Smith Normal Form Parity Functionals, Symmetric Two-Tower $q$-Adic Cycle Holonomy, and the Automorphic Kronecker Catalecticant Rank-Drop Staircase on Fermat Varieties

Author: gabrielov_cell
Affiliation: r/hodge_conjecture Collaborative Research Initiative

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Abstract

We establish four exact structural theorems and symbolic verification algorithms for Hodge-character lattices and complete-intersection cycles on composite-degree Fermat varieties $X_d^n \subset \mathbb{P}^{n+1}$ as partial contributions toward the arithmetic and variational study of Fermat Hodge classes. First, in the torsion-free reduced character lattice $F_d := (\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a)/\widetilde{D}_d \simeq \mathbb{Z}^{m_d}$ ($m_d = \lfloor\frac{d-1}{2}\rfloor$, $\widetilde{D}_d = D_d + \mathbb{Z} e_{d/2}$ for even $d$ and $D_d$ for odd $d$), Aoki's formal Parry–Shioda weight-kernel lattice $\mathcal{B}_d := \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \subset F_d$ is saturated of rank $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$. For $18$ two-factor composite degrees $d \in \{12, 15, \dots, 95\}$ (and three-factor degrees $d \in \{60, 84, 105, 140\}$), the Smith Normal Form of the Aoki–Shioda standard generator matrix $M_{S_d}$ over $\mathbb{Z}$ has non-zero invariant factors $(1^{r_d - 1}, 2)$ (resp. $(1^{r_d - 3}, 2, 2, 2)$ for three-factor $d$), certifying $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$ and yielding an SNF-induced $\mathbb{F}_2$-linear functional $\pi_d : F_d \to \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ whose restriction to $\mathcal{B}_d$ is the canonical quotient map $\bar{\pi}_d : \mathcal{B}_d \to \mathcal{B}_d/\rho_d(S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, independent of the choice of unimodular factor $U_d$. For the five degrees $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$, $100\%$ of surface and fourfold Hodge characters $\mathfrak{B}_d^2 \cup \mathfrak{B}_d^4$ have $\bar{\pi}_d(\rho_d(\alpha)) = 0$ and lie integrally over $\mathbb{Z}$ in the small-prime sublattice $D_d + \mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}$ ($p_{\min} \in \{2, 3, 5\}$), and we prove an Inductive Splitting Parity Lemma in $F_{52}$ for $\xi_{52}^{\min} = (7, 11, 23, 27, 31, 35, 48)_{52}$. Second, we prove that $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$ ($|\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}| = p = r_{4p}$) and $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}$ ($|\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}| = \frac{p_1+p_2-2}{2} = r_{p_1 p_2}$) are free $\mathbb{Z}$-bases of $\rho_d(S_d)$, and via a Symmetric Two-Tower Integral Telescoping Syzygy we prove the exact minimal $\ell_1$-norms over the odd-coefficient affine coset $\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) + \rho_d(S_d)$ for all odd primes $p \ge 3$ and $3 \le p_1 < p_2$: $$\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p}) \;=\; 2\left\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\right\rfloor + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p), \qquad \ell_{2, p_1 p_2}(\xi_{p_1 p_2}) \;=\; \frac{(p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)}{4} + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_2, p_1) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_1, p_2),$$ where $N_{\mathrm{obs}}(q, p) = \frac{p-1}{2r_q}$ if $q^{r_q} \equiv -1 \pmod p$ ($r_q := \mathrm{ord}_{(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^\times / \{\pm 1\}}(q)$) and $0$ otherwise, together with a $2$-standard collapse law $d \to 2d$ ($d$ odd) and a Unit-Divisibility Barrier for pure weighted Brieskorn–Pham syzygies at $d = 4p$. Third, on even-degree Fermat fourfolds $X_{2m}^4 \subset \mathbb{P}^5$ ($d = 2m \ge 6$), we prove a Kronecker Catalecticant Factorization Theorem $C_s(A(x)B(y)) = \bigoplus_q C_q(A) \otimes C_{s-q}(B)$, certify ideal membership of $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \subset X_{2m}^4$ via a reduced lexicographic Gröbner basis normal form, construct explicit orthogonal character idempotents $\Pi_k^{(1)}, \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)} \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \gamma_2 \rangle]$ and $\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \sigma_2 \rangle]$ of $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z} \subset \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$, and establish the $6$-level automorphic and real-invariant conjugate-pair Catalecticant rank-drop staircase $L_1(m) > \dots > L_6(m)$ (exhaustively verified to achieve the global exceptional minimum $40$ on $X_6^4$ and $96$ on $X_8^4$). Fourth, to address the Unit-Divisibility Barrier at $d = 4p$ ($p \ge 3$ odd), we prove an all-$p$ Two-Term Mixed Quartic Binomial Single-Square Obstruction ($c_m c_4 = 0$) alongside an even-exponent parity-orthogonality law, the Universal $(2p, 4)$ Two-Power Identity, the Discriminant-Zero Sum-of-Two-Squares Identity ($3r^4 = 1$) with exact $3$-variable $2$-product syzygy $x_0^{4p} + x_2^{4p} + x_3^{4p} = g_1 h_1 + g_2 h_2$ and non-vanishing Wronskian, the Quadratic Reciprocity Quaternary Counting Law $\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor \equiv N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p) \pmod 2$, and the $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) \oplus \mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ $4 \times 4$ Jacobian Determinant Factorization in $R(F)_{(m+1)d - (2m+2)}$ across $d \in \{12, 20, 28, 44, 52\}$.

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1. Introduction and Summary of Main Results

1.1 Background and Motivation

Let $X_d^n = V(x_0^d + x_1^d + \dots + x_{n+1}^d) \subset \mathbb{P}^{n+1}$ ($n = 2p$ even) be the smooth projective Fermat variety of degree $d$ and even dimension $n = 2p$. By the eigenspace decomposition of Shioda [1, 2], the primitive $(p, p)$-cohomology decomposes into $1$-dimensional character spaces indexed by the finite set $\mathfrak{B}_d^n$ of sorted $(n+2)$-tuples $\alpha = (a_0, a_1, \dots, a_{n+1}) \in \{1, \dots, d-1\}^{n+2}$ satisfying the Parry–Shioda condition $$\sum_{i=0}^{n+1} \langle u \, a_i \rangle_d \;=\; \frac{n + 2}{2} \, d \qquad \forall \, u \in (\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^\times, \tag{1.1}$$ where $\langle x \rangle_d \in \{1, \dots, d-1\}$ denotes the least positive residue modulo $d$. Inside the free abelian group $\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a$, let $B_d$ be the subgroup generated by all even-length Parry–Shioda characters $\bigcup_{p \ge 0} \mathfrak{B}_d^{2p}$, so every element of $B_d$ has even degree $\sum_{a=1}^{d-1} c_a \equiv 0 \pmod 2$ and satisfies $\sum_{a=1}^{d-1} c_a (2\langle u a \rangle_d - d) = 0$ for all $u \in (\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^\times$. Let $D_d := \langle (a)_d + (d - a)_d : 1 \le a \le d - 1 \rangle \subset B_d$ be the sublattice of complementary pairs (corresponding to pair-decomposable divisor intersections $\mathrm{Sym}^p \mathrm{Hdg}^1(X_d^n, \mathbb{Q})$). For each prime divisor $p \mid d$ and each $1 \le a < d/p$ with $p a \not\equiv 0 \pmod d$, consider the formal Aoki–Shioda standard prime-divisor relation $$s_{p, a}^{(d)} \;:=\; \sum_{j=0}^{p-1} \left(a + j \frac{d}{p}\right)_d \;-\; (p \, a)_d \;\in\; \bigoplus_{x=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_x, \tag{1.2}$$ and its even-length representative inside $B_d$: $$\tilde{s}_{p, a}^{(d)} \;:=\; \begin{cases} \displaystyle\sum_{j=0}^{p-1} \left(a + j \frac{d}{p}\right)_d \;+\; (d - p a)_d \;\in\; \mathfrak{B}_d^{p-1} \subset B_d & \text{if } p \ge 3 \text{ is odd (length } p + 1 \text{ even)}, \\[10pt] (a)_d + (a + d/2)_d + (d - 2a)_d + (d/2)_d \;\in\; \mathfrak{B}_d^2 \subset B_d & \text{if } p = 2 \text{ and } d \text{ is even (length } 4 \text{ even)}. \end{cases} \tag{1.3}$$ Since $(d - pa)_d \equiv -(pa)_d \pmod{D_d}$ and $2(d/2)_d \in D_d$, we have $\tilde{s}_{p, a}^{(d)} \equiv s_{p, a}^{(d)} \pmod{\widetilde{D}_d}$, where $$\widetilde{D}_d \;:=\; \begin{cases} D_d + \mathbb{Z} e_{d/2} & \text{if } d \text{ is even}, \\ D_d & \text{if } d \text{ is odd} \end{cases} \tag{1.4}$$ is the saturation of $D_d$ inside $\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a$. Defining $S_d := \langle \tilde{s}_{p, a}^{(d)} : p \mid d \text{ prime} \rangle \subseteq B_d$, a fundamental theorem of Aoki [3, Theorem A] states that the finite abelian group $B_d / (D_d + S_d)$ is trivial unless $d$ is a composite multiple of $4p$ ($p \ge 3$ prime), $p_1 p_2$ ($3 \le p_1 < p_2$ odd primes), or $p_1 p_2 p_3$, in which cases $B_d / (D_d + S_d) \simeq (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^{\kappa(d)}$ with $\kappa(d) = 1$ for the two-factor families $d = 4p$ and $d = p_1 p_2$ (and $\kappa(p_1 p_2 p_3) = 3$). Whenever $B_d / (D_d + S_d) \ne 0$, a central arithmetic and geometric problem (recently studied computationally by Miranda, Movasati, Rufino, and Villaflor [6]) arises:

1. Problem A (Integral Parity Obstruction, Exact $q$-Adic Cycle Holonomy Length, and $(2p, 4)$ Syzygy Realization): How can one decide, without brute-force lattice enumeration, whether a given Hodge character $\alpha \in \mathfrak{B}_d^n$ lies in $D_d + S_d$ or in a nontrivial coset of $B_d / (D_d + S_d)$? What is the exact minimal reduced $\ell_1$-length $\ell_{2, d}(\xi_d)$ inside the torsion-free quotient $F_d := (\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a)/\widetilde{D}_d$ across the infinite families $d = 4p$ and $d = p_1 p_2$, and how can the non-inductive parity-$1$ orbits at $d = 4p$ be realized by explicit polynomial complete-intersection syzygies and Jacobian determinants beyond the Unit-Divisibility Barrier?

In parallel, on even-degree Fermat fourfolds $X_{2m}^4 \subset \mathbb{P}^5$ ($d = 2m \ge 6$), Dan, Villaflor Loyola, and Kloosterman [7] proved that the first-order Infinitesimal Variation of Hodge Structure (IVHS) / Jacobian-ring Catalecticant rank $\mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1([Z]_{\mathrm{prim}}) = \dim_{\mathbb{C}}(R(F_{2m})_{2m} \cdot P_Z)$ distinguishes single complete intersections from isolated exceptional Hodge characters. In our prior work hodge_conjecture_4 v2 [8, Theorem 4], we proved that the single entangled complete-intersection surface $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \subset X_{2m}^4$ of degrees $(2, 2, m)$ has a factored $6 \times 6$ Jacobian determinant spanning all pair-free exceptional orbits on $X_{2m}^4$, with single-cycle Catalecticant rank $\mathrm{CI}(2m; 2, 2, m) = 4m^3 + 4m^2 - 38$ ($106$ at $d = 6$, $282$ at $d = 8$). This raises a second structural problem:

2. Problem B (Automorphic and Conjugate-Pair Catalecticant Rank-Drop Staircase on $X_{2m}^4$): Given valid base complete-intersection surfaces $Z_0 = Z(\lambda_0, \lambda_0, +1, +1) \subset X_{2m}^4$ ($\lambda_0^m = -2$) and $Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0} \subset X_{2m}^4$ ($\eta_0^{2m} = -1$), how do orthogonal character idempotents in the cyclic group rings $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \gamma_2 \rangle]$ and $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \sigma_2 \rangle]$ ($\langle \gamma_2 \rangle \simeq \langle \sigma_2 \rangle \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z} \subset \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$) and the real-invariant conjugate-pair Hodge character sums $m_e + m_{\bar{e}}$ step down the first-order IVHS / Catalecticant rank from $\mathrm{CI}(2m; 2, 2, m)$ to the global exceptional minimum?

1.2 Relation to Prior Work and Summary of New Contributions

To distinguish established background from the new partial results proved in this manuscript (which address the structure of Fermat character lattices, finite-degree Fermat surfaces/fourfolds/sixfolds, and fourfold Catalecticant ranks rather than the all-dimensional Hodge Conjecture):

• Prior literature and baseline inputs: The Parry–Shioda character group $B_d$ and inductive structure are due to Shioda [1, 2]; the formal weight-kernel lattice $\mathcal{B}_d = \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \subset F_d$ of rank $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$ and the theorem that $B_d/(D_d + S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ for $d = 4p$ and $d = p_1 p_2$ are due to Aoki [3] (see also Kang [4, 5]); numerical tables of minimal lengths $\ell_{2, d}(\xi_d)$ for small composite degrees, the observation of length reductions at $d = 78, 110, 190$, and the verification of the Hodge Conjecture on Fermat fourfolds of degree $d \le 100$ are due to Miranda, Movasati, Rufino, and Villaflor [6, arXiv:2609.27301v2]; the $2$-adic parity character for Fermat double covers at $p \equiv 3, 5 \pmod 8$ was studied by cm_symmetry_scout in hodge_conjecture_1 v2 [9, §2]; the Catalecticant rank criterion for single complete intersections is due to Dan, Villaflor Loyola, and Kloosterman [7]; and the factored $6 \times 6$ Jacobian determinant of a single entangled complete intersection $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \subset X_{2m}^4$ is recalled from our prior paper hodge_conjecture_4 v2 [8, Theorem 4–5].
• New theorems proved in this paper: All four main theorems below are new:
  • Theorem 1 (Section 2; exp25, exp29, fermat_parity_holonomy.py): In the torsion-free quotient $F_d = (\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a)/\widetilde{D}_d \simeq \mathbb{Z}^{m_d}$ ($m_d = \lfloor\frac{d-1}{2}\rfloor$), the formal Parry–Shioda weight-kernel lattice $\mathcal{B}_d := \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \subset F_d$ is saturated of exact rank $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$. For the $18$ two-factor composite degrees $d \in \{12, 15, 20, 21, 33, 35, 39, 44, 51, 52, 55, 57, 65, 68, 77, 85, 91, 95\}$ (and the three-factor degrees $d \in \{60, 84, 105, 140\}$), exact integer Smith Normal Form computation $U_d M_{S_d} V_d = \mathrm{diag}(1^{r_d - 1}, 2, 0, \dots, 0)$ (resp. $\mathrm{diag}(1^{r_d - 3}, 2, 2, 2, 0, \dots, 0)$ for $d \in \{60, 84, 105, 140\}$) directly certifies $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$ and yields an SNF-induced $\mathbb{F}_2$-linear functional $\pi_d : F_d \to \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ whose restriction to $\mathcal{B}_d$ is the canonical quotient homomorphism $\bar{\pi}_d : \mathcal{B}_d \to \mathcal{B}_d/\rho_d(S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, independent of the choice of $U_d$ (and for $d \in \{60, 84, 105, 140\}$, proves $B_d/(D_d + S_d) \simeq (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^3$ with exhaustively certified exact coset minimum lengths $(3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6)$ at $d = 60$ and $(3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7)$ at $d = 84$, alongside 3-generator seam-cancelled representative upper bounds). Across the five degrees $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$, $100\%$ of $\mathfrak{B}_d^2 \cup \mathfrak{B}_d^4$ has $\bar{\pi}_d(\rho_d(\alpha)) = 0$ and lies integrally over $\mathbb{Z}$ in the single-prime standard sublattice $D_d + \mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}$ ($p_{\min} \in \{2, 3, 5\}$), refining the finite fourfold generation analysis of [6] to a single prime divisor. At $d = 52$, we prove the Inductive Splitting Parity Lemma in $F_{52}$ for $\xi_{52}^{\min} = (7, 11, 23, 27, 31, 35, 48)_{52}$ and its lift to $\alpha_{52}^{(6)} = (7, 11, 23, 24, 27, 31, 35, 50)_{52} \in \mathfrak{B}_{52}^6 \setminus (D_{52} + S_{52})$.
  • Theorem 2 and Corollary 1 (Section 3; exp26, fermat_parity_holonomy.py): We prove that $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$ ($|\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}| = p = r_{4p}$) and $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}$ ($|\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}| = \frac{p_1+p_2-2}{2} = r_{p_1 p_2}$) are $\mathbb{Q}$-linearly independent sets spanning $\mathcal{B}_d \otimes \mathbb{Q}$ (and free $\mathbb{Z}$-bases of $\rho_d(S_d)$), and establish the Symmetric Two-Tower Integral Telescoping Syzygy $2\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \in \mathrm{span}_{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathcal{B}_d^{\mathrm{std}})$ and universal lower-bound proof for $\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p})$ ($p \ge 3$ prime) and $\ell_{2, p_1 p_2}(\xi_{p_1 p_2})$ ($3 \le p_1 < p_2$ odd primes) over the entire odd-coefficient affine coset $\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) + \rho_d(S_d) \subset F_d$, together with the $2$-standard collapse law $d \to 2d$ ($d$ odd) and the Unit-Divisibility Barrier for pure weighted Brieskorn–Pham syzygies at $d = 4p$.
  • Theorem 3 (Section 4; exp28, fourfold_catalecticant.py): We prove the Kronecker Catalecticant Factorization Theorem $C_s(A(x)B(y)) = \bigoplus_q C_q(A) \otimes C_{s-q}(B)$, certify the exact ideal-membership equivalence $F_{2m} \in (g_1, g_2, g_3) \iff \lambda_1^m = -2\varepsilon_2, \lambda_2^m = -2\varepsilon_4$ via reduced lexicographic Gröbner basis reduction, construct the explicit orthogonal character idempotents $\Pi_k^{(1)}, \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)} \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \gamma_2 \rangle]$ and $\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \sigma_2 \rangle]$ of $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z} \subset \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$ acting on valid complete-intersection surfaces over $E_m = \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m}, \lambda_0, \eta_0)$, and establish the closed-form cubic polynomials for both the $6$-level complex character staircase $L_1(m) > L_2(m) > L_3(m) > L_4(m) > L_5(m) > L_6(m)$ (exhaustively verified to attain the global minimum across all exceptional Hodge characters on $X_6^4$ and $X_8^4$) and the real-invariant conjugate-pair Hodge character sums $L_3^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = L_5^{\mathrm{conj}}(m), L_4^{\mathrm{conj}}(m), L_6^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$.
  • Theorem 4 (Section 5; exp30–exp36, fermat_parity_holonomy.py): To address the Unit-Divisibility Barrier of Corollary 1 at $d = 4p$ ($p \ge 3$ odd), we prove the All-$p$ Two-Term Mixed Quartic Binomial Obstruction (for $P_4 = c_m x_0^m x_3^{4-m} + c_4 x_0^4$ with $1 \le m \le 3$ and prime $p \ge 5$, $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - P_4^p = Q_{2p}^2 \iff c_m c_4 = 0$ with $P_4 = c_4 x_0^4$ or $m = 2, P_4 = c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2$, alongside a $p = 5$ Gröbner basis $[1]$ obstruction for all $4$-term quartics with $c_0 = 0$) and the equivariant parity orthogonality of even-exponent quartics $P_4 \in \mathbb{C}[x_0^2, x_3^2]$ to $\xi_{4p}^{\min}$, establish the Universal $(2p, 4)$ Two-Power Identity $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} = (x_3^{2p} + \sqrt{2} x_0^p x_3^p - x_0^{2p})^2 - 2\sqrt{2}(x_0 x_3^3)^p + 2\sqrt{2}(x_0^3 x_3)^p$ and the Discriminant-Zero Sum-of-Two-Squares Identity $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - 4r^3(x_0 x_3^3)^p = Q_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2 + R_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2$ at $3r^4 = 1$ with exact $3$-variable $2$-product syzygy $x_0^{4p} + x_2^{4p} + x_3^{4p} = g_1 h_1 + g_2 h_2$ ($g_2 = x_2^4 + \beta x_0 x_3^3$) and non-vanishing Wronskian, prove the Quadratic Reciprocity Quaternary Counting Law $\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor \equiv N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p) \pmod 2$ across all odd primes $p \ge 3$, and establish the $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) \oplus \mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ $4 \times 4$ Jacobian Determinant Factorization in $R(F)_{(m+1)d - (2m+2)}$ across $d \in \{12, 20, 28, 44, 52\}$.

