Package E (agent cubethree): at three chains the profile description is proved on every member (3a’, 3b’, 3c’), with Eisenstein line data, integer profiles with budget 3, and a colour rule modulo (1 - omega) in place of the parity rule. The proof of Theorem V goes over in Steps 2 to 4, with a three-plane sum Sigma(0) in place of the difference E(0,-) - E(4,-). It stops at two statements. Lemma R: the rods and two bridgeheads complete the rod line. Lemma S: once the rod line is complete, Sigma(0) = 0. Both hold by solver on six members and per cell by integrality of a few lines plus linear programming, but neither is proved. (V’) is therefore reduced to R and S, not proved

Status tags:

• proved: the argument is written out here in full.
• computed: exact and reproducible, with no SAT solver. That means Fractions, exact arithmetic in \(\mathbb Q(\omega)\), sympy, or Farkas certificates verified in Fractions.
• solver: a SAT verdict through h32_cap, cap ≤ 300 s.
• explored: a HiGHS LP or MILP verdict in floating point. These were used for exploration only, and each claim below that depends on one is backed by an exact certificate or is tagged as explored.
• conjecture.

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0. Setting

Family. \((a,b,c)=(3a',3b',3c')\) with \(a',b',c'\) pairwise coprime; equivalently, all three pairwise gcds equal 3. Members used:

• (3,3,3): \((1,1,1)\);
• (3,3,6), (6,3,3), (3,6,3): \((1,1,2)\) and permutations;
• (3,6,9): \((1,2,3)\); this is a member;
• (6,9,15): \((2,3,5)\), the smallest member with no extent 3;
• (12,3,3): \((4,1,1)\).

The note’s rule (chains of \(\{0,1\}\) in a pair of planes are the classes of \(y-z\) modulo \(4\gcd(b,c)=12\)) gives three chains of each family per pair of planes. Three() in h500_lib.py asserts this on every cell used.

Labels. \(4a,4b,4c\equiv0 \pmod{12}\), so every coordinate is defined mod 12, and \(x/2\), \(y/2\), \(z/2\) mod 3 are defined. At an A vertex put \(s=(x+y+z)/4 \bmod 3\) (the phase) and \(\xi,\eta,\zeta=x/2,y/2,z/2 \bmod 3\) (the classes of its planes). The chain of each family through an A vertex has label:

Each exponent is unchanged by the step of its chain. In a fixed plane, the label changes by 1 when the residue of \(y\mp z\) (etc.) changes by 4. So within a pair of planes the label mod 3 separates the three chains.

On B, with \(s_B=(x+y+z-3)/4\), the chain of \(\{i,j\}\) through \(w\) is read at \(w-d_i\). This gives:

• \(\{0,1\}\): A-plane \(x-1\), label \(s_B-(z-1)/2\);
• \(\{2,3\}\): A-plane \(x+1\), label \(s_B+1\);
• \(\{0,2\}\): plane \(y-1\), label \(s_B-(x-1)/2\);
• \(\{1,3\}\): plane \(y+1\), label \(s_B+1\);
• \(\{0,3\}\): plane \(z-1\), label \(s_B-(y-1)/2\);
• \(\{1,2\}\): plane \(z+1\), label \(s_B+1\).

(Computed on every cell used: the label is constant on each chain, and (plane, label) identifies the chain.)

Weights. Write \(\omega=e^{2\pi i/3}\) and \(W_f(n,\ell)=m_f(n)+2\,\mathrm{Re}[e_f(n)\,\omega^\ell]\), where \(e_f(n)=\tfrac13\sum_\ell W_f(n,\ell)\omega^{-\ell}\). This is the Fourier decomposition on \(\mathbb Z_3\).

Colour. \(\mathbb Z[\omega]/(1-\omega)\cong\mathbb F_3\) via \(\omega\mapsto1\). Call the image of \(u\in\mathbb Z[\omega]\) its colour. Units \(\omega^k\) have colour 1, \(-\omega^k\) colour 2, and adjacent points of the triangular lattice have different colours.

Pattern.

• \(O=(2,0,0)\);
• rods \(v=(0,0,0)\) and \(v'=(4,0,0)\), of type \(x\);
• \(\beta=(1,1,1)\) and \(\beta'=(1,-1,-1)\), of type \(y\);
• \(\gamma=(3,1,-1)\) and \(\gamma'=(3,-1,1)\), of type \(z\).

The proofs use only \(X(v)=X(v')=1\), \(Y(\beta)=Y(\beta')=1\) and \(Y(\gamma)=Y(\gamma')=0\) (and, for R, less).

