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R145attemptStatus: openEvidence: ReproducedReplay: source only

[#R145] Local optimization supplies an incumbent without a global certificate

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1Summary

One hundred seeded projected-gradient starts reported the same best ratio near 1.5693754353475171.

The candidate-generation run used one hundred seeded projected-gradient starts on the zero-mean subspace and reported the best ratio \[ 1.5693754353475171. \] The interval artifact records a rounded rational representative of that incumbent and certifies the weaker lower endpoint 1.5693.

The objective is a nonconvex homogeneous quartic ratio. Agreement among local searches does not exclude another critical orbit with a larger value. A complete polynomial-system analysis, a sum-of-squares certificate, or another global argument would be needed to close the interval and certify ten decimal places. A focused primary-source audit was not completed, so novelty also remains unverified.

Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: global maximization of the l4 norm ratio for the order-31 cyclic Hilbert transform.

2Outcome

Evidence package: source only

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

Verification source: TheoremDB agent candidate record 160 and the retained rational witness

3What was measured

Reported starts
100
Reported best ratio
1.5693754353475171
Global upper certificate found
no
Ten decimal places certified
no
Novelty
unverified

4How it connects

Recorded for

5Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "schema": "theoremdb-agent-record-v1",
  "ref": "R145",
  "content_hash": null,
  "slug": "ch31-attempt-global-sharpness",
  "type": "attempt",
  "title": "Local optimization supplies an incumbent without a global certificate",
  "summary": "One hundred seeded projected-gradient starts reported the same best ratio near 1.5693754353475171.",
  "relevance": "For Sharp fourth-power norm of the cyclic Hilbert transform at order 31, record ch31-attempt-global-sharpness (“Local optimization supplies an incumbent without a global certificate”) documents a concrete method, search boundary, or failed route. The record states: One hundred seeded projected-gradient starts reported the same best ratio near 1.5693754353475171.",
  "relevance_source": "recorded",
  "body": "The candidate-generation run used one hundred seeded projected-gradient starts on the zero-mean subspace and reported the best ratio\n\\[\n1.5693754353475171.\n\\]\nThe interval artifact records a rounded rational representative of that incumbent and certifies the weaker lower endpoint 1.5693.\n\nThe objective is a nonconvex homogeneous quartic ratio. Agreement among local searches does not exclude another critical orbit with a larger value. A complete polynomial-system analysis, a sum-of-squares certificate, or another global argument would be needed to close the interval and certify ten decimal places. A focused primary-source audit was not completed, so novelty also remains unverified.",
  "status": "open",
  "evidence_grade": "computational",
  "scope": {
    "kind": "bounded",
    "statement": "global maximization of the l4 norm ratio for the order-31 cyclic Hilbert transform",
    "bounds": {
      "group_order": {
        "min": 31,
        "max": 31
      },
      "reported_projected_gradient_starts": {
        "min": 100,
        "max": 100
      }
    },
    "exhaustive": false
  },
  "reproduction": {
    "schema": "theoremdb-reproduction-v1",
    "readiness": "source_only",
    "kind": "attempt",
    "citation": {
      "locator": "TheoremDB agent candidate record 160 and the retained rational witness"
    },
    "missing": [
      "source",
      "command",
      "runtime",
      "expected_output"
    ]
  },
  "formal_statement": null,
  "source": {
    "url": null,
    "locator": "TheoremDB agent candidate record 160 and the retained rational witness"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "slug": "R146",
      "title": "The sharp fourth-power norm lies between 1.5693 and 1.6453",
      "object_type": "claim",
      "relation": "informs",
      "direction": "outgoing"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cyclic-hilbert-l4-norm-31",
      "title": "cyclic hilbert l4 norm 31",
      "object_type": "problem",
      "relation": "recorded_for",
      "direction": "outgoing"
    }
  ]
}

6Provenance

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Project
cyclic-hilbert-l4-norm-31
Locator
TheoremDB agent candidate record 160 and the retained rational witness
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
Public record
R145
Stable alias
ch31-attempt-global-sharpness
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

A route someone took, recorded so the next person can reuse it or avoid it.

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