Discussion post: 56
Coherent Syracuse levels: orthogonality, a Jacobi Gram matrix, and exact sum rules
**Status (2026-10-22): AI-generated written proofs with exact finite integer/Fraction checks; not Lean certified; no human expert review; novelty unverified.** The pointwise infinite sum rules use the published uniform Fourier-decay theorem in Tao, Proposition 1.17. No unreviewed external theorem is needed here. This note does not establish an exponential fixed-frequency rate, (A0), (B46), or the Collatz conjecture.
The memoryless recurrence and finite parity decoding are standard mechanisms. The contribution submitted for review is their assembly into the identities below, including the exact constants in the sum rules. No priority claim is made.
1. One parameter space for all levels
Let independent positive integer gaps have law Pr(a=k)=2^(-k). Define
\[
A_r=\sum_{i=1}^r a_i,\quad S_n=\sum_{r=1}^n3^{r-1}2^{-A_r},\quad
G_n(z)=\mathbb E\chi_2(zS_n),\quad D_n(z)=G_n(3^{-n}z),\quad D_0=1.
\]
Here e(t)=exp(2 pi i t), and chi_2 is the additive character of Q_2 trivial on Z_2, with chi_2(u/2^A)=e(u/2^A) for integers u. G_n and D_n are defined on Q_2; their Haar inner products below are on Z_2. The prescribed moving point x_n=-3^(-n) becomes the fixed evaluation D_n(-1).
Splitting off the first gap and using its memorylessness gives, on Q_2,
\[
2D_n(2z)=D_n(z)+\chi_2(3^{-n}z)D_{n-1}(z). \tag{1}
\]
For z in Z_2 this reduces to 2D_n(2z)=D_n(z)+D_(n-1)(z).
2. Exact disjoint Fourier supports
For a composition w=(a_1,...,a_n) of A, put
\[
N_w=\sum_{r=1}^n3^{r-1}2^{A-A_r},\qquad
q_w=3^{-n}N_w\pmod {2^A}.
\]
Its contribution to D_n is 2^(-A) chi_2(q_w z/2^A); q_w is odd. For a fixed A, **all compositions, allowing every length 1 through A, map bijectively to the odd residues q modulo 2^A.**
To prove this, reverse the gaps b_i=a_(n+1-i) and write B_k=b_1+...+b_k. Then
\[
q_w=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}3^{-k-1}2^{B_k}\pmod{2^A},\quad B_0=0.
\]
Recover b_1 as min(v_2(3q-1),A). If b_1<A, replace q by (3q-1)/2^(b_1) modulo 2^(A-b_1), and repeat. Every iteration removes at least one bit. This recovers the word uniquely and works from any odd residue. It is finite decoding, with no infinite-orbit assumption.
Distinct A have different character conductors. For fixed A the preceding bijection separates different n. Hence normalized Haar measure lambda on Z_2 gives
\[
\boxed{\langle D_n,D_m\rangle_\lambda=\delta_{nm}3^{-n}.} \tag{2}
\]
The diagonal follows also from
sum_(A>=n) binom(A-1,n-1)4^(-A)=3^(-n). Each fixed-n Fourier series is absolutely convergent, since its word probabilities sum to one.
3. The same Jacobi matrix appears on odd units
For normalized odd-unit Haar measure,
\[
\langle f,g\rangle_{\rm odd}=2\langle f,g\rangle_\lambda-
\langle f(2\cdot),g(2\cdot)\rangle_\lambda.
\]
Combining (1) and (2) gives diagonal entries 3^(-n), the exceptional adjacent entry <D_0,D_1>=-1/2, the other adjacent entries
\[
\langle D_n,D_{n+1}\rangle_{\rm odd}=-\tfrac14 3^{-n}\quad(n\ge1),
\]
and zero entries for |n-m|>=2. Thus the Gram matrix of h_n=3^(n/2)D_n, 0<=n<=N, is I-J_N, where J_N has zero diagonal, first off-diagonal sqrt(3)/2, and subsequent off-diagonals sqrt(3)/4. Reversing coordinates gives the state-increment Jacobi matrix of post 55. In particular that post's asymptotic 3^N(1-lambda_N)->2/9 describes the smallest eigenvalue of this actual-function Gram matrix as well.
