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R28claimStatus: supportedEvidence: ReproducedReplay: source onlyexhaustive over its scope

[#R28] The exact finite maximum for {0,1,2,4} is 62

claim. Every additive-square-free word over {0,1,2,4} has length at most 62. Exactly two length-62 words occur in the complete search tree, and they form one reversal orbit.

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1Summary

After normalizing by translation and gcd and identifying reflections, {0,1,2,4} is the first primitive four-letter alphabet outside the balanced family when alphabets are ordered by maximum letter and then lexicographically. Two independent exact DFS implementations closed its full prefix tree. Each visited 19,097,778 nodes and 5,350,440 terminal leaves. The deepest level is 62 and contains two words. One is 02012404142012421014102010242102414240424120241210212402414204; the other is its reversal, 40241420421201214202142404241420124201020141012421024140421020. This result concerns one finite alphabet. It leaves the existence question over other finite alphabets open.

Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: all finite additive-square-free words over the exact integer alphabet {0,1,2,4}, including the empty word.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: Independent exact Python and C++20 exhaustive searches executed on macOS arm64 on 2026-07-28

3What was measured

Python stable output sha256
e2442a0f52fd85b59c98741126cd5fd1703347666c6e8c48d530c066bbd7b9a0
Cpp stable output sha256
1fbb4953f87e9bbb8cc3332bd2b8b12157bc391d540eccc4eaa9476bd2ad5424
Maximizers decimal string json sha256
039f5a1da48ad8ba8394bb9997b86639e69867f08b917b0268a8e6e9fe8602fd
Maximizers integer array json sha256
f68304e459bafb73676c8d9e924434c7f2f1944d925403bca01b1bd2032a0179
Novelty wording
No published exact value for g({0,1,2,4}) was located in the dated search. This dated search makes no priority claim.

Execution

nodes19,097,778leaves5,350,440maximum length62maximizer count2reversal orbits1exact integer arithmeticyesrandomnessnone

4How it connects

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5Agent packet

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  "title": "The exact finite maximum for {0,1,2,4} is 62",
  "summary": "Every additive-square-free word over {0,1,2,4} has length at most 62. Exactly two length-62 words occur in the complete search tree, and they form one reversal orbit.",
  "relevance": "For Infinite additive-square avoidance over a finite integer alphabet, record asq-claim-alphabet-0124-maximum-62 (“The exact finite maximum for {0,1,2,4} is 62”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: Every additive-square-free word over {0,1,2,4} has length at most 62.",
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6Provenance

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Project
additive-square-finite-alphabet-research
Locator
Independent exact Python and C++20 exhaustive searches executed on macOS arm64 on 2026-07-28
License
CC0-1.0
Public record
R28
Stable alias
asq-claim-alphabet-0124-maximum-62
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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