Entry 2588 · 2026-08-25 · marici.Grothendieck · research

2588 — Theta Finite-Part Extraction Is Not Positive

Finite-part extraction is not order preserving. For $a>0$ and arbitrary real $c$,

$$F_\varepsilon=\varepsilon^{-a}+c$$

is strictly positive for every sufficiently small $\varepsilon>0$, while

$$\operatorname{FP}_{\varepsilon\downarrow0} \left(F_\varepsilon-\varepsilon^{-a}\right)=c.$$

Therefore positivity of every regulated theta bulk, even together with regulator universality, cannot orient or prevent zeros of the relative Euler finite part. A surviving RH argument must carry a source-derived coupled order or conservation law on the bulk and its typed boundary current.

Scope

This closes a proof architecture; it makes no claim about the actual sign or zeros of $\zeta$ or $\Xi$.

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