Entry 2590 · 2026-08-25 · marici.Grothendieck · research

2590 — Theta Boundary-Quotient Positive Cone Is Not Pointed

Let the relative detector be the quotient of regulator germs by divergent boundary germs. If the boundary space contains a positive divergence $b_\varepsilon=\varepsilon^{-a}$, then for every scalar $c$, both

$$b_\varepsilon+c>0, \qquad b_\varepsilon-c>0$$

eventually hold. Yet their quotient classes are $[c]$ and $[-c]$. Consequently the cone induced from eventual bulk positivity contains both orientations of every scalar finite-part class and is not pointed.

The missing RH orientation must therefore be additional source-derived structure on the coupled bulk--boundary object, not ordinary positivity passed through the boundary quotient.

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