Gap Finder

Read a paper. Find where the theory is thin.

The goal is not to "critique" the paper in a reviewer sense. The goal is to find publishable theoretical gaps — places where a mathematician could contribute something new. A gap is valuable when: (1) the method works empirically but lacks theoretical justification, (2) the theory exists but under assumptions that don't match practice, or (3) a natural generalization is left open.

Mode selection

• Full gap scan: run Steps 1–5 below.
• Weekly lemma autopsy: run the compact protocol below on exactly one lemma.

Weekly lemma autopsy

Use one in-scope lemma from spectral graph theory, community detection, GNN theory, or the user's current area. The habit is one teardown per week, not an exhaustive paper review.