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2026-08-08 23:13 UTCgpt-5.6-sol · high

Audit the proposed 2380-to-5-to-12 pair-excess two-row canonical prefix using an orbit generator, exhaustive labelled reconstruction, and overlap controls.

Progress

The proposed twelve-way canonical two-row split was rejected. Five root-row types are sound; twelve classes partition pointed endpoint states; materialized pointed prefixes form exactly 126 stabilizer orbits. An explicit 4-regular multigraph reaches two endpoint classes. The exact covering range remains 30<=C(15,6,3)<=31.

Strategy and discriminator

canonical excess-multigraph prefix partition

Generate degree-feasible two-row orbit representatives under first-row stabilizers, then independently enumerate every labelled pointed two-row state and compare exact orbit keys and multiplicities.

Hypothesis: The 2380 labelled root rows reduce to five root types and twelve disjoint canonical two-row branches with a frontier of at most 126 materialized prefix orbits.

Test: Generate the stabilizer frontier under the predeclared cap 126, independently reconstruct all labelled degree-feasible two-row states, and test whether a single full 4-regular multigraph can reach multiple endpoint branches.

Rationale

The complete Python frontier and an independent exhaustive C enumeration agree exactly, while the overlap counterexample directly violates the disjointness required for a twelve-leaf full-graph partition.

Claims requiring scrutiny
  • The 2380 labelled weak compositions of four into fourteen coordinates have exactly five S_14 orbits.
  • The 33320 labelled root-row/endpoint states have twelve coarse root-partition/endpoint-excess classes.
  • The 48,853,364 degree-feasible labelled pointed two-row states have exactly 126 orbits under the first-row-and-endpoint stabilizers.
  • The twelve coarse endpoint classes are not disjoint after projection to full 4-regular multigraphs.
  • No conclusion about existence or nonexistence of a 30-block cover follows.
Evidence and scope
  • python3 scripts/generate_two_row_prefix_v1.py --frontier artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_frontier_v1.jsonl --receipt artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_prefix_generator_receipt.json
  • artifacts/epoch12-20260808/reconstruct_two_row_prefix_v1 artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_c_reconstruction_v1.json
  • python3 checkers/check_two_row_c_reconstruction_v1.py artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_frontier_v1.jsonl artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_prefix_generator_receipt.json artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_c_reconstruction_v1.json --c-source checkers/reconstruct_two_row_prefix_v1.c --c-binary artifacts/epoch12-20260808/reconstruct_two_row_prefix_v1 --receipt artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_prefix_checker_receipt.json
  • Clean replay reproduced the frontier, C reconstruction, and checker receipt byte-for-byte and verified all 14 hashes in artifacts/epoch12-20260808/hash_manifest.json.
Computational experiments
  • .proof-experiments/20260808-225819-9f0ff9: Python generator emitted exactly 126 orbit records in 0.124 seconds.
  • .proof-experiments/20260808-225853-fae77a: literal Python labelled reconstruction timed out at 120 seconds and has no mathematical force.
  • .proof-experiments/20260808-230306-a9813b: first C implementation timed out because of string construction and linear orbit lookup.
  • .proof-experiments/20260808-230608-bfdd33: optimized exhaustive C replay visited 48,853,364 states in 7.803 seconds and emitted 126 orbit codes.
  • .proof-experiments/20260808-230644-0b582f: final set, multiplicity, permutation, overlap, and corruption validator passed.
Independent checker

checkers/reconstruct_two_row_prefix_v1.c is a separately written exhaustive labelled enumerator; checkers/check_two_row_c_reconstruction_v1.py compares its 126 codes and multiplicities against the Python frontier and runs adversarial controls.

Contribution gate

not_requested

No structured gate reasons were recorded in this legacy attempt; see the adjudication ledger.

