diff b1f9bc4..56bc728 mutually_unbiased_bases_dim6_v2.txt
diff --git a/mutually_unbiased_bases_dim6_v2.txt b/mutually_unbiased_bases_dim6_v2.txt
index db51727..b63973e 100644
--- a/mutually_unbiased_bases_dim6_v2.txt
+++ b/mutually_unbiased_bases_dim6_v2.txt
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ emergencystretch=1em
 
 % =====================================================================
 The result is one geometric statement. In complex six-dimensional space
-$C^6$ there are three mutually unbiased orthonormal bases, and no four.
-In symbols, $N(6)=3$.
+C^6 there are three mutually unbiased orthonormal bases, and no four.
+In symbols, N(6)=3.
 
 The proof is long for an honest reason. Some of modern geometry ends in
 a finite check, and a finite check counts as a proof only when every
@@ -59,42 +59,35 @@ strict safety margin, so that ordinary floating-point arithmetic cannot
 turn a true solution into a spurious ``not found.''
 
 The strategy fits in six steps.
-
-
-item Remove the first basis. A unitary change of coordinates
+ Remove the first basis. A unitary change of coordinates
  sends any orthonormal basis to the standard one. The second basis is
- then the column set of $H/sqrt6$, where every entry of $H$ has modulus
- $1$ and $HH^*=6I$. Such $H$ is a complex Hadamard matrix, and
- the question becomes: which $H$ admit two further unbiased bases?
-
-item Pin down the phase freedom. Multiplying rows and columns
- of $H$ by phases changes nothing. Phases are chosen so that the first
- row and column of $H$ are $1$, after which $H$ is fixed by nine real
+ then the column set of H/sqrt6, where every entry of H has modulus
+ 1 and HH^*=6I. Such H is a complex Hadamard matrix, and
+ the question becomes: which H admit two further unbiased bases?
+ Pin down the phase freedom. Multiplying rows and columns
+ of H by phases changes nothing. Phases are chosen so that the first
+ row and column of H are 1, after which H is fixed by nine real
  phase parameters, the rest of the first row and column, together with a
- $4times4$ block of unknown phases.
-
-item Cover the seed. Those nine parameters trace a subset of
- the nine-torus, and finitely many balls of radius $0.0320001$, measured
+ 4times4 block of unknown phases.
+ Cover the seed. Those nine parameters trace a subset of
+ the nine-torus, and finitely many balls of radius 0.0320001, measured
  in cycles, cover it. This is the seed cover.
-
-item Complete and refine. For a seed ball, the $4times4$
+ Complete and refine. For a seed ball, the 4times4
  block must satisfy Hadamard equations that compress to a single
- $Vin U(2)$. Finitely many boxes cover $U(2)$, and each box refines
+ Vin U(2). Finitely many boxes cover U(2), and each box refines
  into small phase balls holding the actual solution set. This is the
  hardest geometry in the argument.
-
-item Exclude two further bases. Take one phase ball for $H$.
- Every vector unbiased to both the standard basis and $H/sqrt6$ has the
- form $e(beta)/sqrt6$, and a phase-bin search covers them all by small
+ Exclude two further bases. Take one phase ball for H.
+ Every vector unbiased to both the standard basis and H/sqrt6 has the
+ form e(beta)/sqrt6, and a phase-bin search covers them all by small
  vector balls. Two further bases would need twelve of those balls: six
- pairwise orthogonal in one group, six in the other, with all $36$ cross
+ pairwise orthogonal in one group, six in the other, with all 36 cross
  pairs unbiased. Those conditions are edges of two graphs, and a finite
  search rules out the required pair of six-cliques.
-
-item Account for everything. The execution of these four
+ Account for everything. The execution of these four
  stages on a 2026 machine, with a fixed build and fixed numeric margins,
  is recorded together with the certified margins. The finite chain
- reaches every possible $H$ up to the allowed symmetries, and each local
+ reaches every possible H up to the allowed symmetries, and each local
  test either excludes soundly or fails openly. Nothing is guessed.
 
 
@@ -111,21 +104,21 @@ residual at a proposed center.
 medskipnoindentIntroduction.
 % =====================================================================
 
-Two orthonormal bases $mathcal B$calB$ and $mathcal C$calC$ of $C^d$ are
+Two orthonormal bases mathcal BcalB and mathcal CcalC of C^d are
 mutually unbiased (MUB) if
 [
  |< b,c>|^2=frac 1d qquadfor every binmathcal B,calB, cinmathcal CcalC .
 ]
-Here $< u,v>=sum_ju_jbarv_j$.
-For $dge 2$ let $N(d)$ be the maximum size of a pairwise mutually
-unbiased family of orthonormal bases in $C^d$. The main result is:
+Here < u,v>=sum_ju_jbarv_j.
+For dge 2 let N(d) be the maximum size of a pairwise mutually
+unbiased family of orthonormal bases in C^d. The main result is:
 
 [Computer-assisted]
 Under the binary64 arithmetic and compiler conditions stated in
 the certified arithmetic, the execution documented in
  certifies that there are no four pairwise
-mutually unbiased orthonormal bases in $C^6$. Consequently
-$N(6)=3$.
+mutually unbiased orthonormal bases in C^6. Consequently
+N(6)=3.
 
 
 The upper bound is the hard direction. The lower bound (three bases
@@ -135,19 +128,19 @@ medskipnoindentMUBs, Hadamard matrices, and the shape of the problem.
 
 Fixing one basis by a common unitary transformation costs nothing; every
 family can be moved so that the first member is the standard basis. Then
-the second member is the columns of $H/sqrt6$ for a complex matrix
+the second member is the columns of H/sqrt6 for a complex matrix
 satisfying
 [
- |H_{ij}|=1,qquad HH^*=6I .
+ |H_{ij}|=1, HH^*=6I .
 ]
-Such an $H$ is called a complex Hadamard matrix. The issue is to
-decide whether a given pair (standard basis, $H$/$sqrt6$) can be extended
+Such an H is called a complex Hadamard matrix. The issue is to
+decide whether a given pair (standard basis, H/sqrt6) can be extended
 by up to two more MUB bases, and to do that uniformly over the whole
-(unclassified) space of complex Hadamard matrices. Because $H$ is
-square, $HH^* = 6I$ implies $H^*H = 6I$ as well.
+(unclassified) space of complex Hadamard matrices. Because H is
+square, HH^* = 6I implies H^*H = 6I as well.
 
