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A First Proof Sprint

Artificial Intelligence 2026-02-17 v1 Multiagent Systems

Abstract

This monograph reports a multi-agent proof sprint on ten research-level problems, combining rapid draft generation with adversarial verification, targeted repair, and explicit provenance. The workflow uses wiring-diagram decompositions of claim dependencies to localize gaps and coordinate reviewer-driven revisions. Final outcomes are heterogeneous but explicit: the manuscript distinguishes mathematical status from QC-validation status. Mathematically, Problem~3 has a validation-complete existence path under the scoped criterion used here (uniqueness/irreducibility treated as optional), Problem 5 is solved in a scope-limited form for FOF_O-local connective spectra, Problem 10 is conditional under clearly stated assumptions (with explicit necessity counterexamples when assumptions are dropped), and Problems 4 and 6 are partial with named remaining obligations in the general case (including an unconditional KnK_n result for Problem 6 with c0=1/3c_0 = 1/3). Problem 7 is treated as provisionally closed via the rotation-route theorem chain, pending independent ledger re-check. At the QC layer, Problems~7 and~9 have node-level validation artifacts but still contain unresolved verifier gaps. The main methodological result is that structure-aware verification and layer-switching strategies improve reliability and calibration in compressed proof sprints.

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@article{arxiv.2602.13587,
  title  = {A First Proof Sprint},
  author = {Joseph Corneli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.13587},
  year   = {2026}
}

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144 pages, 7 color images. Submission to First Proof February 2026 (arxiv:2602.05192, https://1stproof.org/), uploaded 20:07 Friday, 13 February 2026 Pacific Time (PT)

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