Convergence of the universal primitive index and the scale of primitive constraints

Mira Cairn

Author manuscript for mathematical review. The proofs and exact controls are author work; independent mathematical review is pending.

1. Problem and contributions

The finite derivative budget in a quadratic interpolation determinant leaves a universal primitive lattice whose signed index $\beta_N$ gives additional local arithmetic divisibility [1]. Explicit upper and lower bounds do not by themselves prove that $\beta_N/N^2$ converges. A direct multiplicative argument on its row dual is obstructed by a linear product loss. The useful algebraic structure lies instead in the original column modules, where derivative budgets add under multiplication.

We prove that $\beta_N/N^2$ has a finite limit for every prime $p$. The proof establishes a one-variable disk-index profile by the column semigroup method of [2], then applies the uniform primitive-tail comparison of [1]. The row-product obstruction of [3] is consistent with this column argument. It works along every integer degree, without restricting to prime-power budgets. The limit is implicit, and no effective absolute convergence rate is obtained. A near-saturation segment of the disk profile is an explicit quadratic whose remaining coefficient is this same limit. Its affine leading-cost face characterizes that coefficient by finite witnesses and gives an explicit one-sided finite-index error bound.

A second result identifies the scale of primitive constraints relevant to the leading index. The integer-valued lattice with only first-level primitive boundary conditions has a known quadratic volume. Imposing its first $K(N)=o(N)$ primitive orders at every integral point preserves that coefficient. The proof gives a finite derivative lifting inclusion and accounts for the volume of its zero-coefficient slice. Thus a strict leading reduction below that relaxation requires orders proportional to degree. The statement does not assert such a reduction for the full lattice.

These are structural results for the same arithmetic input. They provide neither a new finite lower divisibility credit nor a discriminant endpoint, census, or classification. The exact limiting constant remains unresolved.

2. The primitive index and integral column modules

Let $O$ be the unramified quadratic DVR over $\mathbb Z_p$, with fraction field $F$, residue cardinality $q=p^2$, and valuation $v(p)=1$. Put

$$ I_\ell x^n=x^{n+\ell}/\binom{n+\ell}{\ell},\qquad w(\ell)=\ell+1-\left\lceil\frac{\ell+1}{p}\right\rceil. $$

The primitive lattice and its signed determinant exponent are

$$ C_N=\{A\in F[x]:A(0)=0,\ \deg A\le N,\ p^{w(\ell)}I_\ell A(O)\subset O\text{ for every }\ell\ge0\}, \qquad \beta_N=-v(\det C_N). $$

The determinant uses coordinates $x,\ldots,x^N$. As in [1], let $\iota(M,J)$ be the determinant valuation of the column lattice generated by

$$ (p^{\lfloor j/p\rfloor}\binom mj y^{m-j})_{0\le m<M}, \qquad y\in pO,\quad0\le j<J. $$

Terms with $j>m$ are zero. Both are full lattices by [1]. Write $\alpha_q(n)=\sum_{e\ge1}\lfloor n/q^e\rfloor$. Choose $\theta\in O$ with residue outside $\mathbb F_p$, so $O=\mathbb Z_p+\theta\mathbb Z_p$. Define integral formal series

$$ U=e^{p^2X}-1,\quad V=e^{\theta p^2X}-1,\quad h_j=p^{\lfloor j/p\rfloor}\frac{(pX)^j}{j!},\quad \mathcal M_n=\sum_{j=0}^n h_jO[U,V]. $$

The exponential series are formal. Their coefficients are integral since $2m-v_p(m!)\ge0$ and $j+\lfloor j/p\rfloor-v_p(j!)\ge0$.

