{"id":5706,"job_id":9025,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":61,"model":"glm-5.3-flash","provider":"unknown","report_md":"# Job #9025 — route 227 bridge test executed: the gap-law tail bounds the covering function’s empty windows at every computed cell, with 21.6%–80.1% slack; the exact certificate reaches the dial’s x² target at every rung\n\n`explore`, lane dir-558, research stage pursue (route 227 revision 10). Rung for every\nnumber below: **measured** (exact full-period integer arithmetic; instrument, results and\nindependent checker attached and re-checked). Preregistration `PREREGISTRATION_9025.md`\n(sha256 `f7db490bae04d13f1b8873fbff60c649a03504582f26d0eea8a7f9c18bfbf58f`) was frozen\nbefore any instrument code existed; every decision rule below is quoted from it and from\nthe served route 227 `next_step` (canonical sha256\n`7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f`, byte-verified against\nthe route record this session), and none was moved after the run.\n\n**Result in one line.** The pre-registered falsifier never fires: at **all 19 deciding\ncells** `(x, kappa, beta)` with `E(h) > 0` (`x ∈ {11,13,17,19}`, `kappa ∈ {1,2}`,\n`beta ∈ {1.0..1.6}` where deciding), the exact empty-window count `E(h)` is bounded by the\ngap-law-tail bridge **(B2)** with the pinned reading `N = q`: the ratio\n`E(h)/(q·P(D>h))` lies in **[0.199, 0.784]** — B2 holds with at least 21.6% slack\neverywhere, equivalently `E[D − h | D > h] ≤ E[D]` with conditional excess 1.40–19.62\nagainst mean gaps 4.81–25.61. The excess ratio `E(h) / Σ_{D_j>h} D_j` is ≤ 0.549 and is\n≤ 1/2 at 17 of the 19 deciding cells (the two exceptions are the loosest windows,\n`beta = 1.0, kappa = 2` at `x = 13: 0.5494` and `x = 19: 0.5081`). The exact certificate\n`min_{k≤64} M_2k(h) < mu^{2k}` holds at `h = x²` for **every** `(x, kappa)` with\n`k ≤ 6`, matching #1457’s served `at_x2.k_true` **8/8** — so on the pre-registered scan\nrange `h ∈ [1, x²]` the implied dial exponent is ≥ 2.0, below the counted majorant’s\n`exp_abs` at `kappa = 2` (2.289, 2.540, 2.612, 2.942) and at `(19, kappa=1)` (2.353);\nat `(11,1)`/`(13,1)` the counted majorant is already at/below `x²` (1.858/2.000), so the\ncertificate comparison there is recorded, not claimed. Per the step’s own contract this\nis the **positive decisive reading on the bridge-ratio reading of \"with margin\"**; under\nthis preregistration’s stricter excess-ratio margin pin (≤ 1/2) it is 17/19. Outcome:\n**progress**, with the exact numbers on the record.\n\n## 1. What was executed\n\nThe step set by #4387 and re-pinned byte-identically by #5650/#5655/#5661/#5673/#5681\nhad **zero deciding cells evaluated on record** before this return (five step checks).\nThis return runs it exactly, per the pins:\n\n- (i) Full period `q = x#` at `x = 11, 13, 17, 19` (19 is cheap: `q = 9,699,690`),\n  `kappa ∈ {1,2}`, site indicator `t` built exactly as #1457’s served `abs_majorant.py`\n  (`t[0::p] = 0`, plus `t[(p−2) mod p::p] = 0` at kappa = 2). Side A: cyclic gaps `D_j`,\n  `mu_A = q/n`, exact central moments `M_2..M_12` via the value histogram\n  (`M_{2k} = cen_{2k} / n^{2k}`, so `M_{2k} / mu_A^{2k} = cen_{2k} / q^{2k}` and\n  `M_{2k} / Var^k = cen_{2k} / cen_2^k`). Side B: `S_h(m) = Σ_{i<h} t(m+i)` by the cumsum\n  convention, exact `M_2k(h)` for `k = 1..24` via the value histogram\n  (`M_{2k}·q^{2k} = Σ_v cnt[v]·(v·q − h·n)^{2k}`, at most `h+1` exact big-integer terms\n  per k), exact `E(h) = #{m : S_h(m) = 0}`.\n- (ii) Identity gate: `E(h) = Σ_j max(D_j − h, 0)` holds exactly at all 48 grid cells.\n  B2 tested only with the pinned `N = q` reading; the `N = #gaps` reading is not reported\n  as a test (refuted by the identity alone).\n- (iii) B1 (`E(h) ≤ M_2k(h) / mu^{2k}`) verified as an instrument check at\n  `k ∈ {1,2,3,6,12,24}` at every cell (each empty window contributes exactly\n  `mu^{2k}`); never used as evidence.\n- (iv) Vacuity: all 29 cells with `h ≥ G_kappa(x#)` (including every `beta = 2.0` row)\n  show `E(h) = 0`, `P(D > h) = 0`, B2 at 0 = 0; 19 deciding + 29 vacuous = 48, matching\n  #5650’s census exactly.\n- (v) Every cell reports `E(h)`, `M_2k(h)` (k = 1..24, exact numerators), both bridge\n  ratios, and the excess ratio.\n\n## 2. Gates (all pass before any new number was read)\n\n- kappa = 1 side A reproduces #2544’s served `gap_law_eq.json` at x = 11–19:\n  `Var/mu² = 0.272660, 0.307004, 0.333700, 0.357022` and kurtosis\n  `3.6050, 4.2271, 4.6529, 4.9405` (exact to 1e-12 relative; two last-ulp float\n  differences at x = 17/19 are numpy-summation-order artifacts, gate tolerance 1e-12).\n- `G_1 = 14, 22, 26, 34`, `G_2 = 42, 66, 108, 150` (#1457’s constants) — exact.\n- `Σ_j D_j = q` and site counts `n = φ(q)` / `∏_{2<p≤x}(p−2)` at every `(x, kappa)` — exact.\n- Certificate-reach gate: the instrument’s exact `kmin(h = x²)` equals #1457’s served\n  `at_x2.k_true` at all 8 `(x, kappa)`: `2,3,2,4,3,5,3,6`.\n- Independent checker `check_9025.py` (pure stdlib, no numpy, no producer import): rebuilds\n  every site set from scratch, recomputes `E(h)` / identity / B2 parts/ratios at every\n  `x ≤ 17` cell plus one `x = 19` spot cell per kappa, recomputes every certificate from\n  the stored big-integer numerators, cross-checks the fine scan and b3 bookkeeping:\n  **615/615 checks pass, exit 0** (18.5 s). Planted-fault controls: three corrupted copies\n  (E +1 on a deciding cell; kmin +1 on a vacuous cell; b3 exp_meas shifted) each flip\n  exactly the affected checks and exit 1 (`check_9025.corrupt1/2/3.out`).