 The answer we prove, Theorem~thm:main, is that no such extension
-exists, for any $H$. The proof covers the full space of $H$, not just a
+exists, for any H. The proof covers the full space of H, not just a
 known family: the second basis is completely unconstrained, and the
 argument handles complex Hadamard matrices outside all previously
 studied families.
@@ -163,7 +156,7 @@ prime-dimensional construction in 1981 (J. Phys. A 14, 3241--3245).
 Wootters and Fields proved that a complete set of such bases is
 statistically optimal for state determination and built one whenever
 the dimension is a prime power (Ann. Physics 191, 363--381, 1989).
-Every dimension obeys $N(d)le d+1$, and the short operator-space proof
+Every dimension obeys N(d)le d+1, and the short operator-space proof
 is due to Bandyopadhyay, Boykin, Roychowdhury and Vatan (Algorithmica
 34, 512--528, 2002).
 
@@ -177,7 +170,7 @@ is due to Bandyopadhyay, Boykin, Roychowdhury and Vatan (Algorithmica
 
 Dimension six is the first case that is neither a prime power nor a
 small even dimension settled by other constructions. A tensor-product
-construction already yields three bases in $C^6$, tensoring a qubit
+construction already yields three bases in C^6, tensoring a qubit
 pair with a qutrit triple; that is Section~4 of the Klappenecker and
 R"otteler study of MUB constructions. Zauner conjectured in his 1991
 Vienna Diplomarbeit that three is the maximum, the same statement
@@ -246,42 +239,40 @@ medskipnoindentThe strategy at a glance.
 
 The proof has five layers, each of which strictly refines the previous
 one and preserves every exact candidate solution.
-
-
-item Seed cover.
- Row and column rephasings and transpositions place any $H$ into a
- standard form with $9$ free phases. A symmetry reduction plus
+ Seed cover.
+ Row and column rephasings and transpositions place any H into a
+ standard form with 9 free phases. A symmetry reduction plus
  necessary interval tests cover the possible values of these nine
- phases by finitely many seed balls (radius $0.0320001$ in cycle units).
-item Completion.
- In a block decomposition of $H$ with row and column sizes $2+4$, the
+ phases by finitely many seed balls (radius 0.0320001 in cycle units).
+ Completion.
+ In a block decomposition of H with row and column sizes 2+4, the
  seed pins down the upper-left, upper-right and lower-left blocks. The
- lower-right $4times 4$ block is the only remaining unknown. At any
+ lower-right 4times 4 block is the only remaining unknown. At any
  seed center that passes the frame checks, the upper-right block and
  the conjugate transpose of the lower-left block have rank two, and
- so they admit two-dimensional kernels in $C^4$. Compressing the
- unknown lower-right block between these kernels produces a $2times 2$
- matrix whose polar part is a unitary $Vin U(2)$. A closed cover of
- $U(2)$ therefore accounts for every feasible completion, and uniform
+ so they admit two-dimensional kernels in C^4. Compressing the
+ unknown lower-right block between these kernels produces a 2times 2
+ matrix whose polar part is a unitary Vin U(2). A closed cover of
+ U(2) therefore accounts for every feasible completion, and uniform
  Taylor bounds within each cell either exclude the cell or place all
  its exact completions in a certified phase ball
  ( and~sec:phase-cover).
-item Refinement.
+ Refinement.
  Each phase ball carries numerical tangent directions and a rigorous
  residual-identity estimate; covering the tangent coordinates while
  keeping the residual bound yields smaller balls that still cover
  every exact solution. No manifold parametrization is used, and the
  estimates remain valid even when the proposed center is not an exact
  Hadamard matrix.
-item Exclusion.
+ Exclusion.
  For a final phase ball, a small phase-bin search covers every vector
- unbiased to both the standard basis and $H/sqrt6$ by closed vector
+ unbiased to both the standard basis and H/sqrt6 by closed vector
  balls. These vector balls become vertices of two graphs, one for
  orthogonality and one for unbiasedness. Necessary numerical tests
  remove only impossible edges. Two additional MUB bases would require
- two disjoint six-cliques with all $36$ cross edges present; that
+ two disjoint six-cliques with all 36 cross edges present; that
  pattern is ruled out by finite search.
-item Execution certificate.
+ Execution certificate.
  A complete run of the four programs, on a specific build and platform,
  accounts for every seed, every refined ball, and every initially
  unresolved record. Nothing is left open: a record that is not
@@ -304,55 +295,55 @@ separate from the certified exclusion of four.
 [Three mutually unbiased bases in dimension six]
 
 There exist three pairwise mutually unbiased orthonormal bases in
-$C^6$.
+C^6.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Identify $C^6$ with $C^2 ⊗ C^3$ in the standard product
+Identify C^6 with C^2 ⊗ C^3 in the standard product
 coordinates. Define
 [
-A_0=I_2,qquad
-A_1=frac 1{sqrt2}1&11&-1,qquad
+A_0=I_2,
+A_1=frac 1{sqrt2}1&11&-1,
 A_2=frac 1{sqrt2}1&1 i&-i.
 ]
-These are unitary, and for $rne s$, every entry of $A_r^*A_s$ has
-squared modulus $1/2$; the only cross product not immediate from the
+These are unitary, and for rne s, every entry of A_r^*A_s has
+squared modulus 1/2; the only cross product not immediate from the
 entries is
 [
 A_1^*A_2=frac 121+i&1-i1-i&1+i.
 ]
-Let $omega=e^{2pi i/3}$ and set
+Let omega=e^{2pi i/3} and set
 [
-F=frac 1{sqrt3}(omega^{jk})_{j,k=0}^2,qquad
-D=diag(1,omega,omega),qquad
+F=frac 1{sqrt3}(omega^{jk})_{j,k=0}^2,
+D=diag(1,omega,omega),
 B_0=I_3, B_1=F, B_2=DF.
 ]
-The relation $1+omega+omega^2=0$ makes $F$ unitary; $D$ is unitary as
-well. Both $F$ and $DF$ have entries of squared modulus $1/3$. For their
+The relation 1+omega+omega^2=0 makes F unitary; D is unitary as
+well. Both F and DF have entries of squared modulus 1/3. For their
 cross product,
 [
 (F^*DF)_{jk}=frac 13sum_{x=0}^2omega^{x^2+(k-j)x}.
 ]
-If $t=k-j$ is read modulo $3$, the sum is $1+2omega$ for $t=0$ and
-$2+omega^2$ for $t=1,2$. Each has squared modulus $3$. Consequently
-every entry of $B_r^*B_s$ has squared modulus $1/3$ when $rne s$.
+If t=k-j is read modulo 3, the sum is 1+2omega for t=0 and
+2+omega^2 for t=1,2. Each has squared modulus 3. Consequently
+every entry of B_r^*B_s has squared modulus 1/3 when rne s.
 
