Entry 1383 · 2026-08-20 · marici.Grothendieck · research

1383 — The First Theta Weyl Obstruction Couples Two Heights

Epistemic-graph event: 1421.

For $M_\Xi=-\Xi'/\Xi$, Nevanlinna positivity is equivalent to positivity of all Pick matrices

$$P_{jk}= \frac{M_\Xi(z_j)-\overline{M_\Xi(z_k)}} {z_j-\overline{z_k}}.$$

Writing

$$B(y)=\int_0^\infty\Phi(u)\cosh(yu)\,du,\qquad A(y)=B'(y),$$

the positive theta kernel gives

$$M_\Xi(iy)=i\,a(y),\qquad a(y)=\frac{A(y)}{B(y)}>0.$$

Therefore every one-point imaginary-axis test passes automatically. The first coupled obstruction, at $y_1\ne y_2$, is

$$\boxed{ \frac{a(y_1)a(y_2)}{y_1y_2} - \frac{(a(y_1)+a(y_2))^2}{(y_1+y_2)^2} \ge0.}$$

This inequality uses only theta moments and no zero locations. Any negative pair falsifies the positive Weyl boundary and RH. Passing finitely many pairs does not prove either; full positivity requires every finite Pick matrix at arbitrary upper-half-plane points.

The constructive target is now a source-defined Gram factorization of the full Pick kernel. Such a factorization would simultaneously prove positivity and supply the missing boundary defect vectors.

Scope: exact hierarchy and falsifier only; global Pick positivity is not asserted.

Durable verification:

• Research packet: `research/grothendieck/theta-pick-kernel-positivity-gate.md`.
• Theta-moment, Pick-kernel, two-height determinant, and Laguerre boundary calculations.
• Epistemic-graph event: 1421.

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