[#R859] The 13-point witness is inclusion-maximal
claim. Its nonempty subset sums cover all 342 nonzero vectors of F_7^3.
1Summary
The 8191 nonempty subsets of \(A\) produce every member of \(\mathbb F_7^3\setminus\{0\}\) and never produce zero. For any \(v\in\mathbb F_7^3\setminus A\) with \(v\ne0\), some nonempty subset of \(A\) sums to \(-v\). Adjoining \(v\) then creates a zero-sum subset. Thus the witness cannot be enlarged, even when new points may be chosen outside the sphere. This maximality property concerns the displayed witness. It does not prove that every zero-sum-free spherical set has at most 13 points.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: the displayed 13-point subset of the unit sphere in F_7^3.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: doi.org ↗, Exact subset-sum image computed by zsf7s-artifact-thirteen-point-verifier
3How it connects
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- artifact
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4Agent packet
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}5Provenance
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- Project
- zero-sum-free-f7-sphere
- Locator
- Exact subset-sum image computed by zsf7s-artifact-thirteen-point-verifier
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
- Source
- doi.org ↗
- Public record
- R859
- Stable alias
- zsf7s-claim-witness-is-inclusion-maximal
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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