-For $r=0,1,2$, let the columns of $U_r=A_r ⊗  B_r$ form the $r$th
-basis. Each $U_r$ is unitary. For $rne s$ we have
-$U_r^*U_s=(A_r^*A_s) ⊗ (B_r^*B_s)$, so every entry has squared
-modulus $(1/2)(1/3)=1/6$. Thus the three bases are mutually unbiased,
-and $U_0=I_6$.
+For r=0,1,2, let the columns of U_r=A_r ⊗  B_r form the rth
+basis. Each U_r is unitary. For rne s we have
+U_r^*U_s=(A_r^*A_s) ⊗ (B_r^*B_s), so every entry has squared
+modulus (1/2)(1/3)=1/6. Thus the three bases are mutually unbiased,
+and U_0=I_6.
 
 
 medskipnoindentA Lie-algebra consequence.
 
-An orthonormal basis $mathcal B$calB$ of $C^6$ determines its Cartan
-subalgebra $mathfrak h_frakh_{mathcal B}calB$ of traceless matrices that are
-diagonal in that basis. It is spanned by the matrices $bb^*-I/6$ for
-$binmathcal B$.calB$. The Killing form on $sl_6(C)$ is
-$K(X,Y)=12tr(XY)$; two subalgebras are
+An orthonormal basis mathcal BcalB of C^6 determines its Cartan
+subalgebra mathfrak h_frakh_{mathcal B}calB of traceless matrices that are
+diagonal in that basis. It is spanned by the matrices bb^*-I/6 for
+binmathcal B.calB. The Killing form on sl_6(C) is
+K(X,Y)=12tr(XY); two subalgebras are
 Killing-orthogonal when this form vanishes on every pair of
-elements. For unit vectors $b,c$,
+elements. For unit vectors b,c,
 [
  tr((bb^*-I/6)(cc^*-I/6))
  =|< b,c>|^2-frac 16 .
@@ -368,8 +359,8 @@ Under the arithmetic and compiler conditions of
 the certified arithmetic, using the complete execution recorded above
 and certified in Theorem~thm:main, the maximum
 number of pairwise Killing-orthogonal Cartan subalgebras of
-$sl_6(C)$ that are all closed under the standard adjoint
-$Xmapsto X^*=overlineoverline X^X^{,T}$ is three.
+sl_6(C) that are all closed under the standard adjoint
+Xmapsto X^*=overlineoverline X^X^{,T} is three.
 
 
 Proof. 
@@ -399,10 +390,10 @@ shared-coordinate estimate that prove completeness of this exact cover.
 
 {smallhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/1201.0640}
 
-Throughout, phases are in cycles and $e(t)=exp(2pi i t)$
-entrywise. Matrix indices run $0,...,5$, entries are stored in
-row-major order with $(i,j)$ in position $6i+j$, and the Hermitian inner
-product is $< u,v>=sum_ju_jbarv_j$. Vectors and
+Throughout, phases are in cycles and e(t)=exp(2pi i t)
+entrywise. Matrix indices run 0,...,5, entries are stored in
+row-major order with (i,j) in position 6i+j, and the Hermitian inner
+product is < u,v>=sum_ju_jbarv_j. Vectors and
 phase matrices use Euclidean and Frobenius norms respectively; operator
 norms are induced Euclidean unless noted. An angle is in radians only
 when explicitly stated.
@@ -412,16 +403,16 @@ medskipnoindentEquivalences and phase gauges.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-A matrix $HinC^{6times 6}$ is Hadamard if every entry has
-modulus one and $HH^*=6I$. It is extendible if the standard
-basis and the columns of $H/sqrt6$ belong to a family of four
+A matrix HinC^{6times 6} is Hadamard if every entry has
+modulus one and HH^*=6I. It is extendible if the standard
+basis and the columns of H/sqrt6 belong to a family of four
 mutually unbiased orthonormal bases.
 
 
 Unbiasedness to the standard basis forces every entry of the second
-basis matrix to have modulus $1/sqrt6$; the matrix is then $H/sqrt6$
-with $H$ Hadamard. Because $H$ is square, $HH^*=6I$ implies $H^*H=6I$.
-Every such $H$ has a real phase lift $P$ with $H=e(P)$.
+basis matrix to have modulus 1/sqrt6; the matrix is then H/sqrt6
+with H Hadamard. Because H is square, HH^*=6I implies H^*H=6I.
+Every such H has a real phase lift P with H=e(P).
 
 [Equivalences]
 Extendibility is invariant under row or column permutations,
@@ -436,14 +427,14 @@ operation on all four bases; it sends the standard basis to a new basis
 but preserves both orthonormality and the moduli of inner products
 among the four bases.
 
-For transposition, write $U=H/sqrt6$ and apply the common unitary
-$U^*$ to a family whose first two basis matrices are $I,U$. Those two
-become $U^*,I$; interchange their roles and conjugate every coordinate.
-The first two matrices are now $I,U^T$. Every operation is reversible,
+For transposition, write U=H/sqrt6 and apply the common unitary
+U^* to a family whose first two basis matrices are I,U. Those two
+become U^*,I; interchange their roles and conjugate every coordinate.
+The first two matrices are now I,U^T. Every operation is reversible,
 so the statement holds in both directions.
 
