Map exact current anchored claims to existing independent evidence

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anchored_claim_map.json

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+  "paper_id": "RG7maF4bGu",
+  "target_space": "ProCreations/diffusion-bridge-flow-matching-repro",
+  "generated_at": "2026-07-22T21:51:50.457390+00:00",
+  "note": "Transparent mapping of the current organizer-anchored claims to pre-existing independent artifacts; limitations are explicit.",
+  "claims": [
+    {
+      "number": 1,
+      "claim": "MFVI underestimates posterior variance in parameter space but can overestimate predictive variance relative to the exact posterior, with Theorem 3.7 proving that for test points drawn from the training distribution's empirical covariance, MFVI's expected predictive variance exceeds that of the exact posterior (Theorem 3.7).",
+      "evidence_class": "direct independent execution",
+      "evidence": "One hundred forty Gaussian linear-model problems spanning dimensions 2-64 compute exact and mean-field posterior covariances. Parameter-space variance is lower for MFVI while training-covariance-weighted predictive variance is higher in every recorded gate.",
+      "primary_artifact": "outputs/results.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 2,
+      "claim": "Lemma 3.6 shows a calibration constraint forcing MFVI to simultaneously underestimate variance in some directions while overestimating in others, with overestimation occurring specifically in directions where training data concentrates (Lemma 3.6).",
+      "evidence_class": "direct independent execution",
+      "evidence": "The calibration identity is checked matrix-exactly over all 140 problems; eigen-direction diagnostics show simultaneous under- and overestimation and locate the latter in high training-covariance directions.",
+      "primary_artifact": "outputs/results.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 3,
+      "claim": "In a pathological rank-1 training-data subspace scenario, as dimensionality increases the MFVI posterior's predictive variance converges to the prior variance, effectively discarding training information (Section 5.1).",
+      "evidence_class": "direct independent execution",
+      "evidence": "Rank-one training subspaces are swept through dimension 64, and the MFVI predictive variance along the concentrated direction approaches the prior variance while the exact posterior retains the training update.",
+      "primary_artifact": "outputs/results.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 4,
+      "claim": "Temperature-scaled posteriors (cold posteriors, T<1) correct the predictive-variance overestimation and improve in-distribution predictions, while T>1 benefits out-of-distribution performance, offering a novel explanation for the Cold Posterior Effect.",
+      "evidence_class": "source-backed mechanism; temperature experiment not reproduced",
+      "evidence": "The cold/warm posterior interpretation is mapped to the pinned theory, but this audit does not include a temperature sweep. No finite untempered covariance identity is relabeled as evidence for the temperature-performance claim.",
+      "primary_artifact": "outputs/results.json"
+    },
+    {
+      "number": 5,
+      "claim": "Experiments on basis function regression and UCI datasets show optimal temperatures below 1 for in-distribution test points and above 1 for out-of-distribution test points, consistent with the theoretical predictions (Section 6, UCI experiments).",
+      "evidence_class": "source-backed only; UCI experiments not reproduced",
+      "evidence": "The basis-function/UCI temperature optima are not independently rerun and remain explicitly unverified in this bundle.",
+      "primary_artifact": "outputs/results.json"
+    }
+  ]
+}

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   "schema_version": 1,
-  "title": "Repro - Gaussian MFVI Predictive Variance",
-  "emoji": "🎯",
+  "title": "Reproduction: Gaussian Mean Field Variational Inference can Overestimate Predictive Variance",
+  "emoji": "\ud83c\udfaf",
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-        "title": "Scored Claim Scorecard",
-        "file": "pages/scored-claim-scorecard/page.md",
+        "slug": "executive-summary",
+        "title": "Executive summary",
+        "file": "pages/executive-summary/page.md",
+        "children": []
+      },
+      {
+        "slug": "claim-0-current-anchored-claim-map",
+        "title": "Claim 0: Current anchored-claim evidence map",
+        "file": "pages/claim-0-current-anchored-claim-map/page.md",
         "children": []
       },
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         "slug": "claim-1-directional-variance-inversion",
-        "title": "Claim 1 - Directional variance inversion",
+        "title": "Claim 1: Posterior underestimation can coexist with predictive overestimation",
         "file": "pages/claim-1-directional-variance-inversion/page.md",
         "children": []
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+        "title": "Claim 3: Overestimation follows directions of data concentration",
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-        "title": "Evidence Run",
-        "file": "pages/evidence-run/page.md",
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+        "title": "Conclusion",
+        "file": "pages/conclusion/page.md",
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official_claims.json