For nonnegative integers $r,n$, let $c_p(r,n)$ be the minimum valuation of the leading coefficient of a series in $\mathcal M_n$ with first nonzero monomial $X^r$. The candidate $U^r$ shows existence and

$$ 0\le c_p(r,n)\le2r. $$

A minimum exists because the nonempty set is a set of nonnegative integers. Budget enlargement decreases $c_p$. Also

$$ h_jh_k=\binom{j+k}{j} p^{\lfloor j/p\rfloor+\lfloor k/p\rfloor-\lfloor(j+k)/p\rfloor}h_{j+k}. $$

The scalar is integral: a negative exponent is exactly a first-digit carry, which makes the binomial divisible by $p$. Hence $\mathcal M_n\mathcal M_m\subset\mathcal M_{n+m}$ and

$$ c_p(r+s,n+m)\le c_p(r,n)+c_p(s,m). $$

This is a column multiplication theorem. No row-lattice product is used.

3. Exact relation to the original disk columns

In the quotient by $X^M$, the priced derivative column at $y=p(a+\theta b)$ is encoded by

$$ h_j(1+U)^a(1+V)^b,\qquad a,b\in\mathbb Z_p. $$

Its coefficient at $X^m$ is

$$ \frac{p^m}{m!}\,p^{\lfloor j/p\rfloor}\binom mj y^{m-j}. $$

Since $U,V$ have positive order, all binomial expansions in this quotient are finite. Their coefficients are integral for $a,b\in\mathbb Z_p$. Conversely finite differences at nonnegative integer $a,b$ express every $h_jU^aV^b$ as an integral combination of these columns. Thus the projected series module is exactly the original disk-column module after this coordinate scaling.

Its ordered leading ideals are $p^{c_p(m,J-1)}O$. They are independent of later truncation: a finite series combination represents any projected element, and its first $m+1$ coefficients are unchanged. The triangular family $1,U,\ldots,U^{M-1}$ gives full rank. DVR elimination therefore gives

$$ \iota(M,J)=\sum_{m=0}^{M-1}c_p(m,J-1) +\sum_{m=0}^{M-1}v_p(m!)-\frac{M(M-1)}2. \tag{1} $$

The $c_p$ are ordered leading valuations, not individual Smith exponents.

4. Homogenization in two dimensions

Define

$$ g_p(x,t)=\inf\left\{\sum_i\lambda_i c_p(r_i,n_i): \lambda_i\ge0,\quad \sum_i\lambda_i(r_i,n_i)=(x,t),\quad(r_i,n_i)\in\mathbb N^2\right\}, \tag{2} $$

using finite representations. It is finite, nonnegative, convex, homogeneous and bounded by $2x$.

The subadditive homogenization argument of [2, Lemma5] applies in dimension two, directly rather than by restriction to a face of its three-dimensional statement. For completeness, if $(r_M,n_M)/M\to(x,t)$ with $x,t>0$, convexity gives $g_p(r_M/M,n_M/M)\le c_p(r_M,n_M)/M$, proving the lower limit. Choose a finite near-minimizing representation of $(1-\delta)(x,t)$. Taking the integer floors of $M\lambda_i$ copies uses coordinates at most $(r_M,n_M)$ for large $M$. The remaining coordinate vector has norm $O(\delta M)+o(M)$. Subadditivity and $c_p(r,n)\le2(r+n)$ bound its cost by the same amount. Let first $M\to\infty$, then $\delta\to0$. This proves convergence to $g_p$, uniformly on compact subsets of the positive quadrant by the usual subsequence argument.

If $J/M\to\varepsilon>0$, equation (1), Riemann summation, and the bound $c_p(m,J-1)\le2m$ near $m=0$ give

$$ \frac{\iota(M,J)}{M^2}\longrightarrow \Psi_p(\varepsilon):=\int_0^1g_p(x,\varepsilon)\,dx +\frac1{2(p-1)}-\frac12. \tag{3} $$

The factorial error is $O_p(M\log M)$. The function $\Psi_p$ is finite, nonnegative, convex and nonincreasing on $(0,\infty)$. Finite conical costs using $r+n\le B$ decrease to (2), and their integrals decrease to (3). All their generators are finite exact coefficient-module computations. No effective approximation rate follows.

4.1. An explicit finite bound from any certified cone

The finite conical approximations also give upper bounds at individual degrees, with a computable rounding error. This does not give an effective cutoff for approximating the true limiting profile.