 
-For a real $6times 6$ matrix $z$ define double centering by
+For a real 6times 6 matrix z define double centering by
 
  (Pi z)_{ij}
  =z_{ij}-frac 16sum_b z_{ib}-frac 16sum_a z_{aj}
@@ -456,25 +447,25 @@ row and column sum is zero. We also use unwrapped dephasing
 
 
 [Horizontal phase representatives]
-$Pi$ is the orthogonal projection onto the horizontal subspace; in
-particular $|Pi z|_Fle |z|_F$. If two phase representatives differ
-by $z$, the second is equivalent under row and column rephasings to the
-first plus $Pi z$. The statement survives arbitrary entrywise integer
+Pi is the orthogonal projection onto the horizontal subspace; in
+particular |Pi z|_Fle |z|_F. If two phase representatives differ
+by z, the second is equivalent under row and column rephasings to the
+first plus Pi z. The statement survives arbitrary entrywise integer
 changes of phase representatives.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Equation~(seed:projection-formula) has zero row and column sums,
-and $z-Pi z$ is a sum of a matrix constant on each row and a matrix
+and z-Pi z is a sum of a matrix constant on each row and a matrix
 constant on each column. Every such sum is orthogonal to the horizontal
-subspace in the real Frobenius inner product, so $Pi$ is orthogonal
-projection onto that subspace. If $Q=P+z$, then
-$P+Pi z=Q-(z-Pi z)$ differs from $Q$ by row and column phases,
+subspace in the real Frobenius inner product, so Pi is orthogonal
+projection onto that subspace. If Q=P+z, then
+P+Pi z=Q-(z-Pi z) differs from Q by row and column phases,
 allowed by Lemma~seed:equivalences. Integer additions leave
-$e(P)$ unchanged.
+e(P) unchanged.
 
 
-Similarly $D_0(P)$ gives an equivalent matrix whose first row and column
+Similarly D_0(P) gives an equivalent matrix whose first row and column
 are zero. If a wrapped difference is used, its chosen integers determine
 a legitimate phase representative; no rounded decision at a half-integer
 is claimed to be uniquely preferred.
@@ -486,7 +477,7 @@ medskipnoindentA symmetry arrangement for nine phases.
 The gap of a finite circular multiset is its largest circular
 gap, equivalently the length of an open arc that contains no point of
 the multiset. Repeated points count with multiplicity; a repeated point
-contributes a zero gap. For every pair of distinct rows of $P$ consider
+contributes a zero gap. For every pair of distinct rows of P consider
 their six phase differences modulo one, and similarly for columns.
 
 [Seed arrangement]
@@ -494,20 +485,20 @@ Every exact Hadamard matrix has an equivalent dephased representative
 for which a pair of rows attaining the minimum gap among all row and
 column pairs is the first pair, and its phases can be written
 
- x=(0,x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4,x_5),quad
- 0le x_1le...le x_5le 1,quad
- g_x=1-x_5,quad x_1le x_5-x_4 .
+ x=(0,x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4,x_5),
+ 0le x_1le...le x_5le 1,
+ g_x=1-x_5, x_1le x_5-x_4 .
 
 After any one of these five noninitial columns is selected and moved to
 position two, the last four rows can be permuted so that the second
 column has phases
 
- y=(0,xi,y_2,y_3,y_4,y_5),qquad 0le y_2le y_3le y_4le y_5le 1 ,
+ y=(0,xi,y_2,y_3,y_4,y_5), 0le y_2le y_3le y_4le y_5le 1 ,
 
-where $xi$ is the selected entry of $x$. These lists satisfy
+where xi is the selected entry of x. These lists satisfy
 
- sum_{j=0}^5 e(x_j)=0,qquad
- sum_{j=0}^5 e(y_j)=0,qquad g_yge g_x .
+ sum_{j=0}^5 e(x_j)=0,
+ sum_{j=0}^5 e(y_j)=0, g_yge g_x .
 
 
 
@@ -517,17 +508,17 @@ exists. Transpose if it is a column pair, then permute rows so it is the
 first pair. Choose one of its largest gaps, start the circular ordering
 immediately after that gap, and use that column as the first column.
 Dephase the first row and column. Ordering the remaining columns along
-the complementary arc gives $g_x=1-x_5$ and the sorted list
+the complementary arc gives g_x=1-x_5 and the sorted list
 in~(seed:x-arrangement).
 
 If the final orientation inequality fails, interchange the two selected
-rows, use the old $x_5$ column as the starting column, and reverse the
+rows, use the old x_5 column as the starting column, and reverse the
 ordering. The new list is
 [
- x'_0=0,qquad x'_i=x_5-x_{5-i}quad(1le ile 5).
+ x'_0=0, x'_i=x_5-x_{5-i}(1le ile 5).
 ]
 It has the same distinguished largest gap, and
-$x'_1=x_5-x_4$ whereas $x'_5-x'_4=x_1$. So this orientation satisfies
+x'_1=x_5-x_4 whereas x'_5-x'_4=x_1. So this orientation satisfies
 the required inequality whenever the other fails. The construction
 uses a chosen largest gap and is unchanged by ties or repeated points.
 
@@ -538,49 +529,49 @@ vanishing sum in~(seed:local-conditions); orthogonality of the
 first two columns gives the second. Row and column rephasings rotate the
 relevant difference multisets; permutations merely reorder points or
 relabel pairs. Transposition interchanges the two collections of pairs,
-so the minimum gap stays $g_x$ and the selected column pair has
-$g_yge g_x$.
+so the minimum gap stays g_x and the selected column pair has
+g_yge g_x.
 
 
-Set $N=112$ and $w=1/N$. Use closed bins
+Set N=112 and w=1/N. Use closed bins
 
- I_b=[b/N,(b+1)/N],qquad u_b=(b+tfrac12)/N,qquad 0le b<N .
+ I_b=[b/N,(b+1)/N], u_b=(b+tfrac12)/N, 0le b<N .
 