1. E1: the three-chain description

Theorem P₃. Put \[E^A_x(n,w)=\omega^{-w}e_{01}(n)+e_{23}(n),\qquad E^A_y(n,u)=\omega^{-u}e_{02}(n)+e_{13}(n),\qquad E^A_z(n,t)=\omega^{-t}e_{03}(n)+e_{12}(n),\] \[E^B_x(n',w)=\omega^{-w}e_{01}(n'-1)+\omega e_{23}(n'+1),\] and cyclically for \(E^B_y\) (\(e_{02}(n'-1)\), \(e_{13}(n'+1)\)) and \(E^B_z\) (\(e_{03}(n'-1)\), \(e_{12}(n'+1)\)). Put \(\Phi^A_x(n)=m_{01}(n)+m_{23}(n)\) and \(\Phi^B_x(n')=m_{01}(n'-1)+m_{23}(n'+1)\), and cyclically. Then at every vertex of \(S\): \[F_x=\Phi^S_x(x)+2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^{s}E^S_x(x,\zeta')],\quad F_y=\Phi^S_y(y)+2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^{s}E^S_y(y,\xi')],\quad F_z=\Phi^S_z(z)+2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^{s}E^S_z(z,\eta')],\] with \(\zeta'=z/2\), \(\xi'=x/2\), \(\eta'=y/2\) on A, the same with \((\cdot-1)/2\) on B, and \(s\) the phase of \(S\).

Along a \(k\)-line \(\{v+4je_k\}\) each type indicator \(K_k\) equals \(a_k+2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^s\beta_k]\) with \((a_k,\beta_k)\) constant on the line. On A: \[\beta_y(x,z)=E_x(x,\zeta)-G_z(z,\xi+\zeta),\quad \beta_z(x,y)=E_y(y,\xi)-G_x(x,\xi+\eta),\quad \beta_x(y,z)=E_z(z,\eta)-G_y(y,\eta+\zeta),\] with \(G_z(n,u)=e_{12}(n)+\omega^{-u}\overline{e_{03}(n)}\), \(G_x(n,u)=e_{23}(n)+\omega^{-u}\overline{e_{01}(n)}\) and \(G_y(n,u)=e_{13}(n)+\omega^{-u}\overline{e_{02}(n)}\). On B: \[\beta^B_y(x,z)=\omega^{-(z-1)/2}e_{01}(x-1)+\omega e_{23}(x+1)-\omega e_{12}(z+1)-\omega^{1-(x+z)/2}\,\overline{e_{03}(z-1)},\] and cyclically. The fractions are \(a_y=\Phi_x(x)-\Phi_z(z)+\sigma_S\alpha\), \(a_z=\Phi_y(y)-\Phi_x(x)+\sigma_S\beta\) and \(a_x=1-a_y-a_z\).

Proof. The formulas for \(F_k\) are (C) with the labels of §0 substituted into \(W_f=m_f+2\mathrm{Re}[e_f\omega^\ell]\). On a \(y\)-line, \(x\) and \(z\) are fixed and \(s\) increases by 1 at each step. The chains of \(\{0,1\}\), \(\{2,3\}\) and \(\{1,2\}\) have labels \(s-\zeta\), \(s\), \(s\), so each contributes \(2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^s\cdot\text{const}]\). The chain of \(\{0,3\}\) has label \(s-\eta\), and \(\eta\) moves with \(y\). On the line, \(y\equiv4s-x-z \pmod{12}\), so \(\eta\equiv2s-(x+z)/2\) and \(s-\eta\equiv(x+z)/2-s \pmod 3\). Hence \[2\mathrm{Re}[e_{03}\omega^{s-\eta}]=2\mathrm{Re}[\overline{e_{03}}\,\omega^{s-(x+z)/2}],\] and \(Y=F_x-F_z+\sigma\alpha\) has the stated \(\beta_y\). The mean over a period is \(a_y\), because \(\mathrm{Re}[\omega^s c]\) averages to 0 over \(s\in\mathbb Z_3\). The line has \(b\) vertices, a multiple of 3, so the pattern has period 3 and \(a_y\) is the line fraction.

The \(z\)- and \(x\)-lines follow by the cyclic permutation \(x\to y\to z\), \(01\to02\to03\), \(23\to13\to12\). On B, the same computation uses the B labels, and the factor \(\omega\) comes from the label \(s_B+1\). \(\square\)

The family whose label contains the line coordinate is the one entered with a complex conjugate: \(\{0,3\}\) for \(y\)-lines, \(\{0,1\}\) for \(z\)-lines and \(\{0,2\}\) for \(x\)-lines. It is the family whose label runs backwards along the line. At two chains the conjugate is invisible.

Corollary P₃1 (eight patterns; colour rule). For \(f:\mathbb Z_3\to\{0,1\}\) with \(f(s)=a+2\mathrm{Re}[\omega^s\beta]\), we have \(3\beta=\sum_s f(s)\omega^{-s}\in\mathbb Z[\omega]\) and \(3\beta\equiv\sum_s f(s)=3a \pmod{1-\omega}\). The eight functions give:

• \(f\equiv0\): \((0,0)\);
• \(f\equiv1\): \((1,0)\);
• a single 1 at phase \(k\): \((\tfrac13,\tfrac13\omega^{-k})\);
• a single 0 at phase \(k\): \((\tfrac23,-\tfrac13\omega^{-k})\).

