Case 02: Fixed-depth hardware optimality

Self-authored synthetic review scenario, not a published software claim or customer assertion. The source material is public and pinned to fd4aeeb2ee4fc729c18d98444fed42fd0529eeeb.

Proposed claim

Depth-two QAOA on a finite SK instance attains the exact optimum and provides a hardware speedup.

Review the declared model and statuses against the source. Cases 09/10 deliberately supply synthetic statuses to test documentary completeness. Those statuses are not authenticated evidence or proven hypotheses. Other cases explicitly leave operational obligations unknown.

Source pointers

• lean/docs/281.md, SHA-256 244155dd6e7310ab65b1b4ec342c499149057fe90ae0aba8340a0c5bd656a072.
• preprints/QAOA-attains-the-SK-ground-state-energy-in-the-thermodynamic-first-limit-September-25-2026/QAOA-attains-the-SK-ground-state-energy-in-the-thermodynamic-first-limit-September-25-2026.pdf, SHA-256 4d07ebe181b03157398deef72b23eff8046183f67855d30f9e48e222550a44ba.

Pointers identify exact files, not a new complete-file reading, theorem proof or selected-run certificate. Determine the statement, hypotheses, formal coverage and missing model/implementation bridges from the source itself.

Review fields

Record preparation seconds, material gaps with exact evidence locations, unsure items, false alarms after adjudication and correction seconds in the blank result template. Do not open the report/key during the source-only arm. No expert has completed either arm.