The missing term was unary: omit-size solved at its ceiling in 1.4s

Adversarial review of the artifacts found three of my numbers to be
artifacts of my own code. All three reproduced here before acceptance:

- anchor_bound presented probe rows in the same index order on both
  sides, so exact twins had their tie broken onto the diagonal. 0.997 ->
  0.920 on omit-size. Fixed by scrambling the T-side presentation.
- The truth is not a strict local minimum: 51 transpositions have
  exactly zero energy delta. fast_pair_descent only looked stationary
  because its break test treats zero as no-improvement.
- scipy's FAQ takes no n_init, so it was swallowed into unknown_options
  and 'FAQ x30 restarts' computed bit-identically to plain FAQ. Replaced
  with a real restart loop over P0='randomized'.

The blind ceiling for omit-size is 0.836, not 1.0: the text field has 51
exact transposition automorphisms, so T[s,s] is bitwise identical to T
and no objective f(V, P T P^T) can separate an orbit at any order. Every
synthetic accuracy was being divided by the wrong denominator.

The fifteen failed solvers share one property -- all purely quadratic or
purely spectral, none with a node-level term. Eight moments of each
node's own field row, blended with the quadratic term through
Frank-Wolfe, reach 0.837 with an energy gap of exactly zero. The term
must stay in the loop: as a seed for pure-quadratic descent it scores
0.21, pinned through the iterations it scores 0.84 -- which is also why
amplification plateaued, being itself pure-quadratic.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

