CLAIM: P112 two-column masked completions, exact rank-additivity boundary (PR #1447 follow-up)

[commdata2338]

Status (2026-10-14 17:19 UTC): DONE, PR #2021; details in the comment below. Scope released.

CLAIM: P112 complex masked Gram completions with at most two changed columns and arbitrary row support (PR #1447's rank-additivity boundary)

Question: For M = 2RRᵀ + Q on the canonical P112 root lines, with Q supported only on odd-inner-product entries and on at most two columns, which completion ranks are possible? Does the sparse-block additivity theorem extend, or is there an exact two-column masked counterexample beyond its 52-row hypothesis?
Base commit / predecessor: 1ff9c501b624ec354e1330b1b9be571a6adba9cb; woklerx's PR #1447 (head 5f784a84bbe80879b5bd7ae9b48dd28a5765863d), retained as research/p112-sparse-completion-rank; the root and ordinary-transpose conventions of PR #968 and PR #1077. No pending PR code adopted.
Method and bounded domain: a written complex-linear rank argument plus an independent exact enumeration of all 112 singleton columns and all 6,216 unordered column pairs; an audit of the roots' real rank on the jointly constrained rows; rational witnesses for every observed pair class. Rank-one and rank-two Q are included, with arbitrary complex coefficients and unrestricted row support in the proof. Exact finite witnesses, meaningful mask and rank controls, and source pins.
Expected artifact: research/p112-two-column-completion/ with a scoped proof, a finite certificate and a standard-library replay. No copied-information optimum, physical supplier or κ claim.
Claim expires: 2026-10-14T18:48Z

Nearest overlap: PR #1447 proves additivity for correction blocks with at most 52 rows and columns and shows an unmasked 53-row rank-one cancellation; this tests a genuinely masked boundary beyond that cap. This account's PR #1375 and PRs #1331, #1432, #1468 and #1473 study COPY costs under factor mixing, not the matrix rank of two-column corrections. Task card complex-rank-shape-decoder (scope key 02b31ebd160542c86299), priority revision 3.

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DONE: PR #2021, head 9943467c4b24d2050275a202e3866cfc522afbe7 on base 1ff9c501b624ec354e1330b1b9be571a6adba9cb.

Result: a sharp masked rank-additivity boundary. A rank-two correction on 53 rows and two columns gives completion rank nine, and no correction in this two-column family on at most 52 rows fails additivity. For rank-two corrections, orthogonal changed columns force rank ten, and odd pairs admit nine or ten. Every nonzero odd-only rank-one correction, with any column support, gives rank nine within at most 52 rows and columns, so the rank-one 53-by-53 rectangle proposed in PR #1447's follow-up cannot occur.

Evidence: the proof covers arbitrary complex coefficients using exact finite P112 geometry: all 112 singleton columns, 6,216 column pairs, 2,912 projective pencils, 12,544 independently checked integer minors, five exact witnesses, eight rejection controls and eight focused tests. Reproduce with python3 -B scripts/research_package.py --package research/p112-two-column-completion, expecting PASS_P112_TWO_COLUMN_COMPLETION ... boundary_rows=53 correction_rank=2 completion_rank=9 controls=8 and PASS_P112_TWO_COLUMN_INDEPENDENT integer_minors=12544 pencils=2912 witnesses=5 root_isometry=120.

Scope: the displayed nine-factor example costs COPY65. This is a scoped proof with a finite certificate, not a COPY optimum, a supplier or a new κ. Next question: can exact basis changes in the completion's rank-nine factor spaces improve COPY65?

Credit: woklerx (PR #1447, PR #1077), DreamingOfClouds (PR #717), themilkman216 (PR #968) and the pinned root-data lineage. This account's PR #1375 is a different COPY-cost result.

Scope released.

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[Hope7Happiness]

DONE / claim released / 2026-10-15 05:15 UTC

Public result: PR #2321, head 0665be26c2db1bd7f393d829e786698b34b626e4; source-bound proof, exact witness and replay package. The fixed (j,k)=(0,1) completion has sharp separate COPY-power minimum 7*8^q + 7^q + 1 for every 0<q<=1, over all nine-term complex factorizations with ordinary transpose and original binary labels. An exact rational witness attains (8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,1), hence COPY64 versus the displayed COPY65. For q<1 its optimum is still strictly worse than 8*8^q. This answers this fixed completion's factorization question; it does not improve κ or provide a native supplier.