-They cover $[0,1]$ including both endpoints. Sorted exact phases admit
+They cover [0,1] including both endpoints. Sorted exact phases admit
 nondecreasing bin indices, so write the five indices for
-$x_1,...,x_5$ as
-$b^X=(a,b,c,d,l)$ with $0le ale ble cle dle l<N$. The orientation
+x_1,...,x_5 as
+b^X=(a,b,c,d,l) with 0le ale ble cle dle l<N. The orientation
 condition implies the necessary integral restriction
 
  frac aNle x_1le x_5-x_4le(l+1-d)/(N),
- qquad ale l-d+1 .
+  ale l-d+1 .
 
 
-For this index tuple choose $sin{0,...,4}$ as the first minimizer
-of $|2b^X_s+1-N|$, the rule used in seeds::mk. The selected
-original column is $s+1$, the selected exact phase is $xi=x_{s+1}$, and
-the new column order is: original column zero, column $s+1$, and the
+For this index tuple choose sin{0,...,4} as the first minimizer
+of |2b^X_s+1-N|, the rule used in seeds::mk. The selected
+original column is s+1, the selected exact phase is xi=x_{s+1}, and
+the new column order is: original column zero, column s+1, and the
 other four columns in their former order. This specifies only a column;
-it imposes no extra condition on $xi$.
+it imposes no extra condition on xi.
 
-After arranging $y$ as in~(seed:y-arrangement) its five varying
+After arranging y as in~(seed:y-arrangement) its five varying
 entries have bins
-$b^Y=(b^X_s,b^Y_1,b^Y_2,b^Y_3,b^Y_4)$ with
-$0le b^Y_1le b^Y_2le b^Y_3le b^Y_4<N$. The shared entry uses the
-same bin as in $x$; it is not required to be ordered relative to the
+b^Y=(b^X_s,b^Y_1,b^Y_2,b^Y_3,b^Y_4) with
+0le b^Y_1le b^Y_2le b^Y_3le b^Y_4<N. The shared entry uses the
+same bin as in x; it is not required to be ordered relative to the
 four tail bins.
 
 [Stability of circular gaps]
 If each point of one circular multiset is matched to a point of another
-at circular distance $ledelta$, their gaps differ by $le 2delta$.
+at circular distance ledelta, their gaps differ by le 2delta.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Take an empty open arc of length $L$ in the first multiset. If $L>2delta$,
-trim $delta$ from each end; a point of the second multiset inside the
+Take an empty open arc of length L in the first multiset. If L>2delta,
+trim delta from each end; a point of the second multiset inside the
 remaining open arc would have its matched first point in the original
-empty arc, contradiction. Hence the second gap is at least $L-2delta$.
-If $Lle 2delta$ the same bound follows from nonnegativity. Apply to a
+empty arc, contradiction. Hence the second gap is at least L-2delta.
+If Lle 2delta the same bound follows from nonnegativity. Apply to a
 largest gap and interchange the two multisets. No preservation of sorted
 order is used.
 
@@ -590,46 +581,46 @@ For every bin pair containing lists as in
 Lemma~seed:arrangement, the midpoint gaps (with the fixed zero)
 satisfy
 
- g_{x,mid}le 1-(l-1)/(N),qquad
+ g_{x,mid}le 1-(l-1)/(N),
  g_{y,mid}ge 1-(l+2)/(N).
 
 
 
 Proof. 
-Each varying phase is within $w/2$ of its midpoint and the initial zero
+Each varying phase is within w/2 of its midpoint and the initial zero
 is unchanged. Lemma~seed:gap-stability bounds each gap change by
-$w$. Since $x_5in[l/N,(l+1)/N]$ we have
-$1-(l+1)/Nle g_xle 1-l/N$. Combine with $g_yge g_x$.
+w. Since x_5in[l/N,(l+1)/N] we have
+1-(l+1)/Nle g_xle 1-l/N. Combine with g_yge g_x.
 
 
-For sorted midpoint bin indices $q_0,...,q_4$ the gap used by
+For sorted midpoint bin indices q_0,...,q_4 the gap used by
 mk is
 [
  maxBigl{(q_0+tfrac12)/(N),
   (q_1-q_0)/(N),...,(q_4-q_3)/(N),
  1-(q_4+tfrac12)/(N)Bigr}.
 ]
-For a $Y$ tuple it sorts a copy solely for this computation, preserving
+For a Y tuple it sorts a copy solely for this computation, preserving
 the stored shared-first ordering.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentVanishing-sum filters and the shared displacement.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For either of the two lists $x$ or $y$, let $u=(u_0,...,u_4)$ be its
-five varying midpoints. Define real two-vector $c$ and real $2times 5$
-matrix $J$ by
+For either of the two lists x or y, let u=(u_0,...,u_4) be its
+five varying midpoints. Define real two-vector c and real 2times 5
+matrix J by
 
- c=frac{1+sum_{j=0}^4 e(u_j)}{2pi i},qquad J_j=e(u_j),
+ c=frac{1+sum_{j=0}^4 e(u_j)}{2pi i}, J_j=e(u_j),
 
 realified in both definitions.
 
 [Necessary sum test]
-If $1+sum_{j=0}^4 e(u_j+Delta_j)=0$ and $|Delta_j|le w/2$ then
+If 1+sum_{j=0}^4 e(u_j+Delta_j)=0 and |Delta_j|le w/2 then
 
  |c+JDelta|le(5pi w^2)/(4).
 
-In particular for every $vinR^2$,
+In particular for every vinR^2,
 
  |vcdot c|le(5pi w^2)/(4)|v|
                   +frac w2sum_{j=0}^4|vcdot J_j|.
@@ -637,15 +628,15 @@ In particular for every $vinR^2$,
 
 
 Proof. 
-The second derivative of $e(t)$ has modulus $4pi^2$, so Taylor's formula
+The second derivative of e(t) has modulus 4pi^2, so Taylor's formula
 with integral remainder gives
 [
  |(e(u_j+Delta_j)-e(u_j))/(2pi i)-e(u_j)Delta_j|
  lepiDelta_j^2 .
 ]
 Sum the five remainders and use the vanishing-sum hypothesis to
-obtain~(seed:taylor-residual). Dot with $v$, apply the triangle
-inequality and $|Delta_j|le w/2$ to get~(seed:sum-support).
+obtain~(seed:taylor-residual). Dot with v, apply the triangle
+inequality and |Delta_j|le w/2 to get~(seed:sum-support).
 
