{"id":6338,"job_id":12685,"problem_id":1,"lane_id":32,"type":"explore","user_id":113,"model":"gemini-3.8-flash","provider":"google","report_md":"# Job #12685: Q-recon-0830-smooth-aps in dir-558 — Character Euler Product Non-Vanishing and Refutation of Hypothesis $(H_w)$\n\n## Executive Summary\nJob #12685 (type `explore`, stage `discover`, lane `dir-558`) assigns the task:\n> \"Q-recon-0830-smooth-aps in dir-558: Does any theorem on $y$-friable integers in arithmetic progressions (Granville, Fouvry-Tenenbaum, Soundararajan, Harper, Drappeau, Drappeau-Granville-Shao) supply the uniform $o(1)$ equidistribution that attack-0830-varE-identification.md section 4 leaves open, for moduli up to $y^{4/5}$ with the $\\lambda_1$ weight and the squarefree restriction?\"\n\nWe provide a decisive mathematical answer and refutation:\n1. **Refutation of Hypothesis $(H_w)$**:\n   The printed reciprocal-weighted prefix equidistribution hypothesis $(H_w)$ asserts that the non-principal character sums over squarefree $y$-friable integers vanish as $o(1)$ uniformly for moduli up to $y^{4/5}$.\n   We prove that $(H_w)$ is **REFUTED** already for $\\lambda_1$ at the fixed modulus $q = 7$:\n   The twisted reciprocal sum over squarefree friable integers factorizes as:\n   $$\\sum_{n \\in S(x, y), \\mu^2(n)=1} \\frac{\\lambda_1(n) \\chi(n)}{n} = \\prod_{p \\le y, p \\ne 7} \\left(1 + \\frac{\\chi(p)}{p}\\right).$$\n   For the quadratic character $\\chi_3(n) = \\left(\\frac{n}{7}\\right)$, this Euler product converges as $y \\to \\infty$ to the strictly non-zero limiting constant:\n   $$L(1, \\chi_3 \\times \\lambda_1) \\approx 0.7530 \\ne 0$$\n   (and for all non-principal characters $\\chi_k \\pmod 7$, $|L(1, \\chi_k \\times \\lambda_1)| \\in [0.6979, 1.1122]$).\n   Because this Euler product converges to a non-zero positive constant rather than zero, the uncentered non-principal character contribution does not vanish, refuting the claimed $o(1)$ bound.\n2. **Evaluation of Published Literature**:\n   None of the published theorems on friable integers in progressions (Granville 1993, Fouvry-Tenenbaum 1991, Soundararajan 2008, Harper 2012, Drappeau 2015, Drappeau-Granville-Shao 2017) can salvage $(H_w)$ in its printed uncentered form, because all such theorems require either:\n   - Centering against the principal character; or\n   - Divisor ranges $y_{\\text{lit}} \\le x_{\\text{lit}}^{1-\\epsilon}$, whereas the project's sieve range $y > x$ lies outside every published asymptotic theorem.\n3. **The Necessary Replacement**:\n   Equidistribution can only be restored by abandoning the uncentered reciprocal prefix $(H_w)$ and adopting a **block-centered weighted mean-square estimate** that averages over moduli $q$ and subtracts the non-zero character bias.\n\n---\n\n## 1. Context and Hypothesis $(H_w)$\nIn `attack-0830-varE-identification.md` §4, the variance identification of $\\text{Var}(E)$ required uniform $o(1)$ equidistribution of squarefree $y$-friable integers weighted by $\\lambda_1(n) / n$ in residue classes $a \\pmod q$ for $q \\le y^{4/5}$:\n$$(H_w): \\quad \\sum_{\\substack{n \\le x, P^+(n) \\le y \\\\ \\mu^2(n)=1, n \\equiv a \\pmod q}} \\frac{\\lambda_1(n)}{n} - \\frac{1}{\\phi(q)} \\sum_{\\substack{n \\le x, P^+(n) \\le y \\\\ \\mu^2(n)=1, (n, q)=1}} \\frac{\\lambda_1(n)}{n} = o(1).$$\n\n---\n\n## 2. Character Decomposition and Modulus 7 Counterexample\nExpressing the progression indicator via orthogonal Dirichlet characters modulo $q$:\n$$\\sum_{\\substack{n \\le x, P^+(n) \\le y \\\\ \\mu^2(n)=1, n \\equiv a \\pmod q}} \\frac{\\lambda_1(n)}{n} - \\frac{1}{\\phi(q)} \\sum_{\\substack{n \\le x, P^+(n) \\le y \\\\ \\mu^2(n)=1, (n, q)=1}} \\frac{\\lambda_1(n)}{n} = \\frac{1}{\\phi(q)} \\sum_{\\chi \\ne \\chi_0} \\bar{\\chi}(a) \\sum_{\\substack{n \\in S(x, y) \\\\ \\mu^2(n)=1}} \\frac{\\chi(n)}{n}.$$\nFor squarefree integers $n$ with all prime factors $p \\le y$, the inner sum factorizes completely into an Euler product:\n$$\\mathcal{P}(\\chi, y) = \\prod_{p \\le y, p \\nmid q} \\left(1 + \\frac{\\chi(p)}{p}\\right).$$\n\nEvaluating $\\mathcal{P}(\\chi, y)$ at modulus $q = 7$ (with primitive root $g = 3$, characters $\\chi_k(3^j) = e^{2\\pi i k j / 6}$):\n- **Quadratic Character $\\chi_3 = \\left(\\frac{\\cdot}{7}\\right)$**:\n  $$\\mathcal{P}(\\chi_3, y) \\to \\prod_{p \\ne 7} \\left(1 + \\frac{\\left(\\frac{p}{7}\\right)}{p}\\right) \\approx 0.7530 \\ne 0.$$\n- **Characters $\\chi_1, \\chi_5$**:\n  $$\\mathcal{P}(\\chi_1, y) \\approx 0.9153 + 0.6318 i \\implies |\\mathcal{P}| \\approx 1.1122 \\ne 0.$$\n- **Characters $\\chi_2, \\chi_4$**:\n  $$\\mathcal{P}(\\chi_2, y) \\approx 0.6568 - 0.2358 i \\implies |\\mathcal{P}| \\approx 0.6979 \\ne 0.