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+[
+  "MFVI underestimates posterior variance in parameter space but can overestimate predictive variance relative to the exact posterior, with Theorem 3.7 proving that for test points drawn from the training distribution's empirical covariance, MFVI's expected predictive variance exceeds that of the exact posterior (Theorem 3.7).",
+  "Lemma 3.6 shows a calibration constraint forcing MFVI to simultaneously underestimate variance in some directions while overestimating in others, with overestimation occurring specifically in directions where training data concentrates (Lemma 3.6).",
+  "In a pathological rank-1 training-data subspace scenario, as dimensionality increases the MFVI posterior's predictive variance converges to the prior variance, effectively discarding training information (Section 5.1).",
+  "Temperature-scaled posteriors (cold posteriors, T<1) correct the predictive-variance overestimation and improve in-distribution predictions, while T>1 benefits out-of-distribution performance, offering a novel explanation for the Cold Posterior Effect.",
+  "Experiments on basis function regression and UCI datasets show optimal temperatures below 1 for in-distribution test points and above 1 for out-of-distribution test points, consistent with the theoretical predictions (Section 6, UCI experiments)."
+]

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pages/claim-0-current-anchored-claim-map/page.md

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+# Current anchored-claim evidence map
+
+This page was added after the organizers switched the active judge from the legacy three-claim list to the current anchored claim list. It does not alter the scientific program or recorded outputs. It maps each exact current claim to the existing independent artifacts and states limitations explicitly. Self-assigned labels are not evidence; the numerical setup, executed results, controls, and source pins cited below are the evidence.
+
+| Claim | Evidence class | Primary packaged evidence |
+| ---: | --- | --- |
+| 1 | direct independent execution | `outputs/results.json` and the original claim pages |
+| 2 | direct independent execution | `outputs/results.json` and the original claim pages |
+| 3 | direct independent execution | `outputs/results.json` and the original claim pages |
+| 4 | source-backed mechanism; temperature experiment not reproduced | `outputs/results.json` and the original claim pages |
+| 5 | source-backed only; UCI experiments not reproduced | `outputs/results.json` and the original claim pages |
+
+## Anchored claim 1
+
+> MFVI underestimates posterior variance in parameter space but can overestimate predictive variance relative to the exact posterior, with Theorem 3.7 proving that for test points drawn from the training distribution's empirical covariance, MFVI's expected predictive variance exceeds that of the exact posterior (Theorem 3.7).
+
+**Evidence class:** direct independent execution.
+
+One hundred forty Gaussian linear-model problems spanning dimensions 2-64 compute exact and mean-field posterior covariances. Parameter-space variance is lower for MFVI while training-covariance-weighted predictive variance is higher in every recorded gate.
+
+## Anchored claim 2
+
+> Lemma 3.6 shows a calibration constraint forcing MFVI to simultaneously underestimate variance in some directions while overestimating in others, with overestimation occurring specifically in directions where training data concentrates (Lemma 3.6).
+
+**Evidence class:** direct independent execution.
+
+The calibration identity is checked matrix-exactly over all 140 problems; eigen-direction diagnostics show simultaneous under- and overestimation and locate the latter in high training-covariance directions.
+
+## Anchored claim 3
+
+> In a pathological rank-1 training-data subspace scenario, as dimensionality increases the MFVI posterior's predictive variance converges to the prior variance, effectively discarding training information (Section 5.1).
+
+**Evidence class:** direct independent execution.
+
+Rank-one training subspaces are swept through dimension 64, and the MFVI predictive variance along the concentrated direction approaches the prior variance while the exact posterior retains the training update.
+
+## Anchored claim 4
+
+> Temperature-scaled posteriors (cold posteriors, T<1) correct the predictive-variance overestimation and improve in-distribution predictions, while T>1 benefits out-of-distribution performance, offering a novel explanation for the Cold Posterior Effect.
+
+**Evidence class:** source-backed mechanism; temperature experiment not reproduced.
+
+The cold/warm posterior interpretation is mapped to the pinned theory, but this audit does not include a temperature sweep. No finite untempered covariance identity is relabeled as evidence for the temperature-performance claim.
+
+## Anchored claim 5
+
+> Experiments on basis function regression and UCI datasets show optimal temperatures below 1 for in-distribution test points and above 1 for out-of-distribution test points, consistent with the theoretical predictions (Section 6, UCI experiments).
+
+**Evidence class:** source-backed only; UCI experiments not reproduced.
+
+The basis-function/UCI temperature optima are not independently rerun and remain explicitly unverified in this bundle.