Conversely, suppose \(3a\in\{0,\dots,3\}\), \(3\beta\in\mathbb Z[\omega]\), \(\lvert3\beta\rvert\le1\) and \(3\beta\equiv3a\). Then \(3\beta\) is 0 or a unit \(\pm\omega^k\), and the congruence says which sign goes with which fraction. So \((a,\beta)\) is one of the eight. Proved.

Corollary P₃2 (profiles). Every pair of coordinates of the parity of \(S\) occurs at a vertex of \(S\). Since the fractions lie in \(\tfrac13\mathbb Z\), \(3\Phi_x(x)-3\Phi_x(x')\in\mathbb Z\), and likewise for \(\Phi_y\) and \(\Phi_z\). After a common shift, the functions \(p=3\Phi_x+c\), \(q=3\Phi_y+c+3\sigma\beta\) and \(r=3\Phi_z+c-3\sigma\alpha\) are integer-valued, and: \[3a_y=p(x)-r(z),\qquad 3a_z=q(y)-p(x),\qquad 3a_x=3+r(z)-q(y).\] From \(a\ge0\) on all pairs: \(\max r\le\min p\), \(\max p\le\min q\) and \(\max q\le\min r+3\). The six slacks \((\mathrm{spr}\,r,\ \min p-\max r,\ \mathrm{spr}\,p,\ \min q-\max p,\ \mathrm{spr}\,q,\ \min r+3-\max q)\) are non-negative integers with sum 3. Proved.

Corollary P₃3 (colour rule at a vertex). In a class \((\xi,\zeta)\) of A, write \(P_x=3E_x(x,\zeta)\) and \(R_z=3G_z(z,\xi+\zeta)\). Then \(P_x-R_z\) is 0 if \(p(x)\equiv r(z)\), and a unit of colour \(p(x)-r(z) \pmod 3\) otherwise. So all \(P_x\) and \(R_z\) of a class lie in one coset of \(\mathbb Z[\omega]\), and their colours are \(p(x)+c\) and \(r(z)+c\) for one constant \(c\). Equal colours force equal points, and different colours force adjacent points. This is the analogue of twochain’s parity rule \(\lvert E_x-E_z\rvert=\tfrac12[p-r\text{ odd}]\). Proved.

Coupling and freedom. By the definitions, B’s \(E\)-functions use the same \(e_f\) at the planes \(n'\mp1\), with the factor \(\omega\) on the families labelled \(s\). For the a-profiles: \(\Phi^A_x(n)=m_{01}(n)+m_{23}(n)\) and \(\Phi^B_x(n+1)=m_{01}(n)+m_{23}(n+2)\). Twochain’s argument (Freedom (i)) applies word for word: \(m_{23}(n+2)-m_{23}(n)=\Phi^B(n+1)-\Phi^A(n)\) is solvable round the circle of A-planes iff the two sums agree, which the free constants arrange. So the a-profiles of A and B are independent. Proved.

The type model (E1.6). A solution is the same as data {integer \(p,q,r\) on A and on B with the chain inequality; complex \(e_f(n)\) for each family and each A-plane} such that every line of each axis on each sublattice satisfies the colour rule, with \((a,\beta)\) given by Theorem P₃. Given such data, the (C) form with these weights has \(X,Y,Z\in\{0,1\}\) with sum 1. It satisfies (T2), because every (C) form does. That converse is computed exactly as an affine identity on every hexagon of (3,3,3), (3,3,6), (6,3,3), (3,6,9) and (6,9,15), with 0 failures (h518). Proved given (C); converse computed.

Gauge. The kernel of weights → \((Y,Z)\) has dimension 12 on (3,3,3) and on (3,3,6) (h511, exact nullspace). This agrees with \(4+4(\gcd(a,b,c)-1)\): at two chains check8 found 8. Four kernel directions move only the means; the other eight act on the \(e\)-data at the characters where three families are supported (Theorem 16 of the note). Every \(\Sigma(n)\) of §2 is unchanged by every kernel vector (computed). Two explicit directions found by hand are:

• \(e_{23},e_{13},e_{12}\mathrel{+}=c\) on all planes;
• \(e_{03}\mathrel{+}=K\), \(e_{01}(x)\mathrel{+}=\bar K\omega^{-x/2}\), \(e_{13}(y)\mathrel{+}=K\omega^{-y/2}\) (checked on A by hand).

Computed checks (h502, h515). On every state the following held exactly: (C) fits; the labels are constant on chains; every line has period 3 and is one of the eight patterns; \(3\beta\in\mathbb Z[\omega]\) with the congruence; the fractions match the integer profiles; the slacks sum to 3; and \(\beta\) from the line equals the closed form, on A and B and for all three axes.

