algo/docs/fixKnowledge/collatz_docs_status_and_transcript_cleanup.md
ncantu 242ec6c03f Collatz: formalize hybrid targets and standardize run reports
**Motivations:**
- Make the hybrid path (C1→C2→C3) operational with explicit targets
- Define R_m exactly as used by the pipeline for citable artefacts
- Keep execution transcripts out of proof documents via stable run reports

**Root causes:**
- Hybrid continuation lacked a concrete invariant/lemma agenda and a precise R_m definition
- No standardized run report format in docs/

**Correctifs:**
- Document the pipeline-level definition of R_m (D/F update rules and artefact schema)
- Add explicit prioritization and lemma targets for the hybrid trajectory

**Evolutions:**
- Add a standard run report template and a filled example with sha256 fingerprints

**Pages affectées:**
- applications/collatz/collatz_k_scripts/plan_lemmes_manquants_et_programme_de_preuve.md
- docs/fixKnowledge/collatz_docs_status_and_transcript_cleanup.md
- docs/collatz_run_report_format.md
- docs/collatz_run_report_2026-03-04_extend_D18_D21_resume_from_D20.md
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Auteur : Équipe 4NK

Collatz docs: proof status and transcript cleanup

Problem

Two Collatz documents mixed a mathematical narrative with an execution transcript (shell prompt + run logs + conversational text) and contained a logical mismatch:

  • The text asserted a complete proof / total coverage / global threshold conclusion.
  • The cited run excerpt reported a non-empty residual core at the audited final palier (e.g. out/noyaux/noyau_post_D21.json with a large number of residues).

This combination makes the documents non-citable as a proof document: conclusions are stated as established facts while the referenced artefacts do not discharge the required closure hypothesis.

Root cause

  • A run transcript and subsequent discussion were pasted directly into applications/collatz/conjoncture_collatz.md, after the conclusion section, without being moved to a dedicated log/report file.
  • The wording in the conclusions did not keep the closure hypothesis explicit (extinction of the residual core R_M), and conflated partial extinction (e.g. “both” core) with global closure.

Corrective actions

  • Remove the pasted transcript from applications/collatz/conjoncture_collatz.md so the file remains a mathematical document.
  • Requalify the end of applications/collatz/conjoncture_collatz.md:
    • keep “both” extinction as its own statement,
    • state global closure as conditional on an explicit hypothesis H_{\mathrm{ext}}(M): R_M=\varnothing,
    • and document the selected continuation path (“hybrid”).
  • Update applications/collatz/démonstration collatz.md to include the hybrid continuation option (certificate reduction + structural characterization + specific lemma) and keep the document conditionally correct.

Impact

  • The documents no longer contain a terminal transcript in the body of the proof text.
  • Statements about global closure are now conditional on an explicit hypothesis, consistent with the run artefacts reported in the repository.

Analysis modalities

  • When a run transcript is needed, store it in a dedicated file (or in out/ artefacts) and reference it from the proof document via a stable path and reproducible script invocation.
  • Use the standard run report template in docs/collatz_run_report_format.md, and keep at least one concrete filled report in docs/ for citation.
  • For status checks, prefer referencing:
    • applications/collatz/collatz_k_scripts/diagnostic_run_D18_D21_et_statut_preuve.md
    • applications/collatz/collatz_k_scripts/errata_demonstration_collatz.md
    • applications/collatz/collatz_k_scripts/plan_lemmes_manquants_et_programme_de_preuve.md

Deployment

No deployment. This change is documentation-only.

Pages affected

  • applications/collatz/conjoncture_collatz.md
  • applications/collatz/démonstration collatz.md
  • applications/collatz/collatz_k_scripts/plan_lemmes_manquants_et_programme_de_preuve.md
  • docs/fixKnowledge/collatz_docs_status_and_transcript_cleanup.md
  • docs/collatz_run_report_format.md
  • docs/collatz_run_report_2026-03-04_extend_D18_D21_resume_from_D20.md