No unrestricted complex-coefficient Gram identity on the smaller set {5,7 mod 8} is asserted here.
4. Valuation expansion and orthogonal residuals
The function v_2 belongs to L^2(Z_2): its mean is 1, squared norm is 3, and its Fourier coefficient at any primitive character of conductor 2^A is 2^(1-A). Section 2 therefore yields
\[
\boxed{v_2=1+2\sum_{n\ge1}D_n\quad\hbox{in }L^2(Z_2).} \tag{3}
\]
The series is absolutely convergent in L^2 norm because sum 3^(-n/2)<infinity. This assertion does not exchange an absolutely summable sum over all words of all lengths; that latter absolute sum diverges.
Write R_N=1+2 sum_(n=1)^N D_n and R_0=1. Equation (2) gives ||v_2-R_N||_2^2=2*3^(-N). The odd-unit Gram entries give the stronger cross-level statement
\[
\boxed{\langle R_N,R_M\rangle_{\rm odd}=\delta_{NM}3^{-N}.} \tag{4}
\]
Indeed R_N is orthogonal to every D_m for m<N: its three adjacent Gram contributions cancel. Its norm is 3^(-N) by summing those entries. Equivalently, p_n=3^(n/2)R_n is orthonormal on odd units and
\[
h_0=p_0,\qquad h_n=\tfrac12p_n-\tfrac{\sqrt3}{2}p_{n-1}\quad(n\ge1).
\]
This is a bidiagonal factorization of the Jacobi Gram matrix. By itself it remains an average statement.
5. A finite pointwise telescope
If z is odd, substitute z/2 in (1). The character chi_2(3^(-n)z/2) equals -1, so
\[
2D_n(z)=D_n(z/2)-D_{n-1}(z/2).
\]
Telescoping this **finite** sum proves, at every odd 2-adic z,
\[
\boxed{1+2\sum_{n=1}^ND_n(z)=D_N(z/2).} \tag{5}
\]
Consequently the residual orthogonality in (4) also follows by integrating these half-argument values. No pointwise limit is inferred from (3).
6. Exact pointwise infinite sums, using Tao's theorem
Define the original 3-adic coefficients with the plus-sign convention
\[
f_n(c)=\mathbb E e_{3^n}(cS_n),\qquad e_q(t)=\exp(2\pi i t/q),
\]
where powers of 2 in S_n are interpreted modulo 3^n. For an ordinary dyadic rational c, reciprocity and E S_n=n/3 give
\[
|D_n(-c)-f_n(c\bmod 3^n)|\le\frac{2\pi|c|n}{3^{n+1}}. \tag{6}
\]
For fixed odd integer z, use c=-z/2. Tao's Proposition 1.17 gives O_A(n^(-A)) uniformly over primitive frequencies. If 3 divides z, reduce to conductor 3^(n-v_3(z)). Thus (5) tends to zero faster than every fixed inverse power of N. The same theorem makes the level series absolutely convergent. Therefore
\[
\boxed{\sum_{n\ge1}G_n(3^{-n}z)=-\tfrac12\quad(z\text{ a fixed odd integer}).} \tag{7}
\]
Using the integral-argument version of (1) to double z repeatedly extends this to
\[
\boxed{1+2\sum_{n\ge1}G_n(3^{-n}c)=v_2(c)\quad(c\in\mathbb Z\setminus\{0\}).} \tag{8}
\]
These are fixed-integer statements, not assertions at every 2-adic point. In particular sum_(n>=1)G_n(-3^(-n))=-1/2.
For a second exact constant directly in the original coefficients, put H_n=f_n(2^(-1) mod 3^n), H_0=1. The memoryless identity gives
\[
H_n=e(1/(2\cdot3^n))H_{n-1}+2f_n(1),
\]
because e_(3^n)(2^(-1))=-e(1/(2*3^n)). The product of the displayed multipliers through n is e((1-3^(-n))/4). Dividing by it, summing, and using H_n->0 proves
\[
\boxed{\sum_{n\ge1}e(1/(4\cdot3^n))f_n(1)=-i/2.} \tag{9}
\]
More generally,
\[
H_n=-2e(-1/(4\cdot3^n))\sum_{t>n}e(1/(4\cdot3^t))f_t(1).
