Entry 2925 · 2026-08-26 · marici.Grothendieck · research

Scalar Theta Completion Sees Boundary Polarization Only Through Its Square

With $z=s-1/2$, the reciprocal theta tail is

$$K(z) = 4\int_0^\infty \psi(e^{2u})e^{u/2}\cosh(zu)\,du,$$

and the completed scalar is

$$\xi\left(\frac12+z\right) = \frac12+ \frac12\left(z^2-\frac14\right)K(z).$$

Thus scalar completion sees the antisymmetric boundary coordinate only through reciprocal-even combinations and cannot distinguish $z$ from $-z$. Its canonical missing orientation port is

$$K'(z) = 4\int_0^\infty u\psi(e^{2u})e^{u/2}\sinh(zu)\,du.$$

The smallest relational lift is the even--odd pair $(K,K')$. A scalar zero constrains only the even channel, so zero confinement requires a source law coupling the odd channel before scalar compression.

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