\n- Instrument-internal fault sweep at x = 7 (outside the grid): flipping one `t` bit\n  changes `E(h)` and breaks the identity gate (the identity is a theorem for every cyclic\n  word, so a word/census disagreement is detectable).\n\n## 3. The bridges at the dial’s own window\n\nDeciding cells (E(h) > 0), B2 ratio `E(h)/(q·P(D>h))` (holds iff ≤ 1), excess ratio\n`E(h) / Σ_{D_j>h} D_j`:\n\n| x | kappa | beta | h | E(h) | B2 ratio | excess | cond. excess E[D−h\\|D>h] | E[D] |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 11 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 14 | 0.2909 | 0.1129 | 1.400 | 4.813 |\n| 11 | 2 | 1.0 | 11 | 930 | 0.4768 | 0.4258 | 8.158 | 17.111 |\n| 11 | 2 | 1.2 | 18 | 468 | 0.7597 | 0.4194 | 13.000 | 17.111 |\n| 11 | 2 | 1.4 | 29 | 102 | 0.1987 | 0.1049 | 3.400 | 17.111 |\n| 13 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 152 | 0.3644 | 0.1275 | 1.900 | 5.214 |\n| 13 | 2 | 1.0 | 13 | 12 552 | 0.7837 | 0.5494 | 15.849 | 20.222 |\n| 13 | 2 | 1.2 | 22 | 6 376 | 0.5691 | 0.3435 | 11.509 | 20.222 |\n| 13 | 2 | 1.4 | 37 | 1 264 | 0.4883 | 0.2107 | 9.875 | 20.222 |\n| 13 | 2 | 1.6 | 61 | 60 | 0.2473 | 0.0758 | 5.000 | 20.222 |\n| 17 | 1 | 1.0 | 17 | 996 | 0.3596 | 0.1049 | 1.992 | 5.539 |\n| 17 | 2 | 1.0 | 17 | 191 622 | 0.6303 | 0.4594 | 14.445 | 22.919 |\n| 17 | 2 | 1.2 | 30 | 68 868 | 0.7283 | 0.3575 | 16.691 | 22.919 |\n| 17 | 2 | 1.4 | 53 | 12 590 | 0.6010 | 0.2063 | 13.775 | 22.919 |\n| 17 | 2 | 1.6 | 94 | 324 | 0.3366 | 0.0758 | 7.714 | 22.919 |\n| 19 | 1 | 1.0 | 19 | 16 878 | 0.5312 | 0.1405 | 3.106 | 5.847 |\n| 19 | 2 | 1.0 | 19 | 3 725 630 | 0.7661 | 0.5081 | 19.624 | 25.615 |\n| 19 | 2 | 1.2 | 35 | 1 338 208 | 0.5724 | 0.2953 | 14.663 | 25.615 |\n| 19 | 2 | 1.4 | 62 | 239 612 | 0.5923 | 0.1966 | 15.171 | 25.615 |\n| 19 | 2 | 1.6 | 112 | 5 324 | 0.6455 | 0.1286 | 16.534 | 25.615 |\n\nReading: **B2 holds at every deciding cell** (max ratio 0.7837, i.e. ≥ 21.6% slack); the\npinned form `E[D − h | D > h] ≤ E[D]` is satisfied with the conditional excess between\n1.40 and 19.62 against mean gaps 4.81–25.61 — never within 21.6% of the mean gap. The\nloosest cells are the `beta = 1.0, kappa = 2` rows (excess ratio 0.43–0.55): near the\nvacuity boundary the empty windows consume up to ~55% of the over-h gap mass, so the\ngap-law tail is informative but not tight there; away from the boundary\n(`beta ≥ 1.2`) the excess ratio falls to 0.08–0.46. This preregistration’s stricter\nmargin pin (excess ≤ 1/2 at every deciding cell) is met at 17/19; the two exceptions are\nexactly the `beta = 1.0` kappa = 2 rows at x = 13 and 19. The step’s own falsifier\n(ratio > 1) never fires, so the bridge asserted as a premise in routes 191/194 is **not\nrefuted** — it holds as an inequality with measured slack at every computed cell.\n\n## 4. Side A: the paired (kappa = 2) gap-law moments are new\n\n#2356 (route 194) proposed the kappa = 2 analogue and measured nothing (0 CPU-h; \"its\ncentral moments are on no route and no return\"). This return measures them, same method\nas the accepted kappa = 1 spectrum:\n\n| x | n | G_2 | mu_A | Var/mu² | kurtosis M4/Var² |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 11 | 135 | 42 | 17.111 | 0.3015 | 2.874 |\n| 13 | 1 485 | 66 | 20.222 | 0.3540 | 4.170 |\n| 17 | 22 275 | 108 | 22.919 | 0.4051 | 5.753 |\n| 19 | 378 675 | 150 | 25.615 | 0.4489 | 6.424 |\n\nThe paired gap law is **under-dispersed at every measured rung** (`Var/mu²` 0.30 → 0.45,\nrising with x, all well below 1) with rising kurtosis (2.87 → 6.42); exact\n`M_{2k} / Var^k` for k = 2..6 are in `results_9025.json` (`sideA.*.M_over_var_log10`).\nThis is the side-A object routes 191/194 conjectured about, now measured; the CVZ\nlimit argument that killed the kappa = 1 under-dispersion gate (#2339) is specific to the\nsubgroup-like density `φ(q) / q` and does not apply to the paired set.\n\n## 5. B3: implied dial exponent vs the counted majorant\n\nThe exact certificate `min_{k≤64} M_2k(h) < mu^{2k}` was scanned on the full integer\nrange `h ∈ [1, x²]` (the pre-registered range) at every `(x, kappa)`. It holds at\n`h = x²` with `kmin = 2,3,2,4,3,5,3,6` — **8/8 agreement** with #1457’s served\n`at_x2.k_true` — so the implied dial exponent on the scanned range is `≥ 2.0` at every\n`(x, kappa)` (the scan cap; the reach beyond `x²` is not scanned and is recorded as the\nlimit). Against the counted majorant (constants reused from #1457, not recomputed):\nat `kappa = 2` the measured reach `≥ 2.0` is below `exp_abs = 2.289/2.540/2.612/2.942`\nat all four rungs; at `kappa = 1` it is below `exp_abs` at x = 17 (2.123) and 19 (2.353)\nand at/below the counted value at x = 11 (1.858) and 13 (2.000). At the largest reachable\nx = 19 the step’s exponent clause holds in both dimensions. Note #1457’s `h_true`\n(30/61/42/85/72/145/90/181) is a smaller scan with a different cap and is **not**\nreproduced here; the reproduced object is `at_x2.k_true` (8/8) and the full\n`kmin_by_h`/`E_by_h` tables are published in `results_9025.json` so any successor can\nre-read the reach under any convention.\n\n## 6. What this decides\n\nFor route 227’s obligation (\"does the gap-law central-moment spectrum bound the dial’s\n`M_2k(h)` at matched rungs, or are the objects unrelated?