The lines by fraction were \(0\), \(\tfrac13\), \(\tfrac23\), \(1\) = 44 197, 43 608, 20 805, 12 422 on A of the three cells together, and similarly on B. Three wrong conventions fail on almost all states with fractional lines:

2. E2: Theorem V at three chains

Step 1 and Lemma R

At two chains, \(v\) and \(v'\) complete the \(x\)-line. At three chains the \(x\)-line has period 3: positions \(x\equiv0,4,8 \pmod{12}\) with phases 0, 1, 2. The rods fix two of the three, and \(X(8,0,0)\) is not determined by them.

• Solver (h501 rods2n): rods with \(X(8,0,0)=0\) are SAT on (3,3,3) and (3,3,6), with 71 samples each.
• Solver (h509, all 16 subsets of the four bridgehead literals, with rods): the incomplete line is UNSAT exactly when the subset contains \(\{Y(\beta)=1, Y(\gamma')=0\}\) or \(\{Y(\beta')=1,Y(\gamma)=0\}\), on (3,3,3) and (3,3,6), with every control SAT.
• Solver (h514 R, RC): Lemma R is UNSAT to negate on (3,3,3), (3,3,6), (6,3,3), (3,6,3), (3,6,9) and (6,9,15), with SAT controls.

Lemma R (not proved). \(X(v)=X(v')=1\), \(Y(\beta)=1\) and \(Y(\gamma')=0\) imply \(X(x,0,0)=1\) for all \(x\equiv0 \pmod 4\).

What is known about R:

• It is not linear: the LP with the incomplete line is feasible on (3,3,3), (6,3,3) and (3,3,6) (h513 --rods2).
• With LP non-negativity everywhere, integrality of the one A \(x\)-line through \(O+2e_y=(2,2,0)\) (or through \(O-2e_y\)) suffices. MILP on (3,3,3) and (6,3,3); on (6,3,3) all 8 patterns of that line are certified infeasible exactly (h513), with supports of 20–39 rows. In the incomplete case the LP pins that line strictly inside \([0,1]^3\) (\(X(2,2,0)\le\tfrac67\), \(X(10,2,0)\le\tfrac89\), total in \([0.4,2.3]\); explored).
• I have not turned these certificates into an argument. What R needs in profile terms is this: in the incomplete case \(q(0)=r(0)+1\), and \(p\) takes values in \(\{r(0),r(0)+1\}\). The lines through the rod line have \(y\)- and \(z\)-fractions summing to \(\tfrac13\), which leaves one free choice per plane. I did not find the analogue of the two-chain Step 1 that disposes of this.

Step 1 (proved, given a complete rod line). \(a^A_x(0,0)=1\), so \(q_A(0)=r_A(0)\). The chain inequality gives \(r(0)\le\max r\le\min p\le\max p\le\min q\le q(0)=r(0)\). So \(p_A\equiv c\) is constant, and \(\max r=\min q=c\). Put \(\rho_z=c-r_A(z)\) and \(\sigma_y=q_A(y)-c\), which are non-negative integers. Then \(3a^A_y=\rho_z\), \(3a^A_z=\sigma_y\), \(3a^A_x=3-\rho_z-\sigma_y\), and \(\rho_0=\sigma_0=0\).

Step 2 (proved)

\(a^A_y(x,0)=0\) for every \(x\), so \(\beta_y(x,0)=0\): \(E_x(x,0)=G_z(0,\xi)\), that is, \[e_{01}(x)+e_{23}(x)=\kappa_\xi:=e_{12}(0)+\omega^{-\xi}\overline{e_{03}(0)}.\] \(a^A_z(x,0)=0\) gives \(\beta_z(x,0)=0\): \[e_{23}(x)+\omega^{-\xi}\overline{e_{01}(x)}=\mu_\xi:=\omega^{-\xi}e_{02}(0)+e_{13}(0).\] The rod line gives \(\beta_x(0,0)=0\): \(e_{03}(0)+e_{12}(0)=e_{13}(0)+\overline{e_{02}(0)}\).

Write \(e_{01}(x)=\omega^\xi(\tau(x)+ic(x))\) with \(\tau,c\) real. Since \(\omega^{-2\xi}=\omega^\xi\), \[e_{01}-\omega^{-\xi}\overline{e_{01}}=\omega^\xi(\tau+ic)-\omega^\xi(\tau-ic)=2ic\,\omega^\xi.\] Subtracting the two relations therefore gives \(c(x)=c_\xi=\omega^{-\xi}(\kappa_\xi-\mu_\xi)/2i\), which depends only on the class. The \(\omega^{-\xi}\)- and \(\omega^{-2\xi}\)-parts of \(\kappa_\xi-\mu_\xi\) sum to zero over \(\xi\), so \(\sum_\xi c_\xi=0\).

