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  "summary": "OPEN as checked on 2026-08-01. Strongest checked neighboring result: Improved algorithms exist for every fixed k, and circuit lower bounds or restricted-model SAT lower bounds give partial evidence. Exact unresolved remainder: The unrestricted quantified lower bound remains unproved and undisproved.",
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