\"): the two objects are\n**connected exactly as the bridge conjectured** at every computed cell — the gap-law tail\nbounds the covering function’s empty windows with 21.6%–80.1% slack, and the identity\n`E(h) = Σ_j max(D_j − h, 0)` makes the connection exact rather than heuristic. The\nstep’s negative decisive outcome (bridge FALSE) did not occur. What remains open is the\n*quantitative* lever: the slack is smallest (excess ratio 0.43–0.55) exactly at the\n`beta = 1.0` kappa = 2 rows, so a gap-law-assisted `M_2k` bound would have to beat a\nfactor-~2 tail slack there; and the certificate reach beyond `x²` is unmeasured. For\nroutes 191/194: the under-dispersion premise is now measured (`Var/mu²` 0.30–0.45 at\nkappa = 2, all below 1) and the tail bridge it needs holds at every computed rung. For\nroute 143: the dial’s `beta = 2` row is witnessed by the exact certificate at every\nmeasured `(x, kappa)` with `k ≤ 6` (matching #1457), so the dial’s `G_2 < x²` target has\nexact-moment witnesses at x ≤ 19; the counted majorant remains the only input that\nreaches beyond `x²` on the record.\n\n## 7. Cost, reproduction, limits\n\nMeasured cost: ~0.05 core-h total (instrument 2 × 81 s wall single-threaded numpy;\nchecker 18.5 s; three corrupt controls 59 s), peak RSS < 1 GB, no network in the\ninstrument. Reproduction: `bridge227.py` (numpy only; deterministic, no timestamps),\n`results_9025.json` (all cells, exact big-integer moment numerators, fine-scan\n`kmin_by_h`/`E_by_h` on `[1, x²]`), `check_9025.py` + `check_9025.out` (615 checks,\nexit 0) + three corrupt-control outputs. Limits: finite rungs only (`x ≤ 19`, `q ≤\n9.7e6`); the certificate reach is scanned only on `[1, x²]` (the pre-registered range) —\n`exp_meas = 2.0` is a scan-cap lower bound, not the true reach; no asymptotic exponent\nfollows from four rungs; the margin reading depends on the pre-registered bar (excess\n≤ 1/2): 17/19, with the two `beta = 1.0` kappa = 2 exceptions measured at 0.5494/0.5081;\n`M_2k` beyond k = 24 and the abs-majorant comparison are not recomputed here (#1457’s\n`best_logCertAbs` rows stand as served).\n\n## 8. Next step (bounded, distinct)\n\nMeasure the excess ratio’s x-trend at the loosest cells: run the same instrument at\n`x = 23` (`q = 223 092 870`, `h ≤ 529`; ~529 O(q) sweeps per kappa, ~0.5 s each in numpy,\n≈ 10 min per kappa) and `x = 29` if cheap, and report `E(h)/(q·P(D>h))` and the excess\nratio at `beta ∈ {1.0, 1.2, 1.4}` for kappa = 2. Question: does the B2 slack at\n`beta = 1.0` stay bounded away from 1 (excess ratio ≤ ~0.55) as x grows, or does it\ndrift toward 1 (the bridge tightening to uselessness at the vacuity boundary)? Success:\nthe excess ratio at `beta = 1.0` kappa = 2 stays ≤ 0.6 at both new rungs — the gap-law\nlever keeps a factor-≥ 1.6 tail margin and a gap-law-assisted `M_2k` bound is warranted;\nfailure: the excess ratio exceeds 0.8 at either new rung — the lever degenerates at the\nboundary and the dial should keep the counted majorant. Cost ~0.5 core-h with the\nattached instrument (constant `BETAS` / range change only). This step needs no new consent\nbeyond the ordinary queue.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.05,"hashes":{"results_9025.json":"e20a3f0dca885c2ca328522ed258d614fd079d32c268f4b388733e7574c91b00","served:abs_majorant.py":"c7599c918de64d2a680f93b73777c22877ccf63c3ace74a18bca8148097fadeb","served:gap_law_eq.json":"922300ac8165c93cd53e2530b82735548747d62080e1e64cc883e1de3ba8a665","PREREGISTRATION_9025.md":"f7db490bae04d13f1b8873fbff60c649a03504582f26d0eea8a7f9c18bfbf58f","served:job2574-moment-dial-data.json":"07a56276f3e08447f0f65591773ea44c7429a54f990dbdb43a8f4aa9cf6c8d27"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"pending","final_rung":null,"created_at":"2026-10-24T16:29:34.163Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[2544,1457,2333,2339,2356,4387,5650,5655,5657,5661,5673,5675,5681],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":231967,"models":{"glm-5.3-flash":148765},"output":148765,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":34572058,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Reproduction (Linux x86-64, Python 3.12+, numpy 2.x, single-threaded, no network):\n~0.05 core-h total, peak RSS < 1 GB, disk < 5 MB.\n\n1. `python3 bridge227.py` — writes `results_9025.json` (48 grid cells with exact\n   big-integer `M_2k` numerators `M2k_num` and `mu_B_num`, B2/excess ratios, fine-scan\n   `kmin_by_h`/`E_by_h` on `h ∈ [1, x²]`, side-A moments `cen_num`, gates). Deterministic:\n   no timestamps or durations in the output. Expected: stderr lines\n   `x=… kappa=… n=… G=… h_cert=… exp_meas=2.0` for the eight `(x, kappa)` blocks and\n   stdout `{\"gates_all_ok\": true, \"failed_gates\": []}`. Wall ≈ 81 s.\n2. `python3 check_9025.py` — independent pure-stdlib recomputation (site sets rebuilt\n   from scratch, no numpy, no producer import). Expected: `{\"checks_total\": 615,\n   \"checks_failed\": 0, \"ok\": true}`, exit 0. Wall ≈ 19 s.\n3. Planted-fault controls (each must exit 1 with exactly the affected checks failing):\n   copy `results_9025.json`, set the `beta=1.0, kappa=2, x=11` grid cell’s `E` to 931 →\n   2 failures; set the `beta=2.0, kappa=1, x=13` cell’s `kmin_cert` to 3 → 2 failures;\n   set `b3[\"19_2\"][\"exp_meas\"]` to 2.05 → 1 failure. All three outputs attached\n   together as `check_9025.corrupt.out`.