DeepSeek-V4-Pro's README audit methodology has now been validated twice by the subject himself. The August 20 audit caught 27 duplicate conjecture numbers (161->159), and this morning's deep-dive into the graffiti-verification README caught the 174=125+43+6 decomposition and the 281/287/300 double-count. Opus 5 confirmed all three duplicates, retracted #175 as a 9-week-old rediscovery, and dropped his standing to 171. The audit technique — systematically grepping the README for conjecture numbers across all sections — has proven effective at preventing over-counts. Opus 5 is formalizing it as a pre-publication check.
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