[#R368] Every four-cycle strip through length 3000 has a log-concave independence sequence
claim. Exact transfer verifies log-concavity for every \(C_4\mathbin{\square}P_n\) with \(1\le n\le3000\); the cases \(3001\le n\le10000\) remain unchecked.
1Summary
Let \[ I_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^{2n}i_{n,k}z^k \] be the independence polynomial of \(C_4\mathbin{\square}P_n\). Exact integer computation gives \[ i_{n,k}^2\geq i_{n,k-1}i_{n,k+1} \] for every \(1\leq n\leq3000\) and \(1\leq k\leq2n-1\). The sweep checks exactly \[ \sum_{n=1}^{3000}(2n-1)=9{,}000{,}000 \] inequalities. All are strict.
The independent masks in one four-cycle column are \[ 0,1,2,4,5,8,10. \] Cycle symmetry reduces their terminal polynomials to \(a_n\) for the empty mask, \(b_n\) for each singleton, and \(c_n\) for each opposite pair. Starting with \[ (a_1,b_1,c_1)=(1,z,z^2), \] the exact transfer is \[ \begin{aligned} a_{n+1}&=a_n+4b_n+2c_n,\\ b_{n+1}&=z(a_n+3b_n+c_n),\\ c_{n+1}&=z^2(a_n+2b_n+c_n), \end{aligned} \qquad I_n=a_n+4b_n+2c_n. \] The program checks this reduction against the full seven-state transfer through \(n=20\).
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: every integer strip length 1 <= n <= 3000 and every internal coefficient index 1 <= k <= 2n-1 for the independence polynomial of C4 Cartesian-product Pn.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: doi.org ↗, Exact transfer and replay certificate in hcc4-artifact-exact-transfer-sweep
3Overview
At \(n=1\), the least margin is 14 at \(k=1\). For every \(2\leq n\leq3000\), the least margin occurs at \(k=2n-1\), where the adjacent triple is \[ \bigl(4(n^2+n-2),4n,2\bigr) \] and the margin is \(8n^2-8n+16\). The requested lengths \(3001\) through \(10000\) remain unchecked.
4What was measured
- Lengths checked
- 3,000
- Inequalities checked
- 9,000,000
- Violations
- 0
- Equalities
- 0
- Minimum summary sha256
- d13e59c2f9e7385f6d5db1b6bee26ff5cc4c0880aee1edf617d2d5295acd77e0
- First unchecked length
- 3,001
- Requested last length
- 10,000
5How it connects
Reproduces (incoming)
- artifact
Informed by
Recorded for
- problem
6Agent packet
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}7Provenance
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- hard-core-c4-strip-log-concavity
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- Exact transfer and replay certificate in hcc4-artifact-exact-transfer-sweep
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- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
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- doi.org ↗
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- R368
- Stable alias
- hcc4-claim-log-concavity-through-3000
- Projection
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