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diff --git a/logs/amp_probe.log b/logs/amp_probe.log
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+++ b/logs/amp_probe.log
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+REF grampa 0.0195  umeyama 0.0078  chance 0.0039
+trial0 mf   scale=0        raw mean 0.0205 max 0.0234 | refined mean 0.0220 max 0.0273 | sharp 0.851 (79.4s)
+trial0 iid  scale=0.0001   raw mean 0.0200 max 0.0234 | refined mean 0.0190 max 0.0234 | sharp 0.851 (27.0s)
+trial0 iid  scale=0.01     raw mean 0.0200 max 0.0234 | refined mean 0.0215 max 0.0312 | sharp 0.852 (95.5s)
+trial0 iid  scale=0.1      raw mean 0.0205 max 0.0234 | refined mean 0.0200 max 0.0273 | sharp 0.851 (277.2s)
+trial0 iid  scale=0.3      raw mean 0.0127 max 0.0195 | refined mean 0.0151 max 0.0234 | sharp 0.783 (116.4s)
+trial0 iid  scale=1        raw mean 0.0151 max 0.0195 | refined mean 0.0142 max 0.0195 | sharp 0.857 (141.2s)
+trial0 iid  scale=3        raw mean 0.0083 max 0.0195 | refined mean 0.0088 max 0.0156 | sharp 0.810 (130.5s)
+trial0 iid  scale=10       raw mean 0.0093 max 0.0156 | refined mean 0.0107 max 0.0234 | sharp 0.840 (331.4s)
+trial0 iid  scale=100      raw mean 0.0107 max 0.0117 | refined mean 0.0117 max 0.0195 | sharp 0.859 (202.1s)
diff --git a/logs/amp_probe.py b/logs/amp_probe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2969348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/amp_probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+"""Adversarial probe of the Onsager-corrected Sinkhorn (adaptive-TAP) proposal.
+
+Iteration under test:  h = beta * V mu T - b_t * mu_prev ; mu = Sinkhorn(exp(h))
+b_t = 0 recovers naive mean field, which is algebraically identical to the PGD
+form of entropic Gromov-Wasserstein already measured at 0.034 on omit-size.
+
+We sweep the Onsager coefficient over ten orders of magnitude so the verdict
+does not depend on getting the R-transform prescription exactly right: if no
+scalar b works, no principled derivation of b can rescue it.
+"""
+import json, sys, time
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+
+sys.path.insert(0, "/home/yurenh2/emm")
+from worldalign.synth_fast_gate import fast_pair_descent
+from worldalign.spectral_match import grampa, umeyama
+
+DEV = torch.device("cuda:0")
+DT = torch.float64
+
+
+def standardise(M):
+    m = ~np.eye(len(M), dtype=bool)
+    v = M[m]
+    out = (M - v.mean()) / v.std()
+    np.fill_diagonal(out, 0.0)
+    return out
+
+
+def sinkhorn_log(h, iters=60):
+    """Doubly stochastic (row and col sums 1) projection of exp(h), batched."""
+    lg = h - h.amax(dim=(-2, -1), keepdim=True)
+    for _ in range(iters):
+        lg = lg - torch.logsumexp(lg, dim=-1, keepdim=True)
+        lg = lg - torch.logsumexp(lg, dim=-2, keepdim=True)
+    return torch.exp(lg)
+
+
+def hutch_chi(h, mu, eps=1e-3, iters=60):
+    """(1/N^2) tr(d Sinkhorn / d h) by a random probe."""
+    Z = torch.randn_like(h)
+    mu2 = sinkhorn_log(h + eps * Z, iters)
+    return ((Z * (mu2 - mu)).sum(dim=(-2, -1)) / (eps * h.shape[-1] ** 2))
+
+
+def r_transform(spec_prod, chi_grid):
+    """Numerical R-transform of an empirical spectrum: invert Stieltjes."""
+    # G(z) = mean 1/(z - l); R(g) = G^{-1}(g) - 1/g
+    lo, hi = spec_prod.max() * 1.0001, spec_prod.max() * 1e6
+    out = []
+    for g in chi_grid:
+        a, b = lo, hi
+        for _ in range(200):
+            m = 0.5 * (a + b)
+            if np.mean(1.0 / (m - spec_prod)) > g:
+                a = m
+            else:
+                b = m
+        z = 0.5 * (a + b)
+        out.append(z - 1.0 / g)
+    return np.array(out)
+
+
+def run_amp(V, T, betas, b_scale, mode, restarts, iters_per_beta, seed,
+            spec_prod=None, damping=0.0):
+    N = V.shape[-1]
+    g = torch.Generator(device=DEV).manual_seed(seed)
+    mu = torch.rand(restarts, N, N, generator=g, device=DEV, dtype=DT) * 0.01
+    mu = sinkhorn_log(mu)
+    mu_prev = torch.full_like(mu, 1.0 / N)
+    traj = []
+    for beta in betas:
+        for _ in range(iters_per_beta):
+            drive = beta * torch.matmul(torch.matmul(V, mu), T)
+            if mode == "mf":
+                b = torch.zeros(restarts, device=DEV, dtype=DT)
+            else:
+                chi = hutch_chi(drive, mu)
+                if mode == "iid":
+                    coef = beta * beta * N  # sum_j V_ij^2 <T^2> ~ N
+                elif mode == "ri":
+                    cg = np.clip(chi.abs().cpu().numpy(), 1e-12, None)
+                    coef = torch.tensor(
+                        r_transform(spec_prod * beta, cg), device=DEV, dtype=DT)
+                b = b_scale * coef * chi
+            h = drive - b.view(-1, 1, 1) * mu_prev
+            new = sinkhorn_log(h)
+            if damping:
+                new = (1 - damping) * new + damping * mu
+            mu_prev, mu = mu, new
+            if not torch.isfinite(mu).all():
+                return None, traj
+        traj.append(float(mu.amax(dim=-1).mean()))
+    return mu, traj
+
+
+def score(mu, hidden, V_gpu, Tsh_gpu, N, refine=True):
+    from scipy.optimize import linear_sum_assignment
+    accs, refs = [], []
