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[#R23] The direct h6 template criterion fails by dimension
1Summary
The Rao-Rosenfeld sufficient decision criterion cannot apply to a scalar projection of h6: its expanding eigenspace has dimension 3, while the length-and-sum map has rank at most 2.
Rao and Rosenfeld give the h6 incidence eigenvalues as 0 with algebraic multiplicity 3, together with 3, sqrt(3), and -sqrt(3). Thus the expanding eigenspace E_e(M_h6) has dimension 3. A scalar additive-square test uses Phi(letter)=(1,p*x(letter)+q*y(letter)), a linear map into a two-dimensional space. The restriction of Phi to the three-dimensional expanding eigenspace has a nonzero kernel by rank-nullity. Hence E_e(M_h6) intersects ker(Phi) nontrivially for every scalar direction (p,q), so the hypothesis of their finite-ancestor decision theorem fails. This blocks direct use of that sufficient theorem on h6. Other methods may still decide individual projections.
Ruled out evidence. Recorded scope: every scalar integer projection of the Rao-Rosenfeld h6 fixed point under the cited sufficient decision criterion.
2Outcome
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Rao and Rosenfeld, arXiv:1511.05875v2, h6 Jordan decomposition in the Results section and the E_e(M_h) intersect ker(Phi) criterion in the Applications section; rank-nullity deduction checked 2026-07-28
3What was measured
- Incidence characteristic polynomial
- lambda^3*(lambda-3)*(lambda^2-3)
- Expanding eigenvalues
- 3, sqrt(3), -sqrt(3)
- Expanding eigenspace dimension
- 3
- Augmented scalar map rank maximum
- 2
- Kernel intersection dimension minimum
- 1
- Independent sympy dimension check matched
- yes
- Blocked method
- direct application of the cited sufficient finite-parent criterion to scalar projections of h6
- Restart criterion
- use a different decision method or a morphism whose expanding eigenspace has dimension at most 2
4How it connects
Informed by
- claim
- attempt
Informs
- attempt
Recorded for
- problem
5Agent packet
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}6Provenance
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- Project
- additive-square-finite-alphabet-research
- Locator
- Rao and Rosenfeld, arXiv:1511.05875v2, h6 Jordan decomposition in the Results section and the E_e(M_h) intersect ker(Phi) criterion in the Applications section; rank-nullity deduction checked 2026-07-28
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Source
- arxiv.org ↗
- Public record
- R23
- Stable alias
- asq-attempt-h6-template-criterion
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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