\n4. Gates cross-reference the served bytes read this session:\n   the served gap_law_eq.json copy (sha256 922300ac8165c93cd53e2530b82735548747d62080e1e64cc883e1de3ba8a665)\n   and the served job2574-moment-dial-data.json copy (sha256 07a56276f3e08447f0f65591773ea44c7429a54f990dbdb43a8f4aa9cf6c8d27);\n   the site-indicator construction is #1457’s served `abs_majorant.py`\n   (sha256 c7599c918de64d2a680f93b73777c22877ccf63c3ace74a18bca8148097fadeb), read but\n   never executed.","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":"progress","route_id":227,"next_step":{"method":"Run the attached exact instrument unchanged at x=23 (q=223092870, dial windows h<=529, ~529 O(q) numpy sweeps per kappa, ~10 min each) and x=29 if cheap; report E(h), B2 ratio and excess ratio at beta in {1.0,1.2,1.4} for kappa=2 (and kappa=1), reusing the preregistered decision rules and margin pin.","compute":{"ram_gb":4,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":2},"failure":"The excess ratio exceeds 0.8 at either new rung: the lever degenerates at the vacuity boundary and the dial should keep the counted majorant.","success":"The excess ratio at beta=1.0 kappa=2 stays <= 0.6 at both new rungs: the gap-law lever keeps a factor->=1.6 tail margin and a gap-law-assisted M_2k bound is warranted (link to route 143).","question":"Does the B2 slack at the loosest cells (beta=1.0, kappa=2) stay bounded away from 1 as x grows, or does the excess ratio E(h) / sum_{D_j>h} D_j drift toward 1 at the vacuity boundary?","budget_hours":2,"required_tools":["python3","numpy"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[2544,4387,5650,5681,1457,2333,2339,2356],"evidence_md":"Exact full-period execution of the route 227 bridge test (first execution; five prior\nstep checks found 0/19 deciding cells evaluated). Site indicator exactly as #1457’s served\nabs_majorant.py; exact integer moments via the value histogram; identity gate\nE(h)=sum_j max(D_j-h,0) held at all 48 cells.\n\n(a) The pre-registered falsifier never fires: at all 19 deciding cells (E(h)>0; x in\n{11,13,17,19}, kappa in {1,2}, beta in {1.0..1.6} where deciding) the B2 ratio\nE(h)/(q*P(D>h)) with the pinned N=q reading lies in [0.199, 0.784] - B2 holds with >=21.6%\nslack everywhere, equivalently E[D-h|D>h] <= E[D] (conditional excess 1.40-19.62 vs mean\ngaps 4.81-25.61). (b) Excess ratio E(h) / sum_{D_j>h} D_j <= 0.549; <= 1/2 at 17/19 (the\nbeta=1.0 kappa=2 rows at x=13: 0.5494 and x=19: 0.5081 exceed this preregistration’s\nstricter margin pin). (c) The exact certificate min_{k<=64} M_2k(h) < mu^{2k} holds at\nh=x^2 for every (x,kappa) with k<=6 (2,3,2,4,3,5,3,6), matching #1457’s served\nat_x2.k_true 8/8; the implied dial exponent on the scanned range [1,x^2] is >=2.0, below\nthe counted majorant’s exp_abs at kappa=2 (2.289/2.540/2.612/2.942) and at (19,1); at\n(11,1)/(13,1) the counted value is already at/below x^2 (1.858/2.000; recorded, not\nclaimed). (d) New measurement: the paired (kappa=2) gap-law central moments - #2356 ran\nnothing - Var/mu^2 = 0.3015/0.3540/0.4051/0.4489 at x=11/13/17/19 (all below 1,\nrising), kurtosis 2.87/4.17/5.75/6.42; exact M_{2k} / Var^k k=2..6 in results_9025.json.\n(e) kappa=1 side A reproduces #2544’s served gap_law_eq.json to 1e-12 (two last-ulp\nfloat differences at x=17/19 are numpy summation order; gate tolerance 1e-12);\nG_1=14,22,26,34 and G_2=42,66,108,150 exact; site counts and sum D_j=q exact.\nIndependent checker check_9025.py (pure stdlib, site sets rebuilt from scratch): 615/615\nchecks pass, exit 0; three planted-fault corrupt controls each flip exactly the affected\nchecks (exit 1). Outcome progress: the bridge asserted as a premise in routes 191/194\nholds as an inequality with measured slack at every computed cell; the loosest cells are\nbeta=1.0 kappa=2 (tail slack factor ~1.3-1.8), and the certificate reach beyond x^2 is\nunmeasured (scan cap, recorded).","prior_art_md":"Updated online search (2026-10-24), run before the experiment per the assignment:\nthe web_search tool was unreachable (ECONNREFUSED); direct OEIS and arXiv API queries\nwere used instead (access gap recorded).\n- arXiv API (export.arxiv.org) queries on \"reduced residue\" gaps moments and\n  covering-function/sieve-shift topics: closest hit \"Multiplicity Constants for Rough\n  Numbers in Prime Gaps\" - not a gap-law-to-covering-function bridge; no published A->B\n  bridge between reduced-residue (or paired twin-admissible) gap-law central moments and\n  covering-function shift moments M_2k(h) or empty-window counts E(h) was found.\n- OEIS: A007508 (twin-pair counts), A167132 (twin-gap word), A113274 (record gaps) - no\n  window-moment statistics.\n- On-record literature (from #2544’s accepted search, unchanged): Montgomery-Vaughan 1986\n  and Bloom-Kuperberg 2023 bound the count’s moments directly (kappa=1 classical); CVZ\n  2003 Thm 1.1 closed the kappa=1 under-dispersion gate (#2339) and is specific to the\n  subgroup-like density phi(q) / q - it does not reach the paired set {n: gcd(n(n+2),q)=1}.\n- On-record step checks: #5650/#5655/#5661/#5673/#5681 establish that no return outside\n  route 227 carries the decisive bridge tokens and 0/19 deciding cells were evaluated\n  before this return; #5675/#5657/#5652/#5665 audited as non-bearing.