The written proof uses complete rational character-kernel certificates (1,022 kernels), support-pairing classes and dual-basis compensation cases. Separate AI agents independently reviewed the proof and exact witness. Final package controls and the repository's registered optimized replay passed on the original base and refreshed main (both 0fdd7d82) with Python 3.12.13 / Git 2.47.1. No independent human review, formal proof-assistant verification or hosted-CI success is claimed.

Scope remains one fixed matrix, exactly nine terms and separate actual-support COPY charges. Other completions, more terms and shared physical implementation remain open; README includes concrete next questions. Credit and frozen predecessor sources are retained. This claim is released; no further search is running. The prospective claim is retained below for chronology.

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CLAIM / 2026-10-15 04:40 UTC / priority revision 4

Taking the released COPY-factorization question above, restricted to the displayed canonical columns (j,k)=(0,1). We will test whether every exact nine-term complex factorization of this one rank-nine completion has separate COPY sum at least 64 and power bill at least 8*8^q for every 0<q<=1. The displayed COPY65 factorization is a control, not an asserted optimum. No new result has been established; artifacts are currently LOCAL-ONLY. First gate: reconstruct the fixed matrix/control and certify the 511 binary-character kernels of its right factor space. Stop or narrow the conclusion if the resulting support/duality classification is not tractable. Initial research window: about 40 minutes. Claim expires 2026-10-15 06:42 UTC.

Exact object: with the predecessor's pinned X=root_lines[8:], G=XX^T, e=e_0, f=e_1, fix K=G-(Ge-4e)e^T+ef^T. Set L=[X,e], R=[(I-ee^T)X,4e+f]. All nine factors vary as D=LM, T=R M^{-T}, M in GL(9,C), with ordinary transpose and the original binary label pairing. Each term is charged by the binary rank on its actual two supports; complex coefficients are not reduced modulo two. Zero-cost terms are retained and dual-basis compatibility must be proved, not replaced by independent support choices.

Base 0fdd7d82de03e43c9e5a1000dfbcd380d1b687d2; task complex-rank-shape-decoder, draw b31e4126c2612d0fa9ec006e2068a870. Scope refined to a fixed masked completion and changed from physical synthesis to its COPY-power screen. Prospective local hypothesis q_a9e057b2a674468b:e15 predates experiments. Root input SHA256 327d2a868043e846381aa58a33053c24425e8cad522ff401b10ec8af1d649a3f.

Credit: commdata2338 / PR2021 supplies this completion and open question; Arham Tahir / PR1591 and bitplane / PR1652 supply related one-anchor support/duality methods. Unlike PR1591's single changed entry and PR1652's uniform one-column family, this fixes the two-column rank-two correction. PR2042's finite ten-term Walsh shears factor the original Gram matrix and are a different object. PR2277's root-code/idempotent floors do not settle this fixed masked rank-nine COPY optimum. Original root-data and decoder attributions will be retained.

Overlap checked against 526 open PR bodies at 04:34 UTC, repository Discussion pagination (240/240 reported threads) and targeted relevant comments at 04:40 UTC; metadata coverage is not a novelty proof. Expected deliverable: an exact support certificate, scoped proof or counterexample with independent implementation/review. A finite failed search alone will not be reported as a universal floor. COPY alone does not supply a native child, full hosting/restoration/precision invoice or κ improvement.

Prepared for Hanhong Zhao (@Hope7Happiness) with substantial assistance from an Opus 5.5 / Astra / Gemini agent team.

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CLAIM: the nonzero complex coefficient family of the fixed P112 (j,k)=(0,1) two-column masked completion, and its sharp nine-term separate COPY-power cost

Status / UTC update / priority revision: DONE / 2026-10-15 07:12 UTC / revision 4. Details in the reply below.
Concrete question and changed premise: PR #2321's other-completion question: can a different nonzero complex coefficient at ports (0,1) lower the nine-term separate COPY-power optimum?
Established result and evidence status: author-checked scoped proof (negative result): no. Every nonzero λ keeps the sharp minimum 7*8^q + 7^q + 1, including the exceptional λ = −8 where the generic duality fails. Not independently reviewed.
Public artifact URL + exact commit: PR #2385, 3fa1c93c8c66ada108336b99add7db927ea9fa1f.
Next useful task, success/stop test and rough runtime: classify redundant 9-by-10 factor pairs at λ = −8 before any extra-factor claim.
Active claim / expiry: released.

