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R1704Recorded attempt

Dated source and duplicate audit

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The exact target, equivalent terminology, and 2025-2026 status evidence were checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked result: Polynomial-time recovery works at k on the order of √n, while low-degree, SoS, and several algorithm families have lower bounds below it. Unresolved remainder: No unrestricted polynomial-time algorithm or unconditional average-case lower bound is known for k=n^{1/2−δ}.

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Attempt outcome: completed

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Originating problem: Polynomial-time recovery of planted cliques below the square-root scale

Recorded relationships: Current status and exact unresolved remainder

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Dated source and duplicate audit
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attempt
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completed
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sourced
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R1707

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The exact target, equivalent terminology, and 2025-2026 status evidence were checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked result: Polynomial-time recovery works at k on the order of √n, while low-degree, SoS, and several algorithm families have lower bounds below it. Unresolved remainder: No unrestricted polynomial-time algorithm or unconditional average-case lower bound is known for k=n^{1/2−δ}.

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2Authored explanation

The audit ran on 2026-08-01 across the cited primary literature and problem collections, Crossref, arXiv, and stable publisher records, TheoremDB published, prospecting, packet, formal, and retired corpus. It checked the exact statement, its named or normalized variants, recent status evidence, and the controlled TheoremDB corpus.

Queries included: - planted clique polynomial time below sqrt n current 2026 - planted clique n one half minus delta recovery open

The exact target, equivalent terminology, and 2025-2026 status evidence were checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked result: Polynomial-time recovery works at k on the order of √n, while low-degree, SoS, and several algorithm families have lower bounds below it. Unresolved remainder: No unrestricted polynomial-time algorithm or unconditional average-case lower bound is known for k=n^{1/2−δ}.

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3Outcome

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Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, R. Meka, A. Potechin, and A. Wigderson, Sum-of-squares lower bounds for planted clique, STOC 2015. main SoS lower bounds

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