A First Proof Sprint
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 -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 result for Problem 6 with ). 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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.13587,
title = {A First Proof Sprint},
author = {Joseph Corneli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.13587},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
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)