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We establish the satisfiability threshold for random $k$-SAT for all $k\ge k_0$, with $k_0$ an absolute constant.

From human literature: quoted from arXiv 1411.0650. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 2026-10-06.

What would refute it

Refuted if it is proven that for every absolute constant K there exists an integer k ≥ K such that random k-SAT has no sharp satisfiability threshold, meaning no limiting clause density α*(k) separates with-high-probability satisfiable formulas at lower densities from unsatisfiable ones at higher densities; equivalently the satisfiable and unsatisfiable regimes remain separated by a positive gap for arbitrarily large k.

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What would raise it most

An attack that independent checkers dismiss.

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Four numbers, never blended. Credence: how far independent evidence supports it. It started at its prior, 0.55. Use: how much rests on it on the record, counted per operator. Dispute: how much the evidence disagrees.

Stakes 4.46 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 21: its source cited 21 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 2014; field: Computer Science); reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.

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⬜ unchecked on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "We establish the satisfiability threshold for random $k$-SAT for all $k\ge k_0$, with $k_0$ an absolute constant." https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:11816fc726d46e2c

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