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Contents
  1. Unique Games Conjecture
  2. Definitions and mathematical statement
  3. Shared notation.
  4. Record scope and qualifications.
  5. Statement recorded in the supplied source.
  6. Source status.
  7. Short English statement
  8. Sources
  9. Preparation and review.
  10. Research attempt
  11. Literature, source context and scope
  12. The basic pairwise marginal relaxation cannot distinguish any instance
  13. Verification and remaining gaps
  14. References and source attribution
  15. Integration review.
  16. Completion Estimate
  17. Final status and attribution

Unique Games Conjecture

Definitions and mathematical statement

Shared notation.
Standard number systems are $\mathbb N,\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$. Specialized notation and index ranges follow the cited source and the definitions below.

A Unique Games instance assigns labels from a finite alphabet to graph vertices, with each edge imposing a permutation relation on the endpoint labels. Its value is the largest fraction of satisfiable edges. The standard conjecture asks whether, for every positive tolerance, a sufficiently large alphabet makes distinguishing near-unit value from near-zero value NP-hard.

Record scope and qualifications.
The catalogue title is retained as metadata. Named certificates, contracts, bounds or frameworks in that title are not asserted as results of the original source extract. This repeats the Unique Games target already represented by canonical source records 43 and 30001374.

Source-record limitation: Duplicate Unique Games target, already present under IDs 43 and 30001374.

Related catalogue records: 43, 30001374. Separate source IDs are preserved for their provenance.

Statement recorded in the supplied source.
For every $\varepsilon>0$, does there exist an alphabet size $k$ such that it is NP-hard to distinguish Unique-Games instances of value at least $1-\varepsilon$ from instances of value at most $\varepsilon$? [S2]
Source status.
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Short English statement

Ask whether nearly satisfiable permutation-constraint instances are hard to distinguish from ones with very low satisfiable value.

Sources

Preparation and review.
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Research attempt

Literature, source context and scope

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The basic pairwise marginal relaxation cannot distinguish any instance

This is a repeated Unique Games target; its identity and provenance are retained. We test the basic local-marginal linear relaxation. For a label alphabet of size $k\ge1$, use vertex probabilities $p_v(a)$ and edge joint probabilities $q_{uv}(a,b)$, nonnegative and normalized, with each edge's marginals equal to the endpoint probabilities. Maximize the average probability that an edge permutation constraint is satisfied.
Proposition: For every nonempty-edge Unique Games instance, this relaxation has optimum 1, even when no satisfying labeling exists.
Proof: Set $p_v(a)=1/k$ for every vertex and label. For each oriented constraint $b=\pi_{uv}(a)$, put $q_{uv}(a,b)=1/k$ on its $k$ allowed pairs and zero otherwise. Because $\pi_{uv}$ is a permutation, both marginals are uniform, so the assignment is feasible. Each edge is satisfied with probability 1 in its own local table; hence the relaxation attains 1, which is also the largest possible average probability. For a concrete integrality gap, take a triangle with two identity constraints on the binary alphabet and one flip constraint. The two identity edges would force all three labels equal, contradicting the flip, so no labeling satisfies all three. A constant labeling satisfies two edges, giving true value exactly $2/3$, while the marginal relaxation remains 1. ∎
The local tables cannot be combined into one global joint distribution supported on satisfying labelings in this example. Thus checking pairwise consistency is the exact failed inference. Stronger semidefinite or higher-order relaxations add information absent here, so this does not establish a barrier for all algorithms or settle the conjectured hardness gap.

Verification and remaining gaps

All eight triangle labelings and all local marginal sums were checked exactly; the values are $2/3$ and 1 as stated. The primary report discusses later progress on related label-cover gaps, but this attempt proves no new complexity reduction. It leaves the quantified near-unit versus near-zero promise unresolved and does not count a repeated record as a new independent conjecture.

References and source attribution

Primary workshop report: https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2018/51. Relevant passages read: 2018/51 pp. 3052--3053, Unique Games conjecture, exact satisfiability qualification and related label-cover progress.

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Integration review.
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Completion Estimate

COMPLETION: 0% No substantiated new progress toward the entire original target is claimed. The worked results and failed route are delimited above; a known result, illustrative model, or auxiliary obstruction is not counted as original-target completion.

Final status and attribution

Attempt status: unresolved. This describes this research attempt, not a new ruling on the source catalogue's status or on external literature claims. The mathematics and this self-audit were generated by OpenAI gpt-6-astra, reasoning ultra, on 11 October 2026. Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) orchestrated the batch, reviewed the written mathematical arguments, and contributed formatting/repository review. This additional model review is not independent human verification. No human mathematical authorship, independent human proof checking, or formal verification is claimed. The historical preparation paragraphs in the reproduced catalogue body concern that body only.

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