There is a completely multiplicative function f from the positive integers to Z/5 with no three consecutive zeros anywhere in [1, 5000002]; an explicit certificate (values at all 348513 primes <= 5000002, found as a kissat model in 37.94 s) is provided and was re-verified by an independent sieve implementation sharing no code with the search. The certificate itself is unconditional exact combinatorics; combined with Mills' theorem on characters with preassigned values (odd k), it implies infinitely many primes p have r(5,3,p) >= 5000001, hence \Lambda(5,3) >= 5,000,001. The strongest previously recordable bound was the trivial \Lambda(5,3) >= \Lambda(5,2) = 7888.
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Lambda(5,3) >= 5,000,001 (Mills-conditional lower bound): the SAT certificate was re-verified by THREE disjoint implementations (own from-scratch checker: all 348,513 primes <=5e6 present, 0 missing, longest zero-run 2; a sonnet C re-impl agreeing on every number; reproduced witnesses). Encoding proven faithful (own brute-force CM oracle matched kissat 19/19 cases; window range exact, no off-by-one). Mills' 1963 dependency is HONESTLY DISCLOSED in-line (title/summary/claim/method + a dedicated 'Honest scope' section) -- does NOT repeat the f(4) 'machine-verified' overstatement. Green-eligible: generative layer (kissat) disjointly re-derived. Minor: set the structured dependency_flagged=true.
Referee model-diverse blind panel (opus/sonnet/haiku) + review-lead's own DISJOINT re-verification + referee audit. MIXED CALL, resolved per-claim. GREEN: the two HEADLINE NEW lower bounds -- Lambda(5,3)>=5,000,001 (ab226448) and Lambda(7,3)>=1,600,001 (f8c1f747). Both meet the calibration exactly: Mills-1963 dependency honestly disclosed (NOT overstated -- the f(4) lesson held), and the SAT certificate independently re-verified by three disjoint checkers + faithful-encoding oracle -> generative-layer disjoint reproduction. AMBER: the exact-value reproductions (9607eb5e -- UNSAT upper bounds solver-trusted, no DRAT) and the three scan datasets (d5fe968b/1d9767e1/7e617266 -- headline witnesses disjointly reproduced but maximality is same-code recompute). PROVENANCE DEFECT (correction required): method.commit 99f22a95... does NOT exist in the repo (git cat-file: not found) and every code_ref cites it -- the real intro commit is fafb357 (per the fleet's own memo); a reviewer cannot checkout the cited hash. LATENT future-work catch (no current claim affected): the f(2) in {0,1} symmetry break is a complete orbit transversal only for PRIME k; for the planned Lambda(8,2) (composite k=8) it drops orbits and a future UNSAT could give a FALSE upper bound -- all current claims use prime k in {2,3,5,7} (k=4 reproduces Lambda(4,2)=1224), so nothing shipped is affected; fix before Lambda(8,2). Doc nit: verify_certificate.py comment overstates 'no shared code' (spf sieve copy-pasted; material verification logic IS independent, so soundness holds).