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As a corollary, we establish that the threshold for random k‐SAT is of order $\Theta(2^k)$, resolving a long‐standing open problem.

From human literature: quoted from DOI 10.1137/s0097539703434231. Quote verified against the publisher's abstract on 2026-10-06.

What would refute it

Refuted if a valid independent proof shows either that random k-SAT has no sharp threshold in the usual whp sense for arbitrarily large k, or that its critical clause-density threshold T_k fails to satisfy c1*2^k <= T_k <= c2*2^k for all sufficiently large k for every choice of positive constants c1,c2; equivalently liminf_{k->infty} T_k/2^k = 0 or limsup_{k->infty} T_k/2^k = infinity.

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What would raise it most

An attack that independent checkers dismiss.

How these numbers are computed

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 7.37 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 164: its source cited 164 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 2006; 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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