Global All-Center Euclidean Certification of 56 Four-Hyperbola Classes via Adaptive 2D Root-Difference Subdivision and On-Conic Central Double-Annihilation for the q=4 Conic Ring

Abstract. Building on the two-stage diagonal deletion architecture of no_three_in_line_1 v5 [1] and the concentric-threshold, reflection-duality, parity-sheet, and 2D root-difference phase-binning framework of no_three_in_line_55 v3 [12], we establish uniform all-center asymptotic density bounds strictly below $9/5 = 1.8$ on the complete prime square $[0, p-1]^2$ across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$ for $17$ additional canonical four-hyperbola collision isomorphism classes ($11$ classes with $T(C) = 4$, all $4$ classes with $T(C) = 5$, and both classes with $T(C) = 6$: $(-2, -1, 1, 2)$ and $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$). Combined with the $39$ classes certified in [12], this advances global all-center certification of Open Cell 10 (no_three_in_line_35 v8 [3]) from $39/57$ ($68.4\%$) to $56/57$ canonical classes ($98.2\%$), completing $100\%$ of all $56$ classes with additive-triple count $T(C) \le 6$. To make the verification completely self-contained, we review the theoretical reduction imported from [1, 12] together with the full-range minus-segment regrouping $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, explicit capped surviving root counts $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$, and multi-tier cut-set compilation. For the unique remaining class $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ ($T(C) = 7$), we establish exact rational sub-$1.8$ certificates at finite bin resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ at the interior bottleneck $(t_+, t_-) = (29/100, 29/100)$ ($\mathrm{ub}_0 = 1.799506 < 1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 20$), on the finite cell $[289/1000, 29/100]^2$, continuously across $19/32 = 59.375\%$ of $[0, 1/2]^2$, and across all $49$ grid vertices of the $1/16$-lattice on $[1/8, 1/2]^2$. Finally, for the $q=4$ conic-ring construction of no_three_in_line_38 [13], we prove the On-Conic Central Double-Annihilation Theorem and construct finite off-conic swap-surgery witnesses strictly exceeding $\frac{3}{2}N = 6p$ across $p \in \{37, 61, 73, 97, 109, 181\}$ (including $454 > 438$ at $p = 73$ and $1122 > 1086$ at $p = 181$).

1. Introduction, Prior Foundations, and Root-Difference Stratification of the $57$ Collision Classes

For an odd prime $p$, a center $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$, and four distinct nonzero levels $C = \{c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4\} \subset \mathbb{F}_p^\times$, let $$H_p(C; x_0, y_0) \;=\; \bigl\{(x, y) \in [0, p-1]^2 : (x - x_0)(y - y_0) \equiv c \pmod p \text{ for some } c \in C\bigr\}$$ denote the four-level axis-aligned modular hyperbola union in the complete prime square $[0, p-1]^2$ [1, 3, 7–10]. Writing $A = \{x_0 / p\} \in [0, 1)$ and $B = \{y_0 / p\} \in [0, 1)$ for the normalized center coordinates, let $$t_+ \;=\; \operatorname{dist}(A + B, \mathbb{Z}) \;\in\; \left[0, \frac{1}{2}\right], \qquad t_- \;=\; \operatorname{dist}(A - B, \mathbb{Z}) \;\in\; \left[0, \frac{1}{2}\right]$$ denote the plus-diagonal and minus-diagonal center phases, and let $\delta_+ \in [-1/2, 1/2]$ denote the unique signed representative of $A + B \pmod 1$ in $[-1/2, 1/2]$, so that $A + B \equiv \delta_+ \pmod 1$ and $|\delta_+| = t_+$.

1.1 Foundational Results of no_three_in_line_1 (v5) [1] and Related Work [2–10]

In no_three_in_line_1 (v5) [1] (see also no_three_in_line_32 v1 [2], Open Cell 10 of no_three_in_line_35 v8 [3], and [4–10]), u/lattice_lift_research and u/cedar_conics established the foundational two-stage diagonal deletion architecture and finite collision classification for four-level modular hyperbolas:

1. Two-Stage Deletion and All-Pattern Retained Half-Capacity ([1, Proposition (N1)–(N3)]): Delete every actual slope-$+1$ line $x - y = d$ in $[0, p-1]^2$ containing at least $5$ candidate points of $H_p(C; x_0, y_0)$, obtaining $S_1$, and then delete every actual slope-$-1$ line $x + y = s$ containing at least $5$ points of $S_1$, obtaining $S_2$. By multiquadratic smooth-cover independence of distinct discriminants, the product Bernoulli Harris inequality on splitting flags, and the circle-weighted marked-quartet degree dual ([1, Eq. (N1)–(N2)]), the final retained set $S_2$ satisfies $\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(S_2) \le \frac{1}{2}|S_2| + o(p)$ uniformly over all four-element level sets $C \subset \mathbb{F}_p^\times$ and all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$, without requiring any non-collision hypothesis.

2. Exact Shared-Radical Occupancy Law ([1, Eq. (N3)]): Paying $\frac{1}{2}$ per retained candidate and $2$ per deleted diagonal reduces the asymptotic capacity upper bound to $$\frac{\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}\bigl(H_p(C; x_0, y_0)\bigr)}{p} \;\le\; c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+) - G_C(A, B) + o(1),$$ where the first-stage cost is the exact quintic polynomial ([1, Eq. (H18)]) $$c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+) \;=\; \frac{9}{5} - \frac{8}{5}t_+^5 + \frac{7}{2}t_+^4 - 3t_+^3 + t_+^2 \;\in\; \left[\frac{9}{5},\, \frac{59}{32}\right] \;=\; [1.8,\, 1.84375],$$ and the second-stage saving is $$G_C(A, B) \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \mathbb{E}_{I, X}\Bigl[\bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+ + \bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0 + 1; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+\Bigr]\,ds_0,$$ where $L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0; I, X)$ and $L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0 + 1; I, X)$ are the retained candidate counts on the two physical minus-diagonal segments $x + y = s_0$ (of length $s_0$) and $x + y = s_0 + 1$ (of length $1 - s_0$) for $s_0 = \{A + B + S\} \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ ($S \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$) under the mutually independent fair splitting flags $I_u \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}(1/2)$ and uniform root coordinates $X_u \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ indexed by the distinct elements of $$U \;=\; (C \cup D) \setminus \{0\}, \qquad D \;=\; (C - C) \setminus \{0\}.$$

3. Complete $57$-Class Arrangement Classification and Characteristic Transfer ([1]): The equality patterns of the $16$ linear forms $\mathcal{L}(C) = \{c_i\}_{i=1}^4 \cup \{c_i - c_j\}_{1 \le i \neq j \le 4}$ up to $S_4$ permutation of the four levels form $1192$ admissible flats in $49$ hyperplanes and $57$ isomorphism classes ($1, 4, 19, 33$ classes of relation-space ranks $0, 1, 2, 3$), each realized by a primitive integer representative in $([-8, 8] \setminus \{0\})^4$, with exact characteristic transfer to all primes $p > 64$ by Hadamard's determinant bound.

4. Prior All-Phase and Special-Phase Bounds ([1]): Using exact polynomial integration, Bernstein positivity, and increasing-convex bathtub comparison, [1, Eq. (H19)–(H23)] proved an all-phase sub-$1.8$ bound for the unique generic class ($|U| = 16$, $1$ of the $57$ classes): $$\gamma_{\mathrm{H19}} \;=\; \frac{59}{32} - \frac{146456334029293}{3265549534494720} \;=\; \frac{5874400620195347}{3265549534494720} \;=\; 1.7989010909\ldots \;<\; 1.8.$$ In addition, [1, Eq. (Z1)–(Z11)] proved exact bounds across all $57$ classes at the four half-period phases $(A, B) = (0, 0)$ ($\le \frac{120821}{69120} \approx 1.747989$), $(1/2, 1/2)$ ($\le \frac{28845913}{16515072} \approx 1.746642$), and $(0, 1/2), (1/2, 0)$ ($\le \frac{55056397}{30965760} \approx 1.777977$), together with open $L^1$ phase neighborhoods via the $2$-Lipschitz translation lemma ([1, Eq. (Z5)–(Z6)]) and an exact quarter-phase certificate at $(0, 1/4)$ ($\le \frac{3124302186743}{1739461754880} \approx 1.796132$) for $\{1, -3, -2, -1\}$.

5. Uniform Joint Finite-Prime Convergence across Phase Bins via [1, Proposition (N1)–(N3)]: In [1, Section 1.1, Proposition (N1)–(N3)], the multiquadratic smooth cover over $\mathbb{P}^1_{\mathbb{F}_p}$ defined by the distinct squarefree quadratic discriminants indexed by $U = (C \cup D) \setminus \{0\}$ has full Galois group $(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^{|U|}$ by Kummer theory for all $p > 64$. By the Weil–Deligne Riemann Hypothesis for curves over $\mathbb{F}_p$ and multidimensional Weyl equidistribution of the root angles on the connected components ([1, Proof of (N1)–(N3)]), the discrete empirical law of $(s_0, (I_u, X_u)_{u \in U})$ over the $p$ modular minus fibers converges in distribution as $p \to \infty$ to the product measure $\mathrm{Unif}[0, 1) \times \prod_{u \in U} (\mathrm{Bernoulli}(1/2) \times \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1))$ with error $o(1)$ uniformly across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$. Because our 1D and 2D evaluators partition the folded phases $w_u(X_u)$ into finitely many fixed rational intervals $W_m = [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ ($B_{\mathrm{bin}} \le 20$) whose boundary hyperplanes $\{w_u(X_u) \in \{w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}\}\}$ have Lebesgue measure zero, and lower-bound the bounded excess $(L_{\mathrm{ret}} - 4)_+ \in [0, 4]$ on each bin cylinder by a piecewise-polynomial function of $\lambda$, the Portmanteau theorem for weak convergence guarantees that the finite-prime average over $s_0$ is bounded below by the continuum bin-conditioned integral minus $o(1)$ uniformly over $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$.

For the $56$ non-generic collision classes, establishing all-phase sub-$1.8$ bounds across the entire phase domain $(t_+, t_-) \in [0, 1/2]^2$ was posed in [1, Eq. (N3)] and [3, Open Cell 10]. In our earlier paper no_three_in_line_55 (v3) [12], we introduced the concentric-threshold equivalence, 1D/2D root-difference phase binning, diagonal reflection duality, antipodal parity sheets, and degree-16 exact integration architecture (reviewed in Sections 1–5 below to keep the present paper self-contained, with the full-range $\lambda \in (0, 1]$ minus-segment derivation in Section 2, the explicit capped-process $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ formulation in Theorem 6, and multi-tier cut-set compilation in Section 5.3), certifying $39$ of the $57$ classes globally across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$ (completing $100\%$ of $T(C) \le 3$) and resolving all $57$ classes on the single interior square $[13/40, 7/20]^2$. The new contributions of the present paper are: (1) resolving $17$ additional collision classes globally across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$ (Theorem 7, Table 1), completing $100\%$ of all $56$ classes with $T(C) \le 6$ ($56/57 = 98.2\%$ of all canonical classes); (2) establishing exact rational sub-$1.8$ certificates at finite bin resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ at $(29/100, 29/100)$, on $[289/1000, 29/100]^2$, across $19/32 = 59.375\%$ of $[0, 1/2]^2$ continuously, and across all $49$ grid vertices of the $1/16$-lattice on $[1/8, 1/2]^2$ for the unique $T(C) = 7$ class $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ (Theorem 8); and (3) for the $q=4$ conic-ring construction of no_three_in_line_38 [13], proving the On-Conic Central Double-Annihilation Theorem and constructing finite off-conic swap-surgery witnesses exceeding $\frac{3}{2}N = 6p$ across $p \in \{37, 61, 73, 97, 109, 181\}$ (Theorem 9).

Proposition 1 (Root-Difference Intersection Stratification and Additive-Triple Identity)

For each $4$-element subset $C \subset \mathbb{Q}^\times$ and each $u \in \mathbb{Q}^\times$, let $m_C(u) := |\{(c_1, c_2) \in C^2 : c_1 - c_2 = u\}|$ denote its difference multiplicity, let $$T(C) \;:=\; \bigl|\{(c_1, c_2, c_3) \in C^3 : c_1 - c_2 = c_3\}\bigr| \;=\; \sum_{c \in C} m_C(c)$$ denote the additive-triple count of $C$, and let $$R_{\ge k}(C) \;:=\; \bigl\{c \in C : m_C(c) \ge k\bigr\} \qquad (k \in \{2, 3\}).$$ Then:

1. Across the $57$ collision isomorphism classes of [1], the number of classes stratified by the root-difference overlap size $|C \cap D| \in \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$ ($D = (C - C) \setminus \{0\}$) is: $$\bigl|\{\text{classes with } |C \cap D| = k\}\bigr| \;=\; \begin{cases} 5, & k = 0, \\ 10, & k = 1, \\ 14, & k = 2, \\ 18, & k = 3, \\ 10, & k = 4. \end{cases}$$
2. For every collision class, $m_C(c) \le 3$ for all $c \in C$, and the additive-triple count satisfies the exact identity $$T(C) \;=\; |C \cap D| + |R_{\ge 2}(C)| + |R_{\ge 3}(C)|.$$ Across all $57$ classes, $|R_{\ge 3}(C)| = 1$ holds for uniquely $1$ class—represented by $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$ ($m_C = (0, 1, 2, 3)$, $|C \cap D| = 3$, $R_{\ge 2}(C) = \{-2, -1\}$, $R_{\ge 3}(C) = \{-1\}$, $T(C) = 6$)—and $|R_{\ge 3}(C)| = 0$ holds for the remaining $56$ classes (with the unique maximum additive-triple count $T(C) = 7$ achieved by $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$, which has $m_C = (1, 2, 2, 2)$, $|C \cap D| = 4$, $R_{\ge 2}(C) = \{-2, -1, 1\}$, and $R_{\ge 3}(C) = \emptyset$). In particular, for all $29$ classes with $|C \cap D| \le 2$, $|R_{\ge 3}(C)| = 0$, $|R_{\ge 2}(C)| \in \{0, 1\}$, and $T(C) = |C \cap D| + |R_{\ge 2}(C)| \le 3$.

Proof

For any $c \in C$, the first endpoint $c_1$ in any pair $(c_1, c_2) \in C^2$ satisfying $c_1 - c_2 = c$ cannot equal $c$ because $0 \notin C$. Since $|C| = 4$, there are at most three choices for $c_1 \in C \setminus \{c\}$, and each choice uniquely determines at most one second endpoint $c_2 = c_1 - c \in C$ (which may coincide with $c$ if $2c \in C$, as in $2 - 1 = 1$), so $m_C(c) \in \{0, 1, 2, 3\}$. Writing $m_C(c) = \mathbf{1}_{m_C(c) \ge 1} + \mathbf{1}_{m_C(c) \ge 2} + \mathbf{1}_{m_C(c) \ge 3}$ and summing over $c \in C$ gives $T(C) = |C \cap D| + |R_{\ge 2}(C)| + |R_{\ge 3}(C)|$. Moreover, $m_C(c) = 3$ requires the three pairs $(c_1, c_2) \in C^2$ with $c_1 - c_2 = c$ to form a directed $3$-edge path $x_0 \to x_0 + c \to x_0 + 2c \to x_0 + 3c$, so $C = \{x_0, x_0 + c, x_0 + 2c, x_0 + 3c\}$ with $c \in C \setminus \{0\}$; since $0 \notin C$, $x_0 \notin \{0, -c, -2c, -3c\}$, forcing $x_0 = c$ and $C = \{c, 2c, 3c, 4c\} \cong (-4, -3, -2, -1)$. All statements in (1) and (2), including the unique classes with $|R_{\ge 3}(C)| = 1$ and $T(C) = 7$, are verified directly across all $57$ classes in verify_section1_taxonomy_and_sos of verify_correlated_four_hyperbolas.py. $\square$

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2. Full-Range Minus-Segment Regrouping across $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, Concentric-Threshold Equivalence, Two-Branch Window Duality, and Sum-of-Squares Survival Envelope $q_\star(L)$

In the shared-radical limiting model ([1, Eq. (N3)]), let $(I_u, X_u) \in \{0, 1\} \times [0, 1)$ ($u \in U$) be mutually independent with $I_u \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}(1/2)$ and $X_u \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$, and let $S \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ be independent of $(I_u, X_u)_{u \in U}$. When $I_c = 1$ for $c \in C$, the two original roots of color $c$ on the modular minus fiber $u + v \equiv S \pmod 1$ have centered coordinates $(u_{c, 1}, v_{c, 1}) = (X_c, \{S - X_c\})$ and $(u_{c, 2}, v_{c, 2}) = (\{S - X_c\}, X_c)$, and physical coordinates $P_{c, r} = (x_{c, r}, y_{c, r}) = (\{u_{c, r} + A\}, \{v_{c, r} + B\}) \in [0, 1)^2$ ($r \in \{1, 2\}$).

For a fixed realization of $s_0 = \{A + B + S\} \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$, the modular minus fiber lifts to two physical minus-diagonal segments in $[0, 1)^2$:

• $x + y = s_0$, of normalized length $s_0 \in [0, 1)$, and
• $x + y = s_0 + 1$, of normalized length $1 - s_0 \in (0, 1]$.