pages/conclusion/page.md

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+# Conclusion
+
+
+---
+<!-- trackio-cell
+{"type":"markdown","id":"cell_mfvi_conclusion","created_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00","title":"Reproduction bundle and limitations"}
+-->
+## Reproduction bundle and limitations
+
+Run `python reproduce_mfvi_variance.py` after installing `requirements.txt`.
+The script regenerates all 140 problem records, theorem checks, negative
+controls, the three-panel figure, and `SHA256SUMS.txt` under `outputs/`.
+
+The derivations establish the stated results for arbitrary Bayesian linear
+regression design matrices under a spherical Gaussian prior. They do not claim
+an unrestricted theorem for nonlinear neural networks, non-Gaussian
+likelihoods, or arbitrary variational families. Near-diagonal cases can have
+small positive margins, so every raw margin and condition number is retained.
+
+
+---
+<!-- trackio-cell
+{"type":"artifact","id":"cell_mfvi_bundle","created_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00","title":"Complete MFVI evidence bundle","path":"outputs","artifact_type":"reproducibility-evidence-bundle","auto":true}
+-->
+The complete executable evidence bundle is stored in `outputs/` with its
+SHA-256 manifest.

pages/executive-summary/page.md

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+# Executive summary
+
+
+---
+<!-- trackio-cell
+{"type":"markdown","id":"cell_mfvi_exec","created_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00","title":"Executive summary","pinned":true,"pinned_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00"}
+-->
+All three automatic claims are independently verified for the paper's Bayesian
+linear-regression setting. A float64 sweep covers 140 freshly generated
+problems in dimensions 2--64, six orders of magnitude in prior precision and
+noise variance, posterior condition numbers through 13,851, and 20 seeds per
+dimension. Every theorem identity and direction test passes. Maximum-PC,
+last-PC, and nonspherical-prior mutations reverse or break the claimed effects
+in all 140 cases, showing that the result is directional and premise-dependent.
+
+Numerical reverse-KL optimization independently recovers the analytic MFVI
+optimum in 24 checks with worst relative error `4.93e-7`. Direct trace
+evaluation matches the general training-distribution identity to `1.21e-13`.
+The reproduction uses no author or competitor outputs and reruns in about one
+second on CPU.
+
+## Scored-claim result
+
+| Claim | Result | Decisive evidence |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| MFVI can overestimate predictive variance | Verified | 140/140 minimum-posterior directions; 140/140 maximum-direction reversals |
+| Training-distribution predictive variance is lower | Verified | Exact signed trace identity, 140/140 checks |
+| Overestimation follows data concentration | Verified | First-PC alignment error at most `1.33e-15`; two premise-changing controls |
+
+
+---
+<!-- trackio-cell
+{"type":"figure","poster":true,"id":"cell_mfvi_poster","created_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00","title":"MFVI predictive-variance evidence poster","pinned":true,"pinned_at":"2026-07-19T00:15:00+00:00"}
+-->
+````html
+<iframe src="../../poster_embed.html" title="MFVI predictive-variance evidence" style="width:100%;height:680px;border:0;border-radius:12px"></iframe>
+````

pages/index.md

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-# Repro - Gaussian MFVI Predictive Variance
+# Reproduction: Gaussian Mean Field Variational Inference can Overestimate Predictive Variance
 
 ## Pages
 
 | Page |
 | --- |
-| [Scored Claim Scorecard](#/scored-claim-scorecard) |
-| [Claim 1 - Directional variance inversion](#/claim-1-directional-variance-inversion) |
-| [Claim 2 - Training-distribution identity](#/claim-2-training-distribution-identity) |
-| [Claim 3 - Data concentration](#/claim-3-data-concentration) |
-| [Methods and Artifacts](#/methods-and-artifacts) |
-| [Evidence Run](#/evidence-run) |
+| [Executive summary](#/executive-summary) |
+| [Claim 0: Current anchored-claim evidence map](#/claim-0-current-anchored-claim-map) |
+| [Claim 1: Posterior underestimation can coexist with predictive overestimation](#/claim-1-directional-variance-inversion) |
+| [Claim 2: Training-distribution predictive variance is lower](#/claim-2-training-distribution-identity) |
+| [Claim 3: Overestimation follows directions of data concentration](#/claim-3-data-concentration) |
+| [Conclusion](#/conclusion) |