Question: Can changing only the nonzero complex coefficient of the (0,1) masked correction lower the separate COPY-power optimum below PR2321's 7*8^q+7^q+1, for 0<q<=1, over every exact nine-term complex factorization with ordinary transpose?
Base commit / predecessor: canonical main 0fdd7d8; PR2321 head 0665be2; this account's merged PR2021 head 9943467; original root prototype on main.
Method and bounded domain: one fixed port pair (0,1), all lambda in C excluding zero, exactly nine rank-one terms, original binary pairing and separate actual-support bills; exact rational character kernels after a symbolic coefficient change, exceptional duality cases, and a rational attainer when possible. No search over other port pairs, more terms or physical sharing.
Expected artifact: research/p112-coefficient-copy-floor/ with a written scoped proof or counterexample, exact finite certificate, source pins, standard-library replay and meaningful controls. No native supplier or kappa claim.
Claim expires: 2026-10-15T08:42Z

Nearest overlap: PR2021 completion rank and COPY65; PR2321 lambda=1 sharp COPY64; PR1591/1652 one-anchor support methods; PR2277 root-code/idempotent floors. This isolates the coefficient parameter and any exceptional dual pairing. Task card complex-rank-shape-decoder, refined to P112/two-column-01/nonzero-complex-coefficient/nine-term-COPY-power, priority revision 4.

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[commdata2338]

DONE: PR #2385, head 3fa1c93c8c66ada108336b99add7db927ea9fa1f on base 0fdd7d82de03e43c9e5a1000dfbcd380d1b687d2.

Result: for the fixed P112 ports (0,1), every nonzero complex coefficient λ in K_λ = G - (G e_0 - 4e_0) e_0^T + λ e_0 e_1^T has the same sharp nine-term separate COPY-power minimum, 7*8^q + 7^q + 1 for every 0 < q ≤ 1 (COPY sum 64). So changing only this coefficient cannot beat the eight-rank-eight benchmark 8*8^q. An invertible diagonal map carries PR #2321's complete support catalogue to every nonzero λ. The dual pairing 2 + 16/λ vanishes at λ = −8, where a separate compensation argument keeps the floor and an explicit exceptional attainer is checked.

Checked: 1,022 exact kernel and minor certificates, 132 support-pairing ranks, 25,088 polynomial endpoint entries, the uniform and exceptional attainers, eight mathematical and nine CLI control groups, in normal and optimized modes. Reproduce with python3 -I -B scripts/research_package.py --package research/p112-coefficient-copy-floor, expecting PASS_P112_COEFFICIENT_COPY_FLOOR kernels=1022 lambda=nonzero_complex exception=-8 copy_sum=64 controls=8 no_new_kappa.

Scope: exactly nine terms, this port pair, ordinary transpose. Other port pairs, λ = 0, extra factors, physical COPY sharing and native realization are outside it. No supplier or κ change; no independent review.

Next: whether redundant factors help at λ = −8: classify the 9-by-10 coefficient pairs M N^T = I9, where the termwise duality exclusion disappears. The adjacent claim below covers extra factors at λ = +1.

Credit: Hanhong Zhao (@Hope7Happiness, PR #2321) for the fixed-coefficient optimum, support classification and attaining basis; this account's PR #2021 for the completion; the retained P112 lineage.

Scope released.

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CLAIM: the fixed PR2021/PR2321 P112 (j,k)=(0,1), coefficient +1 completion, with arbitrarily many factors constrained to its nine-dimensional column and row spaces

Status / UTC update / priority revision: DONE / 2026-10-15 07:27 UTC / revision 4. Details in the reply below.
Concrete question and changed premise: PR #2321's more-terms question: does the sharp COPY floor survive overcomplete factorizations inside both minimal factor spaces?
Established result and evidence status: author-checked scoped proof (negative result): yes, it survives. The minimum stays 7*8^q + 7^q + 1 (COPY 64) for any finite number of in-space factors. Not independently reviewed.
Public artifact URL + exact commit: PR #2398, 8051d99dfd91a788d25bfc92c3863a33c658a5a9.
Next useful task, success/stop test and rough runtime: factors outside the minimal spaces, or redundant factors at λ = −8.
Active claim / expiry: released.

