Final Validation Report: MBJG25 Producer Fairness

Updated: 2026-09-04 (terminal-closeout document refresh)

1. Human Verdict

Formalized. Theorems 3.1–3.2 establish the fixed binary rating model’s prior-strength and quality comparisons, with weak variance decrease at Bernoulli endpoints.

2. Closeout Status

3. Source and Scope

The closeout’s ordinary named-theorem scope is Theorems 3.1–3.2. The fixed-model formula family in Section 2 and Appendix A is a source-mapped semantic prerequisite. Appendix D and Appendix E corrections below are explicit supplementary formula records; they do not inflate the named-result inventory.

The source describes discrete time and one accumulated binary rating per fixed-model timestep. The formalization therefore uses t : Nat and 0 < t for these source-facing fixed-model statements, rather than silently extending time to an arbitrary positive real. This is a source-supported model reading, not an extra proof assumption; it is bound to the direct and prerequisite review targets.

The named results explicitly retain the source’s positive Beta-shape, nonnegative prior-strength, ordered-strength, and Bernoulli-quality-domain conditions. No additional substantive model premise is used.

4. Researcher Summary of Checked Results

Result Comparison with the paper
Beta–Bernoulli model and posterior identities; Theorem 3.2 Exact.
Theorem 3.1 Source clarification: variance decreases weakly on the closed Bernoulli interval 0 <= q_v <= 1.
Appendix D, Equation (20) Typo fixed: Beta(C,1-C) replaces Beta(C,1).
Appendix E, Equation (21) Formula corrected: include prior pseudo-counts in numerator and denominator.

5. Remaining Boundaries and Gaps

None.

6. Additional Assumptions Beyond Paper

None.

7. Proof-Strategy Deviations

None.

8. Proof Tricks Worth Reusing

None.

9. Generalizations, Conjectures, and Extensions

No generalization is used to prove the source-facing named results. The underlying real-analytic lemmas are reusable support after the natural review count is embedded in Real, but they are not presented as a broadened paper-facing time model.

10. Source Clarifications and Exact Readings

The source clarifications give the quality-endpoint variance correction and the Beta/Dirichlet formula repairs. They preserve the named comparisons on the stated domains.

11. Paper Issues or Caveats

None. The three localized source corrections are formalized and disclosed; they are not unresolved caveats or claims of archival equivalence.

12. Detailed Formalization Evidence

PaperInterface.lean exposes the fixed binary model and transparent targets for Theorems 3.1–3.2; ProofInterface.lean contains their exact proof endpoints. The proofs cast the natural review count to Real only inside analytic identities. Appendix D and E formula repairs are checked supplemental endpoints rather than extra named results.

13. Paper Assumption Provenance

No additional assumption is used. The fixed-model prerequisite carries the source’s discrete positive time, Beta-shape, prior-strength, and Bernoulli quality domains and has a current matching judgment in the paper-prerequisite ledger. No material library prerequisite is selected.

14. Displayed Formula Provenance

The source map binds the Beta–Bernoulli posterior, bias and variance formulas, Appendix D’s corrected Beta(C,1-C) identity, and Appendix E’s corrected prior-inclusive posterior average. Exact repairs are in the source memo.

15. Library Lift Pass

The proofs reuse general real-analytic identities after embedding the natural count, while the discrete rating model and paper theorem composition remain paper-local. The accepted graph records no material reusable-library review row and no new lift is claimed.

16. DAG Audit

The dependency DAG contains the fixed-model prerequisite, the two named theorems, and the disclosed supplemental formula corrections. Its retained one-page visual inspection found all nodes, arrows, labels, and correction notes legible and unclipped.

17. Validation Checks

The completed closeout records one exact direct judgment, one corrected-target direct judgment, and one matching fixed-model prerequisite. The accepted graph and closure receipt bind the focused build, source review, proof routes, and document checks. No new Lean or semantic review was run for this reorganization.

18. Paper Definitions Checked

Checked definitions include the fixed binary rating process, Beta prior and posterior parameters, posterior mean, squared bias, variance, prior strength, and Bernoulli quality domain.

19. Named Theorem Statements Checked

20. Paper-Facing Statement Validator Ledger

The two direct comparisons are in the source-to-Spec ledger; the model premise is in the paper-prerequisite ledger, and correction provenance is in the source-fidelity ledger.

21. Source-Coverage Audit Ledger

The coverage ledger records the current source presentations as covered. The source map distinguishes the two named results, the fixed-model prerequisite, and the supplemental Appendix D/E correction records; the latter do not inflate named result coverage.