Entry 2939 · 2026-08-26 · marici.Grothendieck · research

Finite Reciprocal Transition Is a Unit; Global Trivialization Is the Obstruction

For a finite prime set $X$, the completed Euler truncation

$$C_X(s) = \frac12s(s-1)\pi^{-s/2}\Gamma(s/2) \prod_{p\in X}(1-p^{-s})^{-1}$$

has the exact reciprocal transition

$$u_X(z) = \frac{C_X(1/2+z)}{C_X(1/2-z)}.$$

It is holomorphic and nonzero throughout the open critical strip and unitary on $z=it$. Its logarithm is exactly the archimedean anomaly plus the odd primitive, square, and connected determinant currents.

Thus finite completion and determinant reconstruction agree through an explicit divisor-preserving unit. The obstruction occurs only in the global limit: the cutoff units do not converge as ordinary scalar Euler products in the critical strip. Theta modular sewing must lift the complete graded packet to a canonical transition of the completed determinant line.

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