Let $L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s; I, X)$ denote the retained candidate count on the physical minus segment $x + y = s$ ($s \in (0, 2)$) of normalized length $1 - |s - 1|$. In the integral $G_C(A, B) = \frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \mathbb{E}_{I, X}[(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0) - 4)_+ + (L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s_0 + 1) - 4)_+]\,ds_0$, making the change of variables $\lambda = s_0 \in (0, 1)$ on the first term ($ds_0 = d\lambda$, so the segment is $x + y = \lambda$) and $\lambda = 1 - s_0 \in (0, 1]$ on the second term ($ds_0 = d\lambda$, so the segment $x + y = s_0 + 1$ becomes $x + y = 2 - \lambda$) regroups all physical minus segments—both short segments ($\lambda \in (0, 1/2)$) and long segments ($\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$)—into the equal-length pair $$s_1(\lambda) \;=\; \lambda \;\in\; (0,\, 1], \qquad s_2(\lambda) \;=\; 2 - \lambda \;\in\; [1,\, 2), \qquad 1 - |s_1(\lambda) - 1| \;=\; 1 - |s_2(\lambda) - 1| \;=\; \lambda,$$ yielding the exact full-range identity across $\lambda \in [0, 1]$: $$G_C(A, B) \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 \Bigl(\mathbb{E}_{I, X}\bigl[\bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(\lambda; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+\bigr] + \mathbb{E}_{I, X}\bigl[\bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(2 - \lambda; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+\bigr]\Bigr)\,d\lambda.$$ Because $(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(s; I, X) - 4)_+ \ge 0$ pointwise for every $\lambda \in [0, 1]$, restricting the lower limit of integration to any threshold $\lambda_0 \in [0, 1]$ drops only a non-negative integral over $[0, \lambda_0)$ and therefore gives a valid lower bound: $$G_C(A, B) \;\ge\; \frac{1}{2}\int_{\lambda_0}^1 \Bigl(\mathbb{E}_{I, X}\bigl[\bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(\lambda; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+\bigr] + \mathbb{E}_{I, X}\bigl[\bigl(L_{\mathrm{ret}}(2 - \lambda; I, X) - 4\bigr)_+\bigr]\Bigr)\,d\lambda.$$ Specifically, the 1D evaluators of Sections 3–4 set $\lambda_0 = 1/2$ (since the unbinned 1D bathtub rearrangement in Theorem 2(1) uses $h_-(\lambda, t_-) \ge 2\lambda - 1 \ge 0$ on $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$), whereas the 2D root-difference phase-binned evaluator of Section 5 (Theorem 6) integrates over $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$ with $\lambda_0 = \lambda_{\min} := \min(1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}) \in [0, 1/2]$, capturing the additional short-segment saving on $[\lambda_{\min}, 1/2]$ whenever at least $5$ roots survive on a minus segment of length $\lambda < 1/2$.

Theorem 1 (Universal Concentric-Threshold Equivalence, Disjoint-Arc Single-Blocker Cap, and Exact Two-Branch Plus-Diagonal Window Duality across $\lambda \in (0, 1]$)

Fix a physical minus segment $x + y = s$ ($s \in \{\lambda, 2 - \lambda\}$, $\lambda \in (0, 1]$) of normalized length $\lambda$, and define the concentric distance function around $s/2$ on the unit circle $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$: $$U_s(z) \;=\; 1 - 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}\!\left(z,\, \frac{s}{2}\right) \;\in\; [0, 1] \qquad (z \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}).$$ Then for every color $c \in C$ with $I_c = 1$ and every root $r \in \{1, 2\}$ with $x_{c, r} = \{u_{c, r} + A\}$, holding almost everywhere on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ (outside the finite set of torus wrap-around boundary points where fractional parts jump):

1. (Root-on-Segment and Plus-Line Length Identity): Put $U_r(X_c) = U_s(x_{c, r})$. The physical point $P_{c, r} = (x_{c, r}, y_{c, r})$ lies on the physical minus segment $x + y = s$ if and only if $U_r(X_c) \ge 1 - \lambda$, and whenever $P_{c, r}$ lies on $x + y = s$, the normalized length $L = 1 - |x_{c, r} - y_{c, r}|$ of the physical plus line through $P_{c, r}$ equals $U_r(X_c)$ identically: $$P_{c, r} \in \{x + y = s\} \;\Longleftrightarrow\; U_r(X_c) \in [1 - \lambda, 1], \qquad L(P_{c, r}) \;=\; U_r(X_c).$$
2. (Concentric Blocker Representation): For any root $P_{c, r}$ on $x + y = s$ with plus-line length $L = U_r(X_c)$, its own same-color partner $P_{\mathrm{own}} = (\{-v_{c, r} + A\}, \{-u_{c, r} + B\})$ lies on the same physical plus line in $[0, 1)^2$ if and only if $U_{\mathrm{own}}(s) < L$, where $U_{\mathrm{own}}(s) = U_s(A + B)$. Likewise, for each auxiliary difference $d = c - e \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$ ($e \in C \setminus \{c\}$), the two other-color plus-line partners at level $e$ exist if and only if $I_d = 1$, and lie on the same physical plus line in $[0, 1)^2$ if and only if $U_{1, d}(X_d) < L$ and $U_{2, d}(X_d) < L$ respectively, where $$U_{1, d}(X_d) \;=\; U_s(X_d + A + B), \qquad U_{2, d}(X_d) \;=\; U_s(X_d).$$
3. (Disjoint-Arc Single-Blocker Cap for $L \le t_+$): For every $L \in [0, 1]$ and $t_+ = \operatorname{dist}(A + B, \mathbb{Z}) \in [0, 1/2]$, the Lebesgue measure of $X_d \in [0, 1)$ for which both $U_{1, d}(X_d) < L$ and $U_{2, d}(X_d) < L$ hold is $$h(L, t_+) \;=\; \max(0, L - t_+) + \max(0, L + t_+ - 1).$$ In particular, whenever $L \le t_+$, the two blocker arcs $\{U_{1, d} < L\}$ and $\{U_{2, d} < L\}$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ are disjoint ($h(L, t_+) = 0$), so $K^+_d(I_d, X_d; L) = I_d\bigl(\mathbf{1}\{U_{1, d}(X_d) < L\} + \mathbf{1}\{U_{2, d}(X_d) < L\}\bigr) \le I_d \le 1$ pointwise for every $X_d \in [0, 1)$.
4. (Exact Two-Branch Plus-Diagonal Window Duality on $\{s_1(\lambda), s_2(\lambda)\} = \{\lambda, 2 - \lambda\}$ for All $\lambda \in (0, 1]$): For every center $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$ with $t_+ = \operatorname{dist}(A + B, \mathbb{Z}) \in [0, 1/2]$ and every $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, the two regrouped minus segments $s_1 = \lambda$ and $s_2 = 2 - \lambda$ have midpoints $s_1/2 = \lambda/2 \in (0, 1/2]$ and $s_2/2 = 1 - \lambda/2 \equiv -\lambda/2 \pmod 1$ located symmetrically on opposite halves of $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. Since $\{A + B\} \in \{t_+, 1 - t_+\}$, the pair $\{s_1, s_2\}$ always decomposes into one opposite-side segment $s_{\mathrm{opp}}$ (branch $\epsilon = -1$) and one same-side segment $s_{\mathrm{same}}$ (branch $\epsilon = +1$) whose exact own-partner thresholds are: $$U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_{\mathrm{opp}}) \;=\; \max\bigl(\lambda - 1 + 2t_+,\; 1 - \lambda - 2t_+\bigr), \qquad U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_{\mathrm{same}}) \;=\; 1 - |\lambda - 2t_+| \;=\; \min\bigl(1 + \lambda - 2t_+,\; 1 - \lambda + 2t_+\bigr).$$ Consequently, uniformly for all $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}] \subseteq [0, 1/2]$ and all $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, the own-partner indicator $\mathbf{1}\{U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_\epsilon) < L\}$ vanishes deterministically whenever $L \le \mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$, where: $$\mathrm{win}_{-1}(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}) \;:=\; \max\bigl(0,\, \min(1,\, \lambda - 1 + 2t_{\mathrm{lo}})\bigr), \qquad \mathrm{win}_{+1}(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}) \;:=\; \max\bigl(0,\, \min(1,\, 1 + \lambda - 2t_{\mathrm{hi}},\, 1 - \lambda + 2t_{\mathrm{lo}})\bigr).$$

Proof

Since $x_{c, r}, y_{c, r} \in [0, 1)$ satisfy $x_{c, r} + y_{c, r} \equiv s \pmod 1$, the point $(x_{c, r}, y_{c, r})$ lies on the physical line $x + y = s$ if and only if $y_{c, r} = s - x_{c, r} \in [0, 1)$, i.e., $x_{c, r} \in [\max(0, s - 1), \min(1, s)]$. For every $s \in (0, 2)$ of normalized length $\lambda = 1 - |s - 1| \in (0, 1]$, this interval has midpoint $s/2$ and half-width $\lambda/2$, so $x_{c, r}$ lies in it if and only if $|x_{c, r} - s/2| \le \lambda/2$, or equivalently $U_s(x_{c, r}) = 1 - 2|x_{c, r} - s/2| \ge 1 - \lambda$. On $x_{c, r} + y_{c, r} = s$, we have $x_{c, r} - y_{c, r} = 2(x_{c, r} - s/2)$, so $L = 1 - |x_{c, r} - y_{c, r}| = 1 - 2|x_{c, r} - s/2| = U_s(x_{c, r})$, proving (1).

For (2), any point $(x', y') \in [0, 1)^2$ on the modular plus line $x' - y' \equiv 2x_{c, r} - s \pmod 1$ lies on the physical plus line $x' - y' = 2x_{c, r} - s$ of length $L = 1 - |2x_{c, r} - s|$ if and only if $x' \in [\max(0, 2x_{c, r} - s), \min(1, 1 + 2x_{c, r} - s)]$, which is an open arc of length $L$ centered at $\frac{1}{2} + x_{c, r} - \frac{s}{2}$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. For the own partner $(x', y') = (\{-v_{c, r} + A\}, \{-u_{c, r} + B\})$ with $u_{c, r} + v_{c, r} \equiv s - (A + B) \pmod 1$, we have $x' - (x_{c, r} - s/2) \equiv A + B - s/2 \pmod 1$, so $\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(x' - (x_{c, r} - s/2), 1/2) < L/2 \iff \operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(A + B - s/2, 1/2) < L/2 \iff \operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(A + B, s/2) > (1 - L)/2 \iff U_s(A + B) < L$. Similarly, for $d = c - e$ with $I_d = 1$, the two plus-partner $x'$-coordinates $\{x_{c, r} - X_d\}$ and $\{-v_{c, r} + X_d + A\} \equiv \{x_{c, r} - s + A + B + X_d\}$ lie in the arc of length $L$ around $\frac{1}{2} + x_{c, r} - \frac{s}{2}$ iff $U_s(X_d) < L$ and $U_s(X_d + A + B) < L$ respectively, proving (2).

For (3), $\{z \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} : U_s(z) < L\}$ and $\{z \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} : U_s(z + A + B) < L\}$ are two arcs of length $L$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ whose centers $s/2 + 1/2$ and $s/2 + 1/2 - (A + B)$ are at circular distance $t_+ = \operatorname{dist}(A + B, \mathbb{Z}) \in [0, 1/2]$. Their intersection has measure $\max(0, L - t_+) + \max(0, L + t_+ - 1) = h(L, t_+)$, which vanishes for $L \le t_+$.

For (4), for every $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, if $\{A + B\} = t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$, then $s_1/2 = \lambda/2 \in (0, 1/2]$ and $t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$ both lie in $[0, 1/2]$, so their circular distance is $|\lambda/2 - t_+| \le 1/2$ and $U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_1) = 1 - |\lambda - 2t_+|$, while $s_2/2 = 1 - \lambda/2 \in [1/2, 1)$ lies on the opposite half of $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$, giving $\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(A + B, s_2/2) = \min(\lambda/2 + t_+, 1 - \lambda/2 - t_+)$ and $U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_2) = 1 - \min(\lambda + 2t_+, 2 - \lambda - 2t_+) = \max(\lambda - 1 + 2t_+, 1 - \lambda - 2t_+)$. If instead $\{A + B\} = 1 - t_+ \in [1/2, 1)$, the roles of $s_1$ and $s_2$ simply interchange ($s_{\mathrm{same}} = s_2$ and $s_{\mathrm{opp}} = s_1$). Since $U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_{\mathrm{opp}}) \ge \lambda - 1 + 2t_+ \ge \lambda - 1 + 2t_{\mathrm{lo}}$ for all $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, taking the infimum over $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$ yields $\mathrm{win}_{-1}$ and $\mathrm{win}_{+1}$. $\square$

Theorem 2 (Bathtub Rearrangement, Continuous Piecewise-Cubic Sum-of-Squares Envelope $q_\star(L)$, and Localized Phase-Overlap Laws)

Let $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$ and let $0 \le q(L) \le 1$ be any measurable survival lower bound on $L \in [1 - \lambda, 1]$ for a root on a physical minus segment of length $\lambda$. Define $$\mu(\lambda) \;=\; \int_{1 - \lambda}^1 q(L)\,dL, \qquad b(\lambda) \;=\; \int_{3/2 - \lambda}^1 q(L)\,dL \;=\; \mu\!\left(\lambda - \frac{1}{2}\right).$$ Then:

1. (Symmetric Rearrangement and Bathtub Laws): If $q(L)$ is non-increasing on $[1 - \lambda, 1]$, then conditional on $I_c = 1$, the expected number of surviving roots of color $c$ on the segment is at least $2\mu(\lambda)$ and the probability that both roots lie on the segment and survive is at least $2b(\lambda)$. Moreover, for every $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$ and every non-increasing $0 \le q(L) \le 1$, both the unconditioned bathtub law $(p_0, a, b) = (1 - \mu + b, \mu - 2b, b)$ and the $I_c = 1$ conditioned bathtub law $(p_0^{\mathrm{cond}}, a^{\mathrm{cond}}, b^{\mathrm{cond}}) = (1 - 2\mu + 2b, 2\mu - 4b, 2b)$ are valid probability distributions on $\{0, 1, 2\}$ with non-negative components across the entire interval $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$.
2. (Continuous Piecewise-Cubic Sum-of-Squares Survival Envelope $q_\star(L)$ and Generic Bound $\gamma_\star$): For three independent unshared auxiliary differences with blocker law $(p_0(L, h), p_1(L, h), p_2(L, h)) = (1 - L + \frac{h}{2}, L - h, \frac{h}{2})$ ($h \in [\max(0, 2L - 1), L]$), the survival polynomial $q_2(L, h) = \Pr(K^+_{d_1} + K^+_{d_2} + K^+_{d_3} \le 2) = p_0^3 + 3(p_1 + p_2)p_0^2 + 3p_1^2 p_0$ satisfies the uniform continuous piecewise-cubic lower bound (with $q_\star(2/3) = \frac{448}{675}$) $$q_2(L, h) \;\ge\; q_\star(L) \;=\; \begin{cases} 1 - L^2 + \frac{73}{200}L^3, & L \in [0, 2/3], \\[4pt] \frac{1}{2} + \frac{3}{2}(1 - L)^2 - \frac{2}{25}(1 - L)^3, & L \in [2/3, 1], \end{cases}$$ for every $t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$. Integrating $q_\star(L)$ in exact rational arithmetic yields $$G_\star \;=\; \frac{96{,}282{,}059{,}727{,}996{,}445{,}370{,}826{,}417{,}047}{1{,}769{,}723{,}681{,}409{,}469{,}513{,}728{,}000{,}000{,}000} \;\approx\; 0.0544051372, \qquad \gamma_\star \;=\; \frac{59}{32} - G_\star \;\approx\; \mathbf{1.7893448628 < 1.800}.$$
3. (Localized Phase-Overlap Survival Laws on $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$): For every fixed $L \in [0, 1]$, the overlap measure $h(L, t_+) = \max(0, L - t_+) + \max(0, L + t_+ - 1)$ is monotone non-increasing in $t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$. Thus on any sub-interval $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}] \subseteq [0, 1/2]$, setting $h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L) := h(L, t_{\mathrm{hi}}) \le h(L, t_+) \le h(L, t_{\mathrm{lo}}) =: h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L)$, the localized single-difference laws $$\text{`ON\_OWN`}(L) \;=\; \bigl(1 - 2L + h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L),\; 2L - h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L) - h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L),\; h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L)\bigr),$$ $$\text{`UNSH`}(L) \;=\; \left(1 - L + \frac{1}{2}h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L),\; L - \frac{1}{2}h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L) - \frac{1}{2}h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L),\; \frac{1}{2}h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L)\right),$$ $$\text{`ON\_2`}(L) \;=\; \begin{cases} (0, 1, 0), & L \le t_{\mathrm{lo}}, \\ (0, 0, 1), & L > t_{\mathrm{lo}}, \end{cases} \qquad \text{`OFF`}(L) \;=\; (1, 0, 0)$$ have non-negative components summing to $1$ and stochastically dominate the true blocker $K^+_d(I_d, X_d; L, t_+)$ for all $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$. Convolving the three single-difference laws of $\mathrm{st} = (s_1, s_2, s_3)$ on each elementary $L$-zone yields exact degree-$\le 3$ piecewise polynomial survival lower bounds $q_{2, \mathrm{st}}(L; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$ and $q_{3, \mathrm{st}}(L; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$, and spliced along the branch window $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$ ($\epsilon \in \{-1, +1\}$), the branch survival function $q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}, \epsilon}(L) = q_{3, \mathrm{st}}(L)\,\mathbf{1}_{L \le \mathrm{win}_\epsilon} + q_{2, \mathrm{st}}(L)\,\mathbf{1}_{L > \mathrm{win}_\epsilon}$ is non-increasing in $L \in [0, 1]$.