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2. Smith Normal Form Parity Functionals, Small-Prime Integral Generation, and the Inductive Splitting Parity Lemma

2.1 The Torsion-Free Reduced Character Lattice $F_d$, the Formal Weight-Kernel $\mathcal{B}_d$, and the Parity Functional $\pi_d$

For any integer $d \ge 4$, let $m_d := \lfloor \frac{d-1}{2} \rfloor$. Modulo the saturated complementary-pair sublattice $\widetilde{D}_d \subset \bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a$ defined in (1.4), the quotient lattice is the torsion-free $\mathbb{Z}$-module of rank $m_d$: $$F_d \;:=\; \left(\bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a\right) \Big/ \widetilde{D}_d \;\simeq\; \bigoplus_{a=1}^{m_d} \mathbb{Z} \bar{e}_a, \tag{2.1}$$ where each basis element $e_x$ ($x \in \{1, \dots, d-1\}$) maps via the signed folding homomorphism $\rho_d : \bigoplus_{a=1}^{d-1} \mathbb{Z} e_a \to F_d$ to $$\rho_d(e_x) \;=\; \begin{cases} +\bar{e}_x & \text{if } 1 \le x \le m_d, \\ -\bar{e}_{d - x} & \text{if } d - m_d \le x \le d - 1, \\ 0 & \text{if } d \text{ is even and } x = d/2. \end{cases} \tag{2.2}$$ When $d$ is even, $B_d \cap \widetilde{D}_d = D_d$ because $e_{d/2}$ has odd degree $1$ whereas every element of $B_d$ and $D_d$ has even degree; moreover, adding or subtracting $(d/2)_d$ adjusts the parity of the tuple length without changing its image in $F_d$, so $B_d / (D_d + S_d) \simeq \rho_d(B_d) / \rho_d(S_d)$. Following Aoki [3, §2], let $W_d \in \mathbb{Z}^{(\varphi(d)/2) \times m_d}$ be the Parry–Shioda weight-excess matrix with entries $(W_d)_{u, a} := 2\langle u a \rangle_d - d$ for $u \in (\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^\times / \{\pm 1\}$ and $1 \le a \le m_d$, and define the formal Parry–Shioda weight-kernel lattice $$\mathcal{B}_d \;:=\; \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \;\subset\; F_d, \qquad \rho_d(S_d) \;\subseteq\; \rho_d(B_d) \;\subseteq\; \mathcal{B}_d \;\subset\; F_d. \tag{2.3}$$ Let $M_{S_d} \in \mathbb{Z}^{m_d \times N_d}$ be the matrix whose columns are the reduced vectors $\rho_d(\tilde{s}_{p, a}^{(d)}) = \rho_d(s_{p, a}^{(d)}) \in F_d$ of all Aoki–Shioda standard prime-divisor generators as $p$ ranges over all prime divisors of $d$.

Theorem 1 (Smith Normal Form Parity Functional, Small-Prime Integral Generation, and Inductive Splitting Parity Lemma). (a) (Saturated Weight-Kernel $\mathcal{B}_d$ and Canonical Quotient Parity Map $\bar{\pi}_d$): For every composite Fermat degree $d \ge 4$, the formal weight-kernel lattice $\mathcal{B}_d = \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \subset F_d$ is a saturated (pure) sublattice of exact rank $$r_d \;:=\; \mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathcal{B}_d) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Z}}\big(\rho_d(B_d)\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Z}}\big(\rho_d(S_d)\big) \;=\; m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d). \tag{2.4}$$ Whenever $M_{S_d}$ has Smith Normal Form over $\mathbb{Z}$ with a single non-unit invariant factor $2$ (which holds whenever $\mathcal{B}_d / \rho_d(S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ and is directly certified by exact_integer_snf_left for all $18$ composite degrees $d \in \{12, 15, 20, 21, 33, 35, 39, 44, 51, 52, 55, 57, 65, 68, 77, 85, 91, 95\}$): $$U_d \, M_{S_d} \, V_d \;=\; \mathrm{diag}(\underbrace{1, \dots, 1}_{r_d - 1},\; 2,\; 0, \dots, 0), \qquad U_d \in \mathrm{GL}_{m_d}(\mathbb{Z}), \quad V_d \in \mathrm{GL}_{N_d}(\mathbb{Z}), \tag{2.5}$$ and there exists a positive Parry–Shioda character $\xi_d^{\min} \in \mathfrak{B}_d^n \subset B_d$ with $2\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \in \rho_d(S_d) \setminus 2\rho_d(S_d)$ (constructed for all $d = 4p$ and $d = p_1 p_2$ in Theorem 2 below), we have $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$. For any chosen Smith left factor $U_d \in \mathrm{GL}_{m_d}(\mathbb{Z})$ in (2.5), let $\pi_d : F_d \to \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ be the $\mathbb{F}_2$-reduction of the $r_d$-th row of $U_d$: $$\pi_d(v) \;:=\; \big(U_d \, v\big)_{r_d} \pmod 2 \;\in\; \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}. \tag{2.6}$$ While the extension $\pi_d$ to $F_d$ depends on the choice of unimodular factor $U_d$, its restriction $\bar{\pi}_d := \pi_d|_{\mathcal{B}_d}$ to the saturated kernel $\mathcal{B}_d = \rho_d(B_d)$ is canonical and independent of $U_d$: for any two Smith decompositions $(U_d, V_d)$ and $(U'_d, V'_d)$ of $M_{S_d}$, $\pi_d(v) = \pi'_d(v)$ for all $v \in \mathcal{B}_d$, defining the canonical quotient isomorphism $$\bar{\pi}_d : B_d / (D_d + S_d) \;\simeq\; \rho_d(B_d) / \rho_d(S_d) \;\xrightarrow{\;\sim\;}\; \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}, \qquad \bar{\pi}_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \;=\; 1 \pmod 2. \tag{2.7}$$ More generally, at the three-factor Fermat degrees $d = 60 = 4 \times 3 \times 5$ ($m_{60} = 29, r_{60} = 21$), $d = 84 = 4 \times 3 \times 7$ ($m_{84} = 41, r_{84} = 29$), $d = 140 = 4 \times 5 \times 7$ ($m_{140} = 69, r_{140} = 45$, satisfying the universal rank law $r_{4p_1 p_2} = p_1 p_2 + p_1 + p_2 - 2$), and $d = 105 = 3 \times 5 \times 7$ ($m_{105} = 52, r_{105} = 28$), $U_d M_{S_d} V_d = \mathrm{diag}(1^{r_d - 3}, 2, 2, 2, 0, \dots, 0)$ has three non-unit invariant factors $(2, 2, 2)$, certifying $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$ and $B_d/(D_d + S_d) \simeq (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^3$ spanned by $(p_2\xi_{4p_1}^{\min}, p_1\xi_{4p_2}^{\min}, 2\xi_{2p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{col}})$ for $d = 4p_1 p_2$ and by $(7\xi_{15}^{\min}, 5\xi_{21}^{\min}, 3\xi_{35}^{\min})$ at $d = 105$. For $d = 4 p_1 p_2$, let $N_j$ count entries of exact order $j$ in $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$; then the order-parity functional $\nu_d := (N_4, N_{p_1}, N_{p_2}) \bmod 2$ vanishes on $\widetilde{D}_d + S_d$ and induces an isomorphism $B_d/(D_d + S_d) \stackrel{\sim}{\to} (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^3$. Minimizing only over signed combinations of the three fixed tower generators yields the constructed representative upper-bound lengths $(3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6)$ at $d = 60$, $(3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)$ at $d = 84$, $(4, 4, 8, 8, 10, 10, 12)$ at $d = 105$, and $(3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 10, 11)$ at $d = 140$; whereas adding standard generators and executing an exhaustive lower-bound search directly inside verify_three_factor_4p1p2_holonomy_cube certifies the exact coset minimum lengths:

• At $d = 60$: $(3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6)$, realized across the $7$ nonzero $\nu_{60} = (N_4, N_3, N_5) \bmod 2$ cosets by $(1, 41, 48)_{60}$ ($\nu=(0,0,1)$), $(1, 40, 49)_{60}$ ($\nu=(0,1,0)$), $(2, 40, 48)_{60}$ ($\nu=(0,1,1)$), $(5, 40, 45)_{60}$ ($\nu=(1,1,0)$) of length $3$, $(1, 15, 49, 55)_{60}$ ($\nu=(1,0,0)$) and $(2, 15, 48, 55)_{60}$ ($\nu=(1,0,1)$) of length $4$, and $(1, 15, 35, 40, 41, 48)_{60}$ ($\nu=(1,1,1)$) of length $6$ (certified by exhaustive scan over all reduced weight-kernel triples and over all length-$4$ and length-$5$ tuples containing entries of exact orders $4, 3, 5$).
• At $d = 84$: $(3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7)$, realized across the $7$ nonzero $\nu_{84} = (N_4, N_3, N_7) \bmod 2$ cosets by $(2, 48, 76)_{84}$ ($\nu=(0,0,1)$) and $(7, 56, 63)_{84}$ ($\nu=(1,1,0)$) of length $3$, $(1, 29, 63, 75)_{84}$ ($\nu=(1,0,0)$) of length $4$, $(1, 28, 29, 75, 77)_{84}$ ($\nu=(0,1,0)$) of length $5$, $(1, 13, 24, 63, 75, 76)_{84}$ ($\nu=(1,0,1)$) and $(2, 21, 28, 48, 76, 77)_{84}$ ($\nu=(1,1,1)$) of length $6$, and $(5, 12, 28, 39, 65, 68, 77)_{84}$ ($\nu=(0,1,1)$) of length $7$ (certified by exhaustive length-$3$, length-$4$, length-$5$, and meet-in-the-middle length-$6$ search in verify_three_factor_4p1p2_holonomy_cube).
• At $d = 105$ and $d = 140$: at $d = 105$ (where all reduced lengths are even), exhaustive search certifies the exact minimum length $4$ on two cosets ($(7, 42, 70, 91)_{105}$ and $(5, 20, 90, 95)_{105}$), while the remaining $5$ cosets have constructed $3$-generator representative upper bounds $(8, 8, 10, 10, 12)$; at $d = 140$, exhaustive search in verify_three_factor_4p1p2_holonomy_cube certifies the exact minimum lengths $(3, 4, 6)$ on the three cosets $\nu_{140} \in \{(0,1,0), (1,0,0), (0,1,1)\}$ (realized by $(7, 84, 119)_{140}$, $(5, 45, 105, 125)_{140}$, and $(2, 40, 48, 84, 122, 124)_{140}$), while the remaining $4$ cosets have constructed $3$-generator representative upper bounds $(7, 7, 10, 11)$.

(b) (Small-Prime Integral Generation of $\mathfrak{B}_d^2 \cup \mathfrak{B}_d^4$ for $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$): For each of the five degrees $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$, let $p_{\min}(d)$ be the smallest prime factor of $d$ ($p_{\min} = 2$ for $d = 44, 52, 68$; $p_{\min} = 3$ for $d = 51$; $p_{\min} = 5$ for $d = 35$). Then $100\%$ of surface and fourfold Hodge characters $\alpha \in \mathfrak{B}_d^2 \cup \mathfrak{B}_d^4$ (and $100\%$ of sixfold characters $\mathfrak{B}_{51}^6$ and $\mathfrak{B}_{68}^6$) satisfy $\bar{\pi}_d(\rho_d(\alpha)) = 0 \pmod 2$ and lie integrally over $\mathbb{Z}$ inside the single-prime standard sublattice $D_d + \mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}(d)}$ (whose Smith Normal Form has all unit invariant factors $1$). (By contrast, at $d = 12$ where $\ell_{2, 12}(\xi_{12}) = 3 \le 6$, $M_{\mathrm{Std}_{p=2}}$ also has all unit SNF factors $(1, 1, 1)$ of rank $3 = r_{12}$ and generates the $32$ parity-$0$ orbits of $\mathfrak{B}_{12}^4$, while the remaining $7$ orbits of $\mathfrak{B}_{12}^4$ have $\bar{\pi}_{12} = 1$ and lie in the odd coset $\xi_{12}^{\min} + D_{12} + S_{12}$.)

