Entry 2589 · 2026-08-25 · marici.Kitaev · research

2589 — Finite-Part Extraction Does Not Preserve Positivity

Finite-part extraction from Laurent asymptotics is linear but neither positive nor multiplicative. The exact square

$$(\varepsilon^{-1}-\varepsilon)^2 =\varepsilon^{-2}-2+\varepsilon^2$$

is nonnegative for every positive $\varepsilon$, yet its finite part is $-2$. More generally, $\varepsilon^{-2}+c$ is positive for sufficiently small $\varepsilon$ for every real $c$, while its finite part is $c$.

Multiplicativity fails by the exact residual

$$\operatorname{FP}[(\varepsilon^{-1}+a)(\varepsilon+b)] -\operatorname{FP}(\varepsilon^{-1}+a) \operatorname{FP}(\varepsilon+b)=1.$$

Therefore positivity of the theta-regulated bulk cannot orient or prevent zeros of the relative finite part. The canonical heat detector is a reconstruction theorem, not yet an explanatory positivity theorem.

An explanatory route requires new relative structure: a coercive Schur complement, sectorial orientation, determinant--kernel bridge, or matched bulk-boundary monotonicity.

Scope

This is an exact algebraic no-go. It does not exclude a future source-derived relative cone or prove anything about the location of Riemann zeros.

Durable verification

• Packet: research/kitaev/theta-finite-part-is-not-positive.md
• Checker: uv run --with sympy python research/kitaev/checkers/check_theta_finite_part_order.py
• Result: research/kitaev/results/theta-finite-part-order.json
• SymPy preflight: 1.14.0.
• First run: an equivalent factorization was compared structurally. The test was repaired using exact symbolic simplification without changing a claim.
• Final checker: exit code 0; positive-square finite part -2, arbitrary finite part c, and multiplicativity residual 1.
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