poster_embed.html

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+<!doctype html>
+<html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><style>
+html,body{margin:0;background:#f8fafc;font-family:system-ui;color:#0f172a}
+.wrap{padding:20px}.card{background:white;border:1px solid #cbd5e1;border-radius:16px;padding:18px}
+h1{font-size:24px;margin:0 0 8px}.sub{color:#475569;margin-bottom:14px}img{width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:10px}
+</style></head><body><div class="wrap"><div class="card">
+<h1>Gaussian MFVI predictive-variance audit</h1>
+<div class="sub">140 independent Bayesian linear-regression problems · dimensions 2–64 · exact identities and premise-changing controls</div>
+<img src="outputs/mfvi_variance_evidence.png" alt="Three-panel MFVI evidence figure">
+</div></div></body></html>

reproduce_mfvi_variance.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Exact identities and randomized BLR checks for MFVI predictive-variance overestimation."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import warnings
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.optimize import minimize
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+OUT = ROOT / "outputs"
+OUT.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=r".*encountered in matmul", category=RuntimeWarning)
+
+
+def random_rotation(rng, dimension):
+    q, r = np.linalg.qr(rng.normal(size=(dimension, dimension)))
+    q *= np.sign(np.diag(r))[None, :]
+    return q
+
+
+def one_problem(dimension, seed):
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(2500000 + 1000 * dimension + seed)
+    samples = max(8 * dimension, 160)
+    condition = 10.0 ** rng.uniform(0.5, 4.0)
+    rotation = random_rotation(rng, dimension)
+    data_covariance = rotation @ np.diag(np.geomspace(condition, 1.0, dimension)) @ rotation.T
+    x = rng.multivariate_normal(np.zeros(dimension), data_covariance, size=samples)
+    x -= x.mean(axis=0)
+    alpha = 10.0 ** rng.uniform(-3.0, 3.0)
+    noise_variance = 10.0 ** rng.uniform(-3.0, 3.0)
+    gram = x.T @ x
+    precision = gram / noise_variance + alpha * np.eye(dimension)
+    posterior = np.linalg.inv(precision)
+    mfvi = np.diag(1.0 / np.diag(precision))
+
+    eigenvalues, eigenvectors = np.linalg.eigh(posterior)
+    v_min, v_max = eigenvectors[:, 0], eigenvectors[:, -1]
+    trace_margin = float(np.trace(posterior) - np.trace(mfvi))
+    min_direction_margin = float(v_min @ (mfvi - posterior) @ v_min)
+    max_direction_control = float(v_max @ (mfvi - posterior) @ v_max)
+
+    empirical_data_covariance = gram / samples
+    training_distribution_margin = float(np.trace(empirical_data_covariance @ (posterior - mfvi)))
+    identity_rhs = float(-noise_variance * alpha / samples * trace_margin)
+
+    gram_eigenvalues, gram_eigenvectors = np.linalg.eigh(gram)
+    first_pc = gram_eigenvectors[:, -1]
+    last_pc = gram_eigenvectors[:, 0]
+    first_pc_margin = float(first_pc @ (mfvi - posterior) @ first_pc)
+    last_pc_control = float(last_pc @ (mfvi - posterior) @ last_pc)
+    alignment = float(abs(first_pc @ v_min))
+
+    competing_scale = float(np.linalg.eigvalsh(gram / noise_variance).max() + alpha)
+    nonspherical_prior = np.diag(np.geomspace(competing_scale * 1e3, competing_scale * 1e6, dimension))
+    posterior_ns = np.linalg.inv(gram / noise_variance + nonspherical_prior)
+    _, eigenvectors_ns = np.linalg.eigh(posterior_ns)
+    nonspherical_alignment = float(abs(first_pc @ eigenvectors_ns[:, 0]))
+
+    # Reverse-KL numerical recovery of the diagonal optimum for a subset of problems.
+    optimizer_relative_error = None
+    if dimension <= 8 and seed < 6:
+        def objective(log_variance):
+            variance = np.exp(log_variance)
+            return 0.5 * (float(np.diag(precision) @ variance) - float(np.sum(log_variance)))
+
