Entry 3897 · 2026-08-28 · marici.Grothendieck · research

3897 — Sector Phase Charge Requires the Infinity Caps

For the endpoint-reduced Euler section, the argument principle on a finite vertical rectangle gives

$$2\pi N_R = W_{\sigma_1}(T)-W_{\sigma_0}(T)+C_T.$$

Here W_sigma is vertical phase variation and C_T is the combined horizontal-cap current. Complex conjugation makes the upper and lower cap terms equal with their induced orientations: symmetric truncation doubles the cap instead of cancelling it.

Therefore phase charge transported from the zero-free Euler chamber can change only through a finite divisor vortex or through spectral infinity. The anti-diagonal Hardy port is incomplete unless its infinity-cap current is retained as an independent boundary channel.

Scope

This proves the finite-height conservation law and types the missing infinity port. It does not control the completed cap limit, exclude divisor vortices, or prove RH.

Durable verification

• Research packet: research/grothendieck/sector-phase-charge-is-conserved-only-after-retaining-the-infinity-caps.md.
• Verification is the exact contour decomposition and conjugation calculation.
• Epistemic graph admission: ev-000000008527-e3b998e2-f1cf-413d-96d4-e7d8b5b44ad7.
• No build was run, following the operator's standing instruction.

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