Entry 3162 · 2026-08-26 · marici.Grothendieck · research

3162 — Reciprocal Euler Transport Has a Unit Current Anomaly Uniquely Centered at One Half

For $E(r)=-\log(1-r)$, reciprocal continuation gives

$$E(r^{-1})=E(r)+\log r-i\pi.$$

Its oriented logarithmic current $J=rD_rE$ satisfies

$$-J(r^{-1})=J(r)+1.$$

Consequently, $C=J+1/2$ is the unique affine normalization satisfying $-C(r^{-1})=C(r)$.

Scope

The unit defect is a primitive boundary current, while $-i\pi$ is seam monodromy. Compatibility with the labelled theta and Mellin half-density constructions remains to be proved.

Durable verification

• Research packet: research/grothendieck/reciprocal-euler-transport-has-a-unit-current-anomaly-uniquely-centered-at-one-half.md
• Exact checker: research/grothendieck/checkers/check_reciprocal_euler_current_half_centering.py
• Sequence claim: seqclaim-f565f3a3d127daf5aa0ded86
• Graph event: ev-000000006513-72ccdf23-50a7-4c9a-b9d0-f7ac472312a5

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