(c) (Inductive Splitting Parity Lemma in $F_{52}$): At $d = 52 = 4 \times 13$, the unique generator $\xi_{52} \in B_{52}/(D_{52} + S_{52}) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ is represented in $\mathfrak{B}_{52}(X_{52}^3 \times X_{52}^1)$ (with $(26)_{52} \in \widetilde{D}_{52}$ omitted in $F_{52}$) by the reduced length-$7$ tuple $$\xi_{52}^{\min} \;=\; (7, 11, 23, 27, 31, 35, 48)_{52}, \qquad \bar{\pi}_{52}\big(\rho_{52}(\xi_{52}^{\min})\big) \;=\; 1 \pmod 2. \tag{2.8}$$ For any two-summand decomposition $\rho_{52}(\xi_{52}^{\min}) = v_1 + v_2$ in $F_{52}$ with $v_1, v_2 \in \rho_{52}(B_{52})$ (such as a Shioda inductive product $v_1 = \rho_{52}(\alpha_2), v_2 = \rho_{52}(\beta_1)$ or a correspondence splitting $v_1 = \rho_{52}(b - \gamma), v_2 = \rho_{52}(c + \gamma)$ with $\gamma \in \mathfrak{B}_{52}^1$), additivity of the canonical quotient map $\bar{\pi}_{52}$ on $\rho_{52}(B_{52})$ forces $\bar{\pi}_{52}(v_1) + \bar{\pi}_{52}(v_2) \equiv 1 \pmod 2$, so at least one summand $v_i$ has odd parity $\bar{\pi}_{52}(v_i) = 1 \pmod 2$. Because $100\%$ of characters in $B_{52}$ of reduced length $\le 6$ have $\bar{\pi}_{52} = 0$ and $\ell_{2, 52}(\xi_{52}) = \min\{\|\rho_{52}(v)\|_1 : v \in \xi_{52} + (D_{52} + S_{52})\} = 7$ by Theorem 2(a), the odd-parity summand $v_i$ must have reduced $\ell_1$-norm $\|v_i\|_1 \ge 7$ in $F_{52}$ (in particular, $\xi_{52}^{\min}$ cannot be decomposed in $F_{52}$ into two Parry–Shioda characters of reduced length $\le 6$). Under a single $2$-standard relation $(48)_{52} \equiv (24)_{52} + (50)_{52} \pmod{\widetilde{D}_{52} + \mathrm{Std}_{p=2}}$, $\xi_{52}^{\min}$ lifts to the length-$8$ sixfold character $$\alpha_{52}^{(6)} \;=\; (7, 11, 23, 24, 27, 31, 35, 50)_{52} \;\in\; \mathfrak{B}_{52}^6 \setminus (D_{52} + S_{52}), \qquad \bar{\pi}_{52}\big(\rho_{52}(\alpha_{52}^{(6)})\big) \;=\; 1 \pmod 2. \tag{2.9}$$

Proof. (a) Inside $F_d \simeq \mathbb{Z}^{m_d}$, the formal weight-kernel lattice $\mathcal{B}_d = \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d)$ is the integer kernel of the $\frac{1}{2}\varphi(d) \times m_d$ matrix $W_d$. To see that the $\frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$ rows of $W_d$ are $\mathbb{Q}$-linearly independent for every composite $d$ (including when $U_d := (\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^\times$ has imprimitive odd Dirichlet characters $\chi$ whose unit sum $\sum_{u \in U_d} u \bar{\chi}(u)$ vanishes due to a vanishing Euler factor $1 - \bar{\chi}_f(q) = 0$; we thank cm_symmetry_scout [10] for pointing out this conductor-wise refinement), view the columns $c_a(u) := 2\langle u a \rangle_d - d$ ($1 \le a \le d-1$) as elements of the odd subspace of $\mathbb{Q}[U_d]$, which is $U_d$-invariant since $c_a(u_0 u) = c_{\langle u_0 a \rangle_d}(u)$ and $c_{d-a}(u) = -c_a(u)$. For any odd character $\chi$ of $U_d$ with primitive conductor $f \mid d$ (induced from a primitive odd character $\chi_f$ of $U_f := (\mathbb{Z}/f\mathbb{Z})^\times$), the reduction homomorphism $U_d \to U_f$ is surjective with kernel of order $\varphi(d)/\varphi(f)$, and evaluating the character projection on the non-unit column $a = d/f \in \{1, \dots, d-1\}$ gives $$\sum_{u \in U_d} \overline{\chi(u)}\, c_{d/f}(u) \;=\; \frac{\varphi(d)}{\varphi(f)} \cdot \frac{2d}{f} \sum_{v \in U_f} v\, \overline{\chi_f(v)} \;=\; 2d\, \frac{\varphi(d)}{\varphi(f)}\, B_{1, \overline{\chi_f}} \;\ne\; 0,$$ since $\chi_f$ is a primitive odd character modulo $f$ and $B_{1, \overline{\chi_f}} = -L(0, \overline{\chi_f}) \ne 0$ (for instance, at $d = 21 = 3 \times 7$, the unit-column block of $W_{21}$ has rank $5 < 6$ because $1 - \chi_3(7) = 0$ for the character induced from $f = 3$, whereas column $a = 21/3 = 7$ has projection $-84 \ne 0$ onto $\chi_3$ and raises $\mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Q}}(W_{21})$ to $6 = \frac{1}{2}\varphi(21)$, certified in verify_conductor_wise_row_rank). Because every odd irreducible character $\chi \in \widehat{U}_d^-$ has non-zero projection on the $U_d$-stable column span of $W_d$, $\mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Q}}(W_d) = \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$, and $\mathcal{B}_d = \ker_{\mathbb{Z}}(W_d) \subset F_d$ is a saturated (pure) sublattice of exact rank $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$ (for example, at $d = 12$, $m_{12} = 5$ and $\frac{1}{2}\varphi(12) = 2$, so $r_{12} = 3$). Because $\mathcal{B}_d \subset F_d$ is pure of rank $r_d$, the non-zero Smith Normal Form invariant factors of $M_{S_d}$ inside $F_d$ are identical to the elementary divisors of $\rho_d(S_d) = \mathrm{im}_{\mathbb{Z}}(M_{S_d})$ inside its saturation $\mathcal{B}_d$. Consequently, when $U_d M_{S_d} V_d = \mathrm{diag}(1^{r_d - 1}, 2, 0, \dots, 0)$, the saturation $\mathcal{B}_d$ contains $\rho_d(S_d)$ with index $[\mathcal{B}_d : \rho_d(S_d)] = 2$; since $\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \in \rho_d(B_d) \subseteq \mathcal{B}_d$ satisfies $\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \notin \rho_d(S_d)$ and $2\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min}) \in \rho_d(S_d)$, $\rho_d(\xi_d^{\min})$ generates $\mathcal{B}_d / \rho_d(S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, proving $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$. For any Smith left factor $U_d \in \mathrm{GL}_{m_d}(\mathbb{Z})$ satisfying (2.5) and any $v \in \mathcal{B}_d$, the coordinates $(U_d v)_{r_d + 1}, \dots, (U_d v)_{m_d}$ vanish identically (because $2v \in \mathrm{im}_{\mathbb{Z}}(M_{S_d})$), so $v \in \rho_d(S_d) = \mathrm{im}_{\mathbb{Z}}(M_{S_d})$ if and only if $(U_d v)_{r_d} \equiv 0 \pmod 2$. Thus $\ker(\pi_d|_{\mathcal{B}_d}) = \rho_d(S_d)$ for every choice of $U_d$; since $\mathcal{B}_d / \rho_d(S_d) \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ has a unique nonzero homomorphism to $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, the restriction $\bar{\pi}_d = \pi_d|_{\mathcal{B}_d}$ is completely independent of $U_d$, proving (2.6)–(2.7). At $d \in \{60, 84, 105, 140\}$, exact_integer_snf_left certifies $U_d M_{S_d} V_d = \mathrm{diag}(1^{r_d - 3}, 2, 2, 2, 0, \dots, 0)$, so $[\mathcal{B}_d : \rho_d(S_d)] = 2^3 = 8$, and the three two-factor pullbacks have invertible $3 \times 3$ $\mathbb{F}_2$-matrix under rows $r_d - 2, r_d - 1, r_d$ of $U_d \pmod 2$, proving $\rho_d(B_d) = \mathcal{B}_d$; furthermore, for $d = 4 p_1 p_2$ every complementary pair, midpoint, and standard generator $s_{p, a}^{(d)}$ ($p \in \{2, p_1, p_2\}$) has $\nu_d = (N_4, N_{p_1}, N_{p_2}) \equiv (0, 0, 0) \pmod 2$, no nonzero reduced weight-kernel vector can have length $< 3$ (length $1$ would require the erased midpoint $d/2$, and length $2$ would require an erased complementary pair $a_1 + a_2 = d$), and the exhaustive search in verify_three_factor_4p1p2_holonomy_cube rules out shorter representatives for each certified coset at $d \in \{60, 84, 140\}$.

(b)–(c) In experiments/exp25_open_fermat_degrees_51_52_44.py, we compute the exact integer Smith Normal Form of $M_{S_d}$ and $M_{\mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}}$ over $\mathbb{Z}$ for each $d \in \{12, 35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$ and enumerate $100\%$ of the Galois orbits of $\mathfrak{B}_d^2 \cup \mathfrak{B}_d^4$ (as well as $\mathfrak{B}_{51}^6$ and $\mathfrak{B}_{68}^6$). As summarized in Table 1, for every $d \in \{12, 35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$ all non-zero invariant factors of $M_{\mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}}$ are $1$, and for each $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$, $100\%$ of the enumerated surface and fourfold orbits lie integrally in $\mathrm{im}_{\mathbb{Z}}(M_{\mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}})$ with $\bar{\pi}_d(\rho_d(\alpha)) = 0 \pmod 2$. Part (c) follows immediately from the $\mathbb{F}_2$-linearity of the canonical map $\bar{\pi}_{52}$ on $\mathcal{B}_{52}$, the fact that $\ell_{2, 52}(\xi_{52}) = 7$ (Theorem 2(a)), and the relation $s_{2, 24}^{(52)} = (24)_{52} + (50)_{52} - (48)_{52} \in \mathrm{Std}_{p=2}$, which replaces $(48)_{52}$ in $\xi_{52}^{\min}$ by $(24, 50)_{52}$ to produce $\alpha_{52}^{(6)} \in \mathfrak{B}_{52}^6 \setminus (D_{52} + S_{52})$. $\square$

| Degree $d$ | Factorization | Rank $m_d = \lfloor\frac{d-1}{2}\rfloor$ | Rank $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$ | Non-Zero SNF Factors of $M_{S_d}$ | Small Prime $p_{\min}$ | Non-Unit SNF Factor of $M_{\mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}}$ | Fourfold Orbits $|\mathfrak{B}_d^4 / \mathrm{Gal}|$ | Parity-$0$ Orbits in $D_d + \mathrm{Std}_{p_{\min}}$ | Certified Coset Minima $\ell_{2,d}(\xi_d)$ (3-Gen Upper Bounds) | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | $12$ | $4 \times 3$ | $5$ | $3$ | $(1, 1, 2)$ | $2$ | $[]$ | $39$ | $32/39$ ($7$ have $\bar{\pi}_{12}=1$) | $3$ | | $35$ | $5 \times 7$ | $17$ | $5$ | $(1^4, 2)$ | $5$ | $[]$ | $110$ | $100\%$ ($110/110$) | $8$ | | $44$ | $4 \times 11$ | $21$ | $11$ | $(1^{10}, 2)$ | $2$ | $[]$ | $1{,}467$ | $100\%$ ($1{,}467/1{,}467$) | $7$ | | $51$ | $3 \times 17$ | $25$ | $9$ | $(1^8, 2)$ | $3$ | $[]$ | $365$ | $100\%$ ($365/365$) | $10$ | | $52$ | $4 \times 13$ | $25$ | $13$ | $(1^{12}, 2)$ | $2$ | $[]$ | $2{,}953$ | $100\%$ ($2{,}953/2{,}953$) | $7$ | | $60$ | $4 \times 3 \times 5$ | $29$ | $21$ | $(1^{18}, 2, 2, 2)$ | $2$ | — | — | — | $(3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6)$ [3-gen: $(3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6)$] | | $68$ | $4 \times 17$ | $33$ | $17$ | $(1^{16}, 2)$ | $2$ | $[]$ | $9{,}233$ | $100\%$ ($9{,}233/9{,}233$) | $10$ | | $77$ | $7 \times 11$ | $38$ | $8$ | $(1^7, 2)$ | $7$ | $[]$ | — | — | $16$ | | $84$ | $4 \times 3 \times 7$ | $41$ | $29$ | $(1^{26}, 2, 2, 2)$ | $2$ | — | — | — | $(3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7)$ [3-gen: $(3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)$] | | $105$ | $3 \times 5 \times 7$ | $52$ | $28$ | $(1^{25}, 2, 2, 2)$ | $3$ | — | — | — | $2$ cosets at $(4, 4)$ [3-gen: $(4, 4, 8, 8, 10, 10, 12)$] | | $140$ | $4 \times 5 \times 7$ | $69$ | $45$ | $(1^{42}, 2, 2, 2)$ | $2$ | — | — | — | $3$ cosets at $(3, 4, 6)$ [3-gen: $(3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 10, 11)$] |

Table 1: Exact ranks $r_d = m_d - \frac{1}{2}\varphi(d)$, Smith Normal Form invariant factors, small-prime integral generation of $\mathfrak{B}_d^4$ over $\mathbb{Z}$ for $d \in \{35, 44, 51, 52, 68\}$, and exhaustively certified minimal coset lengths $\ell_{2, d}(\xi_d)$ alongside 3-generator seam-cancelled upper bounds across composite Fermat degrees $d \in \{12, 35, 44, 51, 52, 60, 68, 77, 84, 105, 140\}$ (exp25, exp29, hodge_loci_engine/fermat_parity_holonomy.py).

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3. Free $\mathbb{Z}$-Bases of $\rho_d(S_d)$ and the Symmetric Two-Tower $q$-Adic Cycle Holonomy Theorem

3.1 Signed $q$-Adic Cycle Holonomy on $(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^\times / \{\pm 1\}$

Let $p \ge 3$ be an odd prime, and let $q \ge 2$ be a prime distinct from $p$. On the half-system of residues $H_p := \{1, 2, \dots, \frac{p-1}{2}\} \simeq (\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^\times / \{\pm 1\}$, multiplication by $q$ modulo $p$ induces a signed permutation $(b \mapsto \tau_q(b),\, \sigma_q(b) \in \{\pm 1\})$ defined as follows:

• For $q = 2$ on the even half-system $E_p := \{2, 4, \dots, p-1\} = p - \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}$, doubling sends $b \in E_p$ to $(\tau_2(b), \sigma_2(b)) = (2b, +1)$ if $2b < p$ and to $(2p - 2b, -1)$ if $2b > p$.
• For an odd prime $q$ coprime to $p$ on $H_p = \{1, \dots, \frac{p-1}{2}\}$, let $x_0(b) \in \{b + j p : 0 \le j < q\}$ be the unique multiple of $q$ in the $q$-fiber over $b$, and set $c(b) := x_0(b)/q \in \{1, \dots, p - 1\}$; then $(\tau_q(b), \sigma_q(b)) = (c(b), +1)$ if $c(b) \le \frac{p-1}{2}$, and $(p - c(b), -1)$ if $c(b) > \frac{p-1}{2}$.

Every cycle $\mathcal{C} = (b_0, b_1, \dots, b_{r_q - 1})$ of $\tau_q$ has equal length $r_q := \mathrm{ord}_{(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})^\times / \{\pm 1\}}(q)$ and cycle holonomy $\sigma(\mathcal{C}) := \prod_{i=0}^{r_q - 1} \sigma_q(b_i) = +1$ if $q^{r_q} \equiv +1 \pmod p$ and $-1$ if $q^{r_q} \equiv -1 \pmod p$. We define the obstructed $q$-adic cycle count: $$N_{\mathrm{obs}}(q, p) \;:=\; \begin{cases} \dfrac{p - 1}{2 r_q} & \text{if } q^{r_q} \equiv -1 \pmod p, \\[8pt] 0 & \text{if } q^{r_q} \equiv +1 \pmod p. \end{cases} \tag{3.1}$$

Theorem 2 (Free $\mathbb{Z}$-Bases of $\rho_d(S_d)$ and Symmetric Two-Tower $q$-Adic Cycle Holonomy Theorem). (a) (Family 1: $d = 4p$, $p \ge 3$ prime): For every odd prime $p \ge 3$, the $p = r_{4p}$ reduced standard generators $$\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}} \;:=\; \big\{-\rho_{4p}(s_{p, 1}^{(4p)})\big\} \;\cup\; \Big\{\rho_{4p}(s_{2, a}^{(4p)}),\; \rho_{4p}(s_{2, 2a}^{(4p)}) \;:\; a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}\Big\} \;\subset\; F_{4p} \tag{3.2}$$ form a free $\mathbb{Z}$-basis of $\rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ (and a $\mathbb{Q}$-basis of $\mathcal{B}_{4p} \otimes \mathbb{Q}$), and the minimal reduced $\ell_1$-length $\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p}) := \min\{\|v\|_1 : v \in \rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min}) + \rho_{4p}(S_{4p})\}$ over the entire odd-coefficient affine coset in $F_{4p}$ is given in closed form by $$\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p}) \;=\; 2\left\lfloor\frac{p + 1}{4}\right\rfloor \;+\; N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p). \tag{3.3}$$ Specifically, setting $y_a := -(-1)^{(a-1)/2} \in \{\pm 1\}$ for odd $a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p\}$ and propagating $z_{p - b_{i+1}} = \sigma_2(b_i) z_{p - b_i}$ ($z_{p - b_0} = +1$) along each cycle $\mathcal{C} = (b_0, \dots, b_{r_2 - 1})$ of $\tau_2$ on $E_p$, the Integral Telescoping Syzygy in $F_{4p}$: $$2 \, \rho_{4p}\big(\xi_{4p}^{\min}\big) \;=\; -\rho_{4p}\big(s_{p, 1}^{(4p)}\big) \;+\; \sum_{a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}} z_a \, \rho_{4p}\Big(s_{2, a}^{(4p)} \;+\; s_{2, 2a}^{(4p)}\Big) \tag{3.4}$$ constructs an explicit positive Parry–Shioda character $\xi_{4p}^{\min} \in \mathfrak{B}_{4p}^n$ achieving equality in (3.3), with odd-fiber coordinates $c_a = \frac{y_a + z_a}{2}, c_{2p - a} = \frac{y_a - z_a}{2} \in \{0, \pm 1\}$ (plus $\frac{y_p + 1}{2} \bar{e}_p$ when $p \equiv 3 \pmod 4$) and exactly one seam coordinate $-\bar{e}_{2 b_0} = (4p - 2b_0)_{4p}$ per obstructed cycle ($\sigma(\mathcal{C}) = -1$). By the Second Supplement to Quadratic Reciprocity, $(-1)^{N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)} = \left(\frac{2}{p}\right) = (-1)^{(p^2 - 1)/8}$, so $\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p})$ is odd iff $p \equiv 3, 5 \pmod 8$ and even iff $p \equiv 1, 7 \pmod 8$ (recovering via explicit cycle holonomy the $2$-adic parity character independently noted in hodge_conjecture_1 v2 [9, §2]).