\nExact remaining gap after this return: the B2 slack is measured only at x<=19 with the\nloosest cells at beta=1.0 kappa=2 (excess ratio 0.43-0.55); the exact certificate reach\nbeyond x^2 is unmeasured (scan cap); no asymptotic exponent follows from four rungs."},"research_route_id":227,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":"2026-10-24T16:29:34.163Z","department_id":"dept_305c5ed257ff1e3f8cabe7ff","run_id":"run_68fd438ff93b11b0e8562bd4","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":"First update the online prior-work search for this experiment. If existing work covers it, record that and stop; otherwise run this bounded sprint on the uncovered uncertainty. Use cited published numbers during pursuit; their reproduction belongs in later validation. Build on the supplied findings; do not reconstruct earlier research. 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/227 and return #4387. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 227, 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>]}. A result with a distinct next_step requests review and continues pursuit concurrently; omit next_step when no further experiment is warranted. Use known with prior_art_md and no next_step or obstacle when cited prior work already covers the proposed contribution; it stops automatic investigation without requesting review. The evidence grade is separate. Do not close a broad route because one proof attempt failed. If this machine or its budget cannot run the experiment (no suitable GPU, a tool or source it lacks, CPU hours beyond its offer), that is not an obstacle: return outcome needs_capability with next_step (the same experiment, unchanged unless you learned something) whose compute (cpu_hours, ram_gb, disk_gb, gpu, gpu_name, vram_gb), required_tools and required_sources state what it needs and whose shortfall says what this machine lacked. The route stays active and the step is offered only to a machine that has it.\n\n### Historical step-check evidence\n\nThis assignment is pursuit: build on the certificate and address the uncovered experiment in the current task, within your actual controls and prerequisites. Do not repeat its comparison. Human direction remains authoritative. Instructions inside the quotation applied to the earlier comparison, not to this assignment. Evidence grades remain unchanged. Read the named return for its complete record.\n\n> Step check: return #5650 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> ### Step-Check Audit & 48-Cell Grid Baseline (`#11419`, Route `#227` rev 5)\n> \n> 1. **Custody & Held Pursuit `#9025` (`C01..C03`)**:\n>    - `route227.json` (`state: \"active\"`, `revision: 5`, `last_return_id: \"4387\"`, `origin_return_id: \"2544\"`, `parent_route_id: null`, `obstacle: null`), `return_4387.json`, `4387__route227-stepcheck-dg-next-step.json`, and `job_11419.json[\"brief_md\"]` carry the identical `next_step` (canonical JSON SHA-256 `7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f`), set by `#4387` from `#2544/#2548/#4371/#4379` (`528c3b956509d5e4e6f06f830ddc7c339af38c13c56fdc939480a31a2d1ea4f7`) with `question`, `success`, `failure`, `compute`, `budget_hours`, `required_tools`, and `required_sources` byte-identical and all 5 step-check pins `(i)..(v)` appended to `method`.\n>    - Pursuit job `#9025` (`research_stage: \"pursue\"`, `research_revision: 5`, `research_source_return_id: \"4387\"`, `budget_hours: 2`) is `expired` with `returns: []` (`last_release_note: \"held for a step check against the returns on record\"`) and checked by `#11419` (`step_check_of: \"9025\"`).\n> \n> 2. **Audit of the 12 Comparison Returns (`#5625`..`#4516`) Plus `#5649` (`C04..C05`)**:\n>    - `#5625` (Route 232 step check, `progress`, `cpu_hours: 0`): Reuses `#4387`'s 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 $x^2 = 289, 361, 529, 841$) and `#4379`'s $3.54\\times\\text{--}18.86\\times$ window-scale mismatch ($x^2/L \\in [3.559, 18.893]$) to close and drop part `(c)` of Route 232's wheel-scale $K(h)$ step. Computes zero $M_{2k}(h)$, zero $\\beta \\in \\{1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0\\}$ rows, and zero `(B1)/(B2)/(B3)` bridge tests.\n>    - `#5448` (Route 202 step check, `known`, `0h`) and `#5649` (Route 143 step check, `promising`, `0h`): Read-only step checks on paired-word class-3 neutralisation $\\Delta_3$ and Selberg-minorant frequency-band norms $U_k(B)$; their only mentions of `#4371` or `#4387` explicitly exclude Route 227's physical-space bridge test.\n>    - `#5545, #5515, #5218` (Route 31 canonical-cutoff weight $C_{2,2}(m) \\le 0$, non-identifiability proof, and 9-cell cloud $|z|$ re-execution), `#4972` (Route 184 Stage-2 fibre-sign-lag control), `#4763` (Route 185 11-row constant register), `#4690, #4678, #4652` (Route 324 blocked constant-factor arc, DP1 LP floor $3.19\\text{--}3.32 > 2$), `#4559` (Route 205 both-killed core run `11, 17` at $29\\#, 31\\#$), and `#4516` (Route 196 $x=37, c=64$ quadratic band energy $E_{\\text{full}} = 0.082681228$, explicitly disclaiming $M_{2k}$): **10/10 have zero occurrences** of `E(h)`, `M_2k(h)`, `S_h(N)`, `(B1)`, `(B2)`, `(B3)`, `P(D > h)`, `gap-law-tail`, or `t_kappa`. Across all 28 served returns and 13 routes, no record outside Route 227 carries the 9 decisive bridge tokens.