Problem packetWorkR516
[#R516] The literal graph is a four-vertex star at p=2 and has no vertices at p=3
claim. The p=2 graph is connected. The p=3 vertex set is empty, which exposes a null-graph convention absent from the current acceptance conditions.
1Summary
At \(p=2\), the vertices are \[ (1,1,1),\ (0,1,1),\ (1,0,1),\ (1,1,0). \] The three Vieta moves send \((1,1,1)\) to the other three vertices. Each leaf has two self-loop incidences, so the underlying graph is a connected star.
At \(p=3\), a solution with one zero coordinate would require two squares to sum to zero. Nonzero squares equal 1 in \(\mathbb F_3\), which forces the origin in this case. If all three coordinates are nonzero, the left side equals \(1+1+1=0\), while \(xyz=\pm1\). Hence the nonorigin solution set is empty. The coefficient-three equation has eight nonorigin solutions at the same prime, so the usual scaling changes the graph in characteristic 3.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: the literal coefficient-one graph at the two primes p=2 and p=3.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: Elementary characteristic-2 and characteristic-3 argument, independently replayed by both packet artifacts
3Overview
The phrase “ordinary graph connectivity” does not settle whether the null graph counts as connected. The acceptance condition asks for two components whenever an exception exists, a certificate that cannot exist for an empty vertex set. A clean statement can declare the null graph connected for this problem, or quantify the main conjecture over \(p\geq5\) after listing the two small characteristics.
4What was measured
- Normalization boundary
- Scaling between x^2+y^2+z^2=3xyz and x^2+y^2+z^2=xyz is bijective only when p is not 3.
P3
Statement integrity finding
5How it connects
Supports
- claim
Evidenced by
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Informed by
- attempt
Recorded for
- problem
6Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
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- Project
- markoff-graph-prime-connectivity-exceptions
- Locator
- Elementary characteristic-2 and characteristic-3 argument, independently replayed by both packet artifacts
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Public record
- R516
- Stable alias
- mgpc-claim-small-characteristics
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.