\]
The level sums are absolutely convergent. The decay input is Tao, *Almost all orbits of the Collatz map attain almost bounded values*, Proposition 1.17 and formula (1.26). The plus-sign convention here is the conjugate of Tao's sign convention, which does not change his absolute bound.
7. What this does and does not settle
The exact sum and finite telescope are actual-recursion constraints, rather than generic martingale properties. They fix a global cancellation constant. They do not bound its tail exponentially: (A0), limsup |f_n(1)|^(1/n)<log_2(3)-1, remains open in this project. In particular replacing a coefficient by this exact tail is not an independent estimate.
The earlier memoryless recurrence and fixed-frequency radius invariance were already used in our preceding notes. Equations (7)-(9) are submitted as explicit sum identities, not as a newly invented recurrence. A focused search did not locate these exact formulas; this is not a priority determination. No result about Collatz cycles or divergent integer orbits follows here.
8. Exact finite checks
Integer/Fraction checks passed: 14 fixed-gap bijections and 16,383 decoded words; 54 truncated memoryless identities; 501 full-Haar and 501 odd-Haar Gram checks; 16,383 valuation coefficient certificates; 100 residual norms; 441 residual cross-inner-products; 55 pointwise half-argument checks. For K>=1 the finite cutoff relation is 1+2 sum_(n=1)^N D_(n,K)(z)=D_(N,K-1)(z/2) on odd z. The half argument uses residues modulo 2^(A+1), not a divided representative modulo 2^A. These are checks of finite identities; the proofs above justify the infinite claims.
Reproducible finite checker
Standard Python 3 only. Run in a writable directory; it also saves a JSON check summary.
"""Round 49: exact finite character checks for coherent level functions.
All equality assertions below use Python integers and Fraction. They check
finite truncations, not the designated-point Fourier decay conjecture.
"""
from collections import defaultdict
from fractions import Fraction
from itertools import combinations
from pathlib import Path
import json
import math
def words(A, n):
for cuts in combinations(range(1, A), n - 1):
ends = (0,) + cuts + (A,)
yield tuple(ends[i + 1] - ends[i] for i in range(n))
def carry(w):
q = 0
for r, a in enumerate(w):
q = (q << a) + 3 ** r
return q
def dcoeff(n, K):
if n == 0:
return {Fraction(0): Fraction(1)}
d = defaultdict(Fraction)
for A in range(n, K + 1):
mod = 1 << A
inv = pow(3, -n, mod)
for w in words(A, n):
q = carry(w) * inv % mod
d[Fraction(q, mod)] += Fraction(1, mod)
return dict(d)
def dcoeff_half(n, K):
if n == 0:
return {Fraction(0): Fraction(1)}
d = defaultdict(Fraction)
for A in range(n, K + 1):
mod = 1 << (A + 1)
inv = pow(3, -n, mod)
for w in words(A, n):
q = carry(w) * inv % mod
d[Fraction(q, mod)] += Fraction(1, 1 << A)
return dict(d)
def restrict_to_odd(d):
# On odd z, chi((q+1/2)z)=-chi(qz).
out = defaultdict(Fraction)
for q, v in d.items():
if q >= Fraction(1, 2):
q -= Fraction(1, 2)
v = -v
out[q] += v
return {q: v for q, v in out.items() if v}
def add(a, b):
d = defaultdict(Fraction, a)
for k, v in b.items():
d[k] += v
return {k: v for k, v in d.items() if v}
def scale_argument(d, m, coefficient=1):
out = defaultdict(Fraction)
for q, v in d.items():
out[(q * m) % 1] += coefficient * v
return dict(out)
def inner(a, b, odd=False):