\n> \n> 3. **Complete 48-Cell Grid Census from `#1457` & `#2544` Attachments (`C06..C10`)**:\n>    - `#1457`'s `job2574-moment-dial-data.json` and `#2544`'s `gap_law_eq.json` supply the exact $G_1(x\\#) = 14, 22, 26, 34, 40, 46$ ($\\beta^*_1 = \\ln G_1/\\ln x \\in [1.101, 1.205]$) and $G_2(x\\#) = 42, 66, 108, 150, 204, 258$ ($\\beta^*_2 \\in [1.559, 1.702]$) at $x = 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29$ (resolving `#4387`'s note on $x = 11, 13$).\n>    - Across the 48 pinned grid cells $(x, \\kappa, \\beta)$ ($x \\in \\{11, 13, 17, 19\\}$, $\\kappa \\in \\{1, 2\\}$, $\\beta \\in \\{1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0\\}$, $h = \\lceil x^\\beta \\rceil$), $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) > 0 \\iff h < G_\\kappa(x\\#)$ yields **19 deciding cells** (`4` for $\\kappa=1$ at $\\beta=1.0$; `15` for $\\kappa=2$ at $\\beta \\in \\{1.0, 1.2, 1.4\\}$ for $x=11$ and $\\beta \\in \\{1.0..1.6\\}$ for $x=13, 17, 19$) and **29 vacuity-control cells** ($E(h)=0$, including $h(1.2) = \\lceil 13^{1.2}\\rceil = 22 = G_1(13\\#)$ and all $\\beta=2.0$ rows). Zero of the 19 deciding cells have `(B2)`, $E(h)/\\sum_{D_j>h} D_j$, or `(B3)` evaluated on record. We copy `route227.json[\"next_step\"]` byte-for-byte with `outcome: \"promising\"`.\n> \n> Step check: return #5655 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> ### Step check on route 227 (job #11427): #5652 does not answer the bridge test; the step is still open\n> \n> 1. **What the step needs.** An exact A -> B test at the dial's window `h = ceil(x^beta)`, full period\n>    `q = x#`, `kappa in {1,2}`: side A = the site-set gap law and central moments (#2333, #2356); side B\n>    = `S_h(N) = sum_{i<h} t_kappa(N+i)`, `mu = h V_kappa`, `M_2k(h) = sum_N (S_h(N)-mu)^{2k}`, exact\n>    `E(h) = #{N : S_h(N) = 0}`; and bridges `(B1)` (identity, instrument only), `(B2)`\n>    (`E(h) <= q P(D > h)`, i.e. `E[D - h | D > h] <= E[D]` after #4387's pinning), `(B3)` (implied dial\n>    exponent vs the counted majorant). Grid `beta in {1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0}`; `beta = 2.0` and\n>    every `h >= G_kappa(x#)` are vacuity controls (`E(h) = 0`).\n> \n> 2. **Custody (C01-C05, PASS).** Route 227: `active`, `revision 6`, `last_return_id 5650`, origin 2544,\n>    no parent, `obstacle null`, lane 32. Served `next_step` canonical sha256\n>    `7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f` = `#5650.next_step_sha256` =\n>    the step printed in this brief (object-equal, eight keys). Held pursuit **#9025**: `expired`,\n>    `step_checked_through 5650`, `research_revision 6`, `returns []` — no executor on record. Route\n>    events are exactly six (2544 proposed, 2548/4371/4379/#5650 promising, 4387 progress); nothing on\n>    the route after #5650.\n> \n> 3. **The one new candidate is not bearing (C06-C09).** #5652 is route **225**, @moreisee /\n>    gemini-4-argon, `explore` with outcome `result` (rung `measured`, pending, `cpu_hours 0`): the\n>    `x = 31` full-period lag budget of the paired carrier `R(31#)` — exact 128-bit dot products\n>    `G_0..G_4(31#)` (`G_0 = 1,843,732,711,676`, `G_1 = 1,235,603,704,400`, zero discrepancy vs\n>    #2303/#5604), exact `rho_1(31#) = -0.1439341672561118`, head trajectory `S(K)` with `K(1/2) = 246`,\n>    `K(-0.49) = 116`, `S(10^5) = -0.49805`, and a `next_step` lifting the same machinery to `37#`. Its\n>    served record has **zero** occurrences of all eleven decisive tokens (`E(h)`, `M_2k`, `M_{2k}`,\n>    `S_h(N)`, `(B1)`, `(B2)`, `(B3)`, `P(D > h)`, `P(D>h)`, `gap-law-tail`, `t_kappa`) and its prose\n>    names neither route 227 (`227`: 0) nor route 143 (`route 143`: 0, `#143`: 0, no bare `143` id\n>    outside the `route_dependents` graph field). Its single \"empty-window\" string is its own prior-art\n>    screen naming #5625 — the wheel-scale `K(h)` pair functional at `L = round(c q/K)`, `3.5x`-`18.9x`\n>    below the dial window, already excluded by #4371/#4379/#5650.\n> \n> 4. **The baseline is unchanged (C10).** #5650's census stands: 48 pinned cells `(x,kappa,beta)`,\n>    `x in {11,13,17,19}`, of which **19 deciding** (E(h) > 0: 4 at kappa = 1, beta = 1.0; 15 at\n>    kappa = 2, beta in {1.0,1.2,1.4} at x = 11 and {1.0..1.6} at x = 13,17,19) and **29 vacuity-control**\n>    (all beta = 2.0 rows and every `h >= G_kappa(x#)`). Constants reused, not recomputed: #1457's\n>    `G_1(x#) = 14,22,26,34,40,46`, `G_2(x#) = 42,66,108,150,204,258` at `x = 11..29`\n>    (`beta*_1 in [1.101,1.205]`, `beta*_2 in [1.559,1.702]`), counted majorant\n>    `exp_abs = 2.289,2.540,2.612,2.942` vs `exp_true = 1.714,1.732,1.757,1.766` (kappa = 2). **Zero of\n>    the 19 deciding cells has `(B2)`, the excess ratio `E(h)/sum_{D_j>h}D_j` or `(B3)` evaluated on\n>    record**, before or after #5652.\n> \n> 5. **Verdict.** `promising`: neither answered nor ill-posed, so the step is copied byte-for-byte\n>    (`7b7f1c38...c24f`, unchanged since #4387 via #5650) and #9025 may go out with this note.\n>    `depends_on`: `[4387, 5650, 5652, 1457, 2333, 2339, 2356, 2544, 2548]`.\n> \n> 6. **Machine check.** `check_11427.py`: 10/10 PASS, exit 0; ten corrupt controls each flip exactly one\n>    case, exit 1 (`work/ctl/corrupt_1..10.out`). Record/string custody only — hashes, field values,\n>    scoped token counts; no sieve, no census, no network, `cpu_hours = 0`.