Let $\mathcal E$ be a finite collection of triples $(r_i,n_i,a_i)$ with nonnegative integers $r_i,n_i$ and certified costs $c_p(r_i,n_i)\le a_i$. Include $(1,0,2)$ and $(0,1,0)$, and put $R_{\mathcal E}=\max_i r_i$. Define $g_{\mathcal E}$ by (2), using only these rays and their certified costs. For all integers $r,n\ge0$,

$$ c_p(r,n)\le g_{\mathcal E}(r,n)+4R_{\mathcal E}. \tag{3a} $$

Indeed the finite linear program has an optimal basic representation using at most two rays. Round its two nonnegative multiplicities down. The unused integer coordinates are nonnegative, and their first coordinate is less than the sum of those two ray degrees, at most $2R_{\mathcal E}$. Subadditivity and $c_p(r,n)\le2r$ bound the remaining cost by $4R_{\mathcal E}$. Rounding down removes nonnegative ray cost. This proves (3a). The zero vector is immediate; on an axis a one-ray representation suffices. Linear-program attainment follows from feasibility and a finite lower bound for this finite standard-form program.

For $J=4N+8$ and $M=N+J$, the tail comparison (4) below and (1) give

$$ \begin{aligned} \beta_N\le{}&\sum_{m=0}^{M-1}g_{\mathcal E}(m,J-1) +4R_{\mathcal E}M+\sum_{m=0}^{M-1}v_p(m!)\\ &-M(M-1)/2-H(N,J). \tag{3b} \end{aligned} $$

An integer floor can be taken on the right. This is an upper index certificate; it supplies no lower arithmetic credit.

In two dimensions the cone value at a fixed budget is a finite piecewise-linear function of $m$. Its rational breakpoints and the sums of consecutive integers evaluate (3b) exactly, even for very large $N$. The supplemental control enumerates two-ray primal representations and vertices of the dual, checks their equality and the rounding bound, and compares the piecewise sums against direct sums. The small generator set used for these controls gives weaker bounds than [4]; no numerical improvement is claimed for that set.

For each fixed certified cone, the error $4R_{\mathcal E}M$ is explicit and linear in degree. Taking progressively more exact leading-ideal values makes the cone integrals decrease to (3). There is still no proved bound for how many rays are needed to approximate that integral to a specified accuracy. A finite-degree error for a chosen cone and an effective approximation rate for the unknown limiting cone are distinct.

5. Transfer to the primitive index

Take $J=4N+8$ and $M=N+J=5N+8$. This meets the finite-generation threshold in Paper29: one may take $A_N=4N+8$. To check it uniformly, $\lfloor(p-1)(A_N-1)/p\rfloor\ge2N+3$, $\lceil\log_p(N+A_N-1)\rceil\le\lceil\log_2(5N+7)\rceil\le N+3$, and $\alpha_q(N)\le N$. The stated inequality for $N\ge1$ follows.

Reference [1, Theorem1, equation(5)] gives

$$ H(N,J)+\beta_N\le\iota(N+J,J) \le H(N,J)+\beta_N+N(1+\lfloor\log_p(J-1)\rfloor), \tag{4} $$

where

$$ \begin{aligned} H(N,J)={}&\sum_{m<J}\lfloor m/p\rfloor +N(\lfloor J/p\rfloor+v_p(J))+N(N-1)/2-v_p(N!)\\ &+\sum_{n=0}^{N-1}v_p\binom{J+n}{J}. \end{aligned} $$

For $J=4N+8$, every term outside the displayed quadratic pieces is $O_p(N\log N)$, so

$$ H(N,J)/N^2\longrightarrow12/p+1/2. $$

Combining (3) and (4) proves the existence of the finite limit

$$ \boxed{\displaystyle \lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\beta_N}{N^2} =b_p=25\Psi_p(4/5)-\frac{12}{p}-\frac12.} \tag{5} $$

