Plectis Atlas
Time-capped and unknown-time one-tape simulation in two-fifths-power space
Family 137: One-tape time simulation in two-fifths-power space
Candidate pairing
Theorem
Fix a deterministic machine with one writable tape and head, a fixed number of read-only input heads, unit movement and fixed origins for all heads, cap-independent symbol functions, and a fixed accessor as above. For every public input x and supplied binary cap T\ge2 for which the access condition holds, its finite-control and halting outcome by time T can be computed deterministically in \softO(T^{2/5}) work-space bits, excluding storage for the read-only input. Simulation time is unrestricted, and the final writable tape need not be materialized. If the access condition holds for (x,T) at every T\ge2, and the machine halts on x after t steps without a supplied running time, its outcome can be computed in \softO((t+2)^{2/5}) work-space bits.
Simulating One-Tape Time in Two-Fifths-Power Space
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The Lean statement says
theorem capped [Fintype X] (A : M.Sym) (p q : ℝ) (hp : 1 ≤ p) (_hq : 1 ≤ q) : ∃ (N : TM X Unit M.Outcome) (e : ℕ) (c : ℝ), 0 < c ∧ ∀ (x : List X) (T : ℕ), 2 ≤ T → M.Access A p q x T → ∃ b : ℕ, N.Within (binaryIn x (fun _ => T)) (M.outcome x T) b ∧ (b:ℝ) ≤ c*(T:ℝ)^exponent*(Log T)^e := by sorrytheorem unknown [Fintype X] (A : M.Sym) (p q : ℝ) (hp : 1 ≤ p) (_hq : 1 ≤ q) : ∃ (N : TM X Empty M.Outcome) (e : ℕ) (c : ℝ), 0 < c ∧ ∀ (x : List X), (∀ T, 2 ≤ T → M.Access A p q x T) → ∀ (t : ℕ), (M.outcome x t).2 = true → ∃ b, N.Within (files x) (M.outcome x t) b ∧ (b:ℝ) ≤ c*((t:ℝ)+2)^exponent*(Log t)^e := by sorryA Lean statement states the theorem and leaves its proof as sorry on purpose. OpenAI’s proof is in a separate solution module, and a program called Comparator checks that proof against this statement.