GATE D16

Modular rank repair, support-3 completeness, support-4

partialEvidence I2Verify: doublePublic claim: No2026-07-18

What changed

A load-bearing correction: relation rank must be computed over F_p, not Q, because every relation satisfies R·u ≡ 0 (mod p) with u nonzero, so the rank is at most 12 and the additive dimension is always at least 1. The D15 'generic additive dimension 0' was an artifact of Q-rank and is withdrawn. Support-3 is then made genuinely complete by scanning the FULL universe of all (p-1)^2 triple ratios per prime (not one relation line): the true worst tail is 0.010377 at p=353, so the bound is 11/1000, correcting both D14's 9/1000 and D15's 1/100 (both from incomplete families). The projective/lattice method is extended to primitive support-4 relations (orbit identity, lattice of det p, connected 4th cumulant), exact at four small primes, support-4 inventory and support-5 remain open.

Evidence

check 1Modular rank repair: dim_Fp ker = 13 − rank_Fp ≥ 1 (u is a kernel witness), Q-rank inference withdrawn
check 2Support-3 COMPLETE full universe (all (p-1)² triples): tail < 11/1000, worst 0.010377 at p=353
check 3Support-4 orbit identity + lattice + κ₄, exact at 4 small primes (τ4 < 8/1000), PARTIAL/OPEN, 2 verifiers, 48/48 corruption

Verification: double · I2 · 27 artifacts (reports, verifiers, corruption suites, manifest with SHA-256)

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