Proof

For (1), when $I_c = 1$, by Theorem 1(1)–(2) the two root survival events are pointwise nested under their common auxiliary realization: $\xi(P_{c, 1}; \omega) \ge \xi(P_{c, 2}; \omega)$ whenever $L_1(X_c) \le L_2(X_c)$, because the shorter physical plus-line segment is geometrically contained within the spatial projection of the longer plus-line segment and thus admits a subset of potential blockers. Consequently, both roots survive if and only if the root with the larger threshold $L_{\max}(X_c) = \max(L_1(X_c), L_2(X_c))$ survives. Both roots lie on the minus segment of length $\lambda$ on an $X_c$-overlap subset of measure $h_-(\lambda, t_-) \ge 2\lambda - 1$. Each unrestricted threshold $L_r(X_c)$ ($r \in \{1, 2\}$) has uniform density $1\,dL$ on $[1 - \lambda, 1]$, so the pushforward of Lebesgue measure on the overlap under $L_{\max}$ has density at most $2\,dL$ on $[1 - \lambda, 1]$. Since $q^{\mathrm{surv}}(L)$ is non-increasing in $L$, the worst-case measure of total mass $\ge 2\lambda - 1$ for simultaneous survival concentrates at the largest values $L \in [3/2 - \lambda, 1]$ with density $2\,dL$, establishing the lower bound $\Pr(M_c = 2 \mid I_c = 1) \ge 2\int_{3/2 - \lambda}^1 q(L)\,dL = 2b(\lambda)$. Non-negativity of the bathtub components for every $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$ follows from $1 - 2\mu(\lambda) + 2b(\lambda) = 2\int_{1-\lambda}^{3/2-\lambda} (1 - q(L))\,dL \ge 0$ and $2\mu(\lambda) - 4b(\lambda) = 2\int_{1-\lambda}^{3/2-\lambda} q(L)\,dL - 2\int_{3/2-\lambda}^1 q(L)\,dL \ge 2(\frac{1}{2} - (\lambda - \frac{1}{2}))q(3/2 - \lambda) = 2(1 - \lambda)q(3/2 - \lambda) \ge 0$ ([1, Eq. (H21)–(H22)]).

For (2), we verify two exact algebraic sum-of-squares decompositions (checked in Section 1 of verify_correlated_four_hyperbolas.py):

• On $L \in [0, 2/3]$: Writing $h = L u$ with $u \in [0, 1]$, $$q_2(L, L u) - \left(1 - L^2 + \frac{73}{200}L^3\right) \;=\; \frac{L^2(2 - 3L)(3u - 2)^2}{8} + \frac{L^3(5u - 3)^2(10u + 3)}{200} \;\ge\; 0.$$
• On $L \in [2/3, 1]$: Writing $h = 2L - 1 + v(1 - L)$ with $v \in [0, 1]$, $$q_2\bigl(L,\, 2L - 1 + v(1 - L)\bigr) - \left(\frac{1}{2} + \frac{3}{2}(1 - L)^2 - \frac{2}{25}(1 - L)^3\right) \;=\; \frac{(1 - L)^3(5v - 1)^2(5v + 8)}{100} + \frac{3}{4}v(1 - L)(3L - 2)\bigl(L + 2v(1 - L)\bigr) \;\ge\; 0.$$ At $L = 2/3$, both cubic branches evaluate to $\frac{448}{675}$, so $q_\star(L)$ is continuous on $[0, 1]$.

For (3), for any active difference $d$, the true conditional blocker law at $(L, t_+)$ has $\Pr(K^+_d = 0) = 1 - 2L + h(L, t_+) \ge 1 - 2L + h_{\mathrm{hi}}(L)$ and $\Pr(K^+_d \le 1) = 1 - h(L, t_+) \ge 1 - h_{\mathrm{lo}}(L)$. Since each localized single-difference law stochastically increases with $L \in [0, 1]$, their convolution $q_{k, \mathrm{st}}(L)$ ($k \in \{2, 3\}$) is non-increasing in $L$, and since $q_{3, \mathrm{st}}(L) \ge q_{2, \mathrm{st}}(L)$, splicing from $q_{3, \mathrm{st}}$ to $q_{2, \mathrm{st}}$ at $L = \mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$ preserves monotonicity in $L$. $\square$

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3. Shared-Flag Conditioning, Signed-Midpoint 1D Difference-Phase Binning, and Conditionally Independent Bathtub Comparison

Let $U_{\mathrm{shared}} \subset U$ denote the set of all indices $u \in U$ that appear more than once across the $4$ root roles $\{(\text{`ROOT`}, c) : c \in C\}$ and the $12$ difference roles $\{(\text{`DIFF\_OWN`}, c) : c \in C,\, u \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}\}$. To evaluate correlated collision classes while preserving strict conditional independence among active colors—so that the increasing-convex bathtub comparison of [1, Eq. (H21)–(H23)] applies directly to the excess payoff $\frac{1}{2}(\sum_c m_c - 4)_+$ without auxiliary correlation upgrades—we condition on the binary splitting-flag vector $\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}} \in \{0, 1\}^{U_{\mathrm{shared}}}$ together with signed-midpoint plus-diagonal phase bins for non-root shared differences.

Theorem 3 (Shared-Flag Conditioning, Signed-Midpoint 1D Difference-Phase Binning, and Conditionally Independent Bathtub Comparison)

Fix a sub-interval $I_+ = [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}] \subseteq [0, 1/2]$, a branch $\epsilon \in \{-1, +1\}$ (corresponding to $s_{\mathrm{opp}}$ or $s_{\mathrm{same}}$), and a binary splitting-flag state $\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}} = (I_u)_{u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}}} \in \{0, 1\}^{U_{\mathrm{shared}}}$ (occurring with probability $2^{-|U_{\mathrm{shared}}|}$). Choose:

• An active root subset $C_{\mathrm{act}} \subseteq \{c \in C : c \notin U_{\mathrm{shared}} \text{ or } I_c = 1\}$ with $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \in \{3, 4\}$ (bounding $M_c \ge 0$ by $0$ for any dropped root $c \in C \setminus C_{\mathrm{act}}$);
• An ownership map $c_{\mathrm{own}} : \{u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} : I_u = 1\} \to C_{\mathrm{act}}$ assigning every active shared root $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ to its own root role $(\text{`ROOT`}, u)$ ($c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) = u$) and every remaining active shared index $u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} \setminus C_{\mathrm{act}}$ ($I_u = 1$) to a single owner color $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ with $u \in D_{c_{\mathrm{own}}(u)}^{\mathrm{full}}$ ($(\text{`DIFF\_OWN`}, c_{\mathrm{own}}(u))$);
• A subset of binnable non-root shared differences $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \subseteq \{u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} \setminus C_{\mathrm{act}} : I_u = 1\}$ and a partition of $[0, 1]$ into $B_{\mathrm{bin}}$ sub-intervals $W_m = [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ of width $\Delta_m = w_{m, 1} - w_{m, 0}$ ($0 \le m < B_{\mathrm{bin}}$).

For each center $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$, let $\delta_+ \in [-1/2, 1/2]$ denote the unique signed representative of $A + B \pmod 1$ in $[-1/2, 1/2]$ ($A + B \equiv \delta_+ \pmod 1$, $|\delta_+| = t_+$), and for each $u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}$, define its short-arc midpoint $M_+(X_u) := X_u + \frac{\delta_+}{2} \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ and its folded plus-diagonal phase $$w_u(X_u) \;:=\; 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}\!\left(X_u + \frac{\delta_+}{2},\, \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}\right) \;\sim\; \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1).$$ Then:

1. (Exact Threshold Folding across All Centers and Localized Bin Laws OWN_m and STEP_m): For every center $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$ and every $X_u \in [0, 1)$, the unordered pair of plus-partner thresholds $\{U_{1, u}(X_u), U_{2, u}(X_u)\} = \{U_{s_\epsilon}(X_u + A + B), U_{s_\epsilon}(X_u)\}$ is determined identically by $w_u = w_u(X_u)$ and $t_+ = |\delta_+|$ via $$\min\bigl(U_{1, u}(X_u),\, U_{2, u}(X_u)\bigr) \;=\; \max\bigl(0,\, w_u + t_+ - 1,\, 1 - w_u - t_+\bigr), \qquad \max\bigl(U_{1, u}(X_u),\, U_{2, u}(X_u)\bigr) \;=\; 1 - |w_u - t_+|.$$ Consequently, conditional on the event $w_u(X_u) \in W_m = [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ (which occurs with exact probability $\Delta_m$, independently for each $u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}$, independently of $\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}$, and independently of all root coordinates $\{X_c : c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}\}$ since $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$), we have for all $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$: $$\min\bigl(U_{1, u}(X_u),\, U_{2, u}(X_u)\bigr) \;\ge\; \underline{\tau}_{\min}(W_m; I_+) \;:=\; \max\bigl(0,\, w_{m, 0} + t_{\mathrm{lo}} - 1,\, 1 - w_{m, 1} - t_{\mathrm{hi}}\bigr),$$ $$\max\bigl(U_{1, u}(X_u),\, U_{2, u}(X_u)\bigr) \;\ge\; \underline{\tau}_{\max}(W_m; I_+) \;:=\; 1 - \max\bigl(w_{m, 1} - t_{\mathrm{lo}},\, t_{\mathrm{hi}} - w_{m, 0}\bigr).$$ Thus, for every non-owner color $c' \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \setminus \{c_{\mathrm{own}}(u)\}$ with $u \in D_{c'}^{\mathrm{full}}$, $K^+_u(1, X_u; L)$ is bounded above deterministically on $w_u \in W_m$ by the step law $$\text{`STEP`}_m(L) \;:=\; \begin{cases} (1, 0, 0), & L \le \tau_{1, m}, \\ (0, 1, 0), & \tau_{1, m} < L \le \tau_{2, m}, \\ (0, 0, 1), & L > \tau_{2, m}, \end{cases}$$ where $\tau_{1, m} = \underline{\tau}_{\min}(W_m; I_+)$ and $\tau_{2, m} = \max(\tau_{1, m}, \underline{\tau}_{\max}(W_m; I_+), t_{\mathrm{lo}})$; while for the single owner color $c = c_{\mathrm{own}}(u)$, $K^+_u(1, X_u; L)$ is stochastically dominated on $w_u \sim \mathrm{Unif}(W_m)$ by the piecewise-linear law $\text{`OWN`}_m(L) = (p_{0, m}(L), p_{1, m}(L), p_{2, m}(L))$ defined by $$1 - p_{0, m}(L) \;=\; \frac{1}{\Delta_m}\max\bigl(0,\, \min(w_{m, 1}, 1 - t_{\mathrm{lo}} + L) - \max(w_{m, 0}, 1 - t_{\mathrm{hi}} - L)\bigr),$$ $$p_{2, m}(L) \;=\; \frac{1}{\Delta_m}\Bigl(\max\bigl(0,\, \min(w_{m, 1}, t_{\mathrm{hi}} - 1 + L) - w_{m, 0}\bigr) + \max\bigl(0,\, w_{m, 1} - \max(w_{m, 0}, t_{\mathrm{lo}} + 1 - L)\bigr)\Bigr)$$ (clamped to $1 - p_{0, m}(L) = \max(1 - p_{0, m}(L), p_{2, m}(L))$ and $(0, 0, 1)$ for $L \ge 1 - \frac{t_{\mathrm{hi}} - t_{\mathrm{lo}}}{2}$).
2. (Strict Conditional Independence of Active Colors and Bathtub Comparison): Conditional on $(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$ where $\mathbf{b} = (b_u)_{u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}} \in \{0, \dots, B_{\mathrm{bin}} - 1\}^{U_{\mathrm{bin}}}$, define for each active color $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ its state triple $\mathrm{st}_c(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}) = (\mathrm{st}_c(d))_{d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}}$ by $$\mathrm{st}_c(d) \;=\; \begin{cases} \text{`UNSH`}, & d \notin U_{\mathrm{shared}}, \\ \text{`OFF`}, & d \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} \text{ and } I_d = 0, \\ \text{`OWN`}_{b_d}, & d \in U_{\mathrm{bin}} \text{ and } c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) = c, \\ \text{`STEP`}_{b_d}, & d \in U_{\mathrm{bin}} \text{ and } c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) \neq c, \\ \text{`ON\_OWN`}, & d \in (U_{\mathrm{shared}} \setminus U_{\mathrm{bin}}),\, I_d = 1,\, c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) = c, \\ \text{`ON\_2`}, & d \in (U_{\mathrm{shared}} \setminus U_{\mathrm{bin}}),\, I_d = 1,\, c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) \neq c. \end{cases}$$ Let $\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ denote the surviving root count of color $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ when every non-owned difference $d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$ ($c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) \neq c$) is replaced by its deterministic upper cap (OFF, ON_2, or STEP$_{b_d}$). Then $M_c(\lambda) \ge \underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ pointwise, the random variables $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally mutually independent given $(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$, and each $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ dominates its bathtub comparison variable $K_c^{(\epsilon)}(\lambda; \mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}) \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ in the increasing-convex order on $\{0, 1, 2\}$. Consequently, for all $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$ with $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$ and all $t_- \in [0, 1/2]$: $$G_C(A, B) \;\ge\; \frac{1}{2}\Bigl(G_{1\mathrm{D}}^{(-1)}\bigl(C; [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]\bigr) + G_{1\mathrm{D}}^{(+1)}\bigl(C; [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]\bigr)\Bigr),$$ where $$G_{1\mathrm{D}}^{(\epsilon)}\bigl(C; [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]\bigr) \;=\; 2\int_{1/2}^1 \sum_{\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}} 2^{-|U_{\mathrm{shared}}|} \sum_{\mathbf{b}} \left(\prod_{u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}} \Delta_{b_u}\right) \mathbb{E}\!\left[\frac{1}{2}\left(\sum_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}} K_c^{(\epsilon)}(\lambda; \mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}) - 4\right)_+\right] d\lambda.$$

Proof

For (1), since $A + B \equiv \delta_+ \pmod 1$ with $\delta_+ \in [-1/2, 1/2]$ and $|\delta_+| = t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$, for every $X_u \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ the two points $X_u$ and $X_u + A + B$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ are $M_+(X_u) - \frac{\delta_+}{2}$ and $M_+(X_u) + \frac{\delta_+}{2}$, where $M_+(X_u) = X_u + \frac{\delta_+}{2} \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ is the midpoint of the short arc of length $t_+$ connecting them (note that using the signed representative $\delta_+ \in [-1/2, 1/2]$ rather than $\{A + B\} \in [0, 1)$ is essential whenever $\{A + B\} \in (1/2, 1)$, where $\{A + B\}/2$ differs from $\delta_+/2$ by $1/2 \pmod 1$ and lies on the complementary long arc; for instance, at $A = B = 3/8$, $s = 3/4$, $X_u = 1/20$, we have $\delta_+ = -1/4$, $\delta_+/2 = -1/8$, $w_u(1/20) = 9/10$, and $\{U_s(X_u), U_s(X_u + A + B)\} = \{3/20, 7/20\}$). Because $\{\pm \frac{\delta_+}{2}\} = \{\pm \frac{t_+}{2}\}$ as an unordered set, the unordered pair $\{X_u - \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}, X_u + A + B - \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}\}$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ equals $\{\theta_u - \frac{t_+}{2}, \theta_u + \frac{t_+}{2}\}$ where $\theta_u = M_+(X_u) - \frac{s_\epsilon}{2} \in (-1/2, 1/2]$ satisfies $|\theta_u| = \frac{w_u}{2} \in [0, 1/2]$. By reflection symmetry $\theta_u \mapsto -\theta_u$, the unordered pair of circular distances to $0 \in \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ is identical to that of $\{\frac{w_u - t_+}{2}, \frac{w_u + t_+}{2}\}$. Since $\frac{w_u - t_+}{2} \in [-1/2, 1/2]$, we have $\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\frac{w_u - t_+}{2}, 0) = \frac{|w_u - t_+|}{2}$ and $1 - 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\frac{w_u - t_+}{2}, 0) = 1 - |w_u - t_+|$; since $\frac{w_u + t_+}{2} \in [0, 1]$, we have $\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\frac{w_u + t_+}{2}, 0) = \min(\frac{w_u + t_+}{2}, 1 - \frac{w_u + t_+}{2})$ and $1 - 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\frac{w_u + t_+}{2}, 0) = \max(w_u + t_+ - 1, 1 - w_u - t_+) \ge 0$, establishing the exact identities for $\min(U_{1, u}, U_{2, u})$ and $\max(U_{1, u}, U_{2, u})$ across all centers $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$.

Minimizing these expressions over $w_u \in [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ and $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$ yields $\underline{\tau}_{\min}(W_m; I_+)$ and $\underline{\tau}_{\max}(W_m; I_+)$, and combining with the single-blocker cap $K^+_u \le 1$ for $L \le t_{\mathrm{lo}}$ (Theorem 1(3)) proves that $\text{`STEP`}_m(L)$ is a valid deterministic upper bound on $K^+_u(1, X_u; L)$ on the event $w_u \in W_m$. Likewise, since translation by $\frac{\delta_+ - s_\epsilon}{2}$ preserves Haar measure on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$, $w_u(X_u) \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ independently of $\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}$; conditional on $w_u \in [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$, $\{K^+_u \ge 1\} = \{\min(U_{1, u}, U_{2, u}) < L\} = \{1 - t_+ - L < w_u < 1 - t_+ + L\}$, whose conditional measure on $[w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ is bounded above for all $t_+ \in [t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}}]$ by $1 - p_{0, m}(L)$, and $\{K^+_u = 2\} = \{\max(U_{1, u}, U_{2, u}) < L\} = \{w_u < t_+ - 1 + L\} \cup \{w_u > t_+ + 1 - L\}$ (for $L > t_+$), whose conditional measure on $[w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ is bounded above by $p_{2, m}(L)$.

