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Where it stands
Skipped
User chose to defer further research on the 6/348 family. The completed local study is retained; the edge-word invariant remains unresolved.

About this picture
The standard picture (bbchallenge.org's Default view): each row is the whole tape at one step, time runs downward, and the head's path draws the pattern.
Overview
In one sentence
Exact sweep rules and tested edge returns are known; the growing edge word still lacks a closed model.
- Status
- Skippeddeferred · updated 2026-10-14T15:50:25.539865-07:00Parked · User chose to defer further research on the 6/348 family.idle since Oct 14 15:50 (45 h ago) · status.json 2026-10-14T15:50:25.539865-07:00
- Class
- Bouncer + Chaotic Edgeours: sheet Bouncer + Chaotic Edge ≠ ours Period-seven bouncer with partially described edge returns · med confidence
- On the list
- line 315 of
BB6_holdouts_663.txt· historical 740 line 348 · observe.json rank #348
Your calls on file 2
- priority call (answered)
- defer
- next
- Retain the completed study and evidence; no additional research scheduled.
Mechanism
How it works: 3 notes
- Reflection transfers the exact period-seven sweep identities; independent C replay checked fourteen reflected local instances.
- The canonical blank-D start preserves this machine’s separate initial obligation; 142 full-configuration checks through 100 million steps match.
- The shared study derives R1 and samples two further return families; prefix rules explain 24 of 45 returns from this start, without a closed edge language.
Figures
Compare the short irregular words beside the long periodic region.
Follow the head markers across the reached span; narrow tape details are undersampled.
More figures (1)Fig 3: Initial motion
Read downward to see the initial sweeps.
Rules (2/2 validated)exact tape rewrites the proof will formalize, each re-checked by simulation
| rule | from ⟶ to | cases | steps | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflected right-run identity | 0 1k 0 <E ⟶ <E 0k+1 1 | k>=1; arbitrary exterior unchanged and unread. | k+2 | ✓7/7 |
| Reflected left-bulk identity | 1 <E (0000001)n ⟶ (1111001)n 1 <E | n>=0; arbitrary exterior unchanged and unread. | 17n | ✓7/7 |
Compressed historynone yet: the tape compressed to a skeleton with growing exponents
Template comparisontemplate: unknown · the nearest solved proof, what carries over, and the transitions that differ
| 0 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1RB | 0RD |
| B | 1RC | 0LF |
| C | 0LA | 0RB |
| D | 1RE | --- |
| E | 1LB | 1RA |
| F | 0LE | 0LF |
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- note
- No existing proof template has been established for the irregular edge.
Proof strategy & riskshow the formal proof will go · 3 risks to watch
Park whole-machine formalization. Any additional funded work should target a closed symbolic update for the variable edge word and its small-bulk exceptions, rather than longer runs or more fixed-prefix examples.
- ▲R1 has an informal universal derivation; R2/R3 remain candidates, and no closed edge recurrence or Rocq theorem is established.
- ▲No invariant excludes the halting-sensitive A/111 case in canonical orientation for every future reachable word.
- ▲The reflected table changes the corresponding start state; both initial configurations remain separate obligations.
Stats & provenance5·109 steps simulated · 93,841 cells · the status in full · files
- simulated
- 5·109 steps
- tape
- 93,841 cells · 66,950 nonzeros
- growth
- Observed bulk expansion toward the left; no asymptotic growth law proved.
- status now
- User chose to defer further research on the 6/348 family. The completed local study is retained; the edge-word invariant remains unresolved. (status.json, 2026-10-14T15:50:25.539865-07:00)
- files
- observe.json · notes.md · status.json
Proof & checks
No proof work yet.
Files
machines/<tm>/: 6 entries · raw notes, status, scripts, images
| name | size | changed |
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| notes.md ↓ | 7.1 KB | 2026-10-14 15:50 |
| status.json ↓ | 1.2 KB | 2026-10-14 15:50 |
| observe.json ↓ | 4.6 KB | 2026-10-14 15:50 |
| evidence/ | 23 items | 2026-10-14 10:23 |
| img/ | 3 items | 2026-10-13 18:24 |
| study.md ↓ | 2.2 KB | 2026-10-14 10:27 |
status.json in full
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"status": "SKIPPED",
"stage": "deferred",
"updated": "2026-10-14T15:50:25.539865-07:00",
"confidence": "med",
"reason": "User chose to defer further research on the 6/348 family. The completed local study is retained; the edge-word invariant remains unresolved.",
"next": "Retain the completed study and evidence; no additional research scheduled.",
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"observation_completed": "2026-10-13T18:24:18.533813-07:00",
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"updated_utc": "2026-10-14T22:50:25.539865+00:00",
"study_started": "2026-10-14T10:06:30.232473-07:00",
"study_deadline": "2026-10-14T10:36:30.232473-07:00",
"study_budget_minutes": 30,
"proof_started": false,
"next_action": "Deferred by user decision on 2026-10-14.",
"study_result": "study.md",
"formal_checker_run": false,
"study_completed": "2026-10-14T10:29:58.650928-07:00",
"informal_local_derivation": true,
"evidence_kind": "Local informal derivations and finite checks; no whole-machine invariant or Rocq proof.",
"priority_call_answered": "defer",
"decision_source": "coord/mailbox/to-astra/20261014-154300-claude-dennis-answers-6-282.md"
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