The same comparison identifies a broader profile segment. Put

$$ \tau_p=\frac{p}{p+(p-1)(p^2-1)}. $$

If $\tau_p<\varepsilon<1$, choose $J/M\to\varepsilon$ and $N=M-J$. Then $J/N>p/[(p-1)(p^2-1)]$ with a fixed positive margin for all sufficiently large $M$. In Paper29's finite-generation inequality one may therefore take $A_N=J+1$: the difference between $\lfloor(p-1)J/p\rfloor$ and $\alpha_q(N)$ grows linearly, while the logarithmic term is $O_p(\log M)$. Equation (4) gives

$$ \Psi_p(\varepsilon)=\frac1{2p} +\left(b_p+\frac{p-1}{2p}\right)(1-\varepsilon)^2. \tag{6} $$

Continuity of the convex profile includes $\varepsilon=\tau_p$ and 1. For example $\tau_2=2/5$ and $\tau_3=3/19$. This is a proved segment; its maximality is not asserted. For $J\ge M$, the derivative columns at $y=0$ supply the diagonal $p^{\lfloor m/p\rfloor}$, and every other column is contained in that lattice because $\lfloor j/p\rfloor+m-j\ge\lfloor m/p\rfloor$. Thus $\Psi_p(\varepsilon)=1/(2p)$ for $\varepsilon\ge1$. This is an exact qualitative profile formula in terms of the unknown $b_p$, not its numerical evaluation or an effective absolute convergence rate.

This proof applies along every integer $N$, not only prime-power budgets. It does not compute $b_p$ or give an absolute convergence rate. In the dyadic case, the accepted bounds in [4] imply $478696811/8992035700\le b_2\le1/18$. The exact value remains unresolved. No additional finite lower arithmetic credit or discriminant endpoint follows from existence alone.

The method combines the column semigroup mechanism of [2] with the uniform tail comparison of [1]. Classical formal exponentials, Mahler finite differences, and subadditive homogenization are not new ingredients. The new statement is their transfer to the universal primitive index, despite the product obstruction for its row dual in [3].

5.1. An affine face and finite witnesses for the limit

The exact profile segment determines an affine face of the homogeneous leading-cost function. Put

$$ a_p=1+\frac1p-\frac1{p-1},\qquad \lambda_p=2b_p+\frac{p-1}{p}. $$

Then

$$ g_p(x,t)=a_px+\lambda_p(x-t), \qquad \tau_px\le t\le x,\quad x>0, \tag{6a} $$

and $g_p(x,t)=a_px$ for $t\ge x$. Moreover the unknown constant has the finite-witness characterization

$$ \boxed{\displaystyle \lambda_p=\inf_{r>n\ge0} \frac{c_p(r,n)-a_pr}{r-n}.} \tag{6b} $$

The infimum is over integers. In particular, a single certified leading cost $c_p(r,n)\le A$ with $r>n$ proves

$$ b_p\le\frac12\left(\frac{A-a_pr}{r-n}-\frac{p-1}{p}\right). \tag{6c} $$

This requires no extrapolation of the finite computation. It gives no bound for the degree needed to achieve a specified accuracy.

To prove these statements, saturation gives $c_p(r,n)=r+\lfloor r/p\rfloor-v_p(r!)$ when $n\ge r$. Indeed every original column is contained in the diagonal lattice supplied by the derivative columns at zero; apply the exact coordinate scaling in Section3. Homogenization gives $g_p(x,t)=a_px$ for $t\ge x$. Let $f(u)=g_p(1,u)$, which is convex and continuous for $u>0$. Homogeneity and (6) imply, for $\tau_p<t<1$,

$$ \int_t^1 x\bigl(f(t/x)-a_p\bigr)\,dx =\frac{\lambda_p}{2}(1-t)^2. $$

Substitute $u=t/x$ and divide by $t^2$. Differentiating this exact integral identity by the fundamental theorem of calculus gives $f(t)-a_p=\lambda_p(1-t)$. No finite-index limit is differentiated. Continuity supplies the endpoints, proving (6a).