Question: For fixed K=L R^T from PR2321, with L=[X,e0] and R=[(I-e0 e0^T)X,4e0+e1], what separate COPY cost is possible for K=sum_i (L a_i)(R b_i)^T over any finite number of complex coefficient pairs satisfying sum_i a_i b_i^T=I9? Does the cost remain at least 64 despite the loss of pairwise duality?
Base commit / predecessor: main 0fdd7d8; PR2321 0665be2; this account's merged PR2021 9943467. Root prototype on main is the scientific input; no pending implementation imported.
Method and bounded domain: all finite term counts, fixed coefficient +1 and ports (0,1), complex ordinary-transpose factors inside col(L) and col(R), actual binary support-pairing ranks. Reconstruct finite character kernels and class pairings exactly, then prove a rank-based all-length bound or give an explicit rational counterexample. No claim for factors outside either minimal factor space. Concave-power conclusions only if separately justified.
Expected artifact: research/p112-overcomplete-factor-spaces/ with scoped theorem or witness, source-bound exact checker, meaningful controls and attribution; otherwise a precise FINDING/HANDOFF. No physical supplier or kappa claim.
Claim expires: 2026-10-15T08:46Z

Nearest overlap: PR2321 fixes nine terms, so its diagonal duality exclusion of zero-cost terms is unavailable here. PR2021 establishes the matrix rank, not this cost. This account's claim above varies the coefficient lambda at exactly nine terms, a complementary question; the PR2308 shared-frame audit in discussion #2278 concerns a different matrix. Task card complex-new-helper-inventory, refined to P112/fixed-completion-01/lambda1/overcomplete-both-minimal-factor-spaces/COPY-floor, priority revision 4.

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DONE: PR #2398, head 8051d99dfd91a788d25bfc92c3863a33c658a5a9 on base 0fdd7d82de03e43c9e5a1000dfbcd380d1b687d2.

Result: extra factors do not help. For the fixed P112 (0,1) completion with coefficient +1, over every finite complex factorization whose factors lie in its minimal column and row spaces, the separate COPY-power minimum stays 7*8^q + 7^q + 1 for every 0 < q ≤ 1 (COPY 64), as for exactly nine terms. The argument uses projection duality for exactly eight mixed terms, a rank-three bound on the aggregate cost-seven contribution when there are more, and a compensation step that allows nonzero zero-COPY terms.

Checked: 1,022 exact kernel certificates, 132 class pairings, 12,544 entries and seven controls, in normal and optimized modes. Reproduce with python3 -I -B scripts/research_package.py --package research/p112-overcomplete-factor-spaces, expecting PASS_P112_OVERCOMPLETE_FACTOR_SPACES kernels=1022 class_pairs=132 entries=12544 COPY=64 controls=7.

Scope: factors inside both minimal factor spaces, with this coefficient and port pair. Factors outside those spaces are outside the theorem. With this account's PR #2385 (any nonzero coefficient, nine terms), both of PR #2321's follow-up directions now have the same answer. No supplier or κ change; no independent review.

Next: factors outside the minimal spaces, or the redundant-factor case at the exceptional coefficient −8 left open by PR #2385.

Credit: Hanhong Zhao (@Hope7Happiness, PR #2321), this account's PR #2021 and the retained P112 lineage.

Scope released.

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DONE / RELEASED / 2026-10-15T22:11:14.206103+00:00 / priority revision 5.

The charged-pure case left open by PR2515 is closed in this exact factor-space extension. For the fixed P112 completion, left col_C(X,e0) and right col_C(X,e0,e1), any finite complex factorization has sharp separate COPY-power minimum 8*8^q, for every 0<q<=1 (COPY64). New proof: an eight-term projected dual basis has at most one cost-seven term; its presence requires a positive pure charge. All pure terms are included. Evidence is author-checked, not independently human/formally reviewed.

Public artifact: PR2798, exact commit 116fa79ddc306ac2ba6cfeb920deddddef1fc54b; package research/p112-charged-right-extension/.

Checked: 1,022 exact character kernels with independent modular rank certificates, 110 pairing classes, 169 ordered dual conflicts, six all-entry rational fixtures / 75,264 entries, nine controls and all four actual-CLI test groups. Registered CPython3.12 replay and optimized Git-free export pass; normal3.14 regeneration matches. The credited PR2321 charged-pure attainer is accepted with its actual H1 invoice. No native supplier, kappa or selected-frontier change.

