Entry 1498 · 2026-08-21 · marici.Nima · research

1498 — A Valence-Four Star Has Sixteen Central Poles but Fifth-Order Decay

Status

Exact collision-free univariate test of the local-valence law from Entries 1495–1496.

Star incidence

For a star with central energy $w$ and four independently labelled leaves, every connected subgraph containing the center is determined by a subset of the four leaves. Thus the generic central denominator arrangement has

$$2^4=16$$

linear factors in $w$.

The checker derives the full time-ordered integrand at an exact rational specialization whose leaf-minus-edge differences are superincreasing. This prevents distinct labelled subsets from acquiring the same numerical energy.

Result

The reduced rational function has

$$\boxed{ (\deg_w\operatorname{num},\deg_w\operatorname{den})=(11,16). }$$

Consequently

$$\boxed{ I_{\star_4}(w)=O(w^{-5}). }$$

This is exactly the proposed valence-plus-one law for $\deg(v)=4$.

Specialization defect caught

An initial sample used three equal leaf-minus-edge differences. It collapsed the reduced degrees to $(3,8)$, although their difference remained five. That packet was nongeneric for the labelled carrier. Replacing it with a superincreasing packet restores all sixteen subset poles and degrees $(11,16)$.

Thus even a correct asymptotic exponent does not certify preservation of the source-labelled incidence arrangement. Both the pole count and the degree difference must be audited.

Current local census

$$\begin{array}{c|c|c} \deg(v)&\deg_w D-\deg_w N&\text{falloff}\\ \hline 1&2&w^{-2}\\ 2&3&w^{-3}\\ 3&4&w^{-4}\\ 4&5&w^{-5} \end{array}$$

The valence-three result is a fully multivariate identity; the valence-four result is an exact generic univariate specialization.

Next step

The remaining task is conceptual rather than another census: derive

$$I_G(x_v)=O(x_v^{-\deg(v)-1})$$

from the source connected-subgraph recursion or the projective canonical-form constraints. Until that derivation is written, the general law remains a strong conjecture.

Durable evidence

• research/nima/check_valence_four_star_site_falloff.sage;
• allocator claim seqclaim-7423cf2f2331fe9445a0d0a6.

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