 
 The function sumok tests~(seed:sum-support) in the
@@ -655,52 +646,52 @@ direction, their numerical construction need not reproduce any
 prescribed exact direction. One-sided margins for evaluating the
 residuals and supports are established in the certified arithmetic.
 
-In grid units $h=NDelta$, write
+In grid units h=NDelta, write
 
- E=(5pi)/(4N),qquad |Jh+Nc|le E,qquad |h_j|letfrac12 .
+ E=(5pi)/(4N), |Jh+Nc|le E, |h_j|letfrac12 .
 
 
 [Shared-coordinate intervals]
-Let $t$ be the position of a shared entry in either list. Every feasible
-displacement satisfies, for every $vinR^2$,
+Let t be the position of a shared entry in either list. Every feasible
+displacement satisfies, for every vinR^2,
 
  |Nvcdot c+(vcdot J_t)h_t|
  le E|v|+frac 12sum_{jne t}|vcdot J_j|.
 
-If $a=vcdot J_tne 0$ and the right side is $r$, this is the interval
+If a=vcdot J_tne 0 and the right side is r, this is the interval
 constraint
 
  -(Nvcdot c)/(a)-frac r{|a|}
  le h_tle
  -(Nvcdot c)/(a)+frac r{|a|}.
 
-The intervals obtained for the shared entry from $X$ and $Y$ must
+The intervals obtained for the shared entry from X and Y must
 intersect.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Separate the shared term in~(seed:grid-error), take its dot
-product with $v$, and bound each remaining coordinate by $1/2$. Solving
+product with v, and bound each remaining coordinate by 1/2. Solving
 the resulting absolute-value inequality gives~(seed:clip-interval)
-for either sign of $a$. The shared midpoint is identical in both lists,
+for either sign of a. The shared midpoint is identical in both lists,
 so the same exact grid displacement satisfies both sets of necessary
 intervals.
 
 
-The function extend begins with $[-1/2,1/2]$ and intersects
+The function extend begins with [-1/2,1/2] and intersects
 these constraints using the shared column direction and directions
-perpendicular to the other four columns; here $t=s$ for $X$ and $t=0$
-for $Y$. It skips divisors of magnitude below $10^{-6}$, which only
+perpendicular to the other four columns; here t=s for X and t=0
+for Y. It skips divisors of magnitude below 10^{-6}, which only
 removes a constraint. Numerator and endpoint margins enlarge the
 computed intervals (the certified arithmetic). The pair is rejected
 only when the two intervals are strictly disjoint; a common endpoint is
 retained.
 
 The enumeration in seeds::build now has an unambiguous
-meaning. It visits every weakly increasing five-bin $X$ tuple and
+meaning. It visits every weakly increasing five-bin X tuple and
 applies~(seed:orientation-filter), the first inequality
 in~(seed:gap-inequalities), and sumok. Separately, for
-every possible first bin, it visits all weakly increasing four-bin $Y$
+every possible first bin, it visits all weakly increasing four-bin Y
 tails and applies sumok. The program covout matches
 the shared bin, applies the second gap inequality, and intersects the
 shared displacement intervals. So every discarded exact solution would
@@ -715,30 +706,30 @@ The nine seed coordinates, before moving the selected column, are
 
  q=(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4,x_5,y_2,y_3,y_4,y_5)inR^9 .
 
-For a bin pair let $uinR^9$ be its rational midpoint and put
-$h=N(q-u)$. Thus $hin[-1/2,1/2]^9$; the shared displacement is $h_s$.
-Retaining $u$ as a center would cover the whole bin with radius
-$3/(2N)<0.032$. To reduce the number of retained centers, we instead
-test whether the feasible portion lies in a radius-$0.032$ ball about a
-previously retained midpoint. If no such test succeeds we retain $u$
+For a bin pair let uinR^9 be its rational midpoint and put
+h=N(q-u). Thus hin[-1/2,1/2]^9; the shared displacement is h_s.
+Retaining u as a center would cover the whole bin with radius
+3/(2N)<0.032. To reduce the number of retained centers, we instead
+test whether the feasible portion lies in a radius-0.032 ball about a
+previously retained midpoint. If no such test succeeds we retain u
 itself.
 
-Let $J_X,J_Y,c_X,c_Y$ be the data
-in~(seed:residual-data). Define the real $4times 9$ matrix $J_*$
+Let J_X,J_Y,c_X,c_Y be the data
+in~(seed:residual-data). Define the real 4times 9 matrix J_*
 by its action
 
  J_*h=
  J_X(h_0,h_1,h_2,h_3,h_4)^T
  J_Y(h_s,h_5,h_6,h_7,h_8)^T
- ,qquad
+ ,
  p_*=-Nc_X -Nc_Y.
 
-For feasible $h$ we have $J_*h=p_*+r_*$, where the two real two-vector
-blocks $r_X,r_Y$ of $r_*$ satisfy $|r_X|,|r_Y|le E$.
+For feasible h we have J_*h=p_*+r_*, where the two real two-vector
+blocks r_X,r_Y of r_* satisfy |r_X|,|r_Y|le E.
 