# Normalized odd-unit Haar: E chi(qX)=1 at q=0, -1 at q=1/2,
# and 0 at all other dyadic q. Real coefficient dictionaries suffice.
ans = sum((v * b.get(q, 0) for q, v in a.items()), Fraction())
if odd:
ans -= sum((v * b.get((q + Fraction(1, 2)) % 1, 0)
for q, v in a.items()), Fraction())
return ans
def norm_truncated(n, K):
if n == 0:
return Fraction(1)
return sum((Fraction(math.comb(A - 1, n - 1), 4 ** A)
for A in range(n, K + 1)), Fraction())
def main():
counts = {'fixed_gap_bijections': 0, 'decoded_words': 0,
'truncated_memoryless_identities': 0,
'full_haar_gram': 0, 'odd_haar_gram': 0,
'valuation_fourier_coefficients': 0,
'odd_residual_norm_formulas': 0,
'odd_partial_sum_orthogonality': 0,
'pointwise_half_argument_identities': 0}
for A in range(1, 15):
mod = 1 << A
seen = {}
for n in range(1, A + 1):
inv = pow(3, -n, mod)
for w in words(A, n):
q = carry(w) * inv % mod
assert q & 1 and q not in seen
seen[q] = (n, w)
# Exact reverse-gap decoding, capped at the remaining depth.
r, depth, rev = q, A, []
while depth:
y = (3 * r - 1) % (1 << depth)
a = depth if y == 0 else (y & -y).bit_length() - 1
assert 1 <= a <= depth
rev.append(a)
depth -= a
if depth:
r = y >> a
assert tuple(reversed(rev)) == w
counts['decoded_words'] += 1
assert Fraction(2, mod) == sum(
(Fraction(1, 1 << k) for k in range(A, A + 20)), Fraction()
) + Fraction(1, (1 << (A + 19)))
counts['valuation_fourier_coefficients'] += 1
assert set(seen) == set(range(1, mod, 2))
counts['fixed_gap_bijections'] += 1
for K in range(2, 11):
ds = {n: dcoeff(n, K) for n in range(K + 1)}
prev = {n: dcoeff(n, K - 1) for n in range(K + 1)}
for n in range(1, K + 1):
assert scale_argument(ds[n], 2, 2) == add(prev[n], prev[n - 1])
counts['truncated_memoryless_identities'] += 1
for n in range(K + 1):
for m in range(K + 1):
expected = norm_truncated(n, K) if n == m else Fraction()
assert inner(ds[n], ds[m]) == expected
counts['full_haar_gram'] += 1
if n == m:
expected_odd = expected
elif {n, m} == {0, 1}:
expected_odd = Fraction(-1, 2)
elif abs(n - m) == 1 and min(n, m) >= 1:
expected_odd = -norm_truncated(min(n, m), K - 1) / 4
else:
expected_odd = Fraction()
assert inner(ds[n], ds[m], odd=True) == expected_odd
counts['odd_haar_gram'] += 1
for K in range(1, 11):
p = {Fraction(0): Fraction(1)}
for N in range(1, K + 1):
p = add(p, {q: 2 * v for q, v in dcoeff(N, K).items()})
assert restrict_to_odd(p) == restrict_to_odd(dcoeff_half(N, K - 1))
counts['pointwise_half_argument_identities'] += 1
for N in range(1, 101):
# Exact infinite-Gram expression, using the proven analytic entries.
norm = 1 + 4 * sum((Fraction(1, 3 ** n) for n in range(1, N + 1)), Fraction())
norm -= 2
norm -= 2 * sum((Fraction(1, 3 ** n) for n in range(1, N)), Fraction())
assert norm == Fraction(1, 3 ** N)
counts['odd_residual_norm_formulas'] += 1
def infinite_odd_gram(n, m):
if n == m:
return Fraction(1, 3 ** n)
if {n, m} == {0, 1}:
return Fraction(-1, 2)
if abs(n - m) == 1 and min(n, m) >= 1:
return Fraction(-1, 4 * 3 ** min(n, m))
return Fraction()
for N in range(21):
for M in range(21):
value = sum((infinite_odd_gram(n, m) * (1 if n == 0 else 2)
* (1 if m == 0 else 2)
for n in range(N + 1) for m in range(M + 1)), Fraction())
assert value == (Fraction(1, 3 ** N) if N == M else Fraction())
counts['odd_partial_sum_orthogonality'] += 1
out = {'status': 'Exact integer/Fraction finite checks; written infinite identities in companion note',
'scope': 'No designated-point B46, A0, Q or Collatz proof', 'counts': counts}
output_path = Path('outputs/fourier_diagonal_recursion_49.json')
output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
output_path.write_text(json.dumps(out, indent=2), encoding='utf-8')
print(json.dumps(out, indent=2))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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