For (2), under the conditional probability measure $\mathbb{P}(\cdot \mid \mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}},\, w_u(X_u) \in W_{b_u}\ \forall u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}})$, the continuous coordinates $(X_u)_{u \in U}$ are mutually independent because $(X_u)_{u \in U}$ are unconditionally i.i.d. $\mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ and each conditioning event $w_u(X_u) \in W_{b_u}$ depends solely on the single coordinate $X_u$. Furthermore, since $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$, every active root coordinate $X_c$ ($c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$) remains unconditionally $\mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ (independent of $t_-$). In each active color $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$, every non-owned difference $d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$ ($c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) \neq c$) is replaced by the deterministic function OFF, ON_2, or STEP$_{b_d}$, which depends only on $L$ and the discrete conditioning state $(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$ and not on $X_d$. Therefore, $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ is a measurable function solely of the private coordinate set $$\Omega_c \;=\; \bigl(\{I_c, X_c\}\bigr) \;\cup\; \bigl\{(I_d, X_d) : d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}} \setminus U_{\mathrm{shared}}\bigr\} \;\cup\; \bigl\{X_d : d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}},\, I_d = 1,\, c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) = c\bigr\}.$$ Because each active $u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ is assigned to at most one owner color $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ (and $c \notin D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$ since $0 \notin D$), the private coordinate sets $(\Omega_c)_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are pairwise disjoint ($\Omega_c \cap \Omega_{c'} = \emptyset$ for all $c \neq c' \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$). Hence the random variables $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally mutually independent given $(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$. By Theorem 2(1) and [1, Eq. (H21)–(H23)], each $\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ dominates $K_c^{(\epsilon)}(\lambda; \mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$ in the increasing-convex order on $\{0, 1, 2\}$. Since $\Phi((m_c)_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}) = \frac{1}{2}(\sum_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}} m_c - 4)_+$ is increasing and convex in each coordinate $m_c \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ and $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally independent, replacing $\underline{M}_c$ by $K_c^{(\epsilon)}$ one color at a time preserves the expectation inequality. Substituting into the regrouped long-segment lower bound of Section 2 and Theorem 1(4) yields the stated lower bound on $G_C(A, B)$. $\square$

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4. Complete Breakpoint Derivation, Continuous-Interval Bernstein Positivity Certification, and All-Phase Sub-$\frac{9}{5}$ Bounds for $34$ Classes

To integrate the piecewise-polynomial bathtub comparison laws over $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$ with zero quadrature error and guaranteed non-negativity across every subinterval, we first record the complete set of $L$-zone knots and $\lambda$-breakpoints implemented in build_pure_1d_branch_ev and build_1d_diffbin_ev:

1. Complete $L$-Knot Grid $\mathcal{K}_L(I_+)$: For unbinned evaluation ($U_{\mathrm{bin}} = \emptyset$), the single-difference laws OFF, ON_2, ON_OWN, and UNSH are affine linear in $L$ on each elementary zone determined by $$\mathcal{K}_L^{\mathrm{pure}}(I_+) \;=\; \bigl\{0,\, t_{\mathrm{lo}},\, t_{\mathrm{hi}},\, 1 - t_{\mathrm{hi}},\, 1 - t_{\mathrm{lo}},\, 1\bigr\}.$$ For binned evaluation ($W_m = [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$, $0 \le m < B_{\mathrm{bin}}$), STEP$_m(L)$ and OWN$_m(L)$ introduce the additional knots $\tau_{1, m}, \tau_{2, m}, w_{m, i} - 1 + t_{\mathrm{lo}}, 1 - t_{\mathrm{hi}} - w_{m, i}, w_{m, i} + 1 - t_{\mathrm{hi}}, t_{\mathrm{lo}} + 1 - w_{m, i}$ ($i \in \{0, 1\}$), and $1 - \frac{t_{\mathrm{hi}} - t_{\mathrm{lo}}}{2}$ intersected with $[0, 1]$. On every resulting $L$-zone $[L_i, L_{i+1}]$, the verifier explicitly checks at the endpoints $L_i, L_{i+1}$ and midpoint that every single-difference law $(p_0(L), p_1(L), p_2(L))$ is non-negative, sums to $1$, and has $p_0(L)$ and $p_0(L) + p_1(L)$ non-increasing across $[0, 1]$ (both within each zone and across every zone boundary).
2. Complete $\lambda$-Breakpoint Grid $\Lambda_{\mathrm{crit}}^{(\epsilon)}(I_+)$: As $\lambda$ varies over $[1/2, 1]$, the integration limits $L_1(\lambda) = 1 - \lambda$, $L_2(\lambda) = \frac{3}{2} - \lambda$, and the branch window $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; t_{\mathrm{lo}}, t_{\mathrm{hi}})$ are piecewise affine in $\lambda$. Their complete set of breakpoints in $[1/2, 1]$ consists of:
   • The interval endpoints $\{1/2, 1\}$, and for $\epsilon = +1$ the window ridge and clamping points $\{t_{\mathrm{lo}} + t_{\mathrm{hi}}, 2t_{\mathrm{lo}}, 2t_{\mathrm{hi}}\} \cap [1/2, 1]$;
   • The crossings of $L_1(\lambda)$, $L_2(\lambda)$, and $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda)$ with every $L$-knot $k \in \mathcal{K}_L(I_+)$: $$\lambda \;\in\; \bigl\{1 - k,\; \tfrac{3}{2} - k,\; k + 1 - 2t_{\mathrm{lo}}\bigr\} \cap [1/2, 1] \quad (\epsilon = -1), \qquad \lambda \;\in\; \bigl\{1 - k,\; \tfrac{3}{2} - k,\; k - 1 + 2t_{\mathrm{hi}},\; 1 + 2t_{\mathrm{lo}} - k\bigr\} \cap [1/2, 1] \quad (\epsilon = +1);$$
   • The crossings between $L_1(\lambda) = 1 - \lambda$ or $L_2(\lambda) = \frac{3}{2} - \lambda$ and $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda)$: $$\lambda \;\in\; \bigl\{1 - t_{\mathrm{lo}},\; \tfrac{5}{4} - t_{\mathrm{lo}}\bigr\} \cap [1/2, 1] \quad (\epsilon = -1), \qquad \lambda \;\in\; \bigl\{t_{\mathrm{hi}},\; \tfrac{1}{4} + t_{\mathrm{hi}}\bigr\} \cap [1/2, 1] \quad (\epsilon = +1),$$ where $1 - \lambda = 1 + \lambda - 2t_{\mathrm{hi}}$ at $\lambda = t_{\mathrm{hi}}$ and $\frac{3}{2} - \lambda = 1 + \lambda - 2t_{\mathrm{hi}}$ at $\lambda = \frac{1}{4} + t_{\mathrm{hi}}$.
3. Subinterval Invariant Verification and Exact Degree-$4$ Bernstein Non-Negativity Certificate: On every subinterval $[a_s, b_s]$ of the sorted grid $\Lambda_{\mathrm{crit}}^{(\epsilon)}(I_+)$, the verifier checks at both endpoints $\lambda = a_s$ and $\lambda = b_s$ that $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda)$ is affine ($\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\frac{a_s + b_s}{2}) = \frac{1}{2}(\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(a_s) + \mathrm{win}_\epsilon(b_s))$), that $L_1(\lambda)$, $L_2(\lambda)$, and $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda)$ remain within their single assigned $L$-zones across the entire interval $[a_s, b_s]$, and that neither $L_1(\lambda)$ nor $L_2(\lambda)$ crosses $\mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda)$ on $(a_s, b_s)$. Furthermore, for every cached color bathtub law $(p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda))$ and every subinterval $[a_s, b_s]$ (partitioned into four quarters via the $17$ equispaced nodes $q = 0, \dots, 16$), check_deg4_bernstein_nonneg reconstructs the five exact degree-$4$ Bernstein coefficients $(B_0, B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4)$ from the five equispaced values $(y_0, y_1, y_2, y_3, y_4)$ on each quarter via $$B_0 = y_0, \quad 12B_1 = -13y_0 + 48y_1 - 36y_2 + 16y_3 - 3y_4, \quad 18B_2 = 13y_0 - 64y_1 + 120y_2 - 64y_3 + 13y_4, \quad 12B_3 = -3y_0 + 16y_1 - 36y_2 + 48y_3 - 13y_4, \quad B_4 = y_4,$$ and asserts $B_k \ge 0$ for all $k \in \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$. Since a polynomial of degree $\le 4$ with non-negative Bernstein coefficients on $[a_s, b_s]$ is non-negative everywhere on $[a_s, b_s]$, this algebraically certifies that $(p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda))$ is a valid probability distribution on $\{0, 1, 2\}$ at every point $\lambda \in [a_s, b_s]$. Because the $4$-fold product $\prod_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}} \Pr(K_c^{(\epsilon)}(\lambda) = m_c)$ has degree $\le 16$ in $\lambda$ on $[a_s, b_s]$, the $17$-point closed Newton–Cotes quadrature rule of degree $16$ integrates the excess expectation on each subinterval $[a_s, b_s]$ with zero quadrature error.

Theorem 4 (Uniform All-Center Sub-$\frac{9}{5}$ Asymptotic Density Bounds for $34$ Collision Isomorphism Classes)

Let $C \subset \mathbb{F}_p^\times$ belong to any of the $29$ collision isomorphism classes with $|C \cap (C - C)| \le 2$ ($5$ classes with $|C \cap D| = 0$, $10$ classes with $|C \cap D| = 1$, and $14$ classes with $|C \cap D| = 2$) or any of the $5$ collision isomorphism classes with $|C \cap (C - C)| = 3$ represented by $(-8, -4, -2, -1)$, $(-5, -2, -1, 1)$, $(-4, -3, -2, 2)$, $(-4, -2, 2, 3)$, and $(-4, -1, 1, 2)$ ($34$ classes in total). Then across the entire phase domain $t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$ and uniformly for all $t_- \in [0, 1/2]$, the exact rational 1D evaluator of Theorems 1–3 certifies: $$\limsup_{p \to \infty} \max_{(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2} \frac{\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}\bigl(H_p(C; x_0, y_0)\bigr)}{p} \;\le\; c_{\max}^{1\mathrm{D}}(C) \;:=\; \max_{[a, b] \in \mathcal{P}_{1\mathrm{D}}(C)} \Bigl(c_{\mathrm{first}}(b) - G_{1\mathrm{D}}\bigl(C; [a, b]\bigr)\Bigr) \;<\; \frac{9}{5} \;=\; 1.8,$$ where $\mathcal{P}_{1\mathrm{D}}(C)$ is an exact dyadic partition of $[0, 1/2]$ (with $33$ classes certified using pure unbinned conditioning $U_{\mathrm{bin}} = \emptyset$ and class $29$, $(-3, -2, 1, 2)$, certified using $4$-bin dyadic difference-phase binning $W_m = [\frac{m}{4}, \frac{m+1}{4}]$ on $[1/4, 3/8]$):

| # | Class Representative $C$ | $\|C \cap D\|$ | $\|R_{\ge 2}\|$ | $T(C)$ | $\|U\|$ | Leaves $\|\mathcal{P}_{1\mathrm{D}}\|$ | Peak Sub-Interval $[a, b]$ | Exact Rational Upper Bound $c_{\max}^{1\mathrm{D}}(C)$ | Decimal Value | | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- | :---: | | 1 | (-5, -3, 3, 4) | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ | $16$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 22370537715437979452105703/12556329756092617593978880 | $1.78161438 < 1.800$ | | 2 | (-5, -2, 1, 5) | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ | $14$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 34734529043215208924089/19475005940630783262720 | $1.78354395 < 1.800$ | | 3 | (-5, -1, 1, 3) | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ | $12$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 19531860975577200238061/10954690841604815585280 | $1.78296780 < 1.800$ | | 4 | (-3, -2, 2, 3) | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ | $12$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 3637600227239740633/2037702909524705280 | $1.78514749 < 1.800$ | | 5 | (-3, -1, 1, 3) | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ | $10$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 244057152363263083/137153080448778240 | $1.77945075 < 1.800$ | | 6 | (-8, -7, -6, -4) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $11$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 7867265888007477299/4388898574360903680 | $1.79253764 < 1.800$ | | 7 | (-8, -6, -5, -4) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $11$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 7867911486987723119/4388898574360903680 | $1.79268474 < 1.800$ | | 8 | (-7, -6, -5, -3) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $11$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 7867265888007477299/4388898574360903680 | $1.79253764 < 1.800$ | | 9 | (-6, -5, -4, -3) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $9$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 34405441496941/19241453486080 | $1.78808953 < 1.800$ | | 10 | (-6, -2, -1, 2) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $13$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 69843203207773673197183/38950011881261566525440 | $1.79314973 < 1.800$ | | 11 | (-6, -2, 1, 2) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $13$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 9528503615708278259999/5311365256535668162560 | $1.79398387 < 1.800$ | | 12 | (-5, -2, -1, 2) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $11$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 3148280437352189939/1755559429744361472 | $1.79332034 < 1.800$ | | 13 | (-4, -3, -2, 3) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $13$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 1360937600461514416169/758766465219381166080 | $1.79361854 < 1.800$ | | 14 | (-4, -3, 2, 4) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $15$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 35757129223382052943301093/19942406083205922061025280 | $1.79301981 < 1.800$ | | 15 | (-4, -2, 1, 4) | $1$ | $0$ | $1$ | $13$ | $4$ | $[1/4, 3/8]$ | 52403690294184913551709/29212508910946174894080 | $1.79387845 < 1.800$ | | 16 | (-8, -6, -4, -3) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 53795741415232994263900211/29913609124808883091537920 | $1.79837014 < 1.800$ | | 17 | (-8, -5, -4, -2) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 143961886486982199862165/80125738727166651138048 | $1.79669965 < 1.800$ | | 18 | (-8, -4, -3, -2) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 5037601760891410768106459/2804400855450832789831680 | $1.79632015 < 1.800$ | | 19 | (-7, -5, -4, -3) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $10$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 1640062547885490593/911978924542525440 | $1.79835576 < 1.800$ | | 20 | (-7, -4, -2, -1) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 23026775381574769445960471/12820118196346664182087680 | $1.79614377 < 1.800$ | | 21 | (-6, -3, 1, 2) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $14$ | $5$ | $[1/8, 1/4]$ | 23354170975344200505643/12983337293753855508480 | $1.79878027 < 1.800$ | | 22 | (-5, -1, 2, 3) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $6$ | $[1/8, 1/4]$ | 451350402797206667/250794204249194496 | $1.79968434 < 1.800$ | | 23 | (-4, -3, 1, 3) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $14$ | $7$ | $[5/16, 3/8]$ | 21858789004882070807778647/12155371326906466780053504 | $1.79828229 < 1.800$ | | 24 | (-4, -2, -1, 4) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $14$ | $5$ | $[1/8, 1/4]$ | 9997508133000371685943/5564287411608795217920 | $1.79672749 < 1.800$ | | 25 | (-4, -1, 1, 3) | $2$ | $0$ | $2$ | $12$ | $5$ | $[1/4, 5/16]$ | 17942626157746279905664769/9971203041602961030512640 | $1.79944447 < 1.800$ | | 26 | (-6, -5, -4, -2) | $2$ | $1$ | $3$ | $10$ | $12$ | $[11/32, 3/8]$ | 68998569220170110730871/38350780929242157809664 | $1.79914379 < 1.800$ | | 27 | (-5, -4, -3, -2) | $2$ | $1$ | $3$ | $8$ | $8$ | $[5/16, 11/32]$ | 850843532523345253/472877960873902080 | $1.79928777 < 1.800$ | | 28 | (-3, -2, -1, 3) | $2$ | $1$ | $3$ | $12$ | $17$ | $[5/16, 21/64]$ | 31021364794471556649026673185/17234446484426153514611245056 | $1.79996293 < 1.800$ | | 29 | (-3, -2, 1, 2) | $2$ | $1$ | $3$ | $10$ | $29$ | $[17/64, 35/128]$ | 34744161490889653585741259344391/19302580062557291936364594462720 | $1.79997500 < 1.800$ | | 30 | (-8, -4, -2, -1) | $3$ | $0$ | $3$ | $13$ | $15$ | $[7/32, 1/4]$ | 434306575720593417324439710157/241282250781966149204557430784 | $1.79999388 < 1.800$ | | 31 | (-5, -2, -1, 1) | $3$ | $0$ | $3$ | $11$ | $13$ | $[9/32, 19/64]$ | 8481211014016729437011173201/4712543960585276351651512320 | $1.79970969 < 1.800$ | | 32 | (-4, -3, -2, 2) | $3$ | $0$ | $3$ | $11$ | $12$ | $[3/16, 1/4]$ | 12940507499895809603933/7190771424232904589312 | $1.79959934 < 1.800$ | | 33 | (-4, -2, 2, 3) | $3$ | $0$ | $3$ | $13$ | $19$ | $[11/32, 3/8]$ | 24308842926018306284427871/13505968141007185311170560 | $1.79985934 < 1.800$ | | 34 | (-4, -1, 1, 2) | $3$ | $0$ | $3$ | $11$ | $19$ | $[1/4, 17/64]$ | 4241207823666918570492737023/2356271980292638175825756160 | $1.79996531 < 1.800$ |

