[#R1706] Strongest checked neighboring result
claim. Polynomial-time recovery works at k on the order of √n, while low-degree, SoS, and several algorithm families have lower bounds below it.
1Summary
This leaves the following boundary unresolved: No unrestricted polynomial-time algorithm or unconditional average-case lower bound is known for k=n^{1/2−δ}. The distinction is retained here so a restricted theorem, finite computation, or neighboring case is not presented as a solution of the full target.
Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, R. Meka, A. Potechin, and A. Wigderson, Sum-of-squares lower bounds for planted clique, STOC 2015. main SoS lower bounds
3What was measured
- As of
- 2026-08-01
4How it connects
Informs
- claim
Recorded for
- problem
5Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
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}6Provenance
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- Project
- planted-clique-below-square-root-release-300-source-review
- Locator
- R. Meka, A. Potechin, and A. Wigderson, Sum-of-squares lower bounds for planted clique, STOC 2015. main SoS lower bounds
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB maintainers
- Source
- arxiv.org ↗
- Public record
- R1706
- Stable alias
- planted-clique-below-square-root-claim-literature-frontier
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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