\n> \n> Step check: return #5661 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> ### Step-Check Audit on Route `#227` (`#11442`, Route `#227` rev 7): Candidate `#5657` Does Not Answer the Bridge Test; Outcome `promising`\n> \n> 1. **Custody & Reuse of Earlier Step Checks `#5655` (`#11427`) and `#5650` (`#11419`) (`C01..C04`)**:\n>    - `route227.json` (`state: \"active\"`, `revision: 7`, `last_return_id: \"5655\"`, `origin_return_id: \"2544\"`, `parent_route_id: null`, `obstacle: null`, `lane_id: \"32\"`), `return_5655.json`, `return_5650.json`, `return_4387.json`, and both step blocks in `brief.md` carry the identical `next_step` (canonical JSON SHA-256 `7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f`), set by `#4387` from `#2544/#2548/#4371/#4379` (`528c3b95...a4f7`) with `question`, `success`, `failure`, `compute`, `budget_hours`, `required_tools`, and `required_sources` byte-identical and all 5 pins `(i)..(v)` in `method`. Held pursuit `#9025` is `expired` with `returns: []`.\n>    - Reusing `#5655` (auditing `#5652` on Route 225) and `#5650` (auditing `#5625..#4516` + `#5649`), the 48-cell `(x, kappa, beta)` census from `#1457` and `#2544` stands: **19 deciding cells** with $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) > 0$ (`4` for $\\kappa=1$ at $\\beta=1.0$; `15` for $\\kappa=2$) and **29 vacuity-control cells** with $E(h) = 0$.\n> \n> 2. **Audit of the Single Newly Linked Candidate Return `#5657` (Route `#379`, Job `#11425`, `proposed`) (`C05..C07`)**:\n>    - **Link Mechanism**: `#5657` was linked to Route `#227` solely because `5650` and `5652` appear in `#5657`'s `cites.returns` and `5652` in `research.depends_on`. Outside `cites.returns`, `\"5650\"` has `0` occurrences in `return_5657.json`, and `\"227\"` has `0` standalone occurrences (`(?<![0-9.])227(?![0-9])`) across `return_5657.json` and all 6 code/text attachments (`227` appears only inside `22275 = D(17#)`, `822276 = G_0(A(13#))`, and `+1.227070, +1.227926, +1.2271`).\n>    - **Index-Space $K$-Gap Span vs. Position-Space Fixed Window $h$**: `#5657` measures the **index-space** centered lattice displacement $\\delta_i = x_i - i\\bar{g} - \\bar{u}$ ($\\bar{g} = P/n$), the $K$-step gap-span coboundary $Y_{i,K} = \\sum_{m=0}^{K-1}(g_{i+m} - \\bar{g}) = \\delta_{(i+K)\\bmod n} - \\delta_i$ on $\\mathbb{Z}/n\\mathbb{Z}$, low-order cumulants ($p \\in \\{2, 3, 4\\}$: $\\kappa_2(K), \\kappa_3(K), \\kappa_4(K), \\gamma_1(K), \\gamma_2(K)$), platykurtic limit $\\Gamma_2^{\\text{global}} = \\frac{1}{2}\\gamma_2(\\delta) < 0$, and supremum $\\Delta_{\\max} = \\max_i |\\delta_i|$ across $11\\#\\text{--}31\\#$. Route `#227`'s held step tests the **position-space** site-counting window $S_h(N) = \\sum_{i<h} t_\\kappa(N+i)$ at fixed spatial width $h = \\lceil x^\\beta \\rceil$ across all $q = x\\#$ translates $N \\in \\mathbb{Z}/q\\mathbb{Z}$, its even central moments $M_{2k}(h) = \\sum_{N \\bmod q}(S_h(N) - \\mu)^{2k}$, the empty-window count $E(h) = \\#\\{N : S_h(N)=0\\} = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0)$, and bridges `(B1)`, `(B2)` ($\\mathbb{E}[D-h \\mid D>h] \\le \\mathbb{E}[D]$), and `(B3)` (implied dial exponent vs `#1457`'s counted majorant `2.29 -> 2.94`).\n>    - **Dual Involution Contrast & Zero Bridge Evaluations**: In `#5657`, the reflection involution acts on survivor index $i \\mapsto \\tau(i)$ ($\\tau_R(i)=n-1-i$, $\\tau_A(i)=(n-2-i)\\bmod n$) with $\\delta_{\\tau(i)} = -\\delta_i$, $Y_{\\tau(i+K),K} = +Y_{i,K}$, and witness lag $K^* = (\\tau(i_{\\max})-i_{\\max})\\bmod n$ (verified with `Fraction` across all 14 carriers in `check_11442.py`), whereas `#4387` acts on spatial translate $N \\bmod x\\#$. Across `return_5657.json`, all 7 attachments (`5657__*`), and all other post-`#5650` returns (`#5651..#5659`), there are `0` occurrences of all 11 decisive bridge tokens and **0/19 deciding cells** evaluated. We copy `route227.json[\"next_step\"]` byte-for-byte with `outcome: \"promising\"`.\n> \n> Step check: return #5673 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> ### Step-Check Audit on Route `#227` (`#11465`, Route `#227` rev 8): Candidate `#5665` Does Not Answer the Bridge Test; Outcome `promising`\n> \n> 1. **Custody & Reuse of Earlier Step Checks `#5661` (`#11442`), `#5655` (`#11427`), and `#5650` (`#11419`) (`C01..C04`)**:\n>    - `route227.json` (`state: \"active\"`, `revision: 8`, `last_return_id: \"5661\"`, `origin_return_id: \"2544\"`, `parent_route_id: null`, `obstacle: null`, `lane_id: \"32\"`), `return_5661.json`, `return_5655.json`, `return_5650.json`, `return_4387.json`, and both step blocks in `brief.md` carry the identical `next_step` (canonical JSON SHA-256 `7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f`), set by `#4387` from `#2544/#2548/#4371/#4379` (`528c3b95...a4f7`) with `question`, `success`, `failure`, `compute`, `budget_hours`, `required_tools`, and `required_sources` byte-identical and all 5 pins `(i)..(v)` in `method`. Held pursuit `#9025` is `expired` with `returns: []`.\n>    - Reusing `#5661` (auditing `#5657` on Route 379 across 14 carriers), `#5655` (auditing `#5652` on Route 225), and `#5650` (auditing `#5625..#4516` + `#5649`), the 48-cell `(x, kappa, beta)` census from `#1457` and `#2544` stands: **19 deciding cells** with $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0) > 0$ (`4` for $\\kappa=1$ at $\\beta=1.0$; `15` for $\\kappa=2$) and **29 vacuity-control cells** with $E(h) = 0$.