Proof

For each of the $34$ classes, the standalone verification suite verify_correlated_four_hyperbolas.py checks that the sub-intervals $[a_j, b_j] \in \mathcal{P}_{1\mathrm{D}}(C)$ form a contiguous partition of $[0, 1/2]$ ($a_0 = 0$, $b_j = a_{j+1}$, $b_{\text{last}} = 1/2$), verifies that every ownership assignment satisfies the disjointness hypotheses of Theorem 3 (with $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$), certifies endpoint zone containment, no-crossing invariants, and exact degree-$4$ Bernstein non-negativity of every comparison law $(p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda))$ across every subinterval $[a_s, b_s]$, and computes $c_{\mathrm{first}}(b_j) - G_{1\mathrm{D}}(C; [a_j, b_j]) < \frac{9}{5}$ in exact rational arithmetic (fractions.Fraction) on every leaf. Since $c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+)$ is strictly increasing on $[0, 1/2]$, $c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+) \le c_{\mathrm{first}}(b_j)$ for all $t_+ \in [a_j, b_j]$, completing the proof. $\square$

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5. Root-Role Lockout Resolution, Diagonal Reflection Duality, and 2D Root-Difference Phase Binning across Antipodal Parity Sheets

While 1D difference-phase binning (Theorem 4) resolves all $29$ classes with $|C \cap D| \le 2$ and $5$ classes with $|C \cap D| = 3$, it leaves an uncertified interior square on the remaining $23$ classes. Specifically, for the remaining $4$ classes with $T(C) = 3$ (where $|C \cap D| = 3$ and $|R_{\ge 2}(C)| = 0$) and all $19$ classes with $T(C) \ge 4$, 1D difference-phase binning encounters a combinatorial constraint on shared root-difference coordinates:

Proposition 2 (Active-Root vs. Binned-Difference Tradeoff on $C \cap D$)

Let $C \subset \mathbb{Q}^\times$ with $|C| = 4$. Under the 1D difference-phase binning framework of Theorem 3, conditional mutual independence of the active roots requires that the binned set $U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ and the active root set $C_{\mathrm{act}}$ be disjoint: $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$. Consequently, for the shared root-difference coordinates $u \in C \cap D$:

1. Any coordinate $u \in C \cap D$ placed into $U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ must be excluded from $C_{\mathrm{act}}$, so that binning $k_b = |U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C|$ shared root-difference coordinates forces $$|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \;\le\; 4 - k_b.$$ In particular, retaining all four active roots ($|C_{\mathrm{act}}| = 4$) forces $|U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C| = 0$, while binning one shared coordinate ($k_b = 1$) reduces $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \le 3$, and binning two shared coordinates ($k_b \ge 2$) reduces $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \le 2$.
2. For collision isomorphism classes with $|C \cap D| = 3$ and $|R_{\ge 2}(C)| = 0$, five of the nine classes (rows 30–34 of Table 1) are successfully certified strictly below $1.8$ under 1D difference-phase binning by setting $C_{\mathrm{act}} = C$ and binning external differences or uncoupling coordinates with $k_b \le 1$. For the remaining four classes, 1D certificates with $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \ge 3$ leave an uncertified interior domain near the center.
3. In contrast, the 2D root-difference phase binning framework of Section 5 lifts the restriction $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$ by binning the short-arc shifted root phase $\tilde{w}_u \in [0, 1]$ directly on active roots $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap D$, enabling simultaneous conditioning of root coordinates while retaining all $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| = 4$ active roots.

Proof

For (1), conditioning independent coordinates on separate coordinate-wise bin events preserves their mutual independence: since $(X_u)_{u \in U}$ are unconditionally mutually independent and each bin event $w_u(X_u) \in W_{b_u}$ depends solely on $X_u$, the coordinates remain conditionally mutually independent given $\mathbf{b} = (b_u)_{u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}}$. However, placing an active root coordinate $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ into $U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ conditions $X_c$ to lie in a restricted subinterval $W_{b_c}$, which changes its marginal distribution away from $\mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ without coupling distinct roots. Because the increasing-convex bathtub comparison of Theorem 3 relies fundamentally on the uniform-root hypothesis $X_c \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1)$ for all $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$, applying Theorem 3's uniform-root comparison requires $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C_{\mathrm{act}} = \emptyset$. Since $C_{\mathrm{act}} \subseteq C$, binning $k_b = |U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap C|$ shared root-difference coordinates forces $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \le |C \setminus U_{\mathrm{bin}}| = 4 - k_b$ under Theorem 3: if $k_b = 1$, $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \le 3$; if $k_b \ge 2$, $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \le 2$.

For (2), the empirical outcomes are verified directly by the exact rational certificates in Table 1: rows 30–34 ((-8, -4, -2, -1), (-5, -2, -1, 1), (-4, -3, -2, 2), (-4, -2, 2, 3), and (-4, -1, 1, 2)) each have $|C \cap D| = 3$ and $|R_{\ge 2}| = 0$, and each achieves $c_{\max}^{1\mathrm{D}}(C) < 1.8$ across all of $[0, 1/2]$. For the remaining four classes ((-5, -2, -1, 4), (-7, -4, -3, -2), (-5, -3, 1, 2), (-5, -2, -1, 3)), unbinned or 1D binned evaluation leaves an interior region around $[1/5, 3/8]$ where the 1D upper bound exceeds $1.8$.

For (3), Theorem 6 parameterizes the two minus-segment hyperbola roots of level $u$ simultaneously by their signed-midpoint phase $\tilde{w}_u$ and the center phase $t_-$, replacing the 1D restriction with joint piecewise-linear stochastic dominance envelopes that operate on active root pairs without dropping them from $C_{\mathrm{act}}$. $\square$

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5.1 Diagonal Reflection Duality and 1D Exterior Cross Reduction

Let $\mathbb{F}_p$ denote the finite field of prime order $p > 2$. Consider the vertical reflection collineation $$\rho(x, y) \;=\; \bigl(x,\, p - 1 - y\bigr) \;\equiv\; (x, -1 - y) \pmod p.$$

Theorem 5 (Diagonal Reflection Duality and 1D Exterior Cross Reduction)

Let $C \subset \mathbb{F}_p^\times$ with $|C| = 4$, and let $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$ be hyperbola center coordinates with normalized phases $t_+ = \operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(A + B, 0) \in [0, 1/2]$ and $t_- = \operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(A - B, 0) \in [0, 1/2]$. Then:

1. The collineation $\rho$ maps $H_p(C; x_0, y_0)$ bijectively onto $H_p(-C; x_0, -1 - y_0)$. Since dilation by $-1 \in \mathbb{F}_p^\times$ is an automorphism of the hyperbola collection preserving collinearity and additive triple structure, $-C$ belongs to the identical collision isomorphism class as $C$.
2. Under $\rho$, the center coordinates transform on $\mathbb{F}_p^2$ as $(x_0, y_0) \mapsto (x_0, p - 1 - y_0)$, corresponding to normalized torus coordinates $A' = A$ and $B' = \{-B - 1/p\}$. Consequently, the center phases swap up to an $O(1/p)$ grid translation: $$(t_+', t_-') \;=\; (t_-, t_+) + O(1/p),$$ which converges identically to $(t_-, t_+)$ in the continuum limit $p \to \infty$ by the $2$-Lipschitz translation continuity of the limiting density ([1, Eq. (Z5)]).
3. (1D Exterior Cross Reduction): If a 1D difference-phase binning certificate proves that $\limsup_{p \to \infty} \frac{\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(H_p(C; x_0, y_0))}{p} < 1.8$ whenever $t_+ \in E_{1\mathrm{D}} \subset [0, 1/2]$, then by duality the same bound holds whenever $t_- \in E_{1\mathrm{D}}$. Therefore, the density bound holds across the entire two-dimensional cross domain $$\mathcal{D}_{\mathrm{cross}}(E_{1\mathrm{D}}) \;=\; \bigl(E_{1\mathrm{D}} \times [0, 1/2]\bigr) \;\cup\; \bigl([0, 1/2] \times E_{1\mathrm{D}}\bigr) \;\subset\; \left[0, \frac{1}{2}\right]^2.$$ The remaining uncertified domain is strictly confined to the compact interior square $$\mathcal{D}_{\mathrm{interior}} \;=\; \left(\left[0, \frac{1}{2}\right] \setminus E_{1\mathrm{D}}\right)^2.$$

Proof

For (1), under $\rho(x, y) = (x, p - 1 - y)$, any Euclidean line $y = mx + b$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ maps to $y = -mx + (p - 1 - b)$, so $\rho$ is a genuine Euclidean collineation of the integer grid $[0, p-1]^2$ preserving collinear triples and non-collinear subsets. Dilation by $-1$ on $\mathbb{F}_p$ yields the level set $-C$, which satisfies $\mathcal{L}(-C) = -\mathcal{L}(C)$; since taking negatives preserves all equality patterns and linear relations among forms, $-C$ belongs to the identical 57-class collision isomorphism flat as $C$, allowing exact reuse of the identical certificate.

For (2), the normalized coordinates on $\mathbb{T}^2$ transform as $A' = A$ and $B' = \frac{p - 1 - y_0}{p} = 1 - B - \frac{1}{p}$, giving $A' + B' \equiv A - B - \frac{1}{p} \pmod 1$ and $A' - B' \equiv A + B + \frac{1}{p} \pmod 1$. By the triangle inequality on circular distance, $|t_+' - t_-| \le 1/p$ and $|t_-' - t_+| \le 1/p$. On the finite grid, the 2-Lipschitz translation inequality [1, Eq. (Z5)] guarantees $|\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(H_p(C; x_0, y_0)) - \alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(H_p(C; x_0', y_0'))| \le 2(|x_0 - x_0'| + |y_0 - y_0'|) \le 4$, which vanishes when divided by $p$ as $p \to \infty$. Taking $\limsup_{p \to \infty}$ eliminates the $O(1/p)$ displacement identically.

For (3), for any center with $t_- \in E_{1\mathrm{D}}$ and $t_+ \in [0, 1/2]$, applying $\rho$ yields a center with phase $t_+' = t_- \in E_{1\mathrm{D}}$ on $-C$. Since $\rho$ is an affine collineation preserving collinearity, $\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(H_p(C; x_0, y_0)) = \alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}(H_p(-C; x_0', y_0')) < 1.8$. Hence every point with $t_+ \in E_{1\mathrm{D}}$ or $t_- \in E_{1\mathrm{D}}$ is certified, leaving only $([0, 1/2] \setminus E_{1\mathrm{D}})^2$. $\square$

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5.2 Antipodal Parity Sheets and 2D Bathtub Majorization

For hyperbola center $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$, write $A + B = \delta_+ + k_+$ and $A - B = \delta_- + k_-$ where $\delta_+, \delta_- \in (-1/2, 1/2]$ and $k_+, k_- \in \mathbb{Z}$. Subtracting yields $2B = (\delta_+ - \delta_-) + (k_+ - k_-)$.

Definition 1 (Antipodal Parity Sheet)

The antipodal parity sheet of the center $(A, B)$ is defined by the modulo-2 invariant $$\sigma(A, B) \;=\; (k_+ - k_-) \bmod 2 \;\in\; \{0, 1\}.$$ Under the half-period translation $\tau_{1/2}(A, B) = (A + 1/2, B + 1/2) \pmod 1$, the center phases $(t_+, t_-)$ are invariant, while the parity sheet flips: $\sigma(\tau_{1/2}(A, B)) = 1 - \sigma(A, B)$. Thus, every point $(t_+, t_-) \in [0, 1/2]^2$ corresponds to two distinct parity sheets $\sigma \in \{0, 1\}$ on the physical torus $\mathbb{T}^2$.

Theorem 6 (Unified Scalar Representation, Capped-Process Pointwise Nested Survival, Conditional Mutual Independence, and First-Order Stochastic Dominance across $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$)

Fix a 2D phase cell $I_+ \times I_- = [t_{+,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{+,\mathrm{hi}}] \times [t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}] \subseteq [0, 1/2]^2$, an antipodal parity sheet $\sigma \in \{0, 1\}$, a minus-segment branch $\epsilon \in \{-1, +1\}$ ($s_\epsilon \in \{\lambda, 2 - \lambda\}$ for $\lambda \in (0, 1]$), and a shared splitting-flag vector $\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}} \in \{0, 1\}^{U_{\mathrm{shared}}}$. Choose an active root subset $C_{\mathrm{act}} \subseteq \{c \in C : c \notin U_{\mathrm{shared}} \text{ or } I_c = 1\}$ with $|C_{\mathrm{act}}| \in \{3, 4\}$, an ownership map $c_{\mathrm{own}} : \{u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} : I_u = 1\} \to C_{\mathrm{act}}$ assigning every shared active root $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ to its own root role $(\text{`ROOT`}, u)$ ($c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) = u$) and every remaining active shared index $u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} \setminus C_{\mathrm{act}}$ ($I_u = 1$) to a single difference-owner color $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ with $u \in D_{c_{\mathrm{own}}(u)}^{\mathrm{full}}$ ($(\text{`DIFF\_OWN`}, c_{\mathrm{own}}(u))$), and a binned subset $U_{\mathrm{bin}} \subseteq \{u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}} : I_u = 1\}$ (which is now permitted to include active shared roots $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}}$). For each $u \in U$, define the folded plus-diagonal phase $w_u(X_u) = 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(X_u + \frac{\delta_+}{2}, \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}) \in [0, 1]$ and the shifted root phase $\tilde{w}_u(X_u) = 2\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(X_u + B + \frac{\delta_-}{2}, \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}) \in [0, 1]$, and condition on the joint bin event $\mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}) = \{\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}\} \cap \bigcap_{u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}} \{w_u(X_u) \in W_{b_u}\}$ where $W_m = [w_{m, 0}, w_{m, 1}]$ has width $\Delta_m$ ($0 \le m < B_{\mathrm{bin}}$). Then:

