Reference words and SL1 #
Piece 5/6 of GQ2.Roe.Labute.StageLemma (see that module for the mathematical overview
and the statement freeze). The congruence bookkeeping at the pinned targets, then the
two reachability statements stageSL1R0 / stageSL1R2.
The congruence bookkeeping: reference words at the pinned targets #
Both "functional vanishes" statements (φ(δ) = 0 and φ(Im d̄) = 0) are proved by comparison:
the actual triple is congruent, modulo the two-sided congruence subgroup wlKer N k, to a
reference triple whose χ-values are the pinned targets exactly. At the reference the word
value is computed in closed form — and vanishes, by Labute's descent datum (for δ) or by the
target valuations (for d̄).
The stage lemma: SL1, SL2, and the step (spike §2.4) #
SL1 (reachability), direction 1: for T ∈ S^P_ₖ (k ≥ 3), the defect is
reachable — some λ_{k-1}-modification's shift equals δ(T)⁻¹ (inverse form; in Zₖ
inverses are trivial, so this is the memo's δₖ(T) ∈ Im d̄ₖ(T)). This is where the
invariant P earns its keep: the spike's census shows the statement is false without
the χ-clause (192/192 P-violating classes unreachable at k = 4). Fill: L4b (span
theorem + the two separating functionals of spike §2.5(b)).
SL1 (reachability), direction 2. Fill: L4b.