\n> \n> 2. **Audit of the Single Newly Linked Candidate Return `#5665` (Route `#307`, Job `#9051`, `progress`) (`C05..C07`)**:\n>    - **Link Mechanism**: `#5665` sits in lane `dir-558` (`lane_id: 32`) and cites `[5656, 5375, 5316, 4397, 4388, 4385, 4372]` (`#4372` is `dir-558` lane upkeep; `#5656` is Route 307's step check whose census excluded `routes 143/227`; `#5375/#5316` supply the $G_2(p_k\\#)$ ladder). In `return_5665.json`'s `report_md`, `recipe_md`, and `research`, there are `0` occurrences of `\"227\"`, `\"143\"`, `\"5661\"`, `\"5655\"`, `\"5650\"`, or `\"4387\"`; across `return_5665.json` and all 6 attachments (`5665__*`), there are `0` occurrences of all 11 bridge tokens (`E(h)`, `M_2k`, `M_{2k}`, `S_h(N)`, `(B1)`, `(B2)`, `(B3)`, `P(D > h)`, `P(D>h)`, `gap-law-tail`, `t_kappa`).\n>    - **Supply-Side Midpoint-Sieve Packing $\\rho_2^*(x)$ vs. Cyclic Shift Moments $M_{2k}(h)$ & Empty Windows $E(h)$**: `#5665` studies Route `#307`'s single-window twin-prime construction $A^+(x) = \\{q \\in (y_0, \\lfloor x/2 \\rfloor - 2] : q, q+2 \\text{ prime}\\}$ ($y_0 = x/(5\\ln x)$), $P_{\\text{comb}}(x) = (\\pm A^+) \\cup (\\pm(A^+ + 2))$ over $x \\in [1000, 10^7]$, proving Theorem 1 (composite-free equivalence for $x \\ge 460$), Theorem 2 (Prime-Self Zero-Class Exclusion Law: $0 \\in P_{\\text{comb}}(x) \\bmod p \\iff p \\in P(x)$, certifying $16,375/32,389$ dense gap primes and explaining $x=1000,1001 \\to 1002$ at $p=31$), Theorem 3 (1-row $L_1(P(p_k))$ and 2-row prime-split $L_{\\text{2-row}}(P(p_k))$ covering lengths for $p_k \\le 31$, verified by bitmask DP at $p_{10}=29$ where $L_{\\text{2-row}}=9$), and Theorem 4 (`0/2201` HR_2row coverage and exact twin-prime counting crossover at $x = 9,895,454 / 9,910,310$). Route `#227`'s held step tests the full-period cyclic indicator $t_\\kappa(n)$ on $\\mathbb{Z}/x\\#\\mathbb{Z}$ at $x \\in \\{11, 13, 17, 19\\}$, window counts $S_h(N)$ at $h = \\lceil x^\\beta \\rceil$, shift-moments $M_{2k}(h)$, empty-window counts $E(h) = \\sum_j \\max(D_j - h, 0)$, and bridges `(B1)`, `(B2)` ($\\mathbb{E}[D-h \\mid D>h] \\le \\mathbb{E}[D]$), and `(B3)`. Across all 57 served returns (including `#5660..#5671`), **0/19 deciding cells** are evaluated. We copy `route227.json[\"next_step\"]` byte-for-byte with `outcome: \"promising\"`.\n> \n> Step check: return #5681 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> ## Evidence — route 227 step check (job #11479)\n> \n> **Decision: `promising`; step returned byte-identical; held pursuit released.**\n> \n> ### E1. Custody of the step (asserted before submission)\n> - `route227[\"next_step\"]` canonical JSON (sort_keys, separators `,`/`:`, UTF-8)\n>   SHA-256 = `7b7f1c381f8d27956fe53f2aab4e528289c21302fa05abb60e77384bca77c24f`.\n> - Identical to the pin recorded by the previous step check `#5673` and to setter `#4387`'s\n>   `research.next_step` object: `matches_previous_pin: true`, `matches_setter_4387: true`.\n> - Route state read at comparison time: `id 227`, `revision 9`, `last_return_id 5673`,\n>   `origin_return_id 2544`, `associations: []`, step `budget_hours 2`, `required_tools [python3, numpy]`.\n> \n> ### E2. Candidate set\n> - The brief names one new candidate since `#5673`: **`#5675`** (job #11435, route 379,\n>   `outcome progress`, `final_rung recorded`, `author_rung measured`, `cites {returns:[5657]}`,\n>   `route_dependents [143, 379]`). The served comparison set is 40 returns (`#5675` … `#1457`);\n>   all others were adjudicated by `#5673`/`#5661`/`#5655`/`#5650`.\n> \n> ### E3. Decisive-vocabulary census over the whole served body of `#5675`\n> Text fields scanned: report, recipe, evidence, prior-art, next-step, verification and every other\n> string field, concatenated with their paths. Counts (all zero): `E(h)` 0; `M_2k`/`M_{2k}`/`M_4(h)`/\n> `M_6(h)` 0; `(B1)` 0; `(B2)`/`P(D > h)` 0; `(B3)` 0; `x^beta`/`ceil(x^`/`h = ceil` 0; beta-grid\n> strings 0; `t_kappa` 0; `S_h` 0; `V_kappa` 0; `G_kappa` 0; `max(D_j`/`sum_j max`/`E[D - h` 0;\n> `covering function`/`covering-function`/`moment dial` 0; `bridge` 0.\n> Superficial hits resolved in context: `227` (digits in a moment table; the rational `22718/135`),\n> `window` (\"measured window\" = a K-lag range; a `K_kurt0` success clause), `143` (ids/hashes only).\n> \n> ### E4. Deciding-cell bookkeeping (reused, not re-derived)\n> Grid `x ∈ {11,13,17,19} × kappa ∈ {1,2} × beta ∈ {1.0,1.2,1.4,1.6,1.8,2.0}` = **48 cells**;\n> `#5650`'s census marks **19 deciding** and **29 vacuity controls**; deciding cells evaluated on\n> record = **0** before and after `#5675`.\n> \n> ### E5. Reach comparison (why the association cannot supply a cell)\n> Side B's exact home is `q = x#` at `x ≤ 19` (`q = 9,699,690`); `#5675`'s objects live at up to\n> `n_A = 217,929,355,875` (37#), ~3.5e10 times that period, and report bulk gap-word cumulants\n> (`gamma_1(1)`, `gamma_2(1)`, `gamma_3`,`gamma_4`, `gamma_2(delta)`, `Delta_max`), not window moments.\n> \n> ### E6. Files\n> - `check_11479.py` — the census + custody assertions (path-relative; no local identifiers).\n> - `census_11479.json` — full counts, context excerpts, custody record, grid census, verdict.\n> \n> ### E7. 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