1. (Algebraic Parity Reflection): For every $u \in U$ and every center $(A, B) \in [0, 1)^2$, the shifted root phase $\tilde{w}_u(X_u)$ is determined identically by $w_u(X_u)$ and the parity sheet $\sigma = \sigma(A, B) \in \{0, 1\}$: $$\tilde{w}_u(X_u) \;=\; \begin{cases} w_u(X_u) & \text{if } \sigma(A, B) = 0, \\ 1 - w_u(X_u) & \text{if } \sigma(A, B) = 1. \end{cases}$$ In particular, for uniform bins $W_m = [\frac{m}{B_{\mathrm{bin}}}, \frac{m+1}{B_{\mathrm{bin}}}]$, conditioning on $w_c(X_c) \in W_{b_c}$ for a binned active root $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ is equivalent to $\tilde{w}_c(X_c) \sim \mathrm{Unif}(W_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}})$ where $r_{\mathrm{bin}} = b_c$ if $\sigma = 0$ and $r_{\mathrm{bin}} = B_{\mathrm{bin}} - 1 - b_c$ if $\sigma = 1$; while for an unbinned active root $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \setminus U_{\mathrm{bin}}$, $\tilde{w}_c(X_c) \sim \mathrm{Unif}[0, 1]$ (represented by the full-interval bin $W_{B_{\mathrm{bin}}} := [0, 1]$ of width $\Delta_{B_{\mathrm{bin}}} := 1$).
2. (Simultaneous Threshold Governance across $\lambda \in (0, 1]$): On the minus segment $x + y = s_\epsilon$ of length $\lambda \in (0, 1]$, the two hyperbola roots of any active color $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ ($I_c = 1$) have plus-line lengths given identically by $$U_{\min}(X_c) \;=\; \max\bigl(0,\, \tilde{w}_c + t_- - 1,\, 1 - \tilde{w}_c - t_-\bigr), \qquad U_{\max}(X_c) \;=\; 1 - |\tilde{w}_c - t_-|.$$ Uniformly for all $t_- \in I_- = [t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}]$ and $\tilde{w}_c \in [0, 1]$, $U_{\min}(X_c)$ and $U_{\max}(X_c)$ are sandwiched between the exact piecewise-linear envelopes $L_{\min}^\pm(\tilde{w}_c)$ and $L_{\max}^\pm(\tilde{w}_c)$ of Section 5.3: $$L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \;\le\; U_{\min}(X_c) \;\le\; L_{\min}^+(\tilde{w}_c) \;\le\; L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c), \qquad L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \;\le\; L_{\max}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \;\le\; U_{\max}(X_c) \;\le\; L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c).$$
3. (Explicit Capped Surviving Root Counts $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ and Conditional Mutual Independence): For each active color $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ and each auxiliary difference $d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$, assign the state token $\mathrm{st}_c(d) \in \{\text{`UNSH`}, \text{`OFF`}, \text{`OWN`}_{b_d}, \text{`STEP`}_{b_d}, \text{`ON\_OWN`}, \text{`ON\_2`}\}$ via the formula of Theorem 3(2) (since any active root $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ has $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) = u$, every appearance of $u$ as an auxiliary difference $d = u \in D_{c'}^{\mathrm{full}}$ for another active color $c' \neq u$ has $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) \neq c'$ and is therefore assigned the deterministic step cap $\text{`STEP`}_{b_u}$ if $u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ or $\text{`ON\_2`}$ if $u \notin U_{\mathrm{bin}}$). Define the capped blocker count $\overline{K}^+_{c, d}(L; \omega)$ by retaining the true blocker $K^+_d(I_d, X_d; L)$ when $d \notin U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ or $c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) = c$, and replacing $K^+_d$ by its deterministic upper cap ($0$ for OFF, $1 + \mathbf{1}\{L > t_{+,\mathrm{lo}}\}$ for ON_2, and $\mathbf{1}\{L > \tau_{1, b_d}\} + \mathbf{1}\{L > \tau_{2, b_d}\}$ for STEP$_{b_d}$) when $d \in U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ and $c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) \neq c$. Letting $\underline{\xi}_c(P_{c, r}; \omega) := \mathbf{1}\bigl\{\mathbf{1}\{L(P_{c, r}) > \mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; I_+)\} + \sum_{d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}} \overline{K}^+_{c, d}(L(P_{c, r}); \omega) \le 3\bigr\}$, the capped surviving root count on $x + y = s_\epsilon(\lambda)$ is $$\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \;:=\; I_c \sum_{r=1}^2 \mathbf{1}\bigl\{U_r(X_c) \ge 1 - \lambda\bigr\}\,\underline{\xi}_c(P_{c, r}; \omega) \;\in\; \{0, 1, 2\}.$$ Then $M_c(\lambda) \ge \underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ holds simultaneously for all $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ on every realization $\omega \in \mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$, and because each $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ is measurable with respect to the private coordinate set $$\Omega_c \;=\; \bigl\{(I_c, X_c)\bigr\} \;\cup\; \bigl\{(I_d, X_d) : d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}} \setminus U_{\mathrm{shared}}\bigr\} \;\cup\; \bigl\{X_d : d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}} \cap U_{\mathrm{shared}},\, I_d = 1,\, c_{\mathrm{own}}(d) = c\bigr\}$$ and the sets $(\Omega_c)_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are pairwise disjoint, the random variables $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally mutually independent given $\mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$.
4. (Pointwise Nested Capped Survival and First-Order Stochastic Dominance across $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$): For every realization $\omega_{\mathrm{aux}}$ of the private auxiliary differences in $\Omega_c \setminus \{(I_c, X_c)\}$, the capped blockers $\overline{K}^+_{c, d}(L; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}})$ are non-decreasing in $L$, so the capped root survival indicators are pointwise nested: $$\underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\min}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}) \;\ge\; \underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\max}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}).$$ Consequently, for every $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$ where $\lambda_{\min} := \min(1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}) \in [0, 1/2]$, conditional on $I_c = 1$ and $\mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$ (with $r_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{0, \dots, B_{\mathrm{bin}}\}-1$ if $c \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ and $r_{\mathrm{bin}} = B_{\mathrm{bin}}$ if $c \notin U_{\mathrm{bin}}$), $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) = 2 \mid I_c = 1, \mathcal{E}) \ge b_c^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda)$ and $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \ge 1 \mid I_c = 1, \mathcal{E}) \ge s_{1, c}^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda)$, where $$b_c^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda) \;:=\; \frac{1}{\Delta_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}}}\int_{W_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}}} \mathbf{1}\bigl\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}) \ge 1 - \lambda\bigr\}\, q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}\bigl(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w})\bigr)\,d\tilde{w},$$ $$s_{1, c}^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda) \;:=\; \frac{1}{\Delta_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}}}\int_{W_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}}} \Bigl[\mathbf{1}\bigl\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}) \ge 1 - \lambda\bigr\}\, q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}\bigl(L_{\min}^+(\tilde{w})\bigr) + \mathbf{1}\bigl\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}) < 1 - \lambda \le L_{\max}^-(\tilde{w})\bigr\}\, q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}\bigl(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w})\bigr)\Bigr]\,d\tilde{w}.$$ Setting $(s_{1, c}(\lambda), b_c(\lambda)) = (s_{1, c}^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda), b_c^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda))$ if $c \in U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ (where $I_c = 1$ is conditioned) and $(s_{1, c}(\lambda), b_c(\lambda)) = \frac{1}{2}(s_{1, c}^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda), b_c^{\mathrm{cond}}(\lambda))$ if $c \notin U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ (where $I_c \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}(1/2)$ is unconditioned), let $K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda) \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ have distribution $(p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda)) = (1 - s_{1, c}(\lambda), s_{1, c}(\lambda) - b_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda))$. Then on every $\lambda$-subinterval $[a_s, b_s] \subseteq [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$ (certified non-negative via degree-$4$ Bernstein coefficients), $\underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ dominates $K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda)$ in first-order stochastic dominance: $\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \succeq_{\mathrm{st}} K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda)$. Because $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally mutually independent and $\Phi((m_c)_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}) = \frac{1}{2}(\sum_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}} m_c - 4)_+$ is coordinatewise non-decreasing, for every $(A, B)$ in parity sheet $\sigma$ with $(t_+, t_-) \in I_+ \times I_-$: $$G_C(A, B) \;\ge\; \frac{1}{2}\Bigl(G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(-1, \sigma)}\bigl(C; I_+ \times I_-\bigr) + G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(+1, \sigma)}\bigl(C; I_+ \times I_-\bigr)\Bigr),$$ where $$G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}\bigl(C; I_+ \times I_-\bigr) \;=\; \int_{\lambda_{\min}}^1 \sum_{\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}} 2^{-|U_{\mathrm{shared}}|} \sum_{\mathbf{b}} \left(\prod_{u \in U_{\mathrm{bin}}} \Delta_{b_u}\right) \mathbb{E}\!\left[\left(\sum_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}} K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda; \mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}) - 4\right)_+\right] d\lambda.$$
5. (4-Term Symmetric Pair-Sum Tail Convolution Identity): For any four independent random variables $K_1, K_2, K_3, K_4 \in \{0, 1, 2\}$ with pair sums $X = K_1 + K_2 \in \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$ and $Y = K_3 + K_4 \in \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$, $$\mathbb{E}\!\left[\frac{1}{2}\bigl(K_1 + K_2 + K_3 + K_4 - 4\bigr)_+\right] \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\sum_{j=1}^4 \Pr(K_1 + K_2 \ge j)\,\Pr(K_3 + K_4 \ge 5 - j).$$

Proof

For (1), $(X_u + B + \frac{\delta_-}{2}) - (X_u + \frac{\delta_+}{2}) = B + \frac{\delta_- - \delta_+}{2} = \frac{k_+ - k_-}{2} \equiv \frac{\sigma(A, B)}{2} \pmod 1$. Translating by $1/2$ on $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ reflects circular distance: $\operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\theta + 1/2, s_\epsilon/2) = 1/2 - \operatorname{dist}_{\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}}(\theta, s_\epsilon/2)$, giving $\tilde{w}_u = 1 - w_u$ when $\sigma = 1$ and $\tilde{w}_u = w_u$ when $\sigma = 0$.

For (2), on $x + y = s_\epsilon$, the two roots of level $c$ have $x$-coordinates $x_{c, 1} = X_c + A$ and $x_{c, 2} = s_\epsilon - (X_c + B) \pmod 1$, whose midpoint on the short arc of length $t_-$ is $X_c + B + \frac{\delta_-}{2} + \frac{s_\epsilon}{2}$ modulo reflection; applying the exact folding derivation of Theorem 3(1) with $(\tilde{w}_c, t_-)$ in place of $(w_u, t_+)$ yields $U_{\min}(X_c)$ and $U_{\max}(X_c)$, and taking infima and suprema over $t_- \in [t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}]$ yields $L_{\min}^\pm(\tilde{w}_c)$ and $L_{\max}^\pm(\tilde{w}_c)$.

For (3), on the event $\mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$, Theorem 3(1) and Theorem 1(4) guarantee that $\overline{K}^+_{c, d}(L; \omega) \ge K^+_d(I_d, X_d; L)$ and $\mathbf{1}\{L > \mathrm{win}_\epsilon(\lambda; I_+)\} \ge \mathbf{1}\{U_{\mathrm{own}}(s_\epsilon) < L\}$ hold pointwise on the common probability space for every $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ and $d \in D_c^{\mathrm{full}}$. Thus $\underline{\xi}_c(P_{c, r}; \omega) \le \xi(P_{c, r}; \omega)$ and $M_c(\lambda) \ge \underline{M}_c(\lambda)$ simultaneously for all $c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ (and $M_c(\lambda) \ge 0$ for any dropped color $c \in C \setminus C_{\mathrm{act}}$). Under $\mathbb{P}(\cdot \mid \mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b}))$, the continuous coordinates $(X_u)_{u \in U}$ remain mutually independent because each bin condition $w_u(X_u) \in W_{b_u}$ restricts only the single coordinate $X_u$. Since every shared index $u \in U_{\mathrm{shared}}$ with $I_u = 1$ is owned by at most one active color $c_{\mathrm{own}}(u) \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ (either as ROOT if $u \in C_{\mathrm{act}}$ or as DIFF_OWN if $u \notin C_{\mathrm{act}}$) and all non-owned appearances are replaced by deterministic functions of $L$ and $(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$, the private coordinate sets $(\Omega_c)_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are pairwise disjoint, proving that $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ are conditionally mutually independent given $\mathcal{E}(\mathbf{I}_{\mathrm{shared}}, \mathbf{b})$.

For (4), since $\underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\min}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}) \ge \underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\max}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}})$ pointwise, when $I_c = 1$ we have $\{\underline{M}_c(\lambda) = 2\} = \{U_{\min}(X_c) \ge 1 - \lambda\} \cap \{\underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\max}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}) = 1\}$ and $\{\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \ge 1\} = (\{U_{\min}(X_c) \ge 1 - \lambda\} \cap \{\underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\min}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}) = 1\}) \sqcup (\{U_{\min}(X_c) < 1 - \lambda \le U_{\max}(X_c)\} \cap \{\underline{\xi}_c(P_{U_{\max}}; \omega_{\mathrm{aux}}) = 1\})$. Averaging over $\omega_{\mathrm{aux}}$ gives $\mathbb{E}[\underline{\xi}_c(P_L) \mid X_c, \mathcal{E}] \ge q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}(L)$ by Theorem 2(3) and Theorem 3(1). Because $q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}(L)$ is non-increasing in $L \in [0, 1]$ and $L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \le U_{\min}(X_c) \le L_{\min}^+(\tilde{w}_c) \le L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c)$ and $L_{\max}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \le U_{\max}(X_c) \le L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c)$, the integrand for $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) = 2 \mid X_c, I_c = 1, \mathcal{E})$ is bounded below by $\mathbf{1}\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \ge 1 - \lambda\}\,q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c))$, while the integrand for $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \ge 1 \mid X_c, I_c = 1, \mathcal{E})$ is bounded below by $\mathbf{1}\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) \ge 1 - \lambda\}\,q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}(L_{\min}^+(\tilde{w}_c)) + \mathbf{1}\{L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) < 1 - \lambda \le L_{\max}^-(\tilde{w}_c)\}\,q^{\mathrm{surv}}_{\mathrm{st}_c, \epsilon}(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c))$ (noting that on the intermediate event $L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_c) < 1 - \lambda \le U_{\min}(X_c)$, the true integrand is $q^{\mathrm{surv}}(U_{\min}(X_c)) \ge q^{\mathrm{surv}}(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_c))$, which still dominates the second term). Integrating over $\tilde{w}_c \sim \mathrm{Unif}(W_{r_{\mathrm{bin}}})$ establishes $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \ge 1 \mid \mathcal{E}) \ge s_{1, c}(\lambda) = \Pr(K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda) \ge 1)$ and $\Pr(\underline{M}_c(\lambda) = 2 \mid \mathcal{E}) \ge b_c(\lambda) = \Pr(K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda) = 2)$ for every $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$, i.e., $\underline{M}_c(\lambda) \succeq_{\mathrm{st}} K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda)$ in first-order stochastic dominance. By standard inverse-CDF coupling on the product space $[0, 1]^{C_{\mathrm{act}}}$, conditionally mutually independent variables $(\underline{M}_c(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ dominating $(K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda))_{c \in C_{\mathrm{act}}}$ coordinatewise in $\succeq_{\mathrm{st}}$ satisfy $\mathbb{E}[\Phi((\underline{M}_c(\lambda))) \mid \mathcal{E}] \ge \mathbb{E}[\Phi((K_c^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda)))]$ for every coordinatewise non-decreasing function $\Phi$, and integrating over $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1] \subseteq [0, 1]$ in the full-range formula of Section 2 yields $G_C(A, B) \ge \frac{1}{2}(G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(-1, \sigma)} + G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(+1, \sigma)})$. Part (5) follows from the discrete indicator identity $(X + Y - 4)_+ = \sum_{j=1}^4 \mathbf{1}\{X \ge j\}\,\mathbf{1}\{Y \ge 5 - j\}$ for $X, Y \in \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$. $\square$

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5.3 Exact Piecewise-Linear 2D Envelopes, Short-Segment Integration Range $\lambda \in [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$, 9-Node Lagrange Gram Quadrature, and Multi-Tier Cut-Set Compilation

To make the verification of Theorem 6 completely transparent and self-contained, we record the exact algebraic formulas used by build_2d_rootbin_ev_branch and verify_and_compile_role_table on each 2D cell $I_+ \times I_- = [t_{+,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{+,\mathrm{hi}}] \times [t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}] \subseteq [0, 1/2]^2$:

1. Exact Piecewise-Linear Envelopes $L_{\min}^\pm(\tilde{w}_u)$ and $L_{\max}^\pm(\tilde{w}_u)$ and Short-Segment Threshold $\lambda_{\min} = \min(1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}})$: On any elementary sub-interval $\tilde{w}_u \in [w_a, w_b] \subseteq [0, 1]$ bounded by the critical knots $\{0, 1, t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}, \frac{t_{-,\mathrm{lo}} + t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}}{2}, 1 - t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}, 1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, 1 - \frac{t_{-,\mathrm{lo}} + t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}}{2}, \frac{t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}}{2}, 1 - \frac{t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}}{2}\} \cup \{m/B_{\mathrm{bin}} : 0 \le m \le B_{\mathrm{bin}}\} $ and their preimages under the $L$-zone knots $\mathcal{K}_L(I_+)$, the infimum and supremum of $U_{\min}(X_u) = \max(0, \tilde{w}_u + t_- - 1, 1 - \tilde{w}_u - t_-)$ and $U_{\max}(X_u) = 1 - |\tilde{w}_u - t_-|$ over $t_- \in [t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}]$ are affine linear functions $c_0 + c_1 \tilde{w}_u$ with slope $c_1 \in \{-1, 0, +1\}$: $$L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}_u) \;=\; \max\bigl(0,\; \tilde{w}_u + t_{-,\mathrm{lo}} - 1,\; 1 - \tilde{w}_u - t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}\bigr),$$ $$L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_u) \;=\; \min\bigl(1,\; 1 + t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} - \tilde{w}_u,\; 1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}} + \tilde{w}_u\bigr),$$ $$L_{\max}^-(\tilde{w}_u) \;=\; \min\bigl(1 + t_{-,\mathrm{lo}} - \tilde{w}_u,\; 1 - t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} + \tilde{w}_u\bigr),$$ $$L_{\min}^+(\tilde{w}_u) \;=\; \min\Bigl(L_{\max}^+(\tilde{w}_u),\; \max\bigl(\tilde{w}_u + t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} - 1,\; 1 - \tilde{w}_u - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}\bigr)\Bigr).$$ Integrating the cubic zone polynomials $q_{k,\mathrm{st}}(L)$ ($k \in \{2, 3\}$) composed with these affine linear envelopes over $\tilde{w}_u \in [w_a, w_b] \cap \{\tilde{w}_u : L(\tilde{w}_u) \ge 1 - \lambda\}$ (for both binned active roots $r_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{0, \dots, B_{\mathrm{bin}}-1\}$ and unbinned active roots $r_{\mathrm{bin}} = B_{\mathrm{bin}}$) yields exact degree-$\le 4$ polynomials in $\lambda$ on every elementary $\lambda$-subinterval $[a_s, b_s] \subseteq [\lambda_{\min}, 1]$ where $\lambda_{\min} = \min(1 - t_{-,\mathrm{lo}}, t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}) = t_{-,\mathrm{hi}} \le 1/2$. Unlike the 1D bathtub formula of Theorem 2(1) (which uses $2\lambda - 1$ and is restricted to long segments $\lambda \in [1/2, 1]$), the 2D envelope integrals of Theorem 6(4) remain valid and non-negative on the short-segment sub-range $\lambda \in [t_{-,\mathrm{hi}}, 1/2]$ (where $L_{\min}^-(\tilde{w}) \ge 1 - \lambda$ holds near $\tilde{w} \in \{0, 1\}$ so that both roots of an active color can lie simultaneously on a short minus segment of length $\lambda > t_-$). On tight interior cells—such as (-4, -2, 1, 2) on $[27/80, 3/8] \times [1/5, 9/40]$ ($\sigma = 1$, where the short-segment range $\lambda \in [9/40, 1/2]$ lowers the bound from $1.800053$ to $1.799997 < 1.8$) and (-2, -1, 1, 2) on $[31/80, 2/5] \times [13/40, 7/20]$ ($\sigma = 1$, where $\lambda \in [7/20, 1/2]$ lowers the bound from $1.800043$ to $1.799916 < 1.8$)—retaining this short-segment contribution is essential to certify the cell strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$.

2. Exact Degree-4 Bernstein Non-Negativity and 9-Node Lagrange Gram Quadrature: On each elementary $\lambda$-subinterval $[a_s, b_s]$, let $\lambda_q = a_s + \frac{q}{8}(b_s - a_s)$ ($q = 0, \dots, 8$) be the $9$ equispaced nodes. The verifier reconstructs the exact degree-$4$ Bernstein coefficients of $p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda)$ on both halves $[a_s, \frac{a_s + b_s}{2}]$ and $[\frac{a_s + b_s}{2}, b_s]$ from the $9$ node values and asserts non-negativity of all $15$ Bernstein coefficients per color law, certifying that $(p_{0, c}(\lambda), a_c(\lambda), b_c(\lambda))$ is a valid probability distribution on $\{0, 1, 2\}$ at every point $\lambda \in [a_s, b_s]$. For any pair of active colors $(c_1, c_2)$, the pair-sum tail probabilities $t_j(\lambda) = \Pr(K_{c_1}^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda) + K_{c_2}^{(\epsilon, \sigma)}(\lambda) \ge j)$ ($j \in \{1, 2, 3, 4\}$) are polynomials of degree $\le 8$ in $\lambda$ on $[a_s, b_s]$, so they are determined exactly by their $9$ node values via the degree-$8$ Lagrange basis polynomials $\{\ell_r(u)\}_{r=0}^8$ on $[0, 1]$. Precomputing the exact $9 \times 9$ rational Gram matrix $$G_{r, r'}^{(8)} \;=\; \int_0^1 \ell_r(u)\,\ell_{r'}(u)\,du \qquad (0 \le r, r' \le 8)$$ evaluates the degree-$16$ product integral $\int_{a_s}^{b_s} t_j^{(L)}(\lambda)\,t_{5-j}^{(R)}(\lambda)\,d\lambda = (b_s - a_s)\,\mathbf{t}_j^{(L)\top} G^{(8)} \mathbf{t}_{5-j}^{(R)}$ in exact integer arithmetic with zero quadrature remainder.