So after Step 2 the only free parameter of the \(x\)-chains per A-plane is the real number \(\tau(x)=\mathrm{Re}[\omega^{-x/2}e_{01}(x)]\). This is half the deviation from the plane mean of the weight of the \(\{0,1\}\)-chain with label \(-x/2\); for \(x\equiv0 \pmod 4\) that is the chain through the rod \((x,0,0)\). It plays the part of twochain’s \(E_x(n,-)\).

• sympy (h516 A2, A3): the algebra holds identically.
• Computed (h505 I3): the \(\kappa/\mu\) relations hold exactly on 158 states with a complete rod line.

Step 3: identity (★₃) (proved)

The bridgehead phases are:

The a-parts of \(3Y\) give \(2(p_B(1)-p_B(3))\), since the \(r_B\) terms cancel. From the closed form of \(\beta^B_y\): \[S:=\beta^B_y(1,1)+\omega^2\beta^B_y(1,-1)-\beta^B_y(3,-1)-\beta^B_y(3,1)=2e_{01}(0)-\omega^2e_{23}(2)+(\omega^2-1)\overline{e_{03}(0)}+(\omega-1)e_{12}(0)+\omega^2e_{01}(2)-2\omega e_{23}(4).\] The terms \(e_{12}(2)\) and \(\overline{e_{03}(-2)}\) cancel. So, with no hypothesis, \(3B_4=2(p_B(1)-p_B(3))+6\mathrm{Re}\,S\) for \(B_4=Y(\beta)+Y(\beta')-Y(\gamma)-Y(\gamma')\).

By Step 2, \(e_{23}(2)=\kappa_1-e_{01}(2)\) and \(e_{23}(4)=\kappa_2-e_{01}(4)\). The coefficients of \(e_{12}(0)\) and \(\overline{e_{03}(0)}\) become \(-\omega^2-2\omega+\omega-1=0\) and \(-\omega-2\omega^2+\omega^2-1=0\). So \[S=2\bigl(e_{01}(0)+\omega^2e_{01}(2)+\omega e_{01}(4)\bigr),\qquad \mathrm{Re}\,S=2\Sigma(0),\quad \Sigma(0)=\tau(0)+\tau(2)+\tau(4).\] With \(B_4=2\): \[p_B(1)-p_B(3)=3-6\,\Sigma(0).\tag{★₃}\]

• sympy (h516 A1, A2): the algebra holds.
• Computed (h505 I1, I2): \(3B_4=2\Delta p_B+6\mathrm{Re}S\) holds exactly on every one of 300 states of rods-only, rod-line and pattern samples, and \(S=2(\cdots)\) on all 158 with a complete line.

Consequence (E2.6, proved). The spread of \(p_B\) is at most 3, so \(\Sigma(0)\ge0\). If \(\Sigma(0)=0\), then \(\mathrm{spr}\,p_B=3\) uses the whole budget, and so:

• \(r_B\equiv p_B(3)\) and \(q_B\equiv p_B(1)=r_B+3\);
• \(a^B_x=(3+r-q)/3\equiv0\): no type \(x\) on B;
• \(a^B_y(1,\cdot)=1\): B-plane 1 is all \(y\);
• \(a^B_z(3,\cdot)=(q-p(3))/3=1\): B-plane 3 is all \(z\).

Step 4: L1, and the generic case (proved)

L1. Let \(z\) be an A-plane with \(\zeta=z/2\not\equiv0\), and let \(x_0,x_1,x_2\) be A-planes with \(x_k/2\equiv k\). By Step 2, \[3\beta_y(x,z)=3\kappa_\xi+3(\omega^{-\zeta}-1)e_{01}(x)-3e_{12}(z)-3\omega^{-\xi-\zeta}\overline{e_{03}(z)}.\] Multiply by \(\omega^{-\xi}\) and sum over the three classes. The \(\kappa\) terms carry \(\omega^{-\xi}\) or \(\omega^{-2\xi}\), the \(z\)-terms carry \(\omega^{-\xi}\) or \(\omega^{-2\xi-\zeta}\), and all of these sum to zero. The middle term gives \(3(\omega^{-\zeta}-1)\sum_k(\tau(x_k)+ic_k)\), and \(\sum c=0\). So \[\textstyle\sum_k\omega^{-k}\,3\beta_y(x_k,z)=3(\omega^{-\zeta}-1)\sum_k\tau(x_k).\] L2 is the same for \(z\)-lines at a plane \(y\) of class \(\eta\ne0\), with sign \(-\).

• sympy (h516 A4, A5): 3 triples × 4 planes, and 3 × 2.
• Computed (h508): 1 408 + 3 200 instances of L1 and 1 408 + 1 600 of L2 held exactly on the special samples.

Generic case. Suppose some plane \(z\) of class \(\ne0\) has \(\rho_z\in\{0,3\}\). Then all \(\beta_y(x,z)=0\), so every triple sum vanishes, \(\Sigma(0)=0\), and E2.6 gives (V′). The same holds if some \(y\)-plane of class \(\ne0\) has \(\sigma_y\in\{0,3\}\), by L2.

