Degree-twist deletion identities #
The inclusion--exclusion proof of Lemma 4.10 repeatedly removes one or both marked chips from a fixed-degree twist. These elementary identities make the resulting shifts of the finite torsion index explicit.
Removing the first marked chip lowers the degree-twist index by one.
Removing the second marked chip lowers degree and advances the torsion index by one.
Removing both marked chips lowers degree by two and advances the torsion index once.
The degree-one twists are exactly the first-mark additions of degree-zero twists at the same finite orbit index.