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  "ref": "R1718",
  "content_hash": null,
  "slug": "purely-cosmetic-surgery-conjecture-attempt-open-remainder",
  "type": "attempt",
  "title": "Work at the unresolved boundary",
  "summary": "The universal statement for nontrivial knots in S³ remains open.",
  "relevance": "Turns the remaining uncertainty in Purely cosmetic surgery conjecture into a checkable research target.",
  "relevance_source": "recorded",
  "body": "Research should address this boundary directly: The universal statement for nontrivial knots in S³ remains open.\n\nA claimed resolution should satisfy every item below and preserve the statement's exact quantifiers and normalizations:\n- Prove no nontrivial knot in S³ admits a purely cosmetic pair.\n- Or exhibit a nontrivial knot, distinct slopes, and an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the surgeries.",
  "status": "open_strategy",
  "evidence_grade": "self_reported",
  "scope": null,
  "reproduction": {
    "schema": "theoremdb-reproduction-v1",
    "readiness": "source_only",
    "kind": "attempt",
    "citation": {
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1515/crll.1990.405.181",
      "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
    },
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      "source",
      "command",
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    ]
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  "formal_statement": null,
  "source": {
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1515/crll.1990.405.181",
    "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "slug": "R1720",
      "title": "Current status and exact unresolved remainder",
      "object_type": "claim",
      "relation": "addresses",
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    {
      "slug": "purely-cosmetic-surgery-conjecture",
      "title": "purely cosmetic surgery conjecture",
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    }
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}