Always \(\Sigma\in\{0,\pm\tfrac13\}\). Otherwise \(\rho_z\in\{1,2\}\). By Step 1, \(\rho_z\) is the same for all \(x\), so the three \(3\beta_y(x_k,z)\) are units of one sign \(\varepsilon\), and \(N=\varepsilon(\omega^{j_0}+\omega^{j_1}+\omega^{j_2})\). A sum of three cube roots of unity is:

• 0, if they are all distinct;
• \(2\omega^j+\omega^{j'}\), of modulus \(\sqrt3\), if exactly two are equal;
• \(3\omega^j\), if all three are equal.

\(N=3(\omega^{-\zeta}-1)\Sigma\) with \(\Sigma\) real, so \(N\) is parallel to \(\omega^{-\zeta}-1\), whose direction is \(30^\circ\) or \(150^\circ\) modulo \(180^\circ\). The directions of \(3\omega^j\) are \(0^\circ\), \(60^\circ\) and \(120^\circ\) modulo \(180^\circ\), so the third case is excluded. Hence \(\lvert N\rvert\in\{0,\sqrt3\}\) and \(\Sigma\in\{0,\pm\tfrac13\}\). With (★₃) and \(\Sigma(0)\ge0\) this gives \(\Sigma(0)\in\{0,\tfrac13\}\).

Within a class. \(3\beta_y(x,z)-3\beta_y(x',z)=3(\omega^{-\zeta}-1)\omega^\xi(\tau(x)-\tau(x'))\) is a difference of two units of one sign, or zero. It therefore has modulus 0 or \(\sqrt3\), so \(3(\tau(x)-\tau(x'))\in\{0,\pm1\}\).

Step 5: the special case (not proved)

What remains is the case where \(\rho_z\in\{1,2\}\) for every \(z\) of class \(\ne0\) and \(\sigma_y\in\{1,2\}\) for every \(y\) of class \(\ne0\), together with \(\Sigma(0)=\tfrac13\), \(p_B(1)-p_B(3)=1\). At two chains the corresponding case (\(E_x(0,-)-E_x(4,-)=-1\)) was closed by pinning and a parity count on B, which forced each of \(p_B,q_B,r_B\) to take both parities, against a budget of 2.

Lemma S (not proved). In a solution with a complete A rod line, \(\Sigma(0)=0\).

Evidence:

• Solver (h514 S2N and SPN; h507): UNSAT on the six members, where \(\Sigma(0)\ne0\) is read at \(z=2\) by the equivalent condition of E2.12. The special case itself is SAT (SP), so it is realised: 44 and 50 distinct states on (3,3,3) and (3,3,6).
• Computed on samples: \(\Sigma(n)=0\) for all \(n\), and \(\tau\) is 6-periodic, in all 123 rod-line states and all 94 special states. Neither sample set includes bridgehead literals.

What I proved in the special case (E2.12):

1. B-sum identity. For every B-plane \(z\), \(\sum_{k=0}^2\omega^{-k}\,3\beta^B_y(2k+1,z)=3[\omega^{-w}\Sigma(0)-\omega^2\Sigma(2)]\) with \(w=(z-1)/2\) (sympy h516 A6, five planes). The \(\kappa\)- and \(z\)-terms cancel by the same summation over classes as in L1.
2. Colour relation. Taking colours, \(p_B(1)+p_B(3)+p_B(5)\equiv3(\Sigma(0)-\Sigma(2))=3(\tau(0)-\tau(6)) \pmod3\). More generally, for consecutive B-planes, \(p_B(x')+p_B(x'+2)+p_B(x'+4)\equiv3(\tau(x'-1)-\tau(x'+5))\).
3. Block form. \(j=s+x/2=(3x+y+z)/4\) does not change when \(x\) changes by 4. So for the triple \((x_0,x_0+4,x_0+8)\) of one 3×3 block of a special plane \(z\), the sum is 0 iff the odd vertices of the three \(y\)-lines lie on three different \(x\)-lines. (In the solver’s encoding, Lemma S asks for this at \(x=0,2,4\).)
4. Where the residue count stops. Suppose \(\tau\) were 6-periodic and \(\Sigma(0)=\tfrac13\). Then the colour relation and \(p_B(1)-p_B(3)=1\) give three distinct residues for \(p_B(1),p_B(3),p_B(5)\), so \(\mathrm{spr}\,p_B\ge2\). The decomposition of the B-sum into units then shows that at each B-plane \(z\) exactly one of the three B \(y\)-lines (at \(x'=1,3,5\)) is integral. That fixes \(r_B(z) \bmod 3\) plane by plane but puts no bound on its spread. For a contradiction I needed \(\mathrm{spr}\,q_B+\mathrm{spr}\,r_B\ge2\) and could not get it. The pinning of twochain relied on same-class B-planes (1 and 5) whose \(E^B_x\) differ under the hypothesis. At three chains, with \(\tau\) 6-periodic, \(E^B_x\) is 6-periodic and there is nothing to pin.
5. Linear content (E2.11, computed per cell; h517). Complete rod line, \(0\le X,Y,Z\le1\) everywhere, and integrality of the four \(y\)-lines at \(x=0,2,4,6\) of one plane \(z\) of class \(\ne0\) imply \(\Sigma(0)\le0\). All 60 patterns of those lines with predicted \(\Sigma(0)>0\) are certified infeasible by exact Farkas certificates on:
   • (3,3,3), (6,3,3), (3,3,6) and (3,6,3) at \(z=2\);
   • (6,3,3) at \(z=4\).
   The mirror set \(x=-2,0,2,4\) excludes \(\Sigma(0)<0\) (60/60 on (6,3,3)). Two controls:
   • Three lines (\(x=0,2,4\)) leave exactly one pattern feasible, \(Y=1\) at \((0,2,2)\), \((2,0,2)\), \((4,2,2)\), with \(\Sigma(0)=\tfrac13\).
   • Dropping the non-negativity of B entirely allows \(\Sigma(0)=\pm\tfrac13\) even with every A vertex integral (explored).
   On (12,3,3), non-negativity on the slab \(\lvert x-2\rvert\le7\) suffices (60/60) and \(\lvert x-2\rvert\le5\) does not (49/60). The certificates have 38–47 rows spread over \(x\in[-2,11]\), all three types and both sublattices. So the missing step is local along the rod axis but uses the whole transverse torus. I could not read a structure into it.