Original model outcome
progress
Public classification
progress
Cross-domain transfers tested
  • Certified C(12,6,4) frontier discipline -> every proof leaf needs a unique, complete branch identifier -> the chosen-endpoint twelve-way split fails because one full graph receives multiple identifiers.
Established facts
  • In any hypothetical 30-block cover, E_xy=lambda_xy-4 is a loopless 4-regular multigraph.
    lambda_xy>=4 and sum_(y!=x)lambda_xy=12*5=60, hence every excess row sums to four. · Every hypothetical 30-block C(15,6,3) cover. · proved
  • There are exactly 126 degree-feasible pointed two-row stabilizer orbits.
    Exact agreement of the Python orbit generator and independent C reconstruction over 48,853,364 labelled states. · Fixed-root pointed prefixes satisfying sum(a)=4, sum(b)=4-a_i, and b_j<=4-a_j. · computed
  • The twelve endpoint classes are not a disjoint partition of rooted full excess multigraphs.
    Multiplicity-four edge 0--1 plus doubled 13-cycle reaches q=4 and q=0 at root 0. · The advertised classification by root partition and an arbitrarily chosen second vertex. · proved
Ruled out in this epoch
  • Use the twelve root-partition/endpoint-excess labels as a disjoint canonical two-row SAT frontier.
    All rooted loopless 4-regular excess multigraphs when the chosen endpoint is not part of the target object. · The labels classify pointed states; one full graph can occur in multiple endpoint classes, and materialized pointed prefixes refine to 126 orbits. · artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_prefix_checker_receipt.json and artifacts/epoch12-20260808/two_row_prefix_scope_lemma.md · Supply an explicit canonical endpoint or full canonical-augmentation rule and independently prove that every full graph maps to exactly one hash-bound leaf.
Open leads
  • Degree-preserving constructive local search
    A 30-block hit settles the target with a compact direct certificate, and exact point degree twelve is free structural guidance. · Compare fixed-seed two-block degree-preserving exchanges with block-count-only replacements under identical proposal counts. · high · open
  • Canonical endpoint/full-graph augmentation
    It is the missing completeness mechanism needed to convert pair-excess structure into replayable UNSAT leaves. · Define a lexicographic endpoint-selection rule and exhaustively test uniqueness and coverage on a bounded complete 4-regular multigraph catalogue. · normal · open
  • Prefix extendability filters for the 126 pointed types
    Sound residual-degree or graphicality filters could eliminate whole prefix classes before SAT. · Apply an independently checked loopless-multigraph residual-degree feasibility test to all 126 records. · low · open
Continuation checkpoint

Objective: Measure whether exact-degree-preserving constructive moves improve proximity to a 30-block cover.

First action: Implement scripts/degree_preserving_local_search_v1.py, then invoke it through run_experiment.py for matched fixed seeds and proposal counts against a block-count-only control.

Stop condition: Stop immediately on a dual-validated 30-block cover; otherwise redirect if degree-preserving search does not improve the predeclared best and distributional uncovered-triple metrics.

Next moves
  • Implement a deterministic degree-preserving local search maintaining all point degrees at twelve and incrementally updating 455 triple deficits.
  • Run matched fixed-seed degree-preserving and block-count-only controls with identical proposal counts.
  • Validate any 30-block witness with the existing independent Python and C cover checkers.
  • Reopen excess-profile SAT leaves only after a canonical endpoint/full-graph rule has a complete independently checked frontier.
Tool disclosure

GPT-5.6 Sol served as principal investigator. GPT-5.6 Terra delegates supplied advisory challenge and experiment-design memos; their agreement was not counted as validation. Deterministic tools were Python 3.12.3, GCC 13.3.0, SHA-256, and the computational-researcher experiment harness. No SAT/SMT solver, CAS, proof assistant, or proof-log checker was used in the decisive result.; orchestration: gpt-5.6-sol principal with gpt-5.6-terra delegates.

Duration
1369.4s
Review state
not a result claim
Attempt ID
covering-c1563-20260808-231300-9d5b0b
Human review ledger

No human review recorded.