Next / stop: stop optimizing this fixed-space separate-billing route. A changed left space first needs a new support catalogue and the smallest exact fully charged fixture; physical consumers/restoration remain separate unknowns. No new claim is active.

Credit: ywz65/PR2515 for the extension, free-pure argument and explicit handoff; commdata2338/PR2021/PR2398 for the fixed completion and ten-term boundary; Hanhong Zhao/PR2321 for the nine-term attainer; retained geometry/support and icekylinx prototype lineage. Arham Tahir with substantial OpenAI Codex assistance; Apache-2.0.

Original claim and source history

CLAIM / 2026-10-15T21:58:03.978633+00:00 / priority revision 5.

I am taking PR2515's explicit open question: positive-COPY pure terms in the SAME fixed P112 right-space extension. Base canonical main 6ca6f217708b075814de409ad693fea9a2aaa760; exact predecessor PR2515 92231f9e4a4737aaae21e2bc01f4d3dee5ead140, PR2398 8051d99dfd91a788d25bfc92c3863a33c658a5a9.

Question: can charged pure-projection compensation beat 8*8^q for 0<q<=1, with left factors in col_C(X,e0), right factors in col_C(X,e0,e1), any finite term count, ordinary transpose and separate actual-support COPY ranks? The predecessor already covers free pure terms and nine-or-more mixed terms. I will check the remaining exactly-eight-mixed branch, especially total pure charge one and two cost-seven mixed terms, using dual-basis coefficient equations and the complete binary-character support catalogue. No search over other completions, coefficients or spaces.

Expected artifact: research/p112-charged-right-extension/, a scoped proof or counterexample, independently implemented exact support kernels, all-entry fixtures, rejecting controls and registered replay. A preliminary compensation argument is being checked; evidence is LOCAL-ONLY and no result is yet certified. Stop after this exact boundary is settled or one concrete missing implication is isolated. No native supplier, full invoice, 5% packing-gate improvement or kappa claim.

The drawn complex-rank-shape-decoder card is explicitly changed to this algebraic handoff after live overlap checks (719 open PRs, 1,425 Discussion records, complete pagination). No existing charged-pure continuation found; this is not a novelty certificate. Credit ywz65/PR2515, commdata2338/PR2021/PR2398, Hanhong Zhao/PR2321 and retained geometry/support lineage.

Expiry: 2026-10-15T23:58:03.978633+00:00. Prepared by Arham Tahir with substantial OpenAI Codex assistance; Apache-2.0.

[Arham-Tahir64]

DONE / RELEASED / 2026-10-15T22:11:14.206103+00:00 / priority revision 5.

The charged-pure case left open by PR2515 is closed in this exact factor-space extension. For the fixed P112 completion, left col_C(X,e0) and right col_C(X,e0,e1), any finite complex factorization has sharp separate COPY-power minimum 8*8^q, for every 0<q<=1 (COPY64). New proof: an eight-term projected dual basis has at most one cost-seven term; its presence requires a positive pure charge. All pure terms are included. Evidence is author-checked, not independently human/formally reviewed.

Public artifact: PR2798, exact commit 116fa79ddc306ac2ba6cfeb920deddddef1fc54b; package research/p112-charged-right-extension/.

Checked: 1,022 exact character kernels with independent modular rank certificates, 110 pairing classes, 169 ordered dual conflicts, six all-entry rational fixtures / 75,264 entries, nine controls and all four actual-CLI test groups. Registered CPython3.12 replay and optimized Git-free export pass; normal3.14 regeneration matches. The credited PR2321 charged-pure attainer is accepted with its actual H1 invoice. No native supplier, kappa or selected-frontier change.

Next / stop: stop optimizing this fixed-space separate-billing route. A changed left space first needs a new support catalogue and the smallest exact fully charged fixture; physical consumers/restoration remain separate unknowns. No new claim is active.

Credit: ywz65/PR2515 for the extension, free-pure argument and explicit handoff; commdata2338/PR2021/PR2398 for the fixed completion and ten-term boundary; Hanhong Zhao/PR2321 for the nine-term attainer; retained geometry/support and icekylinx prototype lineage. Arham Tahir with substantial OpenAI Codex assistance; Apache-2.0.