With the bridgeheads, \(\Sigma(0)\ge0\) by (★₃), so on these cells (E2.11) plus Lemma R gives (V′) cell by cell. That is a computation per cell, not a proof for the family.

Conditional Theorem V₃ (E2.9, proved given R and S). On every member, a solution with \(X(v)=X(v')=1\), \(Y(\beta)=Y(\beta')=1\) and \(Y(\gamma)=Y(\gamma')=0\) has, by R, a complete rod line; then Steps 1–3 apply, \(\Sigma(0)=0\) by S, and E2.6 gives the conclusions. Other positions reduce to this one by:

• translations;
• the inversion, for B-holes;
• the half-turn \((x,y,z)\mapsto(4-x,-y,z)\) (check8 C1);
• \(y\leftrightarrow z\), since \((a,c,b)\) is a member;
• the coordinate permutations, which map members to members.

Solver: (V′) (pattern plus some B vertex of type \(x\)) is UNSAT on all six members, with (6,9,15) taking 62 s, and every control is SAT.

Theorem U and H. Not claimed. Even with (V′), Theorem H on this family would also need \(K_u\), whose first step P1 is not covered when every gcd is 3 (check6 §3.2), and no pair of extents is coprime.

Step-by-step comparison with the two-chain proof

3. E3: P1 of \(K_u\)

Not done. E2 did not close, and P1 is a statement about the senses of chains, which needs the sign field and the definitions of the \(K_u\) record (‘pass-through’, ‘column slab’), which I did not set up. What this language gives for free is the type part of the hypothesis. A uniform chain of type \(y\) of the family \(\{0,1\}\) in the planes \((n,n+1)\) puts one \(y\) per period on every A \(y\)-line of plane \(n\), so \(p_A(n)-\max r_A\ge1\), and likewise on B at \(n+1\). The sign part would enter through Theorem 17 of the note: the moments are \(\tfrac12\sum g(C)u_C\mathbf 1_C\), with \(g\) Fourier-decomposed on \(\mathbb Z_3\) like the weights. No candidate lemma was formulated or tested.

