Equation 12 · Part 9 · Codex vs Claude Code: A Systems Comparison, Not a Benchmark Beauty Contest
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
The important metric is not maximum concurrent workers. It is useful independent work per coordination token. For n workers, . G(n) can decline when workers rediscover shared context, return verbose summaries, edit overlapping files, or rely on inconsistent assumptions. Start parallelism with read-heavy mapping, test analysis, security review, and documentation verification. Isolate writers in worktrees and keep a single owner for global invariants.
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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