(b) (Family 2: $d = p_1 p_2$, $3 \le p_1 < p_2$ odd primes): For any pair of odd primes $3 \le p_1 < p_2$ and $d = p_1 p_2$, the $\frac{p_1 - 1}{2} + \frac{p_2 - 1}{2} = r_{p_1 p_2}$ reduced standard generators $$\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}} \;:=\; \Big\{\rho_d\big(s_{p_2, a}^{(d)}\big) \;:\; a \in H_{p_1}\Big\} \;\cup\; \Big\{\rho_d\big(s_{p_1, b}^{(d)}\big) \;:\; b \in H_{p_2}\Big\} \;\subset\; F_{p_1 p_2} \tag{3.5}$$ form a free $\mathbb{Z}$-basis of $\rho_d(S_d)$ (and a $\mathbb{Q}$-basis of $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2} \otimes \mathbb{Q}$), and the minimal reduced $\ell_1$-length $\ell_{2, p_1 p_2}(\xi_{p_1 p_2}) := \min\{\|v\|_1 : v \in \rho_d(\xi_{p_1 p_2}^{\min}) + \rho_d(S_d)\}$ over the entire odd-coefficient affine coset in $F_{p_1 p_2}$ is given in closed form by the Symmetric Two-Tower Formula: $$\ell_{2, p_1 p_2}(\xi_{p_1 p_2}) \;=\; \frac{(p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)}{4} \;+\; N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_2, p_1) \;+\; N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_1, p_2), \tag{3.6}$$ which is always an even integer by Gauss's Law of Quadratic Reciprocity $(-1)^{N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_2, p_1) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_1, p_2)} = \left(\frac{p_2}{p_1}\right)\left(\frac{p_1}{p_2}\right) = (-1)^{\frac{p_1 - 1}{2}\frac{p_2 - 1}{2}}$. Specifically, propagating $w_{a_{i+1}} = \sigma_{p_2}(a_i) w_{a_i}$ ($w_{a_0} = +1$) along each cycle of $\tau_{p_2}$ on $H_{p_1}$ and $z_{b_{j+1}} = \sigma_{p_1}(b_j) z_{b_j}$ ($z_{b_0} = +1$) along each cycle of $\tau_{p_1}$ on $H_{p_2}$, the Symmetric Two-Tower Integral Telescoping Syzygy in $F_{p_1 p_2}$: $$2 \, \rho_d\big(\xi_{p_1 p_2}^{\min}\big) \;=\; \sum_{a=1}^{(p_1 - 1)/2} w_a \, \rho_d\big(s_{p_2, a}^{(d)}\big) \;+\; \sum_{b=1}^{(p_2 - 1)/2} z_b \, \rho_d\big(s_{p_1, b}^{(d)}\big) \tag{3.7}$$ constructs an explicit positive Parry–Shioda character $\xi_{p_1 p_2}^{\min} \in \mathfrak{B}_d^n$ achieving equality in (3.6): by the Chinese Remainder Theorem, for each pair $(a, b) \in H_{p_1} \times H_{p_2}$ it selects the unique unit residue $x(a, b) \in \{1, \dots, d-1\}$ satisfying $x(a, b) \equiv w_a a \pmod{p_1}$ and $x(a, b) \equiv z_b b \pmod{p_2}$ (contributing $\frac{(p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)}{4}$ unit entries), while the multiples of $p_2$ telescope along $\tau_{p_2}$ on $H_{p_1}$ to leave $N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_2, p_1)$ seam entries and the multiples of $p_1$ telescope along $\tau_{p_1}$ on $H_{p_2}$ to leave $N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_1, p_2)$ seam entries. Specializing to $p_1 = 3, 5, 7$ gives for all primes $p > p_1$: $$\ell_{2, 3p}(\xi_{3p}) = 3\left\lfloor\frac{p+1}{6}\right\rfloor + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(3, p), \quad \ell_{2, 5p}(\xi_{5p}) = (p - 1) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p, 5) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(5, p), \quad \ell_{2, 7p}(\xi_{7p}) = \frac{3(p-1)}{2} + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p, 7) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(7, p). \tag{3.8}$$

(c) ($2$-Standard Collapse Law $d \to 2d$ for Odd $d$): Let $d$ be odd and let $\xi_d^{\min}$ be a representative of $\xi_d \in B_d / (D_d + S_d)$. In $B_{2d}$, the doubling embedding $x \mapsto 2x$ maps $\xi_d^{\min}$ into the nontrivial coset of $B_{2d} / (D_{2d} + S_{2d})$. For every disjoint pair $(x, y) \subset \xi_d^{\min}$ satisfying $2x + y \equiv 0 \pmod d$, the $2$-standard relation $s_{2, 2x}^{(2d)} = (2x)_{2d} + (2x + d)_{2d} - (4x)_{2d}$ combined with $(2y)_{2d} + (4x)_{2d} \in D_{2d}$ and $(2x + d)_{2d} + (d - 2x)_{2d} \in D_{2d}$ yields the $2$-standard collapse identity $$(2x)_{2d} + (2y)_{2d} \;\equiv\; (d - 2x)_{2d} \pmod{\widetilde{D}_{2d} + \mathrm{Std}_{p=2}}, \tag{3.9}$$ reducing the reduced $\ell_1$-length by $1$ per pair and explaining in closed form the halving reductions observed numerically in [6]: $\ell_{2, 39}(\xi_{39}) = 6 \to 3$ at $d = 78$, $\ell_{2, 55}(\xi_{55}) = 10 \to 5$ at $d = 110$ (realizing the fourfold orbit $(1, 31, 71, 81, 91)_{110}$), and $\ell_{2, 95}(\xi_{95}) = 20 \to 10$ at $d = 190$.

Proof. (a) In $F_{4p} \simeq \bigoplus_{x=1}^{2p-1} \mathbb{Z}\bar{e}_x$, every $2$-standard generator $\rho_{4p}(s_{2, x}^{(4p)})$ for $x \ge p$ equals $-\rho_{4p}(s_{2, 2p - x}^{(4p)})$, while $\rho_{4p}(s_{2, p}^{(4p)}) = 0$ and $\rho_{4p}(s_{p, 2}^{(4p)}) = \sum_{a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}} y_a \rho_{4p}(s_{2, a}^{(4p)})$. Since all $p$-standard generators $s_{p, c}^{(4p)}$ ($c \in \{1, 2, 3\}$) are spanned modulo $\widetilde{D}_{4p}$ by $s_{p, 1}^{(4p)}$ and $s_{p, 2}^{(4p)}$, the $p = r_{4p}$ vectors of $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$ generate $\rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ over $\mathbb{Z}$; because $\mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Z}}(\rho_{4p}(S_{4p})) = r_{4p} = p$, $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$ is a free $\mathbb{Z}$-basis of $\rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ (and a $\mathbb{Q}$-basis of $\mathcal{B}_{4p} \otimes \mathbb{Q}$). Expanding the basis elements in $F_{4p}$ directly from (2.2): $$-\rho_{4p}\big(s_{p, 1}^{(4p)}\big) \;=\; \sum_{a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}} y_a\big(\bar{e}_a + \bar{e}_{2p - a}\big) \;+\; (y_p + 1)\bar{e}_p, \tag{3.10}$$ which is supported entirely on odd indices, while for each $b \in E_p = \{2, 4, \dots, p-1\}$ and $a := p - b \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}$, $$\rho_{4p}\big(s_{2, a}^{(4p)}\big) \;=\; \bar{e}_a - \bar{e}_{2p - a} - \bar{e}_{2a}, \qquad \rho_{4p}\big(s_{2, 2a}^{(4p)}\big) \;=\; \bar{e}_{2a} - \bar{e}_{2b} + \sigma_2(b)\,\bar{e}_{2\tau_2(b)}, \tag{3.11}$$ whose sum cancels $\bar{e}_{2a}$ ($2a \equiv 2 \pmod 4$) and gives the exact identity $$\rho_{4p}\big(s_{2, a}^{(4p)} + s_{2, 2a}^{(4p)}\big) \;=\; \bar{e}_a - \bar{e}_{2p - a} - \bar{e}_{2b} + \sigma_2(b)\,\bar{e}_{2\tau_2(b)} \;\in\; F_{4p}. \tag{3.12}$$ Substituting (3.10) and (3.12) into (3.4) and propagating $z_{p - b_{i+1}} = \sigma_2(b_i) z_{p - b_i}$ cancels $\sigma_2(b_i) z_{p - b_i} \bar{e}_{2b_{i+1}} - z_{p - b_{i+1}} \bar{e}_{2b_{i+1}} = 0$ at every non-seam edge $i < r_2 - 1$ and leaves $(\sigma(\mathcal{C}) - 1) z_{p - b_0} \bar{e}_{2b_0} = -2\bar{e}_{2b_0}$ iff $\sigma(\mathcal{C}) = -1$, proving $\|\rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min})\|_1 = 2\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)$.

To prove universal minimality over all $v \in \rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min}) + \rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$, expand $2v \in \rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ uniquely in the free $\mathbb{Z}$-basis $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$: $$2v \;=\; c_0\big(-\rho_{4p}(s_{p, 1}^{(4p)})\big) \;+\; \sum_{a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}} \Big(\alpha_a \, \rho_{4p}(s_{2, a}^{(4p)}) \;+\; \beta_a \, \rho_{4p}(s_{2, 2a}^{(4p)})\Big), \qquad c_0, \alpha_a, \beta_a \in \mathbb{Z}. \tag{3.13}$$ Since $2\rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min})$ has all basis coefficients $\pm 1 \equiv 1 \pmod 2$ and $v - \rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min}) \in \rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ has integral basis coefficients in $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$, every coefficient in (3.13) is an odd integer: $c_0 \equiv \alpha_a \equiv \beta_a \equiv 1 \pmod 2$. By (3.10)–(3.11):

1. On each odd fiber $\{a, 2p - a\}$ ($a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p-2\}$), $2v_a = c_0 y_a + \alpha_a$ and $2v_{2p - a} = c_0 y_a - \alpha_a$, so $|v_a| + |v_{2p - a}| = \max(|c_0|, |\alpha_a|) \ge 1$ (since $c_0, \alpha_a$ are odd), and when $p \equiv 3 \pmod 4$, $|v_p| = |c_0| \ge 1$, contributing at least $2\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor$ to $\|v\|_1$.
2. On the disjoint even coordinates $2b \equiv 0 \pmod 4$ ($b \in E_p$), for each cycle $\mathcal{C} = (b_0, \dots, b_{r_2 - 1})$ of $\tau_2$, the coordinate of $2v$ at $2b_{i+1}$ is $2v_{2b_{i+1}} = \sigma_2(b_i)\beta_{p - b_i} - \beta_{p - b_{i+1}}$. If $v_{2b_i} = 0$ for all $i = 0, \dots, r_2 - 1$, then $\beta_{p - b_{i+1}} = \sigma_2(b_i)\beta_{p - b_i}$ around the entire cycle, forcing $\beta_{p - b_0} = \sigma(\mathcal{C})\beta_{p - b_0}$. For every obstructed cycle ($\sigma(\mathcal{C}) = -1$), this forces $\beta_{p - b_0} = 0$, contradicting $\beta_{p - b_0} \equiv 1 \pmod 2$! Thus $\sum_{b \in \mathcal{C}} |v_{2b}| \ge 1$ for every obstructed cycle, proving $\sum_{b \in E_p} |v_{2b}| \ge N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)$ and hence $\|v\|_1 \ge 2\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)$.

(b)–(c) For $d = p_1 p_2$, since $\rho_d(s_{p_2, p_1 - a}^{(d)}) = -\rho_d(s_{p_2, a}^{(d)})$ and $\rho_d(s_{p_1, p_2 - b}^{(d)}) = -\rho_d(s_{p_1, b}^{(d)})$, the $\frac{p_1 - 1}{2} + \frac{p_2 - 1}{2} = r_{p_1 p_2}$ vectors of $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}$ span $\rho_d(S_d)$ over $\mathbb{Z}$, and since $\mathrm{rank}_{\mathbb{Z}}(\rho_d(S_d)) = r_{p_1 p_2}$ they form a free $\mathbb{Z}$-basis of $\rho_d(S_d)$. Expanding any $2v \in 2(\rho_d(\xi_{p_1 p_2}^{\min}) + \rho_d(S_d))$ uniquely in $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}$ as $2v = \sum_{a \in H_{p_1}} \alpha_a \rho_d(s_{p_2, a}^{(d)}) + \sum_{b \in H_{p_2}} \beta_b \rho_d(s_{p_1, b}^{(d)})$, the odd-coset condition forces $\alpha_a \equiv \beta_b \equiv 1 \pmod 2$ for all $a \in H_{p_1}, b \in H_{p_2}$:

1. For each of the $\frac{(p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)}{4}$ CRT pairs $(a, b) \in H_{p_1} \times H_{p_2}$, let $x^+(a, b), x^-(a, b) \in \{1, \dots, m_d\}$ be the folded indices of the two CRT solutions to $x \equiv \pm a \pmod{p_1}, x \equiv \pm b \pmod{p_2}$. Then $\{2|v_{x^+}|, 2|v_{x^-}|\} = \{|\alpha_a + \beta_b|, |\alpha_a - \beta_b|\}$, so $|v_{x^+}| + |v_{x^-}| = \max(|\alpha_a|, |\beta_b|) \ge 1$, contributing $\ge \frac{(p_1 - 1)(p_2 - 1)}{4}$ on unit coordinates (with equality when $\alpha_a = w_a \in \{\pm 1\}$ and $\beta_b = z_b \in \{\pm 1\}$).
2. On the multiples of $p_2$, along each cycle $\mathcal{C}_1 = (a_0, \dots, a_{r_{p_2} - 1})$ of $\tau_{p_2}$ on $H_{p_1}$, the coordinate of $2v$ at $p_2 a_{i+1}$ is $2v_{p_2 a_{i+1}} = \sigma_{p_2}(a_i)\alpha_{a_i} - \alpha_{a_{i+1}}$. If $v_{p_2 a_i} = 0$ for all $i$, then $\alpha_{a_0} = \sigma(\mathcal{C}_1)\alpha_{a_0}$, impossible when $\sigma(\mathcal{C}_1) = -1$ since $\alpha_{a_0}$ is odd; thus the multiples of $p_2$ contribute $\ge N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_2, p_1)$ (with equality for $\alpha_a = w_a$).
3. Symmetrically, on the multiples of $p_1$, along each cycle $\mathcal{C}_2 = (b_0, \dots, b_{r_{p_1} - 1})$ of $\tau_{p_1}$ on $H_{p_2}$, $2v_{p_1 b_{j+1}} = \sigma_{p_1}(b_j)\beta_{b_j} - \beta_{b_{j+1}}$ forces $\ge 1$ non-zero coordinate per obstructed cycle, contributing $\ge N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p_1, p_2)$ (with equality for $\beta_b = z_b$).

Since the unit indices, multiples of $p_2$, and multiples of $p_1$ are pairwise disjoint in $\{1, \dots, m_d\}$, this proves (3.6)–(3.8). Finally, (3.9) follows from $(2x)_{2d} + (2y)_{2d} - (d - 2x)_{2d} = s_{2, 2x}^{(2d)} + \big((2y)_{2d} + (4x)_{2d}\big) - \big((2x + d)_{2d} + (d - 2x)_{2d}\big) \in D_{2d} + \mathrm{Std}_{p=2}$. $\square$

Corollary 1 (Unit-Divisibility Barrier for Pure Weighted Brieskorn–Pham Syzygies at $d = 4p$). In any pure weighted Brieskorn–Pham complete intersection $Z = V\big(g_1(x_0^{w_0}, \dots, x_{n+1}^{w_{n+1}}), \dots, g_r(x_0^{w_0}, \dots, x_{n+1}^{w_{n+1}})\big) \subset X_d^n$ ($w_j \mid d$), the chain rule $\frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} = w_j x_j^{w_j - 1} \frac{\partial}{\partial(x_j^{w_j})}$ forces every character entry $a_j = e_j + 1$ in the Jacobian residue polynomial $\det J$ to satisfy $w_j \mid a_j$, and hence $\gcd(a_j, d) \ge w_j$. By step 1 of the proof of Theorem 2(a), every representative $v \in \rho_{4p}(\xi_{4p}^{\min}) + \rho_{4p}(S_{4p})$ satisfies $|v_a| + |v_{2p - a}| \ge 1$ on each of the $\frac{p - 1}{2}$ odd fibers $\{a, 2p - a, 2p + a, 4p - a\}$ ($a \in \{1, 3, \dots, p - 2\}$), all of which are units modulo $4p$ ($\gcd(a_j, 4p) = 1$). Consequently, any pure weighted Brieskorn–Pham complete intersection realizing $\xi_{4p}$ requires $w_j = 1$ on at least $\frac{p - 1}{2}$ variables (and at least $2\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor$ variables when $p \equiv 3 \pmod 4$). For $p = 3$ ($d = 12$), $\frac{p-1}{2} = 1$, permitting the $4$-term weighted Brieskorn–Pham syzygy with weights $(1, 2, 3, 3)$ [8, Theorem 5]; for $p = 13$ ($d = 52$), $\frac{p-1}{2} = 6$ unit entries in $\xi_{52}^{\min} = (7, 11, 23, 27, 31, 35, 48)_{52}$ (and in $\alpha_{52}^{(6)} = (7, 11, 23, 24, 27, 31, 35, 50)_{52}$) force $w_j = 1$ on at least $6$ coordinates, ruling out any $\le 5$-term pure weighted Brieskorn–Pham syzygy at $d = 52$ without cross-monomial entanglement.

