[#R145] Local optimization supplies an incumbent without a global certificate
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
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
Informs
- claim
Recorded for
- problem
5Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
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"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.",
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"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.",
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}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.
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