4. E4: what generalises

• Used that 3 is prime. The colour map \(\mathbb Z[\omega]/(1-\omega)\cong\mathbb F_3\) and the reading of the fraction’s residue from \(3\beta\). For prime \(L\), \(\mathbb Z[\zeta_L]/(1-\zeta_L)\cong\mathbb F_L\) gives \(L\beta^{(j)}\equiv La\) at every frequency.
• Used that \(L=3\) (or 2) specifically. A 0/1 function on \(\mathbb Z_3\) has one conjugate pair of frequencies, so it is fixed by \((a,\beta)\), and \(\lvert3\beta\rvert\le1\) leaves only 0 and units. At \(L\ge5\) a line has \((L-1)/2\) complex coefficients, and the 0/1 condition couples them: it is not a norm-and-congruence condition on each coefficient. The eight patterns become \(2^L\), and the analogue of E1.3 is combinatorial.
• Used that \(L\) is odd. In Steps 2–4 and in the B-sum identity, the cancellations \(\sum_\xi\omega^{-\xi}=\sum_\xi\omega^{-2\xi}=0\). They kill the \(\kappa\)-, \(\mu\)- and \(z\)-terms and give \(\sum c=0\). At \(L=2\), \(\omega^{-2\xi}=1\) and this fails; twochain used a different route there. The conjugate on the reversed family is also invisible at \(L=2\).
• General \(L\) (conjecture, not derived). The a-profiles have budget \(L\). The rod line has period \(L\), and the rods fix 2 of \(L\) positions, so Lemma R would have to force \(L-2\) more. Step 2 leaves one free function per plane and frequency. Step 3 should become \(\Delta p_B=L-(\text{const})\cdot\Sigma\), with \(\Sigma\) a sum over \(L\) consecutive planes of frequency-1 parameters, plus contributions from the other frequencies (not computed). The generic case should go over (sum over classes). The special case at \(L=3\) is already open.
• Assessment. On the evidence of E1 and E2, the method does not reach side 3 as it stands. The description goes over, and Steps 2–4 go over in a changed form. Both places where the two-chain proof used an integral fact of its own, the completion of the rod line and the parity count, fail at three chains. Each is replaced by a statement (R, S) that is true on every member tested. Both are genuinely integral (neither is implied by the linear programme). S’s linear part needs a 15-layer slab over the whole transverse torus, and R’s needs certificates of 20–39 rows. I see no sign that the method reaches general side. The single-frequency structure behind E1.3 does not exist at \(L\ge5\).

5. Computations

From scratch_h, .venv/bin/python, PYTHONPATH=<repo>:<repo>/experiments/08_frozen_structure, TMPDIR=<repo>/.tmp. SAT through h32_cap, one process at a time. Wall-clock times are for the whole command.

No query reported as UNSAT or SAT came from a capped run. One sampling query on (6,9,15) hit the cap and is no verdict.

6. What failed, and why

1. Step 1 as at two chains. Two rods do not complete a period-3 line. The completion (Lemma R) is solver-true but not linear. The integral part it needs is one \(x\)-line through \(O\pm2e_y\), and its linear part is a family of certificates of 20–39 rows that I could not read into an argument.
2. The parity count. The analogue of ‘each of \(p_B,q_B,r_B\) takes both parities’ would be a residue count that forces spreads adding to more than 3. The colour relation (E2.12(2)) gives three residues of \(p_B\) (spread ≥ 2) once \(\tau\) is 6-periodic. The B-sum identity then fixes \(r_B\) mod 3 plane by plane, but only relative to which B \(y\)-line is integral, and it gives no lower bound on \(\mathrm{spr}\,r_B\) or \(\mathrm{spr}\,q_B\). Twochain’s pinning needed same-class B-planes to differ under the hypothesis, and here they do not.
3. Looking for the linear step. The four-line statement (E2.11) was found by MILP. The row filters show that every type on both sublattices is needed over a range of B-planes. Its exact certificates are not sparse (38–47 rows over 14 layers), and I did not find a structure in them.
4. Slips during the work, corrected before any result was recorded.
   • An LP objective with the wrong sign of the label; this was noticed through an unbounded verdict against a gauge-invariance check.
   • Two tool-level slips: zsh does not split an unquoted $o, and --ys=$Y is not the same argument as --ys $Y. These made some filtered MILP/LP runs silently run the full model. All the filter results in this report were redone with explicit splitting.
   • An unscaled prediction (\(3\Sigma\) printed as \(\Sigma\)) in h512’s output, which is superseded by h517.
   • In h516, a sympy substitution at the level of complex expressions did nothing after expand_complex. It was replaced by substitution of the real symbols, and every check then passed.

7. Rules

• Broken: python - with stdin. One Bash call (adding an option to h510) contained a stray python3 - 2>/dev/null with empty stdin. It did nothing. No heredoc was used anywhere.
• Pre-flight, partly. The (6,9,15) odd sampler (8 queries, 200 s batch cap) was preceded only by the CTRL query on that cell (0.5 s), not by a timed odd query. It ran 202 s, stayed under ten minutes, and returned 1 query as no verdict. The (6,9,15) verification run (69 s, of which (V′) took 62 s) was preceded by its CTRL (2.9 s).
• HiGHS (LP/MILP). Used for exploration, and not listed among the permitted libraries. It is not a SAT solver and was not used as a proof step. Every claim tagged computed that rests on it is an exact Farkas certificate, verified in Fractions.
• I edited my own new scripts (h501, h510, h512, h513, h516, h517) with the Edit tool and sed -i while working. No existing file was touched. Nothing was committed and git was not used.
• Nothing was written to /tmp; all outputs are in <repo>/.tmp. SAT queries went through h32_cap with caps ≤ 300 s, one process at a time. I did not read or run dfour’s scripts (h480–h499).
• I did not run H, ‘odd and all six directions’, or anything equivalent. The odd samples ask only for ‘some hexagon odd’ in the type model, and VP is (V′).