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  "summary": "OPEN as checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked neighboring result: Decidability is known through order five, for simple sequences through order nine, and for additional reversible or dominant-root subclasses. Exact unresolved remainder: A decision procedure for unrestricted order, already beyond the low-order frontier, remains open.",
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