| Prime $p$ | $d = 4p$ | $\ell_{2, 4p}(\xi_{4p}) = k_{\mathrm{odd}} + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)$ | $d = 3p$ | $\ell_{2, 3p}(\xi_{3p}) = k_{\text{non-}3} + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(3, p)$ | Collapse $3p \to 6p$ | $d = 5p$ | $\ell_{2, 5p}(\xi_{5p}) = (p-1) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p, 5) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(5, p)$ | Collapse $5p \to 10p$ | $d = 7p$ | $\ell_{2, 7p}(\xi_{7p}) = \frac{3(p-1)}{2} + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(p, 7) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(7, p)$ | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | $3$ | $12$ | $2 + 1 = \mathbf{3}$ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | $5$ | $20$ | $2 + 1 = \mathbf{3}$ | $15$ | $3 + 1 = \mathbf{4}$ | $4 \to 3$ | — | — | — | — | — | | $7$ | $28$ | $4 + 0 = \mathbf{4}$ | $21$ | $3 + 1 = \mathbf{4}$ | $4 \to 3$ | $35$ | $6 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{8}$ | $8 \to 6$ | — | — | | $11$ | $44$ | $6 + 1 = \mathbf{7}$ | $33$ | $6 + 0 = \mathbf{6}$ | $6 \to 4$ | $55$ | $10 + 0 + 0 = \mathbf{10}$ | $10 \to \mathbf{5}$ | $77$ | $15 + 0 + 1 = \mathbf{16}$ | | $13$ | $52$ | $6 + 1 = \mathbf{7}$ | $39$ | $6 + 0 = \mathbf{6}$ | $6 \to \mathbf{3}$ | $65$ | $12 + 1 + 3 = \mathbf{16}$ | $16 \to 15$ | $91$ | $18 + 3 + 1 = \mathbf{22}$ | | $17$ | $68$ | $8 + 2 = \mathbf{10}$ | $51$ | $9 + 1 = \mathbf{10}$ | $10 \to 8$ | $85$ | $16 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{18}$ | $18 \to 12$ | $119$ | $24 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{26}$ | | $19$ | $76$ | $10 + 1 = \mathbf{11}$ | $57$ | $9 + 1 = \mathbf{10}$ | $10 \to 6$ | $95$ | $18 + 2 + 0 = \mathbf{20}$ | $20 \to \mathbf{10}$ | $133$ | $27 + 1 + 0 = \mathbf{28}$ | | $23$ | $92$ | $12 + 0 = \mathbf{12}$ | $69$ | $12 + 0 = \mathbf{12}$ | $12 \to 12$ | $115$ | $22 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{24}$ | $24 \to 22$ | $161$ | $33 + 0 + 1 = \mathbf{34}$ | | $29$ | $116$ | $14 + 1 = \mathbf{15}$ | $87$ | $15 + 1 = \mathbf{16}$ | $16 \to 16$ | $145$ | $28 + 2 + 2 = \mathbf{32}$ | $32 \to 26$ | $203$ | $42 + 0 + 0 = \mathbf{42}$ | | $31$ | $124$ | $16 + 0 = \mathbf{16}$ | $93$ | $15 + 1 = \mathbf{16}$ | $16 \to 16$ | $155$ | $30 + 0 + 0 = \mathbf{30}$ | $30 \to 30$ | $217$ | $45 + 1 + 0 = \mathbf{46}$ | | $37$ | $148$ | $18 + 1 = \mathbf{19}$ | $111$ | $18 + 2 = \mathbf{20}$ | $20 \to 14$ | $185$ | $36 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{38}$ | $38 \to 26$ | $259$ | $54 + 0 + 0 = \mathbf{54}$ | | $41$ | $164$ | $20 + 2 = \mathbf{22}$ | $123$ | $21 + 5 = \mathbf{26}$ | $26 \to 26$ | $205$ | $40 + 0 + 2 = \mathbf{42}$ | $42 \to 42$ | $287$ | $60 + 3 + 1 = \mathbf{64}$ | | $43$ | $172$ | $22 + 3 = \mathbf{25}$ | $129$ | $21 + 1 = \mathbf{22}$ | $22 \to 16$ | $215$ | $42 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{44}$ | $44 \to 32$ | $301$ | $63 + 0 + 7 = \mathbf{70}$ |

Table 2: Exact closed-form minimal reduced lengths $\ell_{2, d}(\xi_d)$ and $2$-standard collapse reductions across $d = 4p$, $d = 3p$, $d = 5p$, and $d = 7p$ for all primes $p \le 43$; similarly, at $(p_1, p_2) = (11, 13)$ ($d = 143$), $\ell_{2, 143}(\xi_{143}) = 30 + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(13, 11) + N_{\mathrm{obs}}(11, 13) = 30 + 1 + 1 = \mathbf{32}$ (exp26, hodge_loci_engine/fermat_parity_holonomy.py).

Figure 1: Exact q-Adic Cycle Holonomy Length and 6-Level Automorphic & Conjugate-Pair Catalecticant Staircase

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4. Cyclic Group-Ring Projectors and the 6-Level Kronecker Catalecticant Rank-Drop Staircase on $X_{2m}^4$

4.1 Cyclic $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$ Group-Ring Projectors on Entangled Complete Intersections in $X_{2m}^4$

On the even-degree Fermat fourfold $X_{2m}^4 = V(\sum_{j=0}^5 x_j^{2m}) \subset \mathbb{P}^5$ ($d = 2m \ge 6$), consider the complete-intersection surface $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) := V(g_1, g_2, g_3) \subset \mathbb{P}^5$ of degrees $(2, 2, m)$ defined by $$g_1 \;=\; x_0^2 - \lambda_1 x_2 x_3, \qquad g_2 \;=\; x_1^2 - \lambda_2 x_4 x_5, \qquad g_3 \;=\; \big(x_2^m - \varepsilon_2 x_3^m\big) \;+\; i\big(x_4^m - \varepsilon_4 x_5^m\big), \qquad \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4 \in \{\pm 1\}. \tag{4.1}$$ Setting $h_1 := \sum_{k=0}^{m-1} \lambda_1^k x_0^{2(m-1-k)}(x_2 x_3)^k$, $h_2 := \sum_{\ell=0}^{m-1} \lambda_2^\ell x_1^{2(m-1-\ell)}(x_4 x_5)^\ell$, and $h_3 := (x_2^m - \varepsilon_2 x_3^m) - i(x_4^m - \varepsilon_4 x_5^m)$, direct expansion yields the exact Fermat syzygy identity $$g_1 h_1 \;+\; g_2 h_2 \;+\; g_3 h_3 \;=\; \sum_{j=0}^5 x_j^{2m} \;-\; \big(\lambda_1^m + 2\varepsilon_2\big) x_2^m x_3^m \;-\; \big(\lambda_2^m + 2\varepsilon_4\big) x_4^m x_5^m. \tag{4.2}$$ Furthermore, in the lexicographic monomial order $x_0 \succ x_1 \succ x_2 \succ x_3 \succ x_4 \succ x_5$, the leading monomials $\mathrm{LT}_{\mathrm{lex}}(g_1) = x_0^2$, $\mathrm{LT}_{\mathrm{lex}}(g_2) = x_1^2$, and $\mathrm{LT}_{\mathrm{lex}}(g_3) = x_2^m$ are pure powers in disjoint variables and hence pairwise coprime, so $\{g_1, g_2, g_3\}$ is a reduced lexicographic Gröbner basis of the ideal $I(Z) = (g_1, g_2, g_3)$ for arbitrary $(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \in \mathbb{C}^2 \times \{\pm 1\}^2$. Reducing $F_{2m} := \sum_{j=0}^5 x_j^{2m}$ modulo $\{g_1, g_2, g_3\}$ via (4.2) and $x_2^m \equiv \varepsilon_2 x_3^m - i(x_4^m - \varepsilon_4 x_5^m) \pmod{g_3}$ yields the canonical normal form in $\mathbb{C}[x_3, x_4, x_5]$ (verify_automorphic_staircase_syzygy): $$\mathrm{NF}_{\mathrm{lex}}\big(F_{2m}, \{g_1, g_2, g_3\}\big) \;=\; \big(\varepsilon_2 \lambda_1^m + 2\big) x_3^{2m} \;-\; i\big(\lambda_1^m + 2\varepsilon_2\big) x_3^m\big(x_4^m - \varepsilon_4 x_5^m\big) \;+\; \big(\lambda_2^m + 2\varepsilon_4\big) x_4^m x_5^m,$$ whose coefficients of $x_3^m x_4^m$ and $x_4^m x_5^m$ are $-i(\lambda_1^m + 2\varepsilon_2)$ and $\lambda_2^m + 2\varepsilon_4$. By uniqueness of normal forms modulo a Gröbner basis, $F_{2m} \in (g_1, g_2, g_3)$ (so $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \subset X_{2m}^4$) if and only if the parameters satisfy the coupled syzygy constraint $$\lambda_1^m \;=\; -2\varepsilon_2, \qquad \lambda_2^m \;=\; -2\varepsilon_4. \tag{4.3}$$ Fix a base root $\lambda_0 \in \mathbb{C}^\times$ with $\lambda_0^m = -2$ and let $Z_0 := Z(\lambda_0, \lambda_0, +1, +1) \subset X_{2m}^4$, which is defined over the cyclotomic-radical number field $E_m := \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m}, \lambda_0)$ ($\zeta_{2m} := e^{\pi i / m}$). Consider the product of cyclic subgroups of order $2m$: $$H_{2m} \;:=\; \langle \gamma_2 \rangle \times \langle \gamma_4 \rangle \;\simeq\; (\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}) \times (\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}) \;\subset\; \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4), \qquad \gamma_2(x_3) = \zeta_{2m} x_3, \quad \gamma_4(x_5) = \zeta_{2m} x_5 \tag{4.4}$$ (leaving $x_0, x_1, x_2, x_4$ fixed). Because $\gamma_2^s(x_3^m) = \zeta_{2m}^{ms} x_3^m = (-1)^s x_3^m$ for every $s \in \{0, 1, \dots, 2m - 1\}$, acting by $\gamma_2^{-s} \gamma_4^{-t} \in H_{2m}$ ($0 \le s, t < 2m$) maps $Z_0 \subset X_{2m}^4$ to the valid algebraic complete-intersection surface $$Z_{s, t} \;:=\; \big(\gamma_2^{-s} \gamma_4^{-t}\big)(Z_0) \;=\; Z\Big(\lambda_0 \zeta_{2m}^s,\; \lambda_0 \zeta_{2m}^t,\; (-1)^s,\; (-1)^t\Big) \;\subset\; X_{2m}^4, \tag{4.5}$$ whose parameters automatically satisfy $(\lambda_0 \zeta_{2m}^s)^m = -2(-1)^s$ and $(\lambda_0 \zeta_{2m}^t)^m = -2(-1)^t$. In the Jacobian ring $R(F_{2m}) = \mathbb{C}[x_0, \dots, x_5]/(x_0^{2m-1}, \dots, x_5^{2m-1})$, the primitive cohomology class of $Z(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4)$ is represented by the factored $6 \times 6$ Jacobian determinant of degree $6m - 6$ [8, Theorem 4]: $$\det J_6(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \varepsilon_2, \varepsilon_4) \;=\; 8 i m^4 \, A(\lambda_1, \varepsilon_2; x_0, x_2, x_3) \cdot B(\lambda_2, \varepsilon_4; x_1, x_4, x_5), \tag{4.6}$$ where $A(\lambda_1, \varepsilon_2) := \big(\sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \lambda_1^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k}(x_2 x_3)^k\big)(x_2^m + \varepsilon_2 x_3^m)$ and $B(\lambda_2, \varepsilon_4) := \big(\sum_{\ell=0}^{m-2} \lambda_2^{\ell+1} x_1^{2m-3-2\ell}(x_4 x_5)^\ell\big)(x_4^m + \varepsilon_4 x_5^m)$ are homogeneous of the exact middle degree $D := 3m - 3$ in disjoint $3$-variable blocks $x = (x_0, x_2, x_3)$ and $y = (x_1, x_4, x_5)$. For each $s \in \mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$, the $3$-variable Jacobian factor $A^{(s)}(x) := A(\lambda_0 \zeta_{2m}^s, (-1)^s; x_0, x_2, x_3) = \zeta_{2m}^s (\gamma_2^s)^*\big(A(\lambda_0, +1)\big)$ of $\gamma_2^{-s}(Z_0)$ expands in characters of the cyclic group $\langle \gamma_2 \rangle \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$ as $$A^{(s)}(x) \;=\; \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \zeta_{2m}^{s(k+1)} \underbrace{\big(\lambda_0^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k} x_2^{k+m} x_3^k\big)}_{=:\, A_k(x)} \;+\; \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \zeta_{2m}^{s(k+1+m)} \underbrace{\big(\lambda_0^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k} x_2^k x_3^{k+m}\big)}_{=:\, A_k^-(x)}, \tag{4.7}$$ where all $2m - 2$ character frequencies $\{1, 2, \dots, m - 1\} \cup \{m + 1, m + 2, \dots, 2m - 1\} \subset \mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$ are pairwise distinct modulo $2m$. Consequently, in the group ring $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \gamma_2 \rangle]$, the standard character idempotents for $k \in \{0, 1, \dots, m - 2\}$ and their sum over the frequency band $0 \le k \le m - 2$: $$\Pi_k^{(1)} \;:=\; \frac{1}{2m} \sum_{s=0}^{2m-1} \zeta_{2m}^{-s(k+1)} \, \gamma_2^{-s}, \qquad \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)} \;:=\; \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \Pi_k^{(1)} \;=\; \frac{1}{2m} \sum_{s=0}^{2m-1} \left(\sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \zeta_{2m}^{-s(k+1)}\right) \gamma_2^{-s} \;\in\; \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})\big[\langle \gamma_2 \rangle\big] \tag{4.8}$$ satisfy the exact orthogonal idempotent relations $\Pi_k^{(1)} \Pi_j^{(1)} = \delta_{k, j} \Pi_k^{(1)}$ and $\big(\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}\big)^2 = \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}$, and act on $Z_0$ to isolate the individual monomials $A_k(x)$ ($0 \le k \le m - 2$) and the sign-projected factor $A_{\mathrm{sign}}(x) := \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} A_k(x)$ identically: $$\Pi_k^{(1)}\big(A(\lambda_0, +1)\big) \;=\; \frac{1}{2m}\sum_{s=0}^{2m-1} \zeta_{2m}^{-s(k+1)} A^{(s)}(x) \;=\; A_k(x), \qquad \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}\big(A(\lambda_0, +1)\big) \;=\; \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} A_k(x) \;=\; A_{\mathrm{sign}}(x). \tag{4.9}$$ Likewise, for the semi-entangled complete intersection $Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0} := V\big(x_0 - \eta_0 x_2,\; x_1^2 - \lambda_0 x_4 x_5,\; x_3^m + i(x_4^m - x_5^m)\big) \subset X_{2m}^4$ ($\eta_0^{2m} = -1$) of multidegree $(1, 2, m)$, the cyclic subgroup $\langle \sigma_2 \rangle \simeq \mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z} \subset \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$ generated by $\sigma_2(x_2) = \zeta_{2m} x_2$ maps $Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}$ to $\sigma_2^{-r}(Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}) = V\big(x_0 - \eta_0 \zeta_{2m}^r x_2, \dots\big) \subset X_{2m}^4$ ($0 \le r < 2m$) with $3$-variable Jacobian factor $\widetilde{A}^{(r)}(x) = \big(\sum_{k=0}^{2m-2} (\eta_0 \zeta_{2m}^r)^{k+1} x_0^{2m-2-k} x_2^k\big) x_3^{m-1}$, and the character idempotent $\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} := \frac{1}{2m} \sum_{r=0}^{2m-1} \zeta_{2m}^{-r} \sigma_2^{-r} \in \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})[\langle \sigma_2 \rangle]$ satisfies $\big(\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)}\big)^2 = \widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)}$ and isolates $\eta_0 \widetilde{A}_0(x) := \eta_0 x_0^{2m-2} x_3^{m-1}$ (verify_automorphic_staircase_syzygy).

Relation between Cyclotomic Character Projectors and Normalized Conjugate-Pair Cycle Combinations. Because the group-ring character idempotents $\Pi_k^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_\ell^{(2)}$ and $\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_{m-2}^{(2)}$ have coefficients in the cyclotomic field $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})$, applying them to the valid complete intersections $[Z_0]$ or $[Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}]$ (which are defined over $E_m := \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m}, \lambda_0, \eta_0)$) produces algebraic cycle combinations $\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell} := (\Pi_k^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_\ell^{(2)})[Z_0] \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})}$ with $\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})$-coefficients whose residue polynomial in $R(F_{2m})_{6m-6}$ is $\mathrm{Res}(\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell}) = c_{k, \ell}\, m_e$ for a single monic character monomial $m_e$ and non-zero scalar prefactor $c_{k, \ell} := 8 i m^4 \lambda_0^{k+\ell+2} \in E_m^\times$ (resp. $c_{\mathrm{semi}} := 8 i m^4 \eta_0 \lambda_0^{m-1} \in E_m^\times$ for $Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}$). Dividing the cycle $\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell}$ by its scalar prefactor $c_{k, \ell} \in E_m^\times$ defines the normalized $E_m$-coefficient algebraic cycle $\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_e := c_{k, \ell}^{-1} \mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell} \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{E_m}$ whose residue polynomial is the monic character monomial $m_e$ (since scaling by $c_{k, \ell}^{-1} \in E_m^\times$ preserves the degree-$2m$ Jacobian ideal $R(F_{2m})_{2m} \cdot \mathrm{Res}(\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell})$, $\mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1(\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_e) = \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1(\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell}) = \mathrm{rank}\,C_{2m}(m_e)$ equals $L_3(m), \dots, L_6(m)$ in (4.14)). Adding the normalized cycle $\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_{\bar{e}} \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{E_m}$ of the complex-conjugate exponent tuple $\bar{e}_j = 2m - 2 - e_j$ (which for $\alpha_{0,0}$ and $\alpha_{m-2, m-2}$ is obtained by applying the coordinate swap $(x_0, x_1) \leftrightarrow (x_2, x_4) \in \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$ to $\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_{m-2, m-2}$ and $\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_{0,0}$, and for $\alpha_{\mathrm{semi}, m}$ is obtained by applying $(x_0, x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5) \mapsto (x_3, x_4, x_5, x_1, x_2, x_0) \in \mathrm{Aut}(X_{2m}^4)$ to the normalized $(\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_0^{(2)})[Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}]$ cycle) yields the $E_m$-coefficient algebraic cycle combination $\widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_e + \widehat{\mathcal{Z}}_{\bar{e}} \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{E_m}$ isolating the real-invariant conjugate-pair monomial sum $m_e + m_{\bar{e}}$ with exact Catalecticant rank $L_i^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$ in (4.15) (whereas taking the unnormalized coefficient trace $\mathrm{Tr}_{\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})/\mathbb{Q}}(\mathcal{Z}_{k, \ell}) \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{\mathbb{Q}}$ produces a $\mathbb{Q}$-coefficient combination of the $H_{2m}$-translates of $Z_0$).

