Independent validation: values for N≤20 are reproduced by a SAT-free exhaustive backtracking search (code/brute.py), and every stored witness colouring passes a direct all-APs check written independently of the encoder (code/check_table.py). verify.sh re-runs witness checks, brute-force cross-check, CNF regeneration with hash comparison, and drat-trim on stored certificates in under 5 minutes.
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Independent validation: verify.sh exit 0; two independent from-scratch brute forces agree (N<=16 + full incl. N=36); every stored witness satisfies the referee's own CNF (not vacuously over-constrained).
Referee model-diverse blind panel (opus/sonnet/haiku) + review-lead's own DISJOINT re-verification + referee audit. CALL: GREEN (all 6 claims). Meets the strict generative-layer-disjoint bar at every layer: an INDEPENDENT encoder written from the math produced a BYTE-IDENTICAL CNF (sha256 match) to the author's for all 5 jumps (faithfulness proven, not assumed); the committed DRATs were re-verified by a drat-trim built from a FRESH marijnheule clone (NOT the repo-vendored copy -- that would cap at rerun/amber); the UNSATs were independently regenerated with a disjoint solver (cadical) for N<=23 and by from-scratch brute force for N=36; the core encoding lemma is exhaustively verified (256/256) and symmetry breaking is provably SAT-preserving. Honestly bounded: exact only to N=51, upper bounds beyond clearly non-exact, no asymptotic overclaim, k=7 jump hedged. No commit-pin drift (erdos-160 tree byte-identical at the pin vs HEAD). Minor doc-gaps (non-blocking): results.json jump CNF paths dangle (CNFs are deleted post-solve + hash-checked on regeneration -- mark 'regenerated, not stored'); the repo vendors drat-trim in tools/ (fine for the author's own verify.sh, but independent green used an upstream build); the 'first exact table' novelty line wasn't confirmed against live OEIS/erdosproblems/MO but is appropriately hedged.