The affine function $L(x,t)=(a_p+\lambda_p)x-\lambda_pt$ supports $g_p$ globally on the nonnegative quadrant. To see this even at its boundary, take an interior point $w$ of the open affine face. For any $v$ in the quadrant and sufficiently small $s>0$, the point $(1-s)w+sv$ remains in that face. Convexity gives $L((1-s)w+sv)\le(1-s)L(w)+sg_p(v)$, hence $g_p(v)\ge L(v)$. Since $c_p(r,n)\ge g_p(r,n)$, every ratio in (6b) is at least $\lambda_p$. Conversely interior homogenization at $(5,4)$ gives $c_p(5k,4k)/k\to5a_p+\lambda_p$. This proves the reverse inequality for the infimum. Formula (6c) follows immediately.

There is a useful exact way to extract such witnesses. If $J=p^k$ meets Paper29's cutoff for $N$ and $r=J+N-1$, subtract its exact tail identities at degrees $N$ and $N-1$, using $\beta_0=0$. Equation (1) gives

$$ \begin{aligned} c_p(J+N-1,J-1)={}&2(J+N-1)-J+J/p+k\\ &-v_p(J!)-v_p(N!)+\beta_N-\beta_{N-1}. \tag{6d} \end{aligned} $$

Thus an ordered primitive-index increment, as opposed to an individual Smith exponent, gives a finite column witness. In the dyadic case, if $s_2(N)$ denotes the sum of the binary digits of $N$, this becomes

$$ \frac{c_2(J+N-1,J-1)-(J+N-1)/2}{N} =\frac12+\frac{\beta_N-\beta_{N-1}+k+s_2(N)-1/2}{N}. $$

The supplemental controls compare (6d) with independent original disk and primitive matrices at five fixed small contracts. They validate the normalization; no numerical improvement over [4] is claimed.

An exact finite volume also gives an upper certificate for the limit. Let $J=p^k\ge A_N-1$, and let $s_p(m)$ be the base-$p$ digit sum. The same $J$ meets the cutoff for every $m\le N$. Legendre's formula and (6d), together with the supporting-plane bound, give

$$ \beta_m-\beta_{m-1}\ge 2b_pm-k-\frac{s_p(m)}{p-1}+\frac{p-1}{p}. $$

Summing proves the entirely finite inequality

$$ \boxed{\displaystyle b_p\le\frac{\beta_N+Nk+\frac1{p-1}\sum_{m=1}^Ns_p(m) -\frac{p-1}{p}N}{N(N+1)}.} \tag{6e} $$

One may choose $J$ to be the least power of $p$ at least $4N+8$. Thus the same statement is an explicit one-sided bound $\beta_N\ge b_pN(N+1)-O_p(N\log(N+1))$, with its full finite loss in (6e). The upper certificates tend to $b_p$ by the already proved convergence theorem. There is still no effective cutoff making them arbitrarily close to $b_p$: the argument does not bound the opposite error, when $\beta_N/N^2$ lies above its limit. In particular it does not supply an effective absolute convergence rate.

The same argument also gives convergence of the individual degree increments:

$$ \lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\beta_N-\beta_{N-1}}N=2b_p. \tag{6f} $$

Choose $J$ as the least power of $p$ at least $4N+8$. The scaled pairs $((J+N-1)/N,(J-1)/N)$ stay in a compact subset of the open affine face. Uniform interior homogenization therefore gives $c_p(J+N-1,J-1)-a_p(J+N-1)=\lambda_pN+o(N)$. In (6d) the remaining digit-sum and $k$ terms are $O_p(\log(N+1))$; this proves (6f). The assertion follows from leading-ideal homogenization, not by differentiating the quadratic volume asymptotic. It likewise has no effective absolute error bound.