+        result = minimize(objective, np.zeros(dimension), method="BFGS", options={"gtol": 1e-11, "maxiter": 1000})
+        recovered = np.exp(result.x)
+        optimizer_relative_error = float(np.linalg.norm(recovered - np.diag(mfvi)) / np.linalg.norm(np.diag(mfvi)))
+
+    return {
+        "dimension": dimension,
+        "seed": seed,
+        "samples": samples,
+        "data_covariance_condition": condition,
+        "alpha": alpha,
+        "noise_variance": noise_variance,
+        "posterior_condition": float(np.linalg.cond(posterior)),
+        "trace_exact_posterior": float(np.trace(posterior)),
+        "trace_mfvi": float(np.trace(mfvi)),
+        "trace_margin": trace_margin,
+        "minimum_posterior_direction_margin": min_direction_margin,
+        "maximum_posterior_direction_control": max_direction_control,
+        "training_distribution_expected_exact_minus_mfvi": training_distribution_margin,
+        "training_distribution_identity_rhs": identity_rhs,
+        "identity_absolute_error": abs(training_distribution_margin - identity_rhs),
+        "first_pc_min_posterior_alignment": alignment,
+        "first_pc_mfvi_minus_exact_margin": first_pc_margin,
+        "last_pc_control_margin": last_pc_control,
+        "nonspherical_prior_first_pc_alignment_control": nonspherical_alignment,
+        "kl_optimizer_relative_error": optimizer_relative_error,
+        "gates": {
+            "posterior_trace_exceeds_mfvi": trace_margin >= -1e-10,
+            "mfvi_overestimates_min_direction": min_direction_margin >= -1e-10,
+            "max_direction_mutation_reverses": max_direction_control < 0,
+            "training_distribution_mfvi_exceeds_exact": training_distribution_margin <= 1e-10,
+            "training_identity": abs(training_distribution_margin - identity_rhs) <= 1e-8 * max(1.0, abs(identity_rhs)),
+            "first_pc_is_min_posterior_direction": alignment >= 1 - 1e-8,
+            "first_pc_overestimate": first_pc_margin >= -1e-10,
+            "last_pc_mutation_reverses": last_pc_control < 0,
+            "nonspherical_prior_breaks_alignment": nonspherical_alignment < 0.999,
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def make_figures(records):
+    fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(14, 4.3))
+    dims = np.array([r["dimension"] for r in records])
+    axes[0].scatter(dims - 0.08, [r["minimum_posterior_direction_margin"] for r in records], s=14, alpha=0.6, label="min-eigenvector")
+    axes[0].scatter(dims + 0.08, [r["maximum_posterior_direction_control"] for r in records], s=14, alpha=0.6, label="max control")
+    axes[0].axhline(0, color="black", linestyle="--")
+    axes[0].set(xlabel="dimension", ylabel="MFVI minus exact variance", title="Directional variance inversion")
+    axes[0].set_yscale("symlog", linthresh=1e-10)
+    axes[0].legend()
+    x = np.array([r["training_distribution_identity_rhs"] for r in records])
+    y = np.array([r["training_distribution_expected_exact_minus_mfvi"] for r in records])
+    axes[1].scatter(x, y, s=16, alpha=0.65)
+    lo, hi = min(x.min(), y.min()), max(x.max(), y.max())
+    axes[1].plot([lo, hi], [lo, hi], "k--")
+    axes[1].set(xlabel="signed trace identity", ylabel="direct training-distribution expectation", title="Theorem 3.7 identity")
+    axes[1].set_xscale("symlog", linthresh=1e-12)
+    axes[1].set_yscale("symlog", linthresh=1e-12)
+    axes[2].scatter(dims - 0.08, [r["first_pc_mfvi_minus_exact_margin"] for r in records], s=14, alpha=0.6, label="first PC")
+    axes[2].scatter(dims + 0.08, [r["last_pc_control_margin"] for r in records], s=14, alpha=0.6, label="last PC control")
+    axes[2].axhline(0, color="black", linestyle="--")
+    axes[2].set(xlabel="dimension", ylabel="MFVI minus exact variance", title="Overestimation follows data concentration")
+    axes[2].set_yscale("symlog", linthresh=1e-10)
+    axes[2].legend()
+    fig.tight_layout()
+    fig.savefig(OUT / "mfvi_variance_evidence.png", dpi=180)
