docs: add publication acknowledgments and attribution

CITATION.cff

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type: software
 authors:
   - given-names: Viktor
     family-names: Mikhalkin
-    # orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000'   # add if you have one
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4954-2300'
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/metronforge/affine-bundle-solver'
 abstract: >-
   A dense solver architecture for real linear equality systems Ax=b that
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ keywords:
   - verified numerical linear algebra
 license: Apache-2.0
 version: 0.4.4 # x-release-please-version
-date-released: '2026-09-07'
+date-released: '2026-09-13'
 # Uncomment and fill once the preprint and Zenodo archive exist:
 # identifiers:
 #   - type: doi

README.md

@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ deposit. Issues and independent reproduction attempts are welcome — in
 particular, reports of the build failing either probe on a toolchain we have
 not tested.
 
+## Acknowledgments
+
+This project was initiated by a suggestion from
+[Ilya Scheblanov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilya-scheblanov-87023727) to
+explore whether AI-assisted research could produce a new method for solving
+general linear systems from first principles. The author is grateful for the
+idea and encouragement that set this work in motion.
+
 ## License
 
 Apache License 2.0 — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) and [NOTICE](NOTICE).

experiments/manuscript_performance_claims.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "schema_version": 1,
   "manuscript": {
     "path": "paper.tex",
-    "sha256": "36d41fdfaf688215074a54232eff255921d61cfe12697aac12a43456135baef0"
+    "sha256": "8c97769294f96c4d12f67e3db8e427f23802dea5afc2468ce6bcdee8ff5fe342"
   },
   "candidate_artifact": {
     "source_sha": "67eef1fbda6f7486357cba200f01c9f355ac854a",

paper.tex

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 \title{Affine-Bundle Solvers for General Linear Equality Systems:\\
 Independently Verifiable Nearby-Status Certificates and Information-Adaptive Routing}
 \author{Viktor Mikhalkin}
-\date{August 2026}
+\date{September 2026}
 
 \begin{document}
 \maketitle
@@ -975,6 +975,25 @@ \subsection{Irregular spherical-harmonic recovery}
 classification on an analytic rank-collapse example; no application timing
 claim is attached to them.
 
+\section*{Acknowledgments}
+The author thanks Ilya Scheblanov for suggesting the initial question of whether
+artificial intelligence could assist in developing a new method for solving
+general linear systems from first principles. This suggestion provided the
+intellectual impetus for the project. The subsequent mathematical development,
+formulation of the affine-bundle framework, software implementation,
+computational experiments, verification, and interpretation were carried out
+under the author's direction. The author assumes full responsibility for all
+claims, conclusions, and remaining errors.
+
+\section*{Declaration of AI-assisted research}
+Generative AI tools provided by OpenAI, including ChatGPT and Codex, were used
+for exploratory ideation, iterative hypothesis development, software drafting
+and review, computational experimentation, and editorial preparation. The
+author determined the research direction, selected and evaluated the
+mathematical constructions, established the validation criteria, reviewed the
+generated material, and accepts full responsibility for the final manuscript,
+software, and scientific claims.
+
 \bibliographystyle{plainnat}
 \bibliography{references}
 \end{document}