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  "slug": "matrix-multiplication-exponent-two-attempt-open-remainder",
  "type": "attempt",
  "title": "Work at the unresolved boundary",
  "summary": "Closing any positive part of the gap between 2 and 2.371339 remains open.",
  "relevance": "Turns the remaining uncertainty in Does the matrix-multiplication exponent equal two? into a checkable research target.",
  "relevance_source": "recorded",
  "body": "Research should address this boundary directly: Closing any positive part of the gap between 2 and 2.371339 remains open.\n\nA claimed resolution should satisfy every item below and preserve the statement's exact quantifiers and normalizations:\n- Give algorithms proving ω≤2+ε for every ε>0.\n- Or prove a lower bound ω≥2+δ for some fixed δ>0.",
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      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611978322.63",
      "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
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  "source": {
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    "locator": "TheoremDB editorial route recorded 2026-08-01"
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    {
      "slug": "R1642",
      "title": "Current status and exact unresolved remainder",
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      "slug": "matrix-multiplication-exponent-two",
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