An exact all-depth modular sieve for GKP carries #
For every ternary prefix depth n + 3, powers of two have exact period
2 * 3 ^ (n + 2). In one period, precisely (n + 9) * 2 ^ n exponent
classes have fewer than two visible doubling carries. Every other class is
an infinite congruence class on which the central binomial coefficient is
divisible by nine.
This is an exact infinite family of certified cases. The uncertified classes at each finite depth may acquire carries later; this theorem neither decides them nor proves the universal GKP conjecture.
One exponent period is equivalent to all fixed-length ternary unit words.
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- GKPCarry.twoPowerTernaryUnitWordEquiv length = (GKPCarry.twoPowerUnitEquiv length).trans (GKPCarry.ternaryUnitWordEquiv length).symm
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The word corresponding to an exponent is the fixed-length ternary expansion of its power-of-two residue.
Exponent classes not yet certified after reading n + 3 ternary digits.
They are not counterexamples: later digits may supply the missing carries.
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Exponent classes certified after reading n + 3 ternary digits.
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The uncertified exponent classes are exactly the deficient unit words counted by the carry automaton.
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Exact residual count: after n + 3 digits, precisely
(n + 9) * 2 ^ n exponent classes remain uncertified.
The complementary certified set has the corresponding exact size.
Asymptotic strength of the sieve #
The proportion of exponent classes left uncertified at depth n + 3,
written in a form that exposes its geometric decay.
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The analytic proportion is exactly the ratio of the residual class count to the full exponent period.
The proportion of exponent classes left unresolved by the finite-prefix sieve tends to zero as the prefix depth increases.
The complementary proportion of exponent classes certified by the sieve tends to one.
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A certificate for the reduced exponent class propagates to every exponent in that congruence class and proves divisibility by nine.
Every certified class denotes an infinite congruence class of GKP inputs whose central binomial coefficients are divisible by nine.
The same certified classes avoid the deficient-carry language appearing in the exact GKP characterization.
Exact all-depth modular GKP sieve. At every depth, the theorem gives the exact number of certified exponent classes and proves the GKP divisibility conclusion on every exponent in each such class.