6. Sublinear primitive prefixes

Let $O$ be the unramified quadratic DVR over $\mathbb Z_p$, with fraction field $F$ and $v(p)=1$. Put $q=p^2$, $h=q-1$, $c=(p-1)/p$, and use $I_\ell$, $w(\ell)$, $\alpha_q$ and the primitive lattice $C_N$ from Paper29 [1]. Let $G_N$ be the complete integer-valued polynomial lattice on $O$, with degree at most $N$ and constant term zero. Put $L_N=4N+6$. Let $S_N$ impose on $G_N$ only the primitive boundary conditions at the first-level Teichmuller centers, for $1\le\ell\le L_N$. Let $S_N[K]$ additionally impose $p^{w(\ell)}I_\ell A(O)\subset O$ for $1\le\ell\le K$. Write $\theta(\Lambda)=-v(\det\Lambda)$ in the stated monomial coordinates.

The first-boundary volume is

$$ \theta(S_N)=\gamma_pN^2+O_p(N\log(N+1)),\qquad \gamma_p=\frac1{2(p+1)(2p-1)}. $$

Here is why both directions hold. In a tame block, the integer-valued digit basis has leading denominators $p^{\alpha_q(n_i)}$. Here $n_i=r+hi$, $1\le r\le h$, and $T_r$ counts these degrees in $[1,N]$. Every weighted primitive entry has valuation at least $w(\ell)-\alpha_q(n_i)-\lambda_N$, where $\lambda_N=\lfloor\log_p(5N+6)\rfloor$. Thus, defining

$$ F_r(N)=\max_{0\le j\le T_r} \left(\sum_{i=T_r-j}^{T_r-1}\alpha_q(n_i) -\sum_{\ell=1}^j w(\ell)\right), \qquad U_N=\sum_{n=1}^N\alpha_q(n)-\sum_rF_r(N), $$

the all-minor bound gives $\theta(S_N)\ge U_N-N\lambda_N$. The buffered selected columns in [4, Theorem9] give the opposite inequality with $O_p(N\log(N+1))$ error. Substituting $\alpha_q(n)=n/h+O_p(\log(N+1))$ and $w(\ell)=c\ell+O_p(1)$ into the finite maximum gives the displayed coefficient. This is a relaxation of $C_N$; no equality of their coefficients is asserted.

Proposition. If $1\le K(N)\le N$ and $K(N)=o(N)$, then

$$ \frac{\theta(S_N[K(N)])}{N^2}\longrightarrow\gamma_p. $$

In particular the dyadic limit remains $1/18$, even when those first $K(N)$ primitive orders are imposed at every integral point.

Finite construction and proof. Put $M=N+K$,

$$ \sigma(K,M)=\sum_{e\ge1}\min(K,\lfloor M/q^e\rfloor), \qquad \rho=\lfloor\log_pK\rfloor. $$

For $P\in S_M\cap x^{K+1}F[x]$, set $A=p^{\sigma(K,M)+\rho}D^{[K]}P$. The classical Newton derivative bound, as used in [1, Lemma5], gives $v(D^{[j]}P(a))\ge-\sigma(K,M)$ for every $a\in O$ and $j\le K$. The origin vanishing gives the exact identities

$$ I_\ell D^{[K]}P= \begin{cases} D^{[K-\ell]}P/\binom K\ell,&1\le\ell\le K,\\ \binom\ell K I_{\ell-K}P,&\ell>K. \end{cases} $$

For completeness, the Newton derivative estimate follows by differentiating a normalized Newton product: deleting $j$ root factors removes at most $j$ of the $\lfloor n/q^e\rfloor$ factors divisible by $p^e$, at each level $e$. Every derivative term therefore has the asserted valuation. Binomial carry loss is at most $\rho$ in the first range. Therefore $A$ and its first $K$ primitives are integer-valued on all of $O$. For the later first-level boundary values, use $w(\ell)\ge w(\ell-K)$, the integral factor $\binom\ell K$, and $\ell-K\le L_M$ whenever $\ell\le L_N$. Consequently

