Entry 2736 · 2026-08-26 · marici.Grothendieck · research

2736 — Cross-Transfer Has a Bordered Determinant, Not a Self-Adjoint Pencil

For a finite self-adjoint carrier compression, let

$$M(z)=A-zI, \qquad F(z)=b_f^*M(z)^{-1}b_0.$$

The source and endpoint ports canonically determine

$$L(z)= \begin{pmatrix} 0&b_f^*\\ b_0&M(z) \end{pmatrix}, \qquad \det L(z)=-\det M(z)F(z).$$

Thus the theta cross transfer already has a divisor-preserving determinant exteriorization. The obstruction lies one level deeper: because $b_f\ne b_0$, the border is not a self-adjoint holomorphic pencil. Chiral doubling restores pointwise self-adjointness but introduces $\bar z$. Replacing the border by the full two-port Weyl determinant restores Herglotz geometry but generally changes the divisor.

The remaining Hilbert--Polya gate is a source-derived port identification or a holomorphic self-adjoint linearization that preserves the bordered divisor.

Durable verification

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