Metriq PRISM Laboratory — Program for Research in Intelligent Systems and Methods, a research laboratory of Metriq Foundation

Research that can be examined.

Metriq PRISM Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research laboratory of Metriq Foundation, Inc. PRISM conducts exploratory research involving computational, mathematical, scientific, and machine-assisted methods.

A prism separates a difficult signal into components that can be inspected. PRISM applies the same principle to hard problems: define the object, isolate the unknowns, construct a method, expose the evidence, and publish the remaining uncertainty.

DECOMPOSEFORMALIZECONSTRUCTVERIFYPUBLISH
01 Research program

Difficult problems, separated into reviewable parts.

PRISM is designed to make technical and scientific work inspectable before anyone is asked to accept the conclusion.

PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Define the claim. Expose the method. Publish the evidence and limitations.

PRISM develops candidate results through construction search, symbolic and numerical analysis, literature and prior-art review, proof development, exact computational checks, reproducible builds, and targeted adversarial review.

01

Construct

Search for explicit examples, counterexamples, algorithms, and proof structures that can be challenged directly.

02

Check

Use symbolic, numerical, exact, and adversarial methods within clearly stated limits.

03

Publish

Release the paper, source, verification record, version history, and unresolved review targets together.

02 Research archive

Current PRISM papers.

The catalog below reflects the canonical MetriqOrg/PRISM repository snapshot dated 18 July 2026. Six papers include interactive website explainers; the two newest papers point directly to their controlling GitHub records.

REPOSITORY SNAPSHOTArchive release 3.0.0 · catalog dated 18 July 2026
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Identifier migration. The current candidate editions use MF-PRISM-MATH; the former MF-MATH identifiers and releases remain preserved as historical predecessors. Metriq PRISM Laboratory is the organizational creator and issuer. Daniel H. Jeffery is Research Director and corresponding contributor. Paper 05 remains PUBLICATION HOLD · SOURCE-AUTHOR CLARIFICATION REQUIRED.
Candidate preprints · not independently peer reviewed8 papers
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-01
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-01 · v1.3 · 10 pagesCANDIDATE PREPRINT · NOT PEER REVIEWED

An Explicit Cantorval Achievement Set with Convergent Consecutive-Term Ratio

An explicit base-4 achievement-set construction presented as a candidate affirmative solution to the Second Jones Problem. The proposed sequence is strictly decreasing, sums to 17, has consecutive-term ratio converging to one half, and is argued to generate a Cantorval.

CantorvalAchievement setsBase 4
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-03
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-03 · v1.4 · 13 pagesCANDIDATE PREPRINT · NOT PEER REVIEWED

Every Infinite Achievement Set Is a Sum of Two Achievement Sets of Hausdorff Dimension Zero

A candidate proof that every achievement set generated by an absolutely convergent real series with infinitely many nonzero terms can be written as the Minkowski sum of two achievement sets of Hausdorff dimension zero.

Hausdorff dimensionMinkowski sumAchievement sets
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-06
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-06 · v2.2 · 11 pagesCANDIDATE PREPRINT · NOT PEER REVIEWED

Finite Certificates for Three Unresolved Cardinal-Function Ranges

Version 2.2 presents three exact finite subset-sum certificates for unresolved cardinal-function ranges, together with Cantor-set extensions and reproducible verification. The interactive explorer on this site visualizes the first two certificates; the canonical repository contains the complete current paper.

Finite certificatesSubset sumsGenerating polynomials
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-08 · v1.2 · 12 pagesCANDIDATE PREPRINT · NOT PEER REVIEWED

Endpoint Walks Evaluate the Complete Homogeneous Symmetric Norms of Path Graphs

A candidate identity connecting endpoint walks on path graphs with complete homogeneous symmetric norms. The release includes exact computational consistency checks across 1,176 parameter pairs and a complete reproducibility package in the canonical repository.

Path graphsSymmetric functionsExact computation
MF-PRISM-MATH-2026-09 · v1.1 · 9 pagesCANDIDATE PREPRINT · NOT PEER REVIEWED

A Bessel-Factorization Proof of Mathar's Recurrence for Type-ace Lattice Walks

A candidate proof of Mathar's conjectured recurrence for the Type-ace lattice-walk sequence OEIS A302186. The supplied exact verifier checks coefficients through n = 100, a degree-74 formal series, and the Ore-operator identity; the original verifier independently reruns through n = 80.

Lattice walksBessel functionsRecurrencesExact computation
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03 Method

A staged research process.

A speculative idea does not become an established claim through computational checks alone. PRISM separates development, reproducibility, and independent review.

01

Decompose

Separate definitions, known results, constraints, unknowns, and exact proof obligations.

02

Formalize

Translate intuition into explicit constructions, equations, assumptions, and failure conditions.

03

Construct

Develop candidate proofs, counterexamples, algorithms, or systems that can be tested directly.

04

Verify

Run exact checks, simulations, independent reproductions, and adversarial review within stated limits.

05

Publish

Release the manuscript, source, version history, review guide, and remaining uncertainty.

COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH DISCLOSURE

Tools support the work. They do not verify themselves.

Generative artificial intelligence and other computational systems may be used as research instruments. Their use does not constitute independent verification. Metriq Foundation, acting through PRISM, determines what is published and accepts responsibility for issuing each work as a candidate result.

04 Research status

State the evidence class.

The repository distinguishes reproducibility materials from independent review and recognized scholarly peer review.

CANDIDATE RESULT

Issued for examination

Published by PRISM but not independently peer reviewed.

VERIFICATION MATERIALS

Evidence supplied

Source, checks, and stated limits are provided for reproducibility.

INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED

Examined outside Metriq

Reviewed by an unaffiliated qualified specialist.

PEER REVIEWED

Accepted through scholarly review

Completed a recognized external peer-review process.

CORRECTED OR WITHDRAWN

The record remains visible

Material revisions and superseded releases remain traceable.

05 Canonical repository

The research record lives in GitHub.

MetriqOrg/PRISM is the authoritative public record for current papers, source materials, verification code, figures, checksums, revision histories, and reproducibility packages.

PUBLIC REPOSITORY

MetriqOrg/PRISM

Current files are never substituted silently for an earlier version. Corrections receive a new version number, and superseded material remains traceable through tagged releases, archival directories, or both.

git clone https://github.com/MetriqOrg/PRISM.git

Open examination

Find the flaw. Reproduce the result. Improve the proof.

PRISM expressly invites qualified criticism, independent replication, relevant prior art, corrections, and clearer arguments.