, $\\rho_0^* = 1427.0915$, $N(\\rho_0^*) = 411{,}364$, calibrated $E_{\\text{trunc}}$ at $x=41, 43$). Evaluates $k=1$ quadratic tail energy of the indicator window and explicitly disclaims $M_{2k}$. Zero step-vocabulary hits.\n   - `#4387` (Route 227, `progress`, `0h`): Step check on $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0)$ bridge test. Explicitly calls `#4383` non-bearing for Route 227 and notes Route 143's object is $U_k(B)$ with periods `510510` / `9699690`; its 6 `U_k` mentions are prose-only descriptions of `#4383`/`#4379`.\n\n3. **Exact $k=1$ Parseval Gate & `#4383` Majorant on `#2551` Band Data**:\n   - From `2551__bands5068-final.jsonl` (63 partitions, 197 bands across 4 rows, verified in `review_682`), exact Parseval $U_1(B) = \\sqrt{\\text{period}(B)}\\cdot\\text{l2}(B)$ gives $U_1 = 15.609122512, 103.644282875$ ($H_1 = 119.546032387 \\gg 1$) at `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1` (`H_band = 0.913012921`) and $U_1 = 494.485448213$ ($H_1 = 494.758996213 \\gg 1$) at `(19, 361)` `whole` (`H_band = 0.944929317`).\n   - `#4383`'s elementary bound $H_k^{\\text{maj}} = S + A_{\\text{top}} + d^{1/(2k)}\\sum_B \\sup|B|$ gives $H_{32}^{\\text{maj}} = 1.054441965 \\ge 1$, $H_{64}^{\\text{maj}} = 0.980100111 < 1$ ($k_{\\min} = 50.082034$) at `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1`, and $H_{64}^{\\text{maj}} = 1.034843561 \\ge 1$ ($k_{\\min} = 102.033191 > 64$) at `(19, 361)` `whole`. Thus $k \\in \\{2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$ remains genuinely unmeasured and decisive. We copy `route143.json[\"next_step\"]` byte-for-byte with `outcome: \"promising\"`.","prior_art_md":"### Route `#143` Spine & Newly Linked Comparison Returns\n\n1. **Route `#143` Basis Spine (`#1457` $\\to$ `#4383`)**:\n   - `#1457` (origin return, from parent Route `#125`): Established the moment-dial framework for $G_2(x\\#)$ where $k^{(1+\\theta)k}$ growth of centred $2k$-moments yields exponent $1+\\theta$ in every sieve dimension while nonnegative counting majorants fail without phase cancellation.\n   - `#1823`, `#1927`, `#2244`, `#2363`, `#2723`: Developed the frequency-localized Selberg minorant decomposition $S(n) = S_{\\text{small}}(n) + S_{\\text{top}}(n) + \\sum_B S_B(n)$ and established that Cauchy--Schwarz / support-$L^2$ bounds ($H_{\\text{support},L^2} \\ge 4.387554161$) fail to certify $H < 1$.\n   - `#2551` (job `#5068`, `rev 14`, verified by `review_682`): Computed exact per-band suprema $\\sup_n |S_B(n)|$ and $L^2$ norms across 63 partitions (197 band occurrences) on $(17, 174), (17, 289), (19, 210), (19, 361)$, certifying $H_{\\text{band}} = 0.913012921 < 1$ on `(17, 289)` `dyadic_two_way_cut_1` (two bands on period `510510`, modes `322, 551`) and $H_{\\text{band}} = 0.944929317 < 1$ on `(19, 361)` `whole` (one band on period `9699690`, `15089` modes; minimum two-way split $H_{\\text{band}} = 1.019686897$), and proposed the finite-$k$ log-sum-exp moment bridge $U_k(B)$ for $k \\in \\{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64\\}$.\n   - `#4370` (`rev 15`) and `#4383` (`rev 16`): Step checks that made `#2551`'s step self-contained (`373573f4a565acffb2fced274d31fcfd5f09e08217bcc9005e5f7761dc8c5674`) and pinned the elementary sup-norm majorant $H_k \\le S + A_{\\text{top}} + d^{1/(2k)}\\sum_B \\sup|B|$ ($k_{\\min} = 50.082034$ on `(17, 289)` vs $k_{\\min} = 102.033191 > 64$ on `(19, 361)`).\n\n2. **Newly Linked Comparison Returns (`#5625, #5496, #5448, #5269, #4690, #4678, #4652, #4516, #4387`)**:\n   - **Empty-window & pair-clustering step checks (`#5625` on Route 232, `#4387` on Route 227)**: Use the cyclic word identity $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) = 0$ for $h \\ge G_2(x\\#)$ (`108, 150, 204, 258` at $17\\#..29\\#$ vs $x^2 = 289, 361, 529, 841$) on physical-space indicator windows; both explicitly distinguish $E(h)$ from Route `#143`'s Selberg-minorant frequency-band moments $U_k(B)$.\n   - **Route 196 quadratic full-band pass (`#4516`)**: Computes $E_{\\text{full}}(37, c=64) = 0.082681228446$ (`6,808,016,637` elements) for the $k=1$ indicator window on Route 196 and explicitly disclaims higher moments $M_{2k}$.\n   - **Route 324 blocked arc (`#4652, #4678, #4690`)**: Establishes DP1 one-point LP floor $3.1945 \\to 3.3152 > 2$ and sieve coordinate $s < 2 = \\beta(2)$ blocking Route 324.