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  "slug": "strong-exponential-time-hypothesis-attempt-open-remainder",
  "type": "attempt",
  "title": "Work at the unresolved boundary",
  "summary": "The unrestricted quantified lower bound remains unproved and undisproved.",
  "relevance": "Turns the remaining uncertainty in Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis into a checkable research target.",
  "relevance_source": "recorded",
  "body": "Research should address this boundary directly: The unrestricted quantified lower bound remains unproved and undisproved.\n\nA claimed resolution should satisfy every item below and preserve the statement's exact quantifiers and normalizations:\n- Prove the quantified lower bound in a standard deterministic machine model.\n- Or give one ε>0 and algorithms solving k-SAT in O((2−ε)^n) for every k.",
  "status": "open_strategy",
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  "scope": null,
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    "kind": "attempt",
    "citation": {
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1006/jcss.2000.1727",
      "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
    },
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  "source": {
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1006/jcss.2000.1727",
    "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
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    {
      "slug": "R1770",
      "title": "Current status and exact unresolved remainder",
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      "slug": "strong-exponential-time-hypothesis",
      "title": "strong exponential time hypothesis",
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