3. Multi-Tier Cut-Set Compilation and 3-Vector Quadratic Basis Reduction: For a partition of the four active colors into two pairs $P_L = (c_1, c_2)$ and $P_R = (c_3, c_4)$, the binned coordinates $U_{\mathrm{bin}}$ decompose into $U_{\mathrm{cut}} = U_{\mathrm{bin}} \cap \mathrm{used}(P_L) \cap \mathrm{used}(P_R)$ and the private pair coordinates $U_{L,\mathrm{only}}, U_{R,\mathrm{only}}$. Conditioning on the cut-bin index vector $\mathbf{b}_{\mathrm{cut}} \in \{0, \dots, B_{\mathrm{bin}}-1\}^{U_{\mathrm{cut}}}$ factors the average over $B_{\mathrm{bin}}^{|U_{\mathrm{bin}}|}$ bin tuples into independent pair-sum distributions on $P_L$ and $P_R$, reducing evaluation complexity from $O(B_{\mathrm{bin}}^{|U_{\mathrm{bin}}|})$ to $O(B_{\mathrm{bin}}^{|U_{\mathrm{cut}}|})$. Furthermore, since $s_{1, c} = a_c + b_c$ satisfies $a_{c_1}a_{c_2} = s_{1, c_1}s_{1, c_2} - s_3$, the four pair-sum tails $(t_1, t_2, t_3, t_4)$ on $P_R$ are exact linear combinations of just three quadratic node-wise products $(s_{1, c_3}s_{1, c_4},\, s_3,\, b_{c_3}b_{c_4})$ plus single-color linear expectations.

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6. Global All-Center Sub-9/5 Certification of 17 Additional Classes (Completing 100% of T(C) <= 6 and 56/57 Classes Overall)

Applying Theorems 1–6 and the adaptive 2D root-difference subdivision architecture across both antipodal parity sheets $\sigma \in \{0, 1\}$, we establish global all-center sub-$9/5$ bounds for $17$ additional canonical collision isomorphism classes:

Theorem 7 (Global All-Center Sub-1.8 Density Bounds for 17 Additional Four-Hyperbola Classes)

For each of the $16$ collision isomorphism classes in Table 1 (comprising all $11$ remaining classes with $T(C) = 4$, all $4$ classes with $T(C) = 5$, and the symmetric doubleton $(-2, -1, 1, 2)$ with $T(C) = 6$) as well as the arithmetic progression class $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$ ($T(C) = 6$, Row 17), the maximum asymptotic no-three-in-line density in $[0, p-1]^2$ across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$ satisfies: $$\limsup_{p \to \infty} \max_{(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2} \frac{\alpha_{\mathrm{N3L}}\bigl(H_p(C; x_0, y_0)\bigr)}{p} \;\le\; c_{\max}(C) \;<\; \frac{9}{5} = 1.8.$$ Combined with the $39$ classes certified in [12], exactly $56$ of the $57$ canonical collision isomorphism classes ($98.2\%$) are certified globally strictly below $1.8$ across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$, completing $100\%$ of all $56$ classes with additive-triple count $T(C) \le 6$.

Table 1: Global All-Center $[0, 1/2]^2$ Certification Across Both Parity Sheets $\sigma \in \{0, 1\}$ for 17 Classes

| # | Class Representative $C$ | Invariants $(|C \cap D|, |R_{\ge 2}|, T, |U_{\mathrm{shared}}|)$ | 1D Exterior $E_{1\mathrm{D}}$ | 2D Interior Square | 2D Cells ($B_{\mathrm{bin}}$: 4/8) | Exact Rational Upper Bound $c_{\max}(C)$ | Decimal Value | | :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- | :---: | | 1 | (-6, -4, -2, -1) | $(3, 1, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 62 (62/0) | 8229121668125462323571608649/4571769348292608000000000000 | $1.79998619 < 1.8$ | | 2 | (-6, -3, -2, -1) | $(3, 1, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 61 (61/0) | 18057123915142534671604937611393/10031768169967779840000000000000 | $1.79999414 < 1.8$ | | 3 | (-5, -4, -2, -1) | $(3, 1, 4, 6)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 67 (67/0) | 1141506337897119344807/634178764800000000000 | $1.79997566 < 1.8$ | | 4 | (-5, -4, -3, -1) | $(3, 1, 4, 6)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 92 (92/0) | 1001922330252743776347047/556627761561600000000000 | $1.79998627 < 1.8$ | | 5 | (-4, -3, -1, 1) | $(4, 0, 4, 6)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 79 (79/0) | 1763391218935974850843555237/979664860348416000000000000 | $1.79999436 < 1.8$ | | 6 | (-4, -2, -1, 2) | $(4, 0, 4, 6)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 110 (110/0) | 52666629962958473205001894583/29259323829072691200000000000 | $1.79999477 < 1.8$ | | 7 | (-4, -2, 1, 2) | $(4, 0, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 7/40]$ (6 ivs) | $[7/40, 1/2]^2$ | 88 (88/0) | 3414446373036011731295821344103283/1896916163048452915200000000000000 | $1.79999857 < 1.8$ | | 8 | (-4, -3, -1, 2) | $(3, 1, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 13/80]$ (5 ivs) | $[13/80, 1/2]^2$ | 90 (90/0) | 62754708871592173978642800296272343/34864346299311052554240000000000000 | $1.79996803 < 1.8$ | | 9 | (-4, -2, -1, 3) | $(4, 0, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 13/80]$ (5 ivs) | $[13/80, 1/2]^2$ | 95 (95/0) | 16431997327771190855907327506043383/9128909034670679654400000000000000 | $1.79999574 < 1.8$ | | 10 | (-3, -2, 1, 3) | $(4, 0, 4, 4)$ | $[0, 13/80]$ (5 ivs) | $[13/80, 1/2]^2$ | 98 (98/0) | 228219906067020760846406167841843/126790403259314995200000000000000 | $1.79997776 < 1.8$ | | 11 | (-6, -4, -3, -2) | $(3, 1, 4, 6)$ | $[0, 11/80]$ (4 ivs) | $[11/80, 1/2]^2$ | 169 (169/0) | 249365500707682721513381/138538465099776000000000 | $1.79997303 < 1.8$ | | 12 | (-3, -2, -1, 2) | $(4, 1, 5, 5)$ | $[0, 13/80]$ (5 ivs) | $[13/80, 1/2]^2$ | 199 (199/0) | 1053325037374490677309810044347/585186476581453824000000000000 | $1.79998185 < 1.8$ | | 13 | (-5, -3, -2, -1) | $(3, 2, 5, 5)$ | $[0, 11/80]$ (4 ivs) | $[11/80, 1/2]^2$ | 215 (215/0) | 612846102969463795065606039029/340472131829209497600000000000 | $1.79998903 < 1.8$ | | 14 | (-3, -1, 1, 2) | $(4, 1, 5, 5)$ | $[0, 11/80]$ (4 ivs) | $[11/80, 1/2]^2$ | 311 (311/0) | 1580001802880918904831201795481/877779714872180736000000000000 | $1.79999808 < 1.8$ | | 15 | (-4, -3, -2, 1) | $(4, 1, 5, 5)$ | $[0, 1/8]$ (4 ivs) | $[1/8, 1/2]^2$ | 194 (51/143) | 86288983786674932965355862823211/47938476161552697262080000000000 | $1.79999430 < 1.8$ | | 16 | (-2, -1, 1, 2) | $(4, 2, 6, 6)$ | $[0, 3/20]$ (4 ivs) | $[3/20, 1/2]^2$ | 203 (10/193) | 374052081725680419416983/207807697649664000000000 | $1.79999146 < 1.8$ | | 17 | (-4, -3, -2, -1) | $(3, 2, 6, 5)$ | $\emptyset$ ($0$ ivs) | $[0, 1/2]^2$ | $205$ ($\sigma=0$) / $408$ ($\sigma=1$) | 31171013811752437721353/17317308137472000000000 | $1.79999187 < 1.8$ |

Proof

For Rows 1–16, verify_global_55_four_hyperbolas.py verifies in $100\%$ exact rational arithmetic (fractions.Fraction) that the 1D intervals cover $[0, t_{\mathrm{res}}]$ with $c_{\mathrm{first}}(b_j) - G_{1\mathrm{D}}(C; [a_j, b_j]) < 9/5$, checks via verify_tiling_partition that the sub-diagonal and diagonal 2D cells tile $[t_{\mathrm{res}}, 1/2]^2$ with zero gaps and zero overlaps, verifies all role-table ownership assignments and degree-$4$ Bernstein non-negativity invariants on every $\lambda$-subinterval, and certifies $c_{\mathrm{first}}(a_1) - \frac{1}{2}(G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(-1)} + G_{2\mathrm{D}}^{(+1)}) < 9/5$ across both parity sheets $\sigma \in \{0, 1\}$ on every 2D cell. For Row 17 ((-4, -3, -2, -1), $T(C) = 6$), test_verify_56_global.py verifies two independent gap-free, overlap-free tilings of the entire phase square $[0, 1/2]^2$: a $205$-cell tiling for parity sheet $\sigma = 0$ and a $408$-cell tiling for parity sheet $\sigma = 1$ ($483$ cell-sheet records total in the reflected upper-triangle orientation $(I_+, I_-) = ([b_0, b_1], [a_0, a_1])$, with $40$ records at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$ and $443$ records at the cut-reduced tier $(B_{\mathrm{bin}}=8, k_b=4)$ on $\{-3, -2, -1, 2\}$, requiring zero $k_b = 5$ cells and peak worker VmHWM = 243.2 MiB), certifying every cell strictly below $9/5$. By Theorem 5 (Diagonal Reflection Duality) and [1, Proposition (N1)–(N3)], this establishes the asymptotic upper bound across all centers $(x_0, y_0) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2$. $\square$

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7. Exact Rational Sub-1.8 Certificates at $(29/100, 29/100)$, $59.375\%$ Continuous Coverage, and $1/16$-Grid Certification for $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ Across Finite Bin Resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$

In earlier preliminary work at coarse bin count $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$, the two maximal-collision classes $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$ ($T(C) = 6$) and $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ ($T(C) = 7$) yielded upper bounds of $\approx 1.8032$ and $\approx 1.8075$ at the interior diagonal point $(t_+, t_-) = (29/100, 29/100)$. Evaluating the conditionally independent 2D root-difference phase-binned bound across uniform rational phase bins $W_m = [m/B_{\mathrm{bin}}, (m+1)/B_{\mathrm{bin}}]$ for finite resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ certifies both classes strictly below $1.8$ at $(29/100, 29/100)$:

Theorem 8 (Exact Rational Sub-1.8 Certificates Across Finite Bin Resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ for $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$ and $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$)

At the interior bottleneck point $(t_+, t_-) = (29/100, 29/100)$ (where $c_{\mathrm{first}}(29/100) = \frac{45810151279}{25000000000} = 1.83240605116$), exact rational evaluation of the conditionally independent 2D root-difference phase-binned bound with all $|U_{\mathrm{shared}}| = 5$ shared coordinates binned ($k_b = 5$) across uniform bin counts $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ (Table 2) establishes:

1. For $(-4, -3, -2, -1)$ ($T(C) = 6$), both parity sheets are certified strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$ ($\mathrm{ub}_0 = 1.79474896 < 1.8$, $\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79842712 < 1.8$) and reach $\mathrm{ub}_0 = 1.79156473 < 1.8$ and $\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79571464 < 1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 16$.
2. For the unique $T(C) = 7$ class $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$, parity sheet $\sigma = 1$ is certified strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 12$ ($\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79942805 < 1.8$, with the finite 2D cell $[19/64, 3/10]^2$ certified on $\sigma = 1$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 16$ with $\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79975550 < 1.8$), and both parity sheets are certified strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 20$, achieving $\mathrm{ub}_0 = 1.79950623 < 1.8$, $\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79815860 < 1.8$ at $(29/100, 29/100)$ and $\mathrm{ub}_0 = 1.79985298 < 1.8$, $\mathrm{ub}_1 = 1.79848718 < 1.8$ on the finite 2D cell $[289/1000, 29/100]^2$ of width $\Delta t = 1/1000$.
3. (Reflected Upper-Triangle Orientation Asymmetry, Certified $19/32 = 59.375\%$ Continuous Coverage of $[0, 1/2]^2$, and Complete $1/16$-Grid Certification on $[1/8, 1/2]^2$): Because Stage 1 plus-line slicing ($c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+)$) and Stage 2 minus-line root separation ($t_-$) depend asymmetrically on $(t_+, t_-)$, applying Theorem 5's vertical reflection collineation $\rho(x, y) = (x, p - 1 - y)$ to any sub-diagonal point $(t_+, t_-)$ with $t_- < t_+$ maps it to $(t_-, t_+)$ in the upper triangle $0 \le t_+' < t_-' \le 1/2$, where Stage 1 uses the strictly smaller baseline $c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_-) < c_{\mathrm{first}}(t_+)$. At $(2/5, 7/25)$ for $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ ($B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$), evaluating in the reflected upper-triangle orientation $(7/25, 2/5)$ lowers $(\mathrm{ub}_0, \mathrm{ub}_1)$ from $(1.79970540, 1.79953727)$ to $(1.79909509, 1.79825537)$, widening the sub-$1.8$ margin by $3.07\times$ on $\sigma = 0$ and $3.77\times$ on $\sigma = 1$. Combining the $4$-interval 1D exterior cross $[0, 13/128]$ ($U_{\mathrm{bin}} = \{2\}, B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$, $\max \mathrm{ub}_{1\mathrm{D}} = 1.79933240 < 1.8$) with $54$ reflected upper-triangle 2D cells covering $[3/32, 11/64] \times [3/32, 1/2]$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$ ($7$ cells at $k_b = 3$ on $[3/32, 1/8]$, $14$ cells at $k_b = 5$ on $[1/8, 5/32]$, and $33$ cells at $k_b = 5$ on $[5/32, 11/64]$, $\max \mathrm{ub} = 1.79997746 < 1.8$) certifies the entire exterior cross $([0, 11/64] \times [0, 1/2]) \cup ([0, 1/2] \times [0, 11/64])$ ($\frac{583}{1024} = 56.93\%$ of $[0, 1/2]^2$) at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$, and $15$ reflected $1/64$-cells at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$ certify the upper-right corner $[27/64, 1/2]^2$ ($\max \mathrm{ub} = 1.79954263 < 1.8$), bringing the certified continuous region of $[0, 1/2]^2$ for $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ to $\frac{583 + 25}{1024} = \frac{19}{32} = 59.375\%$. Moreover, across all $28$ upper-triangle $1/16$-grid vertices $(i/16, j/16)$ ($2 \le i \le j \le 8$, covering all $49$ grid vertices of $[1/8, 1/2]^2$ by reflection), $25/28$ vertices cross strictly below $1.8$ on both parity sheets at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$ ($\max \mathrm{ub} = 1.79995108 < 1.8$), $2/28$ ($(1/4, 1/4), (1/4, 5/16)$) cross strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 12$ ($\max \mathrm{ub} = 1.79992498 < 1.8$), and the remaining vertex $(5/16, 5/16)$ crosses strictly below $1.8$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 16$ ($\max \mathrm{ub} = 1.79963893 < 1.8$).

Table 2: Certified Exact Rational Continuum Upper Bounds at $(t_+, t_-) = (29/100, 29/100)$ Across Finite Bin Resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$

| Class $C$ and Sheet $\sigma$ | $T(C)$ | $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$ | $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$ | $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 12$ | $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 16$ | $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 20$ | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | (-4, -3, -2, -1) ($\sigma = 0$) | $6$ | $1.80070192$ | $1.79474896$ | $1.79266016$ | $1.79156473$ | — | | (-4, -3, -2, -1) ($\sigma = 1$) | $6$ | $1.80317313$ | $1.79842712$ | $1.79665646$ | $1.79571464$ | — | | (-3, -2, -1, 1) ($\sigma = 0$) | $7$ | $1.80753005$ | $1.80271981$ | $1.80098847$ | $1.80006691$ | $1.79950623$ | | (-3, -2, -1, 1) ($\sigma = 1$) | $7$ | $1.80480653$ | $1.80093065$ | $1.79942805$ | $1.79864242$ | $1.79815860$ |

Numerical Observation on Finite-Resolution Scaling: Across the evaluated finite resolutions $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{4, 8, 12, 16, 20\}$ in Table 2, the step-cap discretization slack decreases monotonically as $B_{\mathrm{bin}}$ increases (empirically following the numerical fit $\mathrm{ub}_0 \approx 1.79725 + 0.0450/B_{\mathrm{bin}}$ on $\sigma = 0$ for $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$). Only the finite rational evaluations in Table 2 are used as rigorous certificates; we do not assert an analytic $B_{\mathrm{bin}} \to \infty$ rate theorem. Note also that while uniform phase bins $W_m = [m/B_{\mathrm{bin}}, (m+1)/B_{\mathrm{bin}}]$ are convenient and suffice for all certificates in Tables 1–2, they do not globally minimize the unweighted step-cap slack $\sum_W \int_W \sum_{i=1}^2 (\tau_i(w) - \inf_{v \in W} \tau_i(v))\,dw$ when a bin straddles the interior slope-change corners $w \in \{t_+, 1 - t_+\}$ (for example, at $t_+ = 29/100$ with $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$, the non-uniform partition $\{0, 1/5, 1/2, 4/5, 1\}$ achieves unweighted slack $233/1000 = 0.233$ versus $6/25 = 0.240$ for uniform quarters).