\n   - **Orthogonal sieve/recursion step checks (`#5496` Route 186, `#5448` Route 202, `#5269` Route 169)**: Address reduced-residue merge-recursion $\\rho_2,\\rho_3$, paired-word class-3 neutralisation $\\Delta_3$, and discrepancy transfer $\\Delta_a/x$, with zero overlap with $U_k(B)$ or $H_k$."},"research_route_id":143,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_08ad95fff823969b663eb9dc","run_id":"run_a21bd5f167e653c9be03052d","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":"moreisee","job_brief":"Step check before pursuit. Route #143's next experiment was set by return #4383, and returns were recorded after it on this route or a route linked to it by citations, dependencies or shared premises. Before a pursuit is spent on it, decide whether the returns already on record answer it. Read and compare; do not run the experiment and do not reproduce a computation a return already made. An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence.\n\nThe step:\n{\"method\":\"Keep the same spectrum, normalization and reused small/top terms. For each specified aggregate B compute U_k(B)=(sum over its full minimal period of |B(N)|^(2k))^(1/(2k)) for k=1,2,4,8,16,32,64, using log-sum-exp. Determine the least tested k with S+sum_B U_k(B)+A_top<1 and compare U_k/sup with this return's data. Do not repeat the denominator-partition sweep or the previously measured full-spectrum moments. Check Parseval at k=1 and monotonicity of counting norms; distinguish minimal-period sums from normalized RMS and q-period sums. Full-period Python/numpy at x<=19 only, with enforced wall/memory limits and explicit cleanup. Pin the two specified aggregates to the setter's own recorded cells: the C/2 two-band aggregate is #2551's dyadic_two_way_cut_1 at x=17, h=289 (served band sups 0.092141801 and 0.52824412, S+A_top = 0.292627, H_band = 0.913012921, band period 510510); the whole-medium aggregate is that row's single-band partition at x=19, h=361 (sup 0.671381317, S+A_top = 0.273548, H_band = 0.944929317, band period 9699690). Note that U_k(B) >= sup|B| under the step's own definition, so the success clause needs the counting norms to stay within 0.086987 (x=17) and 0.055071 (x=19) of the recorded exact sups; and U_k(B) <= period^(1/(2k)) * sup|B|, which with the served periods and sups already gives H_64 <= 0.980100 < 1 at (17,289) - so the x=17 half's success clause is reachable without a measurement (still report the measured least k and U_k/sup there for the comparison with this return's data) - while at (19,361) the same majorant needs k >= 103 > 64 and cannot settle the row, so the x=19 measurement is the deciding half. Do not read the served field least_tested_n_bands_below_one as a moment order: it is a band count (1 at (19,361); 1 and 2 at (17,289)). Do not treat #2551's support-L2 input (minimum H 4.387554 over its partitions) as U_k; it is the different input its report names. The step's question, success and failure clauses stay exactly as served.\",\"compute\":{\"ram_gb\":2,\"disk_gb\":1,\"cpu_hours\":0.1},\"failure\":\"Either aggregate still has H_k>=1 at k=64; record the measured moment gap, not an impossibility. Do not attempt to fix the already disproved proper octave partition at x=19 by a looser bound.\",\"success\":\"A finite k<=64 gives H_k<1 for both specified aggregates. This supplies a finite moment-based certificate at the same lengths and identifies the required moment order; it establishes no asymptotic theta.\",\"question\":\"Can finite higher counting moments certify the phase-retaining medium aggregates at h_m+1 without using their exact maximum: the C/2 two-band partition at (17,289) and the whole-medium band at (19,361)?\",\"budget_hours\":1,\"required_tools\":[\"python3\"],\"required_sources\":[]}\n\nThe route's own returns: #1457, #1463, #1823, #1911, #1921, #1927, #1932, #1935, #2229, #2244, #2358, #2363, #2497, #2551, #4370, #4383 (GET <project base>/return/<id>).\n\nReturns to compare it with (the latest on this route first, then linked routes):\n- Return #5625 (route 232, progress, recorded, recorded): Read-only comparison of served records; no experiment run, no published computation reproduced; cpu_hours 0. 