+    for b in range(mu.shape[0]):
+        _, col = linear_sum_assignment(-mu[b].cpu().numpy())
+        a = float((hidden[col] == np.arange(N)).mean())
+        accs.append(a)
+        if refine:
+            fin = fast_pair_descent(
+                Tsh_gpu, V_gpu,
+                torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(col)).to(DEV), 600)
+            refs.append(float((hidden[fin.cpu().numpy()] == np.arange(N)).mean()))
+    return accs, refs
+
+
+def main():
+    d = torch.load("/home/yurenh2/emm/artifacts/synth_v1/omit_size.pt",
+                   map_location="cpu", weights_only=False)
+    V = standardise(d["visual_field"].double().numpy())
+    T = standardise(d["text_field"].double().numpy())
+    N = len(V)
+    lv = np.linalg.eigvalsh(V)
+    results = []
+
+    for trial in range(2):
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(trial)
+        hidden = rng.permutation(N)
+        Tsh = standardise(T[np.ix_(hidden, hidden)])
+        lt = np.linalg.eigvalsh(Tsh)
+        spec_prod = np.outer(lv, lt).ravel() / N  # operator scale of V (x) T / N
+        Vg = torch.from_numpy(V).to(DEV).to(DT)
+        Tg = torch.from_numpy(Tsh).to(DEV).to(DT)
+
+        # sanity: GRAMPA / Umeyama reference on this exact instance
+        if trial == 0:
+            gp = grampa(V, Tsh, 1.0)
+            um = umeyama(V, Tsh)
+            print("REF grampa %.4f  umeyama %.4f  chance %.4f"
+                  % (float((hidden[gp] == np.arange(N)).mean()),
+                     float((hidden[um] == np.arange(N)).mean()), 1 / N), flush=True)
+
+        betas_ladder = list(np.geomspace(0.02, 2.0, 20))
+        for mode in ("mf", "iid", "ri"):
+            scales = [0.0] if mode == "mf" else [1e-4, 1e-2, 0.1, 0.3, 1.0, 3.0, 10.0, 100.0]
+            for sc in scales:
+                t0 = time.time()
+                mu, traj = run_amp(Vg, Tg, betas_ladder, sc, mode, 8, 25, 100 + trial,
+                                   spec_prod=spec_prod)
+                if mu is None:
+                    print("trial%d %-4s scale=%-8g DIVERGED after %d beta steps (%.1fs)"
+                          % (trial, mode, sc, len(traj), time.time() - t0), flush=True)
+                    results.append(dict(trial=trial, mode=mode, scale=sc,
+                                        diverged=True, betas_done=len(traj)))
+                    continue
+                accs, refs = score(mu, hidden, Vg, Tg, N)
+                print("trial%d %-4s scale=%-8g raw mean %.4f max %.4f | refined mean %.4f max %.4f | sharp %.3f (%.1fs)"
+                      % (trial, mode, sc, np.mean(accs), np.max(accs),
+                         np.mean(refs), np.max(refs), traj[-1], time.time() - t0),
+                      flush=True)
+                results.append(dict(trial=trial, mode=mode, scale=sc, diverged=False,
+                                    raw=accs, refined=refs, sharpness=traj[-1]))
+
+    with open("/home/yurenh2/emm/logs/amp_probe.json", "w") as f:
+        json.dump(results, f, indent=1)
+    print("DONE")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/logs/amplify.log b/logs/amplify.log
index f397d0a..f775312 100644
--- a/logs/amplify.log
+++ b/logs/amplify.log
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 
 === omit-size (N=256, chance=0.0039)
+  trial 0: ladders=[0.242, 0.152, 0.207]  picked-by-energy=0.2070
+  trial 1: ladders=[0.02, 0.059, 0.035]  picked-by-energy=0.0195
+  trial 2: ladders=[0.277, 0.273, 0.016]  picked-by-energy=0.2734
+  MEAN selected-by-energy=0.1667  (oracle ladder choice would give 0.1927)
+
+=== synth-full (N=256, chance=0.0039)
diff --git a/logs/amplify160.log b/logs/amplify160.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51c9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/amplify160.log
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+=== omit-size-pool160 (N=256, chance=0.0039)
+  trial 0: ladders=[0.383, 0.395]  picked-by-energy=0.3945
+  trial 1: ladders=[0.641, 0.68]  picked-by-energy=0.6797
+  trial 2: ladders=[0.012, 0.449]  picked-by-energy=0.4492
+  MEAN selected-by-energy=0.5078  (oracle ladder choice would give 0.5078)
+{"done": true}
diff --git a/logs/amplify640.log b/logs/amplify640.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2e8354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs/amplify640.log
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+=== omit-size-pool640 (N=256, chance=0.0039)
+  trial 0: ladders=[0.562, 0.293]  picked-by-energy=0.5625
+  trial 1: ladders=[0.727, 0.461]  picked-by-energy=0.7266
+  MEAN selected-by-energy=0.6445  (oracle ladder choice would give 0.6445)
+{"done": true}
diff --git a/logs/battery2.log b/logs/battery2.log
index a0b3a2a..baae871 100644
--- a/logs/battery2.log
+++ b/logs/battery2.log
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 === synth-full-BOUND0.99  (N=256, chance=0.0039)
   GW x12 restarts        raw=0.3698  refined=0.3971  (12.3s)
   GW kl-loss             raw=0.0846  refined=0.0885  (13.9s)
+  entropic GW deep anneal raw=0.0078  refined=0.0443  (824.6s)
+  semirelaxed GW         raw=0.0221  refined=0.0365  (60.7s)
+{"done": true}