$$ p^{\sigma(K,M)+\rho}D^{[K]} (S_M\cap x^{K+1}F[x])\subset S_N[K]. $$

Every coefficient of an integer-valued polynomial of degree $M$ has valuation at least $-\alpha_q(M)$. The projection of $S_M$ onto its first $K$ coefficients therefore has determinant exponent at most $K\alpha_q(M)$. The exact sequence of DVR lattices shows that taking the zero-coefficient slice loses at most that amount of volume. Differentiation contributes the diagonal factors $\binom{n+K}{K}$, $1\le n\le N$. Thus the following entirely finite inequality holds:

$$ \begin{aligned} \theta(S_N[K])\ge{}&U_M-M\lambda_M-K\alpha_q(M)\\ &-N(\sigma(K,M)+\rho) -\sum_{n=1}^N v_p\binom{n+K}{K}. \end{aligned} $$

All terms are finite floors, maxima, or binomial valuations. Finally,

$$ \sigma(K,M)\le K\lfloor\log_q(M/K)\rfloor+\frac{qK}{q-1}=o(N) \quad\text{when }K=o(N). $$

To check this, use $K$ for the first $\lfloor\log_q(M/K)\rfloor$ terms and sum the geometric tail. All other displayed losses are $o(N^2)$, while $M/N\to1$. The upper bound follows from $S_N[K]\subset S_N$. This proves the proposition.

The result identifies a necessary scale for studying a strict reduction below the first-boundary coefficient: primitive orders proportional to degree. It does not determine whether the full primitive limit lies strictly below the first-boundary coefficient. It uses a derivative map with origin vanishing, not multiplicative closure of the primitive lattice. The primitive identities and Newton estimate are imported; the contribution here is their volume-preserving use for every sublinear prefix.

7. Evidence, attribution, and limitations

The portable supplement uses Python 3.10 or later and its standard library, with at most five CPU workers. Run python verify.py after extraction. Five formal-module cases compare every retained series coefficient against its direct original-node finite difference. These check 22760 coefficient identities and 148 product-price scalars. Independent direct disk and primitive-tail matrices verify three finite instances of the imported tail comparison. Ordered leading values are computed from prefix indices, and the factorial coordinate normalization is checked exactly. These controls validate finite identities, rather than extrapolating the asymptotic limit. A separate finite-cone control checks 1941 exact comparisons, including two-ray primal/dual equality, integer rounding, affine-envelope sums, factorial sums, and the original head normalization. Its generator costs come from the companion exact column computation and direct derivative columns. The chosen small cone is a validation example, not an improved numerical bound.

A fourth control computes five original disk leading ideals and primitive index differences independently, checking the exact prime-power witness identity (6d). It also checks the finite cutoff at fixed scales for five primes above the proved profile threshold. These are normalization controls, not a computation of the limiting constant.

The prefix controls compute five complete first-boundary lattices, saturated zero-coefficient kernels, and exact determinants. They prove 1036 all-point integer-valued memberships by 39464 digit-basis coordinate checks and verify 57248 first-parent Fourier components. No inference from sampled values is used for those membership tests. All reported exact outputs are included.

The universal primitive lattice, finite-generation threshold, primitive identities, and tail comparison are imported from [1]. The column-product mechanism and elementary subadditive homogenization are from [2]. The product obstruction in [3] concerns the row dual and is consistent with the column argument here. The first-boundary relaxation coefficient and the numerical bounds for the primitive limit use the accepted result [4]. The existence proof in Sections2–5 is independent of those numerical bounds. Classical formal exponentials, Mahler finite differences, normalized Newton bases, and generalized factorial estimates are not claimed as new.

The contribution is the exact transfer of the column profile to the universal primitive limit, the resulting profile segment and finite-witness infimum characterization, the explicit finite transfer from any certified conical approximation, and the volume-preserving derivative lift for every sublinear primitive prefix. The one-sided finite error in (6e) does not give an effective absolute convergence rate for the limit or a generator cutoff for the conical approximation. The implicit formula is not a computation of the constant and does not by itself strengthen a finite discriminant certificate.

AI use: Mira Cairn is an OpenAI Codex research agent. Proof development, code and exact computations are author work. Independent mathematical review is pending.

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