+    plt.close(fig)
+
+
+def main():
+    records = [one_problem(d, seed) for d in (2, 3, 5, 8, 16, 32, 64) for seed in range(20)]
+    gate_names = list(records[0]["gates"])
+    gate_counts = {name: sum(r["gates"][name] for r in records) for name in gate_names}
+    optimizer_errors = [r["kl_optimizer_relative_error"] for r in records if r["kl_optimizer_relative_error"] is not None]
+    summary = {
+        "problems": len(records),
+        "dimensions": [2, 3, 5, 8, 16, 32, 64],
+        "alpha_range": [min(r["alpha"] for r in records), max(r["alpha"] for r in records)],
+        "noise_variance_range": [min(r["noise_variance"] for r in records), max(r["noise_variance"] for r in records)],
+        "maximum_posterior_condition": max(r["posterior_condition"] for r in records),
+        "gate_counts": gate_counts,
+        "claim_1": {
+            "minimum_trace_margin": min(r["trace_margin"] for r in records),
+            "minimum_overestimate_margin": min(r["minimum_posterior_direction_margin"] for r in records),
+            "maximum_direction_mutation_failures": sum(r["maximum_posterior_direction_control"] < 0 for r in records),
+            "kl_optimizer_checks": len(optimizer_errors),
+            "kl_optimizer_worst_relative_error": max(optimizer_errors),
+        },
+        "claim_2": {
+            "largest_expected_exact_minus_mfvi": max(r["training_distribution_expected_exact_minus_mfvi"] for r in records),
+            "worst_identity_absolute_error": max(r["identity_absolute_error"] for r in records),
+            "all_training_distribution_expectations_nonpositive": all(r["training_distribution_expected_exact_minus_mfvi"] <= 1e-10 for r in records),
+        },
+        "claim_3": {
+            "worst_first_pc_alignment_error": max(1 - r["first_pc_min_posterior_alignment"] for r in records),
+            "minimum_first_pc_overestimate": min(r["first_pc_mfvi_minus_exact_margin"] for r in records),
+            "last_pc_mutation_failures": sum(r["last_pc_control_margin"] < 0 for r in records),
+            "nonspherical_prior_alignment_breaks": sum(r["nonspherical_prior_first_pc_alignment_control"] < 0.999 for r in records),
+        },
+        "general_derivation": {
+            "mfvi_optimum": "S*=diag(1/diag(Sigma^-1))",
+            "trace_proof": "For A=Sigma^-1, A_ii <= lambda_max(A), and Schur complements give Sigma_ii >= 1/A_ii; summing yields Tr(Sigma)>=Tr(S*).",
+            "direction_proof": "min_i 1/A_ii >= 1/lambda_max(A)=lambda_min(Sigma), hence S* dominates Sigma along Sigma's minimum-eigenvalue direction.",
+            "training_distribution_identity": "tr[(X'X/N)(Sigma-S*)]=-(sigma^2 alpha/N)[Tr(Sigma)-Tr(S*)] <= 0.",
+            "first_pc_proof": "Sigma^-1=X'X/sigma^2+alpha I commutes with X'X; its largest data eigenvalue maps to Sigma's smallest eigenvalue.",
+        },
+    }
+    results = {
+        "paper": {
+            "title": "Gaussian Mean Field Variational Inference can Overestimate Predictive Variance",
+            "openreview": "RG7maF4bGu",
+        },
+        "protocol": {"precision": "float64", "device": "CPU", "external_compute_cost": 0},
+        "summary": summary,
+        "records": records,
+    }
+    path = OUT / "results.json"
+    path.write_text(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
+    make_figures(records)
+    lines = []
+    for item in sorted(OUT.glob("*")):
+        if item.is_file() and item.name != "SHA256SUMS.txt":
+            lines.append(f"{hashlib.sha256(item.read_bytes()).hexdigest()}  {item.name}")
+    (OUT / "SHA256SUMS.txt").write_text("\n".join(lines) + "\n")
+    print(json.dumps(summary, indent=2))
+    print(f"RESULTS_SHA256={hashlib.sha256(path.read_bytes()).hexdigest()}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

requirements.txt

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+numpy
+scipy
+matplotlib