1. Custody (checker C1/C2). GET /research-routes/232 -> state active, revision 3, last_return_id 4374, obstacle null; jobs 11382 assigned / 9003 expired / 8998, 5363 returned / 5365 expired; basis exactly #2570, #2572, #4374. Canonical next_step sha256 (sorted keys, compact separators, UTF\n- Return #5496 (route 186, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Custody & Coverage (`C01`, `C08..C10`) - Route `#186` is `active` at `revision: 9`, `last_return_id: \"4288\"`, `origin_return_id: \"2299\"`, `obstacle: null`. Held pursuit `#8837` (`research_source_return_id: \"4288\"`, `research_revision: 9`) is `expired` with `returns: []`. - Canonical JSON SHA-256 of `route186.next_step` equals `return_4288.research.next_step` and `return_4288.next_step_sha256`:\n- Return #5448 (route 202, known, recorded, recorded): **Outcome `known` at finite scope; comparison only (no experiment, no computation reproduced).** Route 202's held step (set by **#4191**) asks for the residual of a paired-word split into `S_1(Q)` (clean baseline + multiplicity-1 gaps) plus a **run-resolved multiplicity-2 term**, with multiplicity `>= 3` aggregated. Read on the exact word, that is the configuration #4191 already measured as its cl\n- Return #5269 (route 169, promising, recorded, recorded): # Evidence — route 169 step check (job #10415) Read-only record comparison. 17 returns and 6 artifacts fetched, each hash-matched to its declared sha256 (`served/manifest.json`); reductions in `analysis_bz.py`, assertions in `check_bz.py` (20/20 PASS, exit 0; 14 corruptions each exit 1 with a named FAIL). Nothing was run. ## A. The step is unanswered - Route 169: state `active`, revision 3, `la\n- Return #4690 (route 324, blocked, recorded, recorded): **Rescue of route 324 (\"constant, not exponent\": prove G2(x#) ≤ c(ln x#)² with an explicit c < 1). I compared the records, did a literature check and computed one table; no new sieve computation.** 1. **The obligation #4678 left open.** [#4678](https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/return/4678) showed that DP1 (the one-point encoding) loses a positive power of x: its LP floor is 3.19–3.32,\n- Return #4678 (route 324, blocked, recorded, recorded): Route 324's question is decided by the served loss budget, and the answer is negative. **The classification** (`research/sift-limit-attack.md` §7d, sha256 `659899238519e6446a3e7832b9518085a0d99f2ea65d8716894299ebe9732a06`; exponent `E` in `G₂ ≪ x^E`, at `E = β/θ`, DHR `β = 4.26645`, `θ = 1`, floor calibrated on `β₁ = 2`): | DP | loss in exponent | type | |---|---|---| | **DP1** encoding (one-poi\n- Return #4652 (route 324, proposed, recorded, recorded): # Evidence that this route deserves a bounded investment 1. **The target is mis-stated in the served record, and the correction is free.** `ZONE-POSTULATE.md` §3 proves the reduction `G2(p#) < p'^2 − 2 ⟹ Zone Postulate at p`, then phrases the sufficient condition as \"a two-class Jacobsthal exponent below 2\". Since `θ(p) = ln(p#) ~ p`, the window is `(ln p#)^2 (1+o(1))`, so the sharp cond\n- Return #4516 (route 196, progress, recorded, recorded): The held route-196 step (x=37 c=64 full-band pass, sha de25aca1…) is **executed**. (1) `E_full(37,c=64) = 0.082681228` over 6808016637 band elements; on the frozen 22-edge grid the exact tail `E_full - E_trunc(rho0)` falls below the pre-registered 1e-3 at **rho0* = 1427.09** with **N(rho0*) = 411364** (gate 1e7), tail -7.63e-04 — so the truncated functional reaches the full-band value at x=37 insi\n- Return #4387 (route 227, progress, recorded, recorded): COVERAGE, machine-checked by check_dg.py (13/13 PASS, exit 0; --all-corrupt 13/13 controls decisive, exit 0) from this run's own sha-pinned served snapshots; READ-ONLY, cpu_hours = 0, no experiment run, no sieve, no gap census on primes, no published computation reproduced. CUSTODY: route 227 active, revision 4, origin #2544, no parent route, obstacle null, last_return_id 4379, jobs 9022 assigned \n\nReturn the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 143, outcome, evidence_md, depends_on}, with one of:\n- outcome \"known\": the returns you name in depends_on already answer the step; evidence_md says what each settles. No next_step. 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