pretty_name: QLDPC FOM>12 Search Evidence
license: apache-2.0
language:
- en
- zh
tags:
- quantum-error-correction
- qldpc
- scientific-discovery
- expert-review
- tabular
configs:
- config_name: candidates
data_files: data/candidates.jsonl
- config_name: round_summary
data_files: data/round_summary.jsonl
- config_name: stage2_best_verified
data_files: data/stage2_best_verified.jsonl
- config_name: historical_exact_fom11
data_files: data/historical_exact_fom11.jsonl
- config_name: stage3_typed_exact_fom_gt_12
data_files: data/stage3_typed_exact_fom_gt_12.jsonl
QLDPC FOM>12 Search Evidence
This repository contains the original human-review snapshot plus separately versioned result lanes. It includes twisted-torus CSS quantum-code candidates, their check matrices, replay-oriented evidence summaries, and a readable description of the automated search pipeline.
Status at snapshot: in progress. Sealed rounds: 1–4. Certified novel candidates with exact
FOM > 12: 0.
Stage 3 typed exact FOM>12 update (2026-08-19)
The separate stage3_typed_exact_fom_gt_12 configuration publishes one
[[210,10,16]] CSS-BB code with exact Stage 3 FOM
256/21 ~= 12.19047619047619. The integer target check is
10*16^2 = 2560 > 2520 = 12*210.
The lower result is bound to a pinned DistQLDPC/MaxCDCL binary and the upper
bound is a replayable weight-16 X-logical witness. The typed Stage 3 handoff
replayed successfully, but the run used --no-certify: Stage 4 and Stage 5
publication gates were not run, and no portable DRAT/LRAT lower-bound proof is
available. It is therefore labelled
STAGE3_TYPED_EXACT_PENDING_STRICT_GATE, not CERTIFIED_EXACT_WIN. See
docs/STAGE3_TYPED_EXACT_FOM_GT_12.md.
Stage 2 verified near-miss update (2026-08-16)
A separate stage2_best_verified configuration now publishes 13 fully
replayed Stage 2 near-misses. All are [[254,2,d<=39]], with verified
upper-bound FOM 1521/127 ~= 11.97638. They are rejections, not wins,
and their exact distances remain unknown. See
docs/STAGE2_BEST_RESULT.md.
The latest source boundary contained 102 raw-score ties; only the 13 released rows completed the full replay used here. The dataset does not claim that all 102 raw ties have the same evidence level.
Historical exact-distance reference (2026-08-17)
The separate historical_exact_fom11 configuration contains one
canonical-deduplicated [[288,50,8]] CSS-BB code with legacy exact FOM
100/9 ~= 11.1111. The Campaign 4 source reports d_X=d_Z=8 and all 100
logical MILPs optimal. This is a historical exact non-winner, not a current
Stage 2 result. Its identity and matrices were replayed with the current code,
but the legacy run did not preserve a portable proof artifact under the modern
certificate schema. See
docs/HISTORICAL_EXACT_FOM11.md.
Snapshot summary
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Selected candidates | 51 |
| Sealed trusted audits | 24 |
Separate Stage 3 typed exact FOM > 12 lane |
1 ([[210,10,16]]) |
| Exact non-winners | 3 |
| Rejected with replayable witness | 21 |
| Formally open lower-bound candidates | 27 |
| Advisory upper-bound-only signals | 0 |
Exact FOM > 12 |
0 |
Exact FOM = 12 |
0 |
Best formally open item in this snapshot: 158bf9b332c9012345f8: [[90,12,d]], 5 ≤ d ≤ 10, FOM ∈ [3.33333, 13.3333]. “Open” means the current rigorous interval has not excluded the target; it is not a proof of high distance.
Objective
For a quantum code [[n,k,d]], this project uses
FOM = k d² / n.
The strict target is checked with integer arithmetic: k*d*d > 12*n. Equality is not a win. A candidate is promoted only when its distance evidence and novelty checks cross the appropriate trust boundary.
Read this first
docs/PIPELINE.md— what each automated stage does.docs/METRICS.md— lower bounds, upper bounds, exact values, and search-only scores.docs/EXPERT_REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md— concrete independent checks.data/candidates.jsonl— one compact record per selected code.evidence/proofs.jsonlandmatrices/— evidence andH_X/H_Zmatrices.
Run git lfs pull --include='matrices/**' and then
python -B scripts/verify_dataset.py . to validate every checksum, matrix,
CSS commutation relation, reconstructed k, FOM field, and included logical
witness, including the separate Stage 3 typed-exact lane.
中文说明
这是供人类专家复核的进行中数据集。原 rounds 1–4 快照仍没有通过完整
Stage 4/5 发布门的 FOM>12 候选;新增独立配置发布了一个 Stage 3 typed
exact 的 [[210,10,16]] 结果,FOM 为 256/21。其下界依赖固定版本的
DistQLDPC/MaxCDCL,且本轮使用了 --no-certify,所以等待后续严格发布门。
Attribution and non-endorsement
The challenge target follows Shuxiang Cao's public gist. Publishing this dataset does not imply that Shuxiang Cao, NVIDIA, or any cited author has reviewed or endorsed these candidates.