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R215claimStatus: establishedEvidence: ReproducedReplay: source onlyexhaustive over its scope

[#R215] The tent function certifies C_8 >= 1/2

claim. For u(x)=min(x,1-x), the midpoint defect is 1/2 and the best affine error is 1/4.

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1Summary

Take \(u(x)=\min(x,1-x)\). Concavity makes every midpoint defect nonnegative, and its range lies in \([0,1/2]\). Thus \(\delta(u)\leq1/2\), with equality for the pair \((0,1)\).

The constant affine function \(1/4\) has uniform error \(1/4\). For any affine \(\ell\), write \(r=u-\ell\). Affineness gives \[ r(0)-2r(1/2)+r(1)=-1. \] The left side has absolute value at most \(4\|r\|_\infty\), proving \(d(u)\geq1/4\). Consequently \[ \frac{d(u)}{\delta(u)}=\frac{1/4}{1/2}=\frac12. \]

Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: the sampled tent function on the denominator-256 grid.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: doi.org ↗, Exact tent calculation reproduced in djs8-artifact-rational-certificates

3How it connects

Verifies (incoming)

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4Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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5Provenance

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Project
dyadic-jensen-stability-8
Locator
Exact tent calculation reproduced in djs8-artifact-rational-certificates
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-24
Public record
R215
Stable alias
djs8-claim-certified-lower-bound
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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