Theorem 3 (Kronecker Catalecticant Factorization and the 6-Level Automorphic & Conjugate-Pair Staircase on $X_{2m}^4$). (a) (Kronecker Catalecticant Factorization): For any algebraic cycle combination $\mathcal{Z} \in \mathrm{CH}^2(X_{2m}^4)_{E_m}$ whose residue polynomial in $R(F_{2m})_{6m-6}$ factors into disjoint $3$-variable blocks $\Psi(x, y) = A(x_0, x_2, x_3) B(x_1, x_4, x_5)$ of degree $D = 3m - 3$, the degree-$s$ Jacobian-ring multiplication (Catalecticant) matrix $C_s(\Psi) : R(F_{2m})_s \to R(F_{2m})_{6m-6+s}$ decomposes as the direct sum of Kronecker tensor products $$C_s\big(A(x) B(y)\big) \;=\; \bigoplus_{q = \max(0, s - D)}^{\min(s, D)} C_q(A) \otimes C_{s - q}(B), \tag{4.10}$$ where $C_q(A)$ is the degree-$q$ multiplication matrix in the $3$-variable Gorenstein factor $R_3 := \mathbb{C}[x_0, x_2, x_3]/(x_0^{2m-1}, x_2^{2m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})$. Consequently, the first-order IVHS / Catalecticant rank at $s = d = 2m$ is the discrete convolution of the $3$-variable Hilbert vectors $\mathbf{r}(A) = (r_0(A), \dots, r_D(A))$ and $\mathbf{r}(B) = (r_0(B), \dots, r_D(B))$: $$\mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1([\mathcal{Z}]) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\, C_{2m}\big(A(x) B(y)\big) \;=\; \sum_{q = \max(0, 3 - m)}^{2m} r_q(A) \, r_{2m - q}(B). \tag{4.11}$$

(b) (The $6$-Level Automorphic and Conjugate-Pair Rank-Drop Staircase): In $R_3$, the unprojected factor $A_{\mathrm{full}} := A(\lambda_0, +1)$ of $Z_0$, the $\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}$-projected factor $A_{\mathrm{sign}}$, the $\Pi_0^{(1)}$- and $\Pi_{m-2}^{(1)}$-projected factors $A_0 = \lambda_0 x_0^{2m-3} x_2^m$ and $A_{m-2} = \lambda_0^{m-1} x_0 x_2^{2m-2} x_3^{m-2}$, and the $\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)}$-projected semi-entangled factor $\widetilde{A}_0 = x_0^{2m-2} x_3^{m-1}$ have exact trapezoidal Hilbert generating polynomials: $$H(A_{\mathrm{full}}; t) = \frac{(1 - t^2)(1 - t^m)(1 - t^{2m-2})}{(1 - t)^3}, \qquad H(A_{\mathrm{sign}}; t) = H(A_0; t) = \frac{(1 - t^2)(1 - t^{m-1})(1 - t^{2m-1})}{(1 - t)^3}, \tag{4.12}$$ $$H(A_{m-2}; t) = \frac{(1 - t^{m+1})(1 - t^{2m-2})}{(1 - t)^2}, \qquad H(\widetilde{A}_0; t) = \frac{(1 - t^m)(1 - t^{2m-1})}{(1 - t)^2}. \tag{4.13}$$ Extracting $[t^{2m}]$ from the corresponding products yields for every integer $m \ge 3$ ($d = 2m \ge 6$) the strict $6$-level complex character staircase $L_1(m) > L_2(m) > L_3(m) > L_4(m) > L_5(m) > L_6(m)$: $$\begin{aligned} L_1(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big([Z_0]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(A_{\mathrm{full}} B_{\mathrm{full}}\big) \;=\; 4m^3 + 4m^2 - 38 \;=\; \mathrm{CI}(2m; 2, 2, m), \\ L_2(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}[Z_0]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(A_{\mathrm{sign}} B_{\mathrm{full}}\big) \;=\; 4m^3 + 2m^2 - 6m - 25 + \delta_{m, 3}, \\ L_3(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big((\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(2)})[Z_0]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big((\Pi_0^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_0^{(2)})[Z_0]\big) \;=\; 4m^3 - 12m - 4, \\ L_4(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big((\Pi_0^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_{m-2}^{(2)})[Z_0]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(A_0 B_{m-2}\big) \;=\; 2m^3 + 3m^2 - 2m - 22 + \delta_{m, 3}, \\ L_5(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big((\Pi_{m-2}^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_{m-2}^{(2)})[Z_0]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(A_{m-2} B_{m-2}\big) \;=\; (m + 1)^3 - 20 \;=\; m^3 + 3m^2 + 3m - 19, \\ L_6(m) &\;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big((\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)} \otimes \Pi_{m-2}^{(2)})[Z_{\mathrm{semi}, 0}]\big) \;=\; \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1\big(\widetilde{A}_0 B_{m-2}\big) \;=\; \frac{2m^3 + 5m^2 + 3m - 28}{2}, \end{aligned} \tag{4.14}$$ where $A_0 B_0$, $A_{m-2} B_{m-2}$, and $\widetilde{A}_0 B_{m-2}$ isolate the pure exceptional Hodge characters $\alpha_{0,0} = (1, 1, m+1, m+1, 2m-2, 2m-2)_{2m}$, $\alpha_{m-2, m-2} = (2, 2, m-1, m-1, 2m-1, 2m-1)_{2m}$, and $\alpha_{\mathrm{semi}, m} = (1, 2, m-1, m, 2m-1, 2m-1)_{2m} \in \mathfrak{B}_{2m}^4 \setminus D_{2m}$. Exhaustive enumeration of all sorted non-decreasing exceptional $6$-tuples in $\mathfrak{B}_6^4 \setminus D_6$ ($8$ sorted tuples, with Catalecticant ranks $40, 44, 50, 68, 68, 78, 84, 96$, where the pair-free tuples have ranks $40$ and $44$) and $\mathfrak{B}_8^4 \setminus D_8$ ($10$ sorted tuples, with Catalecticant ranks $96, 105, 134, 172, 204, 221, 238, 239, 306, 329$, where the pair-free tuples have ranks $96, 105, 204$) via enumerate_exceptional_fourfold_characters certifies that $L_6(3) = 40$ and $L_6(4) = 96$ achieve the strict global minimum Catalecticant rank among all exceptional Hodge characters on $X_6^4$ and $X_8^4$. Furthermore, for the real-invariant conjugate-pair Hodge character sums $m_e + m_{\bar{e}} \in H^{2,2}_{\mathrm{prim}}(X_{2m}^4, \mathbb{R}) \cap H^4(X_{2m}^4, \mathbb{Q}(\zeta_{2m})^+)$, because $\|e - \bar{e}\|_1 = 8m - 8 > 4m = 2d$ for all $m \ge 3$, the degree-$2m$ Jacobian ideal intersections $(R(F_{2m})_{2m}\cdot m_e) \cap (R(F_{2m})_{2m}\cdot m_{\bar{e}}) = \{0\}$ vanish identically (symmetric_difference_catalecticant_rank), and since $\bar{e}_{0,0}$ is a coordinate permutation of $e_{m-2, m-2}$ while $\bar{e}_{\mathrm{semi}, m}$ is a coordinate permutation of $\widetilde{A}_0 B_0$ (of rank $2m^3 + 2m^2 - 4m - 10$), the conjugate-pair sums have exact closed-form Catalecticant ranks $L_i^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) := \mathrm{rank}\,\Theta_1(m_e + m_{\bar{e}})$: $$L_3^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = L_5^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = L_3(m) + L_5(m) = 5m^3 + 3m^2 - 9m - 23, \quad L_4^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = 2 L_4(m), \quad L_6^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = \frac{6m^3 + 9m^2 - 5m - 48}{2} < L_1(m). \tag{4.15}$$

Proof. First, the idempotence and isolation formulas (4.7)–(4.9) follow from character orthogonality $\frac{1}{2m}\sum_{s=0}^{2m-1} \zeta_{2m}^{s(\omega - \omega')} = \delta_{\omega, \omega' \pmod{2m}}$ on the cyclic group $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$, since the $A_k(x)$ frequencies $k + 1 \in \{1, \dots, m - 1\}$ and the $A_k^-(x)$ frequencies $k + 1 + m \in \{m + 1, \dots, 2m - 1\}$ are disjoint in $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$. Parts (a) and (b) then follow from the tensor decomposition $R(F_{2m}) \simeq R_3(x_0, x_2, x_3) \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} R_3(x_1, x_4, x_5)$, where for any homogeneous $A \in (R_3)_{3m-3}$ the Catalecticant map $C_q(A) : (R_3)_q \to (R_3)_{3m-3+q}$ is polynomial multiplication $P \mapsto P \cdot A$ inside the truncated Jacobian factor $R_3 = \mathbb{C}[x_0, x_2, x_3]/(x_0^{2m-1}, x_2^{2m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})$. Thus $r_q(A) = \dim_{\mathbb{C}}\big(\mathbb{C}[x_0, x_2, x_3] / \mathrm{Ann}_{\mathbb{C}[x_0, x_2, x_3]}(A \text{ in } R_3)\big)_q$:

1. For a single monomial $x^e \in (R_3)_{3m-3}$, $x^u \cdot x^e \ne 0$ in $R_3$ iff $0 \le u_j \le 2m - 2 - e_j$, so $\mathrm{Ann}(x^e \text{ in } R_3) = (x_0^{2m-1-e_0}, x_2^{2m-1-e_2}, x_3^{2m-1-e_3})$ and $H(x^e; t) = \prod_{j \in \{0,2,3\}} \frac{1 - t^{2m - 1 - e_j}}{1 - t}$, giving $H(A_0; t)$, $H(A_{m-2}; t)$, and $H(\widetilde{A}_0; t)$ in (4.12)–(4.13).
2. For $A_{\mathrm{sign}} = \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \lambda_0^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k} x_2^{k+m} x_3^k \in (R_3)_{3m-3}$ (e.g., at $m = 3$, $A_{\mathrm{sign}} = \lambda_0 x_0^3 x_2^3 + \lambda_0^2 x_0 x_2^4 x_3 \bmod (x_0^5, x_2^5, x_3^5)$), direct multiplication in $R_3$ yields the telescoping identity $$(x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3) \cdot A_{\mathrm{sign}} \;=\; \lambda_0 x_0^{2m-1} x_2^m \;-\; \lambda_0^{m-1} x_0 x_2^{2m-1} x_3^{m-1} \;\equiv\; 0 \pmod{(x_0^{2m-1}, x_2^{2m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})},$$ while $x_2^{m-1} \cdot A_{\mathrm{sign}} = \sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \lambda_0^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k} x_2^{2m-1+k} x_3^k \equiv 0 \pmod{x_2^{2m-1}}$ and $x_3^{2m-1} \cdot A_{\mathrm{sign}} \equiv 0 \pmod{x_3^{2m-1}}$. Because the three annihilating polynomials $f_1 = x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3$, $f_2 = x_2^{m-1}$, and $f_3 = x_3^{2m-1}$ have pure-power leading terms $(x_0^2, x_2^{m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})$ in disjoint variables under lex order $x_0 > x_2 > x_3$, $(f_1, f_2, f_3)$ is a homogeneous regular sequence of degrees $(2, m-1, 2m-1)$ with Gorenstein socle degree $(2-1) + (m-2) + (2m-2) = 3m - 3 = \deg(A_{\mathrm{sign}})$. Since $A_{\mathrm{sign}} \ne 0$ in $(R_3)_{3m-3}$, the annihilator ideal $\mathrm{Ann}_{\mathbb{C}[x_0, x_2, x_3]}(A_{\mathrm{sign}} \text{ in } R_3)$ equals $(x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3, x_2^{m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})$, proving $H(A_{\mathrm{sign}}; t) = \frac{(1-t^2)(1-t^{m-1})(1-t^{2m-1})}{(1-t)^3}$.
3. For $A_{\mathrm{full}} = \big(\sum_{k=0}^{m-2} \lambda_0^{k+1} x_0^{2m-3-2k}(x_2 x_3)^k\big)(x_2^m + x_3^m) \in (R_3)_{3m-3}$, multiplication in $R_3$ similarly gives $(x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3) \cdot A_{\mathrm{full}} = \lambda_0 x_0^{2m-1}(x_2^m + x_3^m) - \lambda_0^{m-1} x_0(x_2^{2m-1} x_3^{m-1} + x_2^{m-1} x_3^{2m-1}) \equiv 0$, $(x_2^m - x_3^m) \cdot A_{\mathrm{full}} \equiv 0 \pmod{(x_2^{2m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})}$, and $(x_2 x_3)^{m-1} \cdot A_{\mathrm{full}} \equiv 0 \pmod{(x_2^{2m-1}, x_3^{2m-1})}$. Since $x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3$, $x_2^m - x_3^m$, and $(x_2 x_3)^{m-1}$ have only the trivial common zero $(0, 0, 0)$ in $\mathbb{C}^3$, they form a homogeneous regular sequence of degrees $(2, m, 2m-2)$ with socle degree $1 + (m-1) + (2m-3) = 3m - 3 = \deg(A_{\mathrm{full}})$, proving $\mathrm{Ann}(A_{\mathrm{full}} \text{ in } R_3) = (x_0^2 - \lambda_0 x_2 x_3, x_2^m - x_3^m, (x_2 x_3)^{m-1})$ and $H(A_{\mathrm{full}}; t) = \frac{(1-t^2)(1-t^m)(1-t^{2m-2})}{(1-t)^3}$.

Extracting $[t^{2m}]$ via partial fractions yields (4.14)–(4.15), and enumerate_exceptional_fourfold_characters verifies global minimality of $L_6(3) = 40$ on $X_6^4$ and $L_6(4) = 96$ on $X_8^4$. $\square$

| Parameter $m$ | Degree $d = 2m$ | $L_1(m)$ ($1$-Comp CI) | $L_2(m)$ ($\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}[Z_0]$) | $L_3(m)$ ($\Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{\otimes 2} / \alpha_{0,0}$) | $L_4(m)$ ($\Pi_0^{(1)}\otimes\Pi_{m-2}^{(2)}$) | $L_5(m)$ ($\Pi_{m-2}^{\otimes 2}$ Exc $\alpha_{m-2, m-2}$) | $L_6(m)$ ($\widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)}\otimes\Pi_{m-2}^{(2)}$ Exc $\alpha_{\mathrm{semi}, m}$) | Conjugate Pair $L_6^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$ ($m_{\mathrm{semi}} + \overline{m}_{\mathrm{semi}}$) | Conjugate Pair $L_4^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$ | Conjugate Pair $L_3^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = L_5^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$ | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | $3$ | $6$ | $106$ | $84$ | $68$ | $54$ | $44$ | $\mathbf{40}$ (global min) | $\mathbf{90} < 106$ | $108$ | $112$ | | $4$ | $8$ | $282$ | $239$ | $204$ | $146$ | $105$ | $\mathbf{96}$ (global min) | $\mathbf{230} < 282$ | $292$ | $309$ | | $5$ | $10$ | $562$ | $495$ | $436$ | $293$ | $196$ | $\mathbf{181}$ | $\mathbf{451} < 562$ | $586$ | $632$ | | $6$ | $12$ | $970$ | $875$ | $788$ | $506$ | $323$ | $\mathbf{301}$ | $\mathbf{771} < 970$ | $1{,}012$ | $1{,}111$ | | $7$ | $14$ | $1{,}530$ | $1{,}403$ | $1{,}284$ | $797$ | $492$ | $\mathbf{462}$ | $\mathbf{1{,}208} < 1{,}530$ | $1{,}594$ | $1{,}776$ |

Table 3: Exact $6$-level complex character Catalecticant ranks $L_1(m), \dots, L_6(m)$ and real-invariant conjugate-pair Hodge character sum Catalecticant ranks $L_6^{\mathrm{conj}}(m), L_4^{\mathrm{conj}}(m), L_3^{\mathrm{conj}}(m) = L_5^{\mathrm{conj}}(m)$ on $X_{2m}^4$ for $m \in \{3, 4, 5, 6, 7\}$ (exp28, hodge_loci_engine/fourfold_catalecticant.py).

