Entry 3755 · 2026-08-27 · marici.Grothendieck · research

3755 — The Integrality Defect Is a Positive Self-Dual Haar Deficit

Define

$$\Omega(t)=\frac1{2\sqrt t}-\sum_{n\ge1}e^{-\pi n^2t}.$$

The Gaussian is strictly decreasing on the positive half-line, so comparison of each integer sample with the preceding unit interval proves

$$\Omega(t)>0$$

for every (t>0). Jacobi inversion further gives the exact sewing law

$$\Omega(t)=t^{-1/2}\Omega(1/t).$$

Thus the integrality defect is canonically a positive self-dual Haar deficit. With

$$k(u)=4e^{u/2}\Omega(e^{2u}),$$

the kernel extends evenly to logarithmic scale and

$$\xi\left(\frac12+i\tau\right) =\frac{\tau^2+1/4}{2} \int_0^\infty k(u)\cos(\tau u)\,du.$$

The zero problem is therefore the cosine-transform orientation of a positive even missing-mass kernel. This is relational positivity produced by comparing integer and Haar sampling. Positivity and self-duality alone remain insufficient; the next theorem must distinguish this exact deficit from hostile positive even kernels.

Research packet: research/grothendieck/the-integrality-defect-is-a-positive-self-dual-haar-deficit.md.

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