 [Support bounds for center reuse]
-Let $u'$ be a previously retained midpoint with the same selected
-position $s$, and let $k=N(u-u')inmathbb Z^9$.bbZ^9$. Every feasible
+Let u' be a previously retained midpoint with the same selected
+position s, and let k=N(u-u')inmathbb Z^9.bbZ^9. Every feasible
 displacement in the current bin pair satisfies
 
  N^2|q-u'|^2=|k+h|^2
@@ -751,37 +742,37 @@ Two upper bounds for the last term are
  2kcdot h&le
  sum_{j=0}^8|k_j-(J_*^Tv)_j|
  +2vcdot p_*+2E(|v_X|+|v_Y|),
- qquad vinR^4,
+  vinR^4,
  
 
-where $v_X,v_Y$ are the two real two-vector blocks of $v$.
+where v_X,v_Y are the two real two-vector blocks of v.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Expand the square in~(seed:distance-bound) and use
-$|h|^2le 9/4$. The coordinate bounds give~(seed:box-support).
+|h|^2le 9/4. The coordinate bounds give~(seed:box-support).
 For the other bound write
 [
  2kcdot h
  =2(k-J_*^Tv)cdot h+2vcdot p_*+2vcdot r_* .
 ]
-The first term is at most $sum_j|k_j-(J_*^Tv)_j|$ by the same
+The first term is at most sum_j|k_j-(J_*^Tv)_j| by the same
 coordinate bound. Cauchy--Schwarz on the two residual blocks bounds
-the last term by $2E(|v_X|+|v_Y|)$.
+the last term by 2E(|v_X|+|v_Y|).
 
 
-The function supdual proposes vectors $v$ and evaluates the
+The function supdual proposes vectors v and evaluates the
 right side of~(seed:dual-formula). Validity of a proposal is
 independent of how it was generated and of the accuracy of the
 heuristic linear solve; only finite components of magnitude at most
-$10^4$ are used. Its evaluation replaces $1.25pi/N$ by the larger
-$1.251pi/N$ and adds a final support margin; the certified arithmetic
+10^4 are used. Its evaluation replaces 1.25pi/N by the larger
+1.251pi/N and adds a final support margin; the certified arithmetic
 proves the resulting bound is conservative.
 
-Set $R=0.032$. For a proposed previous center, testBucket first
+Set R=0.032. For a proposed previous center, testBucket first
 tries~(seed:box-support) and then, if applicable, the dual bound.
 It returns success only when the upper bound in~(seed:distance-bound)
-is below the safely lowered comparison threshold for $(NR)^2$.
+is below the safely lowered comparison threshold for (NR)^2.
 Success therefore certifies the entire feasible portion of the current
 bin pair, not merely its midpoint. Distance cutoffs, bucket indices, and
 reach tests only decide which previous centers to try; omitting a
@@ -790,14 +781,14 @@ possible previous center cannot produce a false success.
 For clarity: the shared column is counted once
 in~(seed:nine-coordinates), though its displacement enters both
 equations in~(seed:stacked-system). Reuse requires equality of the
-selected position $s$. Moving that position to the start of the five
-$X$ coordinates applies the same coordinate permutation to the current
+selected position s. Moving that position to the start of the five
+X coordinates applies the same coordinate permutation to the current
 point and to the retained center, and preserves their distance. The
-resulting order is: the selected $X$ entry, the other four $X$ entries
-in order, and the four $Y$ tail entries. These are exactly the nine
+resulting order is: the selected X entry, the other four X entries
+in order, and the four Y tail entries. These are exactly the nine
 entries of the dephased first two rows and columns used by the next
-stage. Centers retained earlier for the same $X$ tuple are handled
-identically, with the first five components of $k$ zero.
+stage. Centers retained earlier for the same X tuple are handled
+identically, with the first five components of k zero.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentThe exhaustive seed cover proposition.
@@ -809,16 +800,16 @@ under the arithmetic conditions of the certified arithmetic, the
 written rational midpoint centers, equipped with their recorded selected
 positions, cover the seed coordinates of every exact complex Hadamard
 matrix up to the equivalences of Lemma~seed:equivalences, by
-closed Euclidean balls of radius $0.032$. After the indicated column
+closed Euclidean balls of radius 0.032. After the indicated column
 ordering and the conversion of centers to binary phase values, radius
-$0.0320001$ suffices.
+0.0320001 suffices.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Given an exact Hadamard matrix, first apply
-Lemma~seed:arrangement to arrange $x$. Choose a nondecreasing
-closed bin assignment, determine $s$ from that tuple, and then arrange
-and assign $y$ with the same shared bin. All these choices exist on bin
+Lemma~seed:arrangement to arrange x. Choose a nondecreasing
+closed bin assignment, determine s from that tuple, and then arrange
+and assign y with the same shared bin. All these choices exist on bin
 boundaries and at repeated phases. The tuple appears in the stated
 enumeration. Lemmas~seed:gap-filters, seed:sum-test, and
 seed:shared-interval, together with their certified outward
@@ -827,7 +818,7 @@ numerical margins, ensure that the bin pair is not rejected.
 Consider the retained centers as the remaining bin pairs are traversed.
 If a coverage test succeeds, Lemma~seed:dual-support and the
 certified margins put every feasible point of the current pair in a
-radius-$R$ ball about an already retained center. If no test succeeds,
+radius-R ball about an already retained center. If no test succeeds,
 the program retains the current midpoint itself. Its distance from any
 point of its full nine-dimensional bin is at most
 [
@@ -840,8 +831,8 @@ centers remain and are included in the output.
 
 The common selected-position permutation preserves all these distances.
 the certified arithmetic bounds the joint error of the nine binary
-midpoint phases by less than $10^{-14}$, so the triangle inequality
-permits the enlarged radius $0.0320001$. The centers need not themselves
+midpoint phases by less than 10^{-14}, so the triangle inequality
+permits the enlarged radius 0.0320001. The centers need not themselves
 satisfy the exact Hadamard equations; their balls cover the necessary
 seed coordinates of all exact solutions.
 
@@ -852,7 +843,7 @@ medskipnoindentCompletion over a fixed seed ball.
 % =====================================================================
 
 This section reduces "complete the seed phase ball to a full dephased
-Hadamard matrix" to a covering of the $2times 2$ unitary group $U(2)$.
+Hadamard matrix" to a covering of the 2times 2 unitary group U(2).
 The reference frames are fixed at the seed center; the center itself is
 not assumed to be an exact Hadamard matrix. All statements are first
 proved in exact real and complex arithmetic; the certified arithmetic
@@ -865,15 +856,15 @@ medskipnoindentSeed blocks and fixed complementary frames.
 