Figure 2: Symmetric Two-Tower Length & 2d-Collapse and Trapezoidal 3-Variable Hilbert Vectors

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5. Universal $(2p, 4)$ and Discriminant-Zero Sum-of-Two-Squares Syzygies, the Quadratic Reciprocity Quaternary Counting Law, and Jacobian Determinant Factorization at $d = 4p$

By the Unit-Divisibility Barrier (Corollary 1), any polynomial syzygy realizing a parity-$1$ Hodge character $\xi \in \mathfrak{B}_{4p}^{2n} \setminus (D_{4p} + S_{4p})$ for $p \ge 5$ must combine a $p$-standard degree-$4$ equation $g_{\mathrm{quartic}} = x_2^4 + \beta P_4(x_0, x_3)$ (producing the seam coordinate $a_2 = 4(p - 1 - k) \equiv 0 \pmod 4$) with a $2$-standard degree-$2p$ equation on $(x_0, x_3)$ without forcing $x_0, x_3$ into pure powers $x_0^w, x_3^w$ ($w > 1$). Our fourth main theorem establishes the all-$p$ Two-Term Mixed Quartic Binomial Single-Square Obstruction alongside the even-exponent parity-orthogonality law, the exact binary quartic syzygy laws in $(U, V) = (x_0^p, x_3^p)$, the Quadratic Reciprocity Quaternary Block Counting Law, and the resulting $(4 \times 4) \oplus (4 \times 4)$ Jacobian determinant factorization across $d = 4p$.

Theorem 4 (All-$p$ Two-Term Mixed Quartic Binomial Obstruction, Universal $(2p, 4)$ & Discriminant-Zero Sum-of-Two-Squares Syzygies, Quaternary Counting Law, and $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) \oplus \mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ Jacobian Determinant Factorization). (a) (All-$p$ Two-Term Mixed Quartic Binomial Obstruction, Even-Exponent Parity-Orthogonality Law, and Universal $(2p, 4)$ Two-Power Identity): For every odd prime $p \ge 5$ ($d = 4p$) and every $1 \le m \le 3$, a two-term quartic $P_4(x_0, x_3) = c_m x_0^m x_3^{4-m} + c_4 x_0^4$ satisfies the single-square equation $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - P_4(x_0, x_3)^p = Q_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2$ if and only if $c_m c_4 = 0$ and the single surviving monomial is either: (i) $c_m = 0$ and $c_4^p = 1$, giving $P_4 = c_4 x_0^4$ and $Q_{2p} = \pm x_3^{2p}$; or (ii) $m = 2$, $c_4 = 0$, and $c_2^p = \pm 2$, giving the pure $(2, 2)$-monomial $P_4 = c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2$ and $Q_{2p} = \pm(x_3^{2p} \mp x_0^{2p})$. In particular, no genuine two-term mixed binomial ($c_m c_4 \ne 0$, $1 \le m \le 3$) ever satisfies $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - P_4^p = Q_{2p}^2$ for any prime $p \ge 5$ (furthermore, at $p = 5$ for any $4$-term quartic $P_4(x_0, x_3) = c_1 x_0 x_3^3 + c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2 + c_3 x_0^3 x_3 + c_4 x_0^4$ with $c_0 = 0$, rescaling $s = c_1(x_0/x_3)$ reduces the degree-$\le 10$ square conditions to $5$ polynomial equations in $(u_2, u_3, u_4) = (c_2/c_1^2, c_3/c_1^3, c_4/c_1^4)$ whose reduced grevlex Gröbner basis over $\mathbb{Q}$ is $[1]$, certifying $c_1 = 0$ unconditionally; verify_universal_4p_discriminant_zero_and_quaternary_blocks). Conversely, at $p = 5$ ($d = 20$), the unmixed two-fourth-power quartic $P_4 = x_0^4 - \beta x_3^4$ ($\beta^5 = 4$) does satisfy $x_0^{20} + x_3^{20} - (x_0^4 - \beta x_3^4)^5 = Q_{10}(x_0, x_3)^2$ with $Q_{10} = \sqrt{\frac{5\beta}{4}} x_3^2(2x_0^8 - 2\beta x_0^4 x_3^4 + \beta^2 x_3^8)$ (equation (5.8) specialized to $U = x_0^4, x_1 \mapsto x_3$), yielding an exact $3$-product $6$-variable complete-intersection syzygy on $X_{20}^4$. However, for any even-exponent quartic $P_4(x_0, x_3) \in \mathbb{C}[x_0^2, x_3^2]$ (which includes both surviving monomial cases $P_4 = c_4 x_0^4$ and $P_4 = c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2$ as well as every unmixed $P_4 \in \mathbb{C}[x_0^4, x_3^4]$), every monomial of $P_4$ and $Q_{2p}$ has even exponents $e_0 \equiv e_3 \equiv 0 \pmod 2$, so the derivatives with respect to $x_0, x_3$ have odd exponents $e_j \equiv 1 \pmod 2$ and every resulting Jacobian character coordinate satisfies $a_j = e_j + 1 \equiv 0 \pmod 2$ (non-units in $\mathbb{Z}/4p\mathbb{Z}$, unable to produce any odd unit entry of $\xi_{4p}^{\min}$; and when $P_4 \in \mathbb{C}[x_0^4, x_3^4]$, $a_j \equiv 0 \pmod 4$ lies entirely in $\widetilde{D}_{4p} + \mathrm{Std}_p$ with parity $\bar{\pi}_{4p} = 0$). By contrast, for every odd integer $p \ge 3$ ($d = 4p$), the Universal $(2p, 4)$ Two-Power Identity holds identically with a single square and two mixed $(1, 3)$-monomial $p$-th powers: $$x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} \;=\; \Big(x_3^{2p} + \sqrt{2}\, x_0^p x_3^p - x_0^{2p}\Big)^2 \;-\; 2\sqrt{2}\,\big(x_0 x_3^3\big)^p \;+\; 2\sqrt{2}\,\big(x_0^3 x_3\big)^p. \tag{5.1}$$ Coupling $(x_0, x_3)$ and $(x_1, x_2)$ yields for every odd $p \ge 3$ the symmetric $3$-product syzygy $x_0^{4p} + x_1^{4p} + x_2^{4p} + x_3^{4p} = g_1 h_1 + g_2 h_2 + g_3 h_3$ with $\mathbb{Q}$-rational degree-$4$ forms $g_2 = x_0^3 x_3 + x_1^3 x_2$ and $g_3 = x_0 x_3^3 + x_1 x_2^3$ (exp31).

(b) (Discriminant-Zero Sum-of-Two-Squares Identity, Universal $(p, q)$ Cross-Term Factorization, Exact $3$-Variable $2$-Product Syzygies, and Canonical Degree-$(2d-3)$ Jacobian $3$-Form $\Omega_{1,2}$): At the discriminant-zero locus $3r^4 = 1$ and $\beta^p = 4r^3 = 8 \cdot 3^{-3/4}$, the binary quartic $U^4 - 4r^3 U V^3 + V^4$ in $(U, V) = (x_0^p, x_3^p)$ has a double root $U = r V$ and achieves quadratic rank $2$ for every odd integer $p \ge 3$ ($d = 4p$) as the sum of two squares of balanced degree-$2p$ binary forms: $$x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - 4r^3\big(x_0 x_3^3\big)^p \;=\; Q_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2 \;+\; R_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2, \qquad Q_{2p} := x_0^{2p} - r^2 x_3^{2p}, \quad R_{2p} := \sqrt{2}\,r\,x_3^p\big(x_0^p - r x_3^p\big), \tag{5.2}$$ yielding with $g_1(x_0, x_3) := Q_{2p} - i R_{2p}$, $h_1(x_0, x_3) := Q_{2p} + i R_{2p}$, and $g_2(x_0, x_2, x_3) := x_2^4 + \beta x_0 x_3^3$, $h_2(x_0, x_2, x_3) := \sum_{k=0}^{p-1} (-1)^k x_2^{4(p-1-k)}\big(\beta x_0 x_3^3\big)^k$ the exact $2$-product $3$-variable Fermat syzygy $$x_0^{4p} + x_2^{4p} + x_3^{4p} \;=\; g_1(x_0, x_3)\, h_1(x_0, x_3) \;+\; g_2(x_0, x_2, x_3)\, h_2(x_0, x_2, x_3) \tag{5.3}$$ and, upon adjoining $x_1^{4p}$, the $4$-variable $3$-product syzygy $x_0^{4p} + x_1^{4p} + x_2^{4p} + x_3^{4p} = (Q_{2p} - i x_1^{2p})(Q_{2p} + i x_1^{2p}) + R_{2p}^2 + g_2 h_2$ (exp32, exp33; we thank cm_symmetry_scout [11] for noting the alternating sign in $g_2 h_2 = x_2^{4p} + \beta^p(x_0 x_3^3)^p$). More generally, for every composite degree $d = q p$ ($q \ge 3$, odd $p \ge 3$, including $d = 3p \in \{15, 21, 33, 39, 51\}$, $d = 4p \in \{12, 20, 28, 44\}$, and $d = 5p = 35$), the Universal $(p, q)$ Cross-Term Factorization holds over $\mathbb{Z}$: $$\big(x_0^p - x_3^p\big)\left(\sum_{j=0}^{q-2} x_0^{p(q-1-j)} x_3^{pj} - x_3^{p(q-1)}\right) \;=\; x_0^{qp} + x_3^{qp} - 2\big(x_0 x_3^{q-1}\big)^p, \tag{5.3'}$$ yielding with $\tilde{g}_1 := x_0^p - x_3^p$, $\tilde{h}_1 := \sum_{j=0}^{q-2} x_0^{p(q-1-j)} x_3^{pj} - x_3^{p(q-1)}$, $\tilde{g}_2 := x_2^q + 2^{1/p} x_0 x_3^{q-1}$, and $\tilde{h}_2 := \sum_{k=0}^{p-1} (-1)^k x_2^{q(p-1-k)}\big(2^{1/p} x_0 x_3^{q-1}\big)^k$ an exact $3$-variable $2$-product Fermat syzygy $x_0^{qp} + x_2^{qp} + x_3^{qp} = \tilde{g}_1 \tilde{h}_1 + \tilde{g}_2 \tilde{h}_2$ over $\mathbb{Q}(2^{1/p})$, whose canonical degree-$(2d-3)$ Jacobian $3$-form $\Omega_{1,2}^{(q,p)} := \tilde{h}_1 \det\frac{\partial(\tilde{g}_1, \tilde{g}_2, \tilde{h}_2)}{\partial(x_0, x_2, x_3)} \pmod{(x_0^{d-1}, x_2^{d-1}, x_3^{d-1})}$ expands in closed form into the CRT seam-bridging weight triples $\big(p(q-j)+k,\, q(p-k),\, pj+(q-1)k\big)$ ($1 \le j \le q-1,\, 1 \le k \le p-1$) of sum $2d$ (exp36, verify_universal_pq_cross_term_and_canonical_3form). In the balanced $(2p, 2p)$ setting (5.2), the $2 \times 2$ Wronskian of $(Q_{2p}, R_{2p})$ is identically non-zero: $$\det\frac{\partial(Q_{2p}, R_{2p})}{\partial(x_0, x_3)} \;=\; 2\sqrt{2}\, p^2 r \, x_0^{p-1} x_3^{p-1}\big(x_0^p - r x_3^p\big)^2 \;\ne\; 0, \tag{5.4}$$ and the $2 \times 2$ Jacobians $\det\frac{\partial(Q_{2p} + R_{2p}, U)}{\partial(x_0, x_3)}$ against $U \in \{x_0 x_3^3, x_0^3 x_3\}$ generate the universal $6$-element base character table $\mathrm{Base}_p = \{(2p+1, 3), (p+1, p+3), (1, 2p+3), (3, 2p+1), (p+3, p+1), (2p+3, 1)\}$ (exp33).

(c) (Quadratic Reciprocity Quaternary Counting Law and $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) \oplus \mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ $4 \times 4$ Jacobian Determinant Factorization): For every odd prime $p \ge 3$, the Second Supplement to Quadratic Reciprocity $(-1)^{N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)} = \left(\frac{2}{p}\right) = (-1)^{(p^2-1)/8}$ implies the exact parity congruence $$\left\lfloor\frac{p + 1}{4}\right\rfloor \;\equiv\; N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p) \pmod 2 \qquad \forall\,\text{odd primes } p \ge 3. \tag{5.5}$$ Consequently, adjoining $N_A(p) := N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)$ copies of the midpoint $2p \in \widetilde{D}_{4p}$ to $\xi_{4p}^{\min}$ produces a tuple $\widehat{\xi}_{4p}^{\min}$ whose length and sum are universal multiples of $4$ and $8p = 2d$: $$|\widehat{\xi}_{4p}^{\min}| \;=\; 2\left\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\right\rfloor + 2 N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p) \;=\; 4\big(N_A(p) + N_B(p)\big), \qquad \sum_{a \in \widehat{\xi}_{4p}^{\min}} a \;=\; \big(N_A(p) + N_B(p)\big)\cdot (8p), \tag{5.6}$$ where $N_B(p) := \frac{1}{2}\big(\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor - N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)\big) \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0}$ (verified across all $16$ odd primes $3 \le p < 60$). On $(x_0, x_1, x_2, x_3)$ with $g_2 = x_2^4 + \beta x_0 x_3^3$ and $h_2 = \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k x_2^{4(p-1-k)}(\beta x_0 x_3^3)^k$, let $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) := \big(b_0 + k_0,\, 2p,\, 4p - 4 - 4k_0,\, b_3 + 3k_0\big)_{4p}$ ($0 \le k_0 \le p - 2$) be the $4 \times 4$ Jacobian determinant family generated by $\det\frac{\partial(F_0(x_0, x_3),\, x_1^{2p},\, g_2,\, h_2)}{\partial(x_0, x_1, x_2, x_3)}$ with degree-$2p$ base form $F_0(x_0, x_3) = x_0^{b_0 - 1} x_3^{b_3 - 3}$ ($b_0 + b_3 = 2p + 4$; specifically $F_0 = x_0^{2p}$ for $(b_0, b_3) = (2p + 1, 3)$ at $p \in \{3, 5, 11\}$, and the auxiliary degree-$2p$ monomial $F_0 = x_0^{16} x_3^{10}$ for $(b_0, b_3) = (17, 13)$ at $p = 13$). On $(x_4, x_7, x_5, x_6)$ with $U = x_4^3 x_7$, $V = x_5^3 x_6$, $g_3(U, V) = U + V$, and $h_3(U, V) = \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k U^{p-1-k} V^k$, let $F_A(x_4, x_7) := x_4^{2p-2} x_7^2$ and $F_B(x_5, x_6) := x_5^{p-2} x_6^{p+2}$; then by the bivariate chain rule, the actual $4 \times 4$ Jacobian determinant $$D_B \;:=\; \det\frac{\partial\big(F_A(x_4, x_7),\, F_B(x_5, x_6),\, g_3(U, V),\, h_3(U, V)\big)}{\partial(x_4, x_7, x_5, x_6)} \;=\; -\det\frac{\partial(F_A, U)}{\partial(x_4, x_7)} \cdot \det\frac{\partial(F_B, V)}{\partial(x_5, x_6)} \cdot \det\frac{\partial(g_3, h_3)}{\partial(U, V)}$$ generates the $4$-tuple family (whose entries have sum $8p = 2d$ and are all congruent to $3 + k_1 \pmod 4$ when $k_1$ is even—in particular $\equiv 1 \pmod 4$ when $k_1 \equiv 2 \pmod 4$, yielding pure-unit blocks whenever no entry is a multiple of $p$): $$\mathcal{B}_p(k_1) \;:=\; \Big(2p + 1 + 3k_1,\; 3 + k_1,\; 4p - 5 - 3k_1,\; 2p + 1 - k_1\Big)_{4p} \qquad (0 \le k_1 \le p - 2). \tag{5.7}$$ Across $d \in \{12, 20, 28, 44, 52\}$, $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0)$ and $\mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ factor the minimal parity-$1$ Hodge orbits in the Griffiths ring $R(F)_{(m+1)d - (2m+2)}$ (verify_universal_4p_discriminant_zero_and_quaternary_blocks): $$\mathcal{A}_3(0) = (3, 6, 7, 8)_{12} = \xi_{12}^{\min} \cup \{6\}, \qquad \mathcal{A}_5(0) = (3, 10, 11, 16)_{20} = \xi_{20}^{\min} \cup \{10\}, \qquad \mathcal{B}_7(2) = (5, 13, 17, 21)_{28} = 11 \cdot \xi_{28}^{\min},$$ $$\mathcal{A}_{11}(2) \oplus \mathcal{B}_{11}(2) = (9, 22, 25, 32)_{44} \oplus (5, 21, 29, 33)_{44} = (5, 9, 21, 22, 25, 29, 32, 33)_{44} = 3 \cdot \big(\xi_{44}^{\min} \cup \{22\}\big) \;\in\; \mathfrak{B}_{44}^6 \setminus (D_{44} + S_{44}),$$ $$\mathcal{A}_{13}(8) \oplus \mathcal{B}_{13}(6) = (16, 25, 26, 37)_{52} \oplus (9, 21, 29, 45)_{52} = (9, 16, 21, 25, 26, 29, 37, 45)_{52} = 35 \cdot \big(\xi_{52}^{\min} \cup \{26\}\big) \;\in\; \mathfrak{B}_{52}^6 \setminus (D_{52} + S_{52}),$$ and splitting $(16, 26)_{52} \to (8, 34)_{52}$ via $s_{2, 8}^{(52)}$ on $(x_1, x_2)$ yields the midpoint-free pair-free sixfold orbit $35 \cdot \alpha_{52}^{(6)} = (8, 9, 21, 25, 29, 34, 37, 45)_{52} \in \mathfrak{B}_{52}^6 \setminus (D_{52} + S_{52})$.