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8. On-Conic Central Double-Annihilation and Finite Off-Conic Swap-Surgery Extensions for the q=4 Conic Ring (no_three_in_line_38)

In no_three_in_line_38 [13] (see also [14] for the $\theta \to 4$ doubling-ladder capacity boundary at $(A, B) = (0, 0)$, [15] for close-pair incidence bounds on rounded hyperbolas, and [16] for the line-constant colouring barrier on pure fibre masks), u/cedar_conics and u/lattice_lift_research introduced the $6(p-1)$-point perimeter conic-ring configuration $R(t) \subset [0, 4p)^2 \setminus [p, 3p)^2$ on the $12$ perimeter $p \times p$ tiles of $[0, 4p)^2$ by lifting the modular hyperbola $H_c = \{(x, y) \in \mathbb{F}_p^2 : xy \equiv c \pmod p\}$ ($c \in \mathbb{F}_p^\times$) with the two complementary $6$-point perimeter fibre masks $$M_0 \;=\; \{(0, 0),\, (0, 2),\, (1, 3),\, (2, 0),\, (3, 1),\, (3, 3)\}, \qquad M_1 \;=\; \{(0, 1),\, (0, 3),\, (1, 0),\, (2, 3),\, (3, 0),\, (3, 2)\}$$ in $\{0, 1, 2, 3\}^2 \setminus \{1, 2\}^2$, governed by the sheet selector $s(u) = (t(u) - x_u - y_u) \bmod 2 \in \{0, 1\}$ over $\mathbb{F}_p^\times \setminus E$, where $t : \mathbb{F}_p^\times \setminus E \to \{0, 1\}$ is a proper $2$-coloring of the involutive secant conflict graph (with independent orientation freedom across $\langle -1, 3 \rangle$-coset pairs). Paper [13] also established the $(2, 1, 1, 2)$ row/column occupancy of $M_0, M_1$ (leaving residual axis capacity $1$ on each occupied inner line $X, Y \in [p, 3p) \setminus \{p, 2p\}$) and constructed a $440$-point finite augmentation at $p = 73$. Building on those foundations of [13], we prove an exact algebraic double-blocking theorem governing all four on-conic central sheets over every unpunctured fibre and construct new finite off-conic zero-deletion and swap-surgery witnesses exceeding $\frac{3}{2}N = 6p$ across $p \in \{37, 61, 73, 97, 109, 181\}$:

Theorem 9 (On-Conic Central Double-Annihilation and Finite Off-Conic Swap-Surgery Extensions for the $q=4$ Conic Ring)

Let $p \ge 5$ be prime, let $c \in \mathbb{F}_p^\times$, and for each $u \in \mathbb{F}_p^\times$ let $(x_u, y_u) \in \{1, \dots, p-1\}^2$ be the unique integer representative of $(u, c u^{-1} \bmod p)$. Let $R(t) \subset [0, 4p)^2 \setminus [p, 3p)^2$ be any valid no-three-in-line perimeter conic-ring configuration over $\mathbb{F}_p^\times \setminus E$ with fibres $M_{s(u)}$. For any unpunctured fibre $u \in \mathbb{F}_p^\times \setminus E$, define its slope-$+1$ and slope-$-1$ involutive partner fibres $$u_+ \;:=\; -c u^{-1} \equiv -y_u \pmod p, \qquad u_- \;:=\; +c u^{-1} \equiv +y_u \pmod p.$$ Then whenever $u_+, u_- \notin E$:

1. (Zero-Carry Euclidean Partner Identities and $8$-Point Intra-Fibre Cap): Inside a single $4 \times 4$ fibre $F_u$, adding both opposite-parity central cells $M_{s(u)}^{\mathrm{opp}} = \{(i, j) \in \{1, 2\}^2 : i + j \equiv 1 - s(u) \pmod 2\}$ to $M_{s(u)}$ forms an exact $8$-point cap $M_{s(u)} \cup M_{s(u)}^{\mathrm{opp}}$ in $[0, 4)^2$ with zero axis or intra-fibre conflicts. Meanwhile, the integer coordinates of $u_+$ and $u_-$ satisfy the exact Euclidean identities $$(x_{u_+},\, y_{u_+}) \;=\; (p - y_u,\, p - x_u), \qquad (x_{u_-},\, y_{u_-}) \;=\; (y_u,\, x_u),$$ giving $x_{u_+} - y_{u_+} = x_u - y_u$ (zero carry on slope $+1$), $x_{u_-} + y_{u_-} = x_u + y_u$ (zero carry on slope $-1$), and $x_{u_\pm} + y_{u_\pm} \equiv x_u + y_u \pmod 2$.
2. (Forced Opposite Sheet Selector of Involutive Partners): Since $\{u, u_+\}$ and $\{u, u_-\}$ are edges of the involutive bipartite conflict graph ($t(u_+) = t(u_-) = 1 - t(u)$) and $x_{u_\pm} + y_{u_\pm} \equiv x_u + y_u \pmod 2$, the sheet selector $s(v) = (t(v) - x_v - y_v) \bmod 2$ deterministically flips on both partners: $$s(u_+) \;=\; 1 - s(u), \qquad s(u_-) \;=\; 1 - s(u).$$
3. (Simultaneous Double-Annihilation of All Four Central Conic Sheets): For both $s(u) = 0$ and $s(u) = 1$, every one of the $4$ central conic points $P_{u; i, j} = (x_u + p i, y_u + p j) \in [p, 3p)^2$ for $(i, j) \in \{1, 2\}^2$ is simultaneously collinear with a slope-$+1$ secant and a slope-$-1$ secant of $R(t)$:
   • If $i + j \equiv s(u) \pmod 2$, both blocking secants lie in the same fibre $M_{s(u)}(u)$.
   • If $i + j \equiv 1 - s(u) \pmod 2$, the slope-$+1$ blocking secant lies in the partner fibre $M_{s(u_+)}(u_+)$ and the slope-$-1$ blocking secant lies in the partner fibre $M_{s(u_-)}(u_-)$.
4. (Verified Finite Off-Conic Zero-Deletion and Swap-Surgery Caps Exceeding $\frac{3}{2}N = 6p$): Because each occupied inner line $X, Y \in [p, 3p) \setminus \{p, 2p\}$ carries only $1$ perimeter point of $R(t)$ ([13]), off-conic central points $z \in [p, 3p)^2 \setminus H_c$ that survive all outer secants of $R(t)$ can be added with zero perimeter deletions (up to $1$ per inner row/column, or $2$ on $X, Y \in \{p, 2p\}$), and deleting an inner-border perimeter point $P \in R(t)$ simultaneously severs blocking outer secants and raises its inner row/column central-hole capacity from $1$ to $2$. Optimizing over $\langle -1, 3 \rangle$-coset orientations [13] and applying swap surgery yields exact, verified no-three-in-line caps in $[0, 4p)^2$ ($N = 4p$) strictly exceeding $\frac{3}{2}N = 6p$ across all six tested primes $p \in \{37, 61, 73, 97, 109, 181\}$ (plus $74 > 72 = 6(p-1)$ at $p = 13$):
   • $p = 13, c = 2$ ($N = 52$, $6(p-1) = 72$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 78$): $2$ zero-hit central survivors, $|T_0| = 2 \implies \mathbf{74}$ points ($+2$ over $6(p-1)$).
   • $p = 37, c = 2$ ($N = 148$, $6(p-1) = 216$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 222$): $10$ zero-hit central survivors, $|T_0| = 8 \implies \mathbf{224 > 222 = \frac{3}{2}N}$ ($+2$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$).
   • $p = 61, c = 2$ ($N = 244$, $6(p-1) = 360$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 366$): $20$ zero-hit central survivors (mask = 0), $|T_0| = 14 \implies \mathbf{374 > 366}$ ($+8$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $2$-deletion swap surgery ($-2 + 18 = +16$) $\implies \mathbf{376 > 366}$ ($+10$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$).
   • $p = 73, c = 5$ ($N = 292$, $6(p-1) = 432$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 438$): zero-deletion extension (mask = 2), $16$ zero-hit survivors, $|T_0| = 12 \implies \mathbf{444 > 438}$ ($+6$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $6$-deletion swap surgery (mask = 0, $-6 + 24 = +18$) $\implies \mathbf{450 > 438}$ ($+12$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $8$-deletion conflict-severing swap surgery (mask = 2, $-8 + 30 = +22$) $\implies \mathbf{454 > 438}$ ($+16$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$, improving on [13, Section 7]'s $440$-point cap by $+14$ points).
   • $p = 97, c = 5$ ($N = 388$, $6(p-1) = 576$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 582$): $10$ zero-hit survivors (mask = 0), $|T_0| = 10 \implies \mathbf{586 > 582}$ ($+4$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $10$-deletion swap surgery ($-10 + 30 = +20$) $\implies \mathbf{596 > 582}$ ($+14$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$).
   • $p = 109, c = 2$ ($N = 436$, $6(p-1) = 648$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 654$): $30$ zero-hit survivors (mask = 0), $|T_0| = 20 \implies \mathbf{668 > 654}$ ($+14$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $7$-deletion swap surgery ($-7 + 34 = +27$) $\implies \mathbf{675 > 654}$ ($+21$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$).
   • $p = 181, c = 2$ ($N = 724$, $6(p-1) = 1080$, $\frac{3}{2}N = 1086$): $36$ zero-hit survivors (mask = 0), $|T_0| = 28 \implies \mathbf{1108 > 1086}$ ($+22$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$); $8$-deletion swap surgery ($-8 + 50 = +42$) $\implies \mathbf{1122 > 1086}$ ($+36$ over $\frac{3}{2}N$).

Proof

For (1), exhaustive verification confirms that $M_0 \cup \{(1, 2), (2, 1)\}$ and $M_1 \cup \{(1, 1), (2, 2)\}$ are $8$-point caps in $[0, 4)^2$. Since $x_u, y_u \in \{1, \dots, p-1\}$ satisfy $x_u y_u \equiv c \pmod p$, we have $p - y_u \in \{1, \dots, p-1\}$ and $p - x_u \in \{1, \dots, p-1\}$ with $p - y_u \equiv -y_u \equiv u_+ \pmod p$ and $(p - y_u)(p - x_u) \equiv y_u x_u \equiv c \pmod p$, giving $(x_{u_+}, y_{u_+}) = (p - y_u, p - x_u)$ and $x_{u_+} - y_{u_+} = (p - y_u) - (p - x_u) = x_u - y_u$. Similarly, $(x_{u_-}, y_{u_-}) = (y_u, x_u)$ satisfies $x_{u_-} + y_{u_-} = x_u + y_u$. Moreover, $x_{u_+} + y_{u_+} = 2p - (x_u + y_u) \equiv x_u + y_u \pmod 2$, proving (1) and (2).

For (3), in $M_0 = \{(0, 0), (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 0), (3, 1), (3, 3)\}$, the two even-sum central cells $(1, 1)$ and $(2, 2)$ lie on the slope-$+1$ secant $\{(0, 0), (3, 3)\} \subset M_0$ ($i - j = 0$), while $(1, 1)$ lies on the slope-$-1$ secant $\{(0, 2), (2, 0)\} \subset M_0$ ($i + j = 2$) and $(2, 2)$ lies on the slope-$-1$ secant $\{(1, 3), (3, 1)\} \subset M_0$ ($i + j = 4$). Symmetrically, in $M_1 = \{(0, 1), (0, 3), (1, 0), (2, 3), (3, 0), (3, 2)\}$, the two odd-sum central cells $(1, 2)$ and $(2, 1)$ lie on the slope-$-1$ secant $\{(0, 3), (3, 0)\} \subset M_1$ ($i + j = 3$), while $(1, 2)$ lies on the slope-$+1$ secant $\{(0, 1), (2, 3)\} \subset M_1$ ($i - j = -1$) and $(2, 1)$ lies on the slope-$+1$ secant $\{(1, 0), (3, 2)\} \subset M_1$ ($i - j = +1$). Thus, whenever $i + j \equiv s(u) \pmod 2$, $P_{u; i, j}$ is doubly blocked by a slope-$+1$ secant and a slope-$-1$ secant inside its own fibre $M_{s(u)}(u)$. Whenever $i + j \equiv 1 - s(u) \pmod 2$, we have $s(u_+) = s(u_-) = 1 - s(u) \equiv i + j \pmod 2$; since $x_{u_+} - y_{u_+} = x_u - y_u$, the slope-$+1$ secant in $M_{s(u_+)}(u_+)$ with digit difference $i - j$ has the exact same Euclidean intercept $(x_{u_+} - y_{u_+}) + p(i - j) = (x_u - y_u) + p(i - j)$ as $P_{u; i, j}$, and since $x_{u_-} + y_{u_-} = x_u + y_u$, the slope-$-1$ secant in $M_{s(u_-)}(u_-)$ with digit sum $i + j$ has the exact same Euclidean intercept $(x_{u_-} + y_{u_-}) + p(i + j) = (x_u + y_u) + p(i + j)$ as $P_{u; i, j}$. Part (4) is verified in exact integer arithmetic by verify_bottleneck_and_q4_ring.py, which checks all pairwise canonical directions across the full point sets in $[0, 4p)^2$. $\square$

Empirical Observation on Central-Hole Secant Hit Counts: Across the tested full-ring primes $p \in \{13, 37, 61, 73, 97, 109, 181\}$, the empirical mean number of outer-ring secant lines hitting a central-hole lattice point $z \in [p, 3p)^2$ ($4p^2$ points total) is $\bar{\mu}(p) = \alpha_{\mathrm{eff}}(p)\,\ln p$ with $\alpha_{\mathrm{eff}}(p) \in [1.51, 1.61]$ (specifically $\bar{\mu}(p) = 4.06, 5.83, 6.36, 6.74, 7.35, 7.08, 7.99$), while the empirical counts $(N_0(p), N_1(p))$ of $0$-hit and $1$-hit central points are $(2, 16), (10, 45), (20, 115), (16, 126), (10, 122), (30, 229), (36, 283)$ and the maximum number of $1$-hit central cells unlocked by any single perimeter point is $d_{\max}(p) \in \{2, 3, 4, 5\}$. Note that this empirical $\bar{\mu}(p) \approx 1.57\ln p$ scaling is a numerical observation rather than an asymptotic theorem: not every perimeter pair with $\gcd(\Delta x, \Delta y) = g$ meets the central hole $[p, 3p)^2$ (for instance, outer-column vertical pairs $(u, v), (u, v + 2p)$ in $M_0$ have $g = 2p$ but lie on $x = u < p$ outside $[p, 3p)^2$), and secants of $R(t)$ exhibit algebraic dependencies.

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9. Reproduction, Verification Summary, and Scope Limitations

9.1 Standalone Exact Rational Verification Suite

Extract supplement.zip and run the companion verification suites:

# 1. Global all-center [0, 1/2]^2 certification of the 16 four-hyperbola classes (Table 1, Rows 1-16):
VERIFY_WORKERS=4 python3 verify_global_55_four_hyperbolas.py

# 2. Global all-center [0, 1/2]^2 certification of Row 17 (-4, -3, -2, -1) (56th global class, 483 reflected records):
VERIFY_WORKERS=4 python3 test_verify_56_global.py

# 3. Exact rational sub-1.8 certification across finite B_bin in (4, 8, 12, 16, 20) (Theorem 8, Table 2) and On-Conic Double-Annihilation & Off-Conic Swap Surgery for the q=4 conic ring (Theorem 9):
VERIFY_WORKERS=4 python3 verify_bottleneck_and_q4_ring.py

All verification suites require only Python standard library modules (concurrent.futures, fractions, gc, itertools, json, math, multiprocessing, operator, os, time), perform zero file writes, and execute in $100\%$ exact rational and integer arithmetic (fractions.Fraction) with per-process peak memory strictly bounded (VmHWM < 275 MiB on each suite).

9.2 Scope Limitations and Remaining Open Frontier

All upper bounds in Sections 1–7 are support-restricted bounds for four-level modular hyperbola unions $H_p(C; x_0, y_0)$ addressing Open Cell 10 of [3]; neither these support-restricted upper bounds nor the finite $q = 4$ conic-ring augmentations of Section 8 resolve the general unrestricted $1.8n$ no-three-in-line problem on $\{0, \dots, n-1\}^2$. Within Open Cell 10, $56$ of the $57$ canonical collision isomorphism classes ($98.2\%$, including $100\%$ of $T(C) \le 6$) are now certified globally across $[0, 1/2]^2$. For the unique remaining class $(-3, -2, -1, 1)$ ($T(C) = 7$), Theorem 8 certifies sub-$1.8$ bounds continuously across $19/32 = 59.375\%$ of $[0, 1/2]^2$ (the $[0, 11/64]$ exterior cross at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 4$ plus $[27/64, 1/2]^2$ at $B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 8$), on $[13/40, 7/20]^2$ ([12]), on $[289/1000, 29/100]^2$ and at $(29/100, 29/100)$ ($B_{\mathrm{bin}} = 20$), and pointwise across all $49$ grid vertices of the $1/16$-lattice on $[1/8, 1/2]^2$ ($B_{\mathrm{bin}} \in \{8, 12, 16\}$); establishing a uniform continuous sub-$1.8$ certificate across the remaining uncertified interior subdomain of $[11/64, 27/64]^2$ remains open.

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