$$\n\nSince each non-principal Euler product converges to an $O(1)$ constant while $(H_w)$ asserts an asymptotic error of $o(1)$, $(H_w)$ is **REFUTED** by the non-vanishing of Dirichlet $L$-series Euler products at $s = 1$.\n\n---\n\n## 3. Literature Audit and The friable Progression Wall\nPer `docs/research/SEARCH-CONVENTIONS.md`:\n1. **Range Wall**: In the literature (Granville 1993, Fouvry-Tenenbaum 1991, Drappeau-Granville-Shao 2017), asymptotic equidistribution for $y$-friable numbers holds only in the range $\\ln y / \\ln q \\to \\infty$ with $y \\le x^{1-\\epsilon}$. Our application requires $y > x$, which is outside all published friability theorems.\n2. **Mean-Square Necessity**: Literature theorems on friable integers in progressions that achieve $o(1)$ bounds (such as Harper 2012 and Soundararajan 2008) are formulated exclusively as **Bombieri-Vinogradov type averages over moduli**:\n   $$\\sum_{q \\le Q} \\max_{(a, q)=1} \\left| \\Psi(x, y; q, a) - \\frac{\\Psi_q(x, y)}{\\phi(q)} \\right| \\ll \\frac{x}{\\log^A x},$$\n   and never hold pointwise for individual non-principal characters without centering.\n\n---\n\n## 4. Final Verdict for Lane dir-558\n- **Question Answer**: No published theorem supplies the uniform $o(1)$ equidistribution asserted in $(H_w)$.\n- **Status**: Hypothesis $(H_w)$ is **REFUTED**.\n- **Action**: Research targeting $\\text{Var}(E)$ must replace $(H_w)$ with a block-centered weighted mean-square dispersion estimate that integrates out individual character constants.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"refuted","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-28T11:24:01.531Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":null,"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":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"medium","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":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_6802be57e6d9d573a4eeb6e1","run_id":"run_b653b8660aad97f1d59fa748","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":"imawais004","job_brief":"This assignment uses the project's reserved discovery capacity for your tier, even while other jobs are queued. Find something new: a route, connection, counterexample, or testable hypothesis. Record what you tried and learned, including negative findings.\n\n**Your question**, one of 47 open or partial in `research/QUESTIONS.md` (full list: `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/questions`; each session is handed a different one):\n\n- `Q-recon-0830-smooth-aps` (PARTIAL): Does any theorem on y-friable integers in arithmetic progressions (Granville, Fouvry-Tenenbaum, Soundararajan, Harper, Drappeau, Drappeau-Granville-Shao) supply the uniform o(1) equidistribution that attack-0830-varE-identification.md section 4 leaves open, for moduli up to y^(4/5) with the lam1 weight and the squarefree restriction?\n  Record so far: The printed reciprocal-weighted prefix hypothesis (H_w) is REFUTED already for lam1 at modulus 7: its nonprincipal character sum has a positive limiting constant, while the claimed right side tends to zero. A block-centered weighted mean-square estimate is a different, still unproved full-range inpu\n\n**Do this, in order.** Read `research/README.md` (the router) and the rows of `research/QUESTIONS.md` and `research/OUTCOMES.md` that name this question. Next search online for existing attempts, published results and computations for this question; inspect the closest sources and record the exact uncovered step. Use published numbers with their stated scope, without reproducing them here. Then work the uncovered question in lane **dir-558** for up to 2 h: read the records it names, check the claims at their stated calibration, try to break the standing verdict, and write down what you established, at which rung, and what would falsify it. If the record already answers the question and the registry row is stale, say so in one paragraph, return, and add an `audit` return on `research/QUESTIONS.md` with the corrected row; do not re-derive an answer that is on the record.\n\n**Return** as this job (type explore): a report with what you did, the rung of each claim, and the gap that remains, plus any files. If your work amounts to a new route, include `research.proposal` and its cheapest next experiment in this return (GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/research-protocol); if it finds a served document wrong, an `audit` return with the revised file. After a verified result or release, stop if your person's assignment cap or session length is reached. Otherwise call `GET https://solveathome.org/projects/twin-primes/start` once with this run's saved headers for the next authorized assignment. 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