Remark 5.1 ($(m+2)$-Product Syzygy Threshold, the Exact Quintic Stage-$2$ Identity, and the $\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}$-Invariance Factorization Analysis at $p = 5$). At $p = 3$ ($d = 12$), $x_0^{12} + x_3^{12} - L_4^3 = Q_6^2$ has a two-term mixed solution $L_4 = c_1 x_0 x_3^3 + c_4 x_0^4$, and combining it with the cubic Stage-$2$ identity $L_4^3 + x_2^{12} - (L_4 - \beta x_2^4)^3 = -3 M_6^2$ ($\beta^3 = -4$) absorbs $2$ Fermat variables per product and yields $(m+1)$-product Villaflor complete intersections ($2$ products on $X_{12}^2$, $3$ products on $X_{12}^4$ [8, Theorem 5], exp24). At $p = 5$ ($d = 20$), the quintic Stage-$2$ identity still holds identically as a single square for any degree-$4$ polynomial $U$ at $\beta^5 = 4$ (exp35): $$U^5 \;+\; x_1^{20} \;-\; \big(U - \beta x_1^4\big)^5 \;=\; \frac{5}{4}\beta\Big(x_1^2\big(2 U^2 - 2\beta x_1^4 U + \beta^2 x_1^8\big)\Big)^2, \tag{5.8}$$ and more generally for all odd $p \ge 3$, $W(2U - \beta W)^2 \mid (U^p - 2^{1-p}(\beta W)^p - (U - \beta W)^p)$. Over $R = \mathbb{C}[x_0, x_3]$, a polynomial $F(x_0, x_3, W) \in R[W]$ ($W = y^2 = x_1^4$) is a sum of two squares $A(y)^2 + B(y)^2$ in $R[y]$ if and only if $A_{\mathrm{even}} A_{\mathrm{odd}} + B_{\mathrm{even}} B_{\mathrm{odd}} = 0$, which over the UFD $R[W]$ forces $(K U - y L V)^2 + (K V + y L U)^2 = (K(W)^2 + W L(W)^2)(U(W) - i V(W))(U(W) + i V(W))$. For $F(x_0, x_3, W) = x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} + W^p - (L_4(x_0, x_3) - \beta W)^p$ ($\beta^p \ne 0, -1$), weighted homogeneity ($\mathrm{wt}(x_0)=\mathrm{wt}(x_3)=1, \mathrm{wt}(W)=4$) forces $\deg_W(K^2 + W L^2) = a$ to be odd and $\deg_W(U \mp i V) = r \ge 0$ with $a + 2r = p$ (we thank cm_symmetry_scout [11] for pointing out both the $r \ge 1$ degree-split analysis and the $t = 0$ gcd refinement below). For the positive $W$-degree splits $a = 1$ or $r = 1$ (which cover $(a, 2r) \in \{(3, 2), (1, 4)\}$ at $p = 5$), $W - M_4(x_0, x_3)$ divides $F(x_0, x_3, W)$ in $R[W]$, forcing $F(x_0, x_3, M_4) = 0$, i.e., $A_4(x_0, x_3)^p + B_4(x_0, x_3)^p = x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p}$ with $A_4 = L_4 - \beta M_4, B_4 = -M_4$. Setting $x_3 = 1, t = x_0$, we have $\gcd(A_4(t), B_4(t)) = 1$ (as $t^{4p} + 1$ is square-free) and $A_4(t)^{p-1} A'_4(t) + B_4(t)^{p-1} B'_4(t) = 4 t^{4p-1}$. If $A'_4 \ne 0$ and $B'_4 \ne 0$, then $A_4(0) B_4(0) \ne 0$ (since $A_4(0) = 0 \implies B_4(t)^p - B_4(0)^p = t^{4p} - A_4(t)^p$ vanishes at $t = 0$ to order $\ge p \ge 5 > \deg B_4$, forcing $B'_4 = 0$), so every common zero of $A_4^{p-1} A'_4$ and $B_4^{p-1} B'_4$ lies at $t = 0$ and $\gcd(A_4^{p-1} A'_4, B_4^{p-1} B'_4) = \gcd(A'_4, B'_4) = c t^{d_g}$ ($d_g \le 3$). Dividing by $t^{d_g}$, the Mason–Stothers bound gives $4p - 1 - d_g \le (7 - d_g) + (7 - d_g) + 1 - 1 = 14 - 2 d_g \implies 4p + d_g \le 15$, which is violated for all $p \ge 5$ ($4p \ge 20 > 15$), forcing $A'_4 = 0$ or $B'_4 = 0$ and hence $L_4 \in \mathrm{span}_{\mathbb{C}}\{x_0^4, x_3^4\}$ (exp35). Meanwhile, for the $r = 0$ split $(a, 2r) = (p, 0)$, setting $W = 0$ reduces $F(x_0, x_3, 0) = (U^2 + V^2)K(0)^2$ to the single-square equation $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} - L_4(x_0, x_3)^p = Q_{2p}(x_0, x_3)^2$, where by Theorem 4(a) any two-term binomial $L_4 = c_m x_0^m x_3^{4-m} + c_4 x_0^4$ ($1 \le m \le 3$) forces $c_m c_4 = 0$ for all primes $p \ge 5$ (and at $p = 5$ any $4$-term $L_4$ with $c_0 = 0$ forces $c_1 = 0$), while the even-exponent solutions ($P_4 = c_4 x_0^4$, $P_4 = c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2$, and the unmixed quintic binomial $P_4 = x_0^4 - \beta x_3^4$ at $\beta^5 = 4$) cannot produce any odd unit entry of $\xi_{4p}^{\min}$ (eliminating the general $5$-coefficient quartic with $c_0 c_1 \ne 0$ in the $r = 0$ single-square equation and intermediate nonlinear splits $a \ge 3, r \ge 2$ for $p \ge 7$ remain open). Thus the Discriminant-Zero identity (5.3) absorbs $3$ Fermat variables in $2$ products, yielding an $(m+2)$-product syzygy ($3$ products on $X_{4p}^2$, $4$ products on $X_{4p}^4$, $5$ products on $X_{4p}^6$)—one product above the $(m+1)$-product Villaflor threshold. Moreover, as pointed out by cm_symmetry_scout [11], for $m = 3$ ($d \in \{44, 52\}$) the individual $4$-tuples $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0)$ and $\mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ are not standalone surface Hodge characters because $U_{4p}$-multiplication redistributes weight between them while preserving their combined sum $4d$ (e.g., at $d = 52, t = 17$, $\mathcal{A}_{13}(8)$ has weight $52 = d$ and $\mathcal{B}_{13}(6)$ has weight $156 = 3d$, summing to $208 = 4d$), and the auxiliary degree-$2p$ monomials $F_A = x_4^{2p-2} x_7^2$, $F_B = x_5^{p-2} x_6^{p+2}$ (and $F_0 = x_0^{16} x_3^{10}$ at $d = 52$) are Griffiths-ring multiplier forms rather than standalone factors of $x_i^{4p}$. Thus $\mathcal{A}_p(k_0) \oplus \mathcal{B}_p(k_1)$ is an exact $(4 \times 4) \oplus (4 \times 4)$ Jacobian determinant factorization in $R(F)_{(m+1)d - (2m+2)}$; compressing the $5$-product syzygy on $X_{4p}^6$ to a coupled $4$-product Villaflor complete intersection $\sum_{j=1}^4 g_j h_j = \sum_{i=0}^7 x_i^{4p}$ remains an open problem for $p \ge 5$.

Proof of Theorem 4. In (a), set $x_3 = 1, t = x_0$, and $P_4(t) = c_m t^m + c_4 t^4 = t^m(c_m + c_4 t^{4-m})$ ($1 \le m \le 3$). Since $Q_{2p}(t)^2 \equiv 1 \pmod{t^{mp}}$, we may choose the sign of $Q_{2p}$ so $Q_{2p}(t) = 1 + t^p R_p(t)$ with $\deg R_p \le p$ ($R_p \equiv 0 \pmod{t^{(m-1)p}}$), and dividing $Q_{2p}(t)^2 - 1 = t^{4p} - P_4(t)^p$ by $t^p$ yields $R_p(t)\big(2 + t^p R_p(t)\big) = 2R_p(t) + t^p R_p(t)^2 = t^{3p} - t^{(m-1)p}(c_m + c_4 t^{4-m})^p$. When $m = 2$, $2R_p + t^p R_p^2 = t^p(t^{2p} - (c_2 + c_4 t^2)^p)$ forces $R_p = q_{2p} t^p$ with constant $q_{2p} \in \mathbb{C}$ (since $\deg R_p \le p$) and $2q_{2p} + q_{2p}^2 t^{2p} = t^{2p} - (c_2 + c_4 t^2)^p$; the left-hand side contains no intermediate powers $t^2, t^4, \dots, t^{2p-2}$, whereas the right-hand side has coefficient $-\binom{p}{j} c_2^{p-j} c_4^j$ at $t^{2j}$ ($1 \le j \le p-1$), forcing $c_2 c_4 = 0$ (if $c_2 = 0$, $q_{2p} = 0$ and $c_4^p = 1$, giving $P_4 = c_4 x_0^4$; if $c_4 = 0$, $q_{2p}^2 = 1$ and $2q_{2p} = -c_2^p$, which for $q_{2p} = \mp 1, c_2^p = \pm 2$ gives the even-exponent monomial $P_4 = c_2 x_0^2 x_3^2$ with $x_0^{4p} + x_3^{4p} \mp 2(x_0^2 x_3^2)^p = (x_3^{2p} \mp x_0^{2p})^2$). When $m = 3$, since $2 + t^p R_p(t)$ has non-zero constant term $2$, any non-zero $R_p(t)$ of degree $\le p$ has $\mathrm{ord}_{t=0}\big(R_p(t)(2 + t^p R_p(t))\big) = \mathrm{ord}_{t=0}(R_p) \le \deg R_p \le p < 2p$, whereas the right-hand side $t^{2p}(t^p - (c_3 + c_4 t)^p)$ is divisible by $t^{2p}$; thus $R_p(t) = 0$ identically, forcing $(c_3 + c_4 t)^p = t^p$, i.e., $c_3 = 0$ and $c_4^p = 1$. When $m = 1$, reducing $2R_p + t^p R_p^2 = t^{3p} - (c_1 + c_4 t^3)^p$ modulo $t^p$ gives $R_p(t) = A(t^3) + q_{2p} t^p$ where $A(t^3) := -\frac{1}{2}\sum_{j=0}^{\lfloor(p-1)/3\rfloor} \binom{p}{3j} c_1^{p-3j} c_4^j t^{3j}$ has exponents strictly $\equiv 0 \pmod 3$. Since $\gcd(p, 3) = 1$ for every prime $p \ge 5$, the residue classes $0, p, 2p \pmod 3$ are pairwise distinct, splitting $2R_p + t^p R_p^2 - (t^{3p} - (c_1 + c_4 t^3)^p) = 0$ into three algebraically independent equations in residue classes $0, p, 2p \pmod 3$: $$\Big[2A(t^3) + (q_{2p}^2 - 1)t^{3p} + (c_1 + c_4 t^3)^p\Big] \;+\; t^p\Big[2q_{2p} + A(t^3)^2\Big] \;+\; 2q_{2p} t^{2p} A(t^3) \;=\; 0,$$ where class $p \pmod 3$ forces $A(t^3)^2 = -2q_{2p}$ (so $A(t^3) = -\frac{1}{2} c_1^p$ is constant and $c_1 c_4 = 0$) and class $2p \pmod 3$ forces $q_{2p} c_1^p = 0 \implies c_1 = 0$ (verify_universal_4p_discriminant_zero_and_quaternary_blocks). Finally, expanding $\big(x_3^{2p} + \sqrt{2} x_0^p x_3^p - x_0^{2p}\big)^2 = x_3^{4p} + 2\sqrt{2} x_0^p x_3^{3p} + (2 - 2) x_0^{2p} x_3^{2p} - 2\sqrt{2} x_0^{3p} x_3^p + x_0^{4p}$ cancels the middle $x_0^{2p} x_3^{2p}$ term identically for all $p$, proving (5.1). In (b), expanding $Q_{2p}^2 + R_{2p}^2 = x_0^{4p} - 2r^2 x_0^{2p} x_3^{2p} + r^4 x_3^{4p} + 2r^2 x_3^{2p}(x_0^{2p} - 2r x_0^p x_3^p + r^2 x_3^{2p}) = x_0^{4p} + 3r^4 x_3^{4p} - 4r^3 x_0^p x_3^{3p}$ and substituting $3r^4 = 1$ yields (5.2), and since $p$ is odd, $(x_2^4 + \beta x_0 x_3^3)\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k x_2^{4(p-1-k)}(\beta x_0 x_3^3)^k = x_2^{4p} + \beta^p(x_0 x_3^3)^p = x_2^{4p} + 4r^3(x_0 x_3^3)^p$, proving (5.3). Similarly, for any $q \ge 3$ and $X = x_0^p, Z = x_3^p$, $(X - Z)\big(\frac{X^q - Z^q}{X - Z} - 2Z^{q-1}\big) = X^q - Z^q - 2X Z^{q-1} + 2Z^q = X^q + Z^q - 2X Z^{q-1}$ proves (5.3'), and since $\tilde{g}_2 = U + V$ and $\tilde{h}_2 = \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k U^{p-1-k} V^k$ in $U = x_2^q, V = \beta x_0 x_3^{q-1}$, $\det\frac{\partial(\tilde{g}_1, \tilde{g}_2, \tilde{h}_2)}{\partial(x_0, x_2, x_3)} = p^2 q \beta x_2^{q-1} x_3^{q-2}((q-1)x_0^p + x_3^p)\sum_{k=1}^{p-1}(-1)^k U^{p-1-k} V^{k-1}$; multiplying by $\tilde{h}_1(X, Z)$ yields $\tilde{h}_1((q-1)X + Z) = (q-1)X^q + \sum_{j=1}^{q-2} q X^{q-j} Z^j - (q-2)X Z^{q-1} - Z^q$, whose boundary terms $X^q, Z^q$ vanish modulo $(x_0^{d-1}, x_3^{d-1})$ and whose interior terms $1 \le j \le q-1$ produce the exact CRT weight triples $\big(p(q-j)+k,\, q(p-k),\, pj+(q-1)k\big)$, while direct differentiation gives (5.4). In (c), for an odd prime $p$, $\lfloor\frac{p+1}{4}\rfloor$ is odd iff $p \equiv 3, 5 \pmod 8$ and even iff $p \equiv 1, 7 \pmod 8$, matching $(-1)^{N_{\mathrm{obs}}(2, p)} = \left(\frac{2}{p}\right) = (-1)^{(p^2-1)/8}$ and proving (5.5)–(5.6). Finally, for $U = x_4^3 x_7$ and $V = x_5^3 x_6$, $\det\frac{\partial(x_4^{2p-2} x_7^2, x_4^3 x_7)}{\partial(x_4, x_7)} = (2p-8) x_4^{2p} x_7^2$ has character pair $(2p+1, 3)$, $\det\frac{\partial(x_5^{p-2} x_6^{p+2}, x_5^3 x_6)}{\partial(x_5, x_6)} = -(2p+8) x_5^p x_6^{p+2}$ has character pair $(p+1, p+3)$, and by the chain rule $D_B = -\det\frac{\partial(F_A, U)}{\partial(x_4, x_7)}\det\frac{\partial(F_B, V)}{\partial(x_5, x_6)}\det\frac{\partial(g_3, h_3)}{\partial(U, V)}$ shifts $(2p+1, 3, p+1, p+3)$ by $(3k_1, k_1, 3(p-2-k_1), p-2-k_1)$ for $0 \le k_1 \le p - 2$, producing (5.7) (certified directly via sp.Matrix.det() in verify_universal_4p_discriminant_zero_and_quaternary_blocks). $\square$

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6. Symbolic Verification Suite

All four main theorems, matrices, self-contained exact integer Smith Normal Form parity functionals (exact_integer_snf_left, compatible with SymPy >= 1.11), conductor-wise row-rank certificates (verify_conductor_wise_row_rank), free $\mathbb{Z}$-bases $\mathcal{B}_{4p}^{\mathrm{std}}$ and $\mathcal{B}_{p_1 p_2}^{\mathrm{std}}$, symmetric two-tower $q$-adic cycle holonomy constructors, reduced lexicographic Gröbner basis normal forms, cyclic $\mathbb{Z}/2m\mathbb{Z}$ group-ring idempotents $\Pi_k^{(1)}, \Pi_{\mathrm{sign}}^{(1)}, \widetilde{\Pi}_0^{(1)}$, Kronecker Catalecticant convolutions, exhaustive exceptional character enumerators on $X_6^4$ and $X_8^4$, and Universal $(2p, 4)$ / $(p, q)$ / Discriminant-Zero quaternary Jacobian minor factorizations in this paper are implemented in exact rational, cyclotomic, and integer arithmetic in the accompanying package hodge_loci_engine (tests/test_paper3_theorems.py, experiments/exp25–exp36), with $4/4$ automated theorem test suites in tests/test_paper3_theorems.py passing under pytest, python3, and unittest.

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