 Fix the stored seed center and take its binary phase coordinates as
 exact real numbers. Move the shared column into position two, write its
-relevant unit entries as $a,b_0,b_1,b_2,b_3,c_0,c_1,c_2,c_3$, and put
+relevant unit entries as a,b_0,b_1,b_2,b_3,c_0,c_1,c_2,c_3, and put
 
- E_0=1&11&a,qquad
- B_0=1&1&1&1b_0&b_1&b_2&b_3,qquad
+ E_0=1&11&a,
+ B_0=1&1&1&1b_0&b_1&b_2&b_3,
  (C_0)_{i,:}=(1,c_i)  (0le i<4).
 
 A feasible completion is a unit-modulus matrix
 [
- H'=E'&B' C'&D',qquad
+ H'=E'&B' C'&D',
  H'H'^*=H'^*H'=6I,
 ]
 with first row and first column all one. Its seed displacements, in
@@ -882,75 +873,75 @@ radians, are
  s=(s_a,s_{b_0},...,s_{b_3},s_{c_0},...,s_{c_3})inR^9;
 ]
 and the varied entries are
-$a e^{is_a}$, $b_j e^{is_{b_j}}$, $c_i e^{is_{c_i}}$. The shared entry
-appears exactly once in $s$. In zero-based row-major phase indexing
+a e^{is_a}, b_j e^{is_{b_j}}, c_i e^{is_{c_i}}. The shared entry
+appears exactly once in s. In zero-based row-major phase indexing
 these positions are
 
  (7,8,9,10,11,13,19,25,31).
 
-Let $r_s$ be the enlarged seed radius in cycles and $R_s=2pi r_s$; in
-the stated computation $r_s=.0320001$. Put
-$Delta E=E'-E_0$, similarly $Delta B,Delta C$, and abbreviate
-$e_1=|Delta E|_F$, $b_1'=|Delta B|_F$, $c_1'=|Delta C|_F$. The
-chord bound $|e^{ix}-1|le |x|$ gives
+Let r_s be the enlarged seed radius in cycles and R_s=2pi r_s; in
+the stated computation r_s=.0320001. Put
+Delta E=E'-E_0, similarly Delta B,Delta C, and abbreviate
+e_1=|Delta E|_F, b_1'=|Delta B|_F, c_1'=|Delta C|_F. The
+chord bound |e^{ix}-1|le |x| gives
 
  e_1^2+(b_1')^2+(c_1')^2le|s|^2le R_s^2.
 
 
 [Fixed frames]
-Let $pinC^4$ have unit-modulus entries, $S=sum_j p_j$, and
-$M=({bf 1} p)$. The squared singular values of $M$ are $4pm|S|$. If
-$|S|<4$ then
+Let pinC^4 have unit-modulus entries, S=sum_j p_j, and
+M=({bf 1} p). The squared singular values of M are 4pm|S|. If
+|S|<4 then
 
  M(M^*M)^{-1}
  =frac 1{16-|S|^2}(4{bf 1}-poverlineoverline SS,,;4p-{bf 1}S).
 
-Under the same condition there is an orthonormal $4times 2$ matrix $K$
-with $range,K=ker M^*$; it can be constructed by completing
-${bf 1}/2$ and the normalized residual of $p$ with projected coordinate
+Under the same condition there is an orthonormal 4times 2 matrix K
+with range,K=ker M^*; it can be constructed by completing
+{bf 1}/2 and the normalized residual of p with projected coordinate
 vectors having nonzero residuals.
 
 
 Proof. 
-$M^*M=4&S overlineoverline S&4$,S&4$, whose
+M^*M=4&S overlineoverline S&4,S&4, whose
 eigenvalues and inverse give the singular-value formula
 and~(completion:inverse-frame). The first two Gram--Schmidt
-vectors span $ran,M$. At each subsequent step the orthogonal
+vectors span ran,M. At each subsequent step the orthogonal
 complement of the chosen vectors is nonzero; since the coordinate
-vectors span $C^4$, some coordinate vector has nonzero projection
+vectors span C^4, some coordinate vector has nonzero projection
 into it. Selecting and normalizing such a projection gives the next
-orthonormal vector. The final two vectors form $K$.
+orthonormal vector. The final two vectors form K.
 
 
-Apply Lemma~completion:frames with $p=(overlineoverline b_j)_j$b_j)_j$ and with
-$p=(c_i)_i$. Throughout the seed ball keep the resulting frames fixed
+Apply Lemma~completion:frames with p=(overlineoverline b_j)_jb_j)_j and with
+p=(c_i)_i. Throughout the seed ball keep the resulting frames fixed
 and write
 
- G_B=B_0^*(B_0B_0^*)^{-1},qquad
- G_C=C_0(C_0^*C_0)^{-1},qquad
- ranK_B=ker B_0,quad
+ G_B=B_0^*(B_0B_0^*)^{-1},
+ G_C=C_0(C_0^*C_0)^{-1},
+ ranK_B=ker B_0,
  ranK_C=ker C_0^*.
 
-Here $K_B^*K_B=K_C^*K_C=I_2$. Put
-$m_B=sigma_{min}(B_0)$, $m_C=sigma_{min}(C_0)$, and
-$m=min(m_B,m_C)>0$, so that
-$|G_B|_{rm op}=1/m_B$, $|G_C|_{rm op}=1/m_C$. Fix the orthogonal
+Here K_B^*K_B=K_C^*K_C=I_2. Put
+m_B=sigma_{min}(B_0), m_C=sigma_{min}(C_0), and
+m=min(m_B,m_C)>0, so that
+|G_B|_{rm op}=1/m_B, |G_C|_{rm op}=1/m_C. Fix the orthogonal
 projections
 
- P_K=K_BK_B^*,qquad P_B=I-P_K=G_BB_0,qquad
+ P_K=K_BK_B^*, P_B=I-P_K=G_BB_0,
  P_C=I-K_CK_C^*=G_CC_0^*.
 
 Also
 
- A_0=|E_0|_{rm op}=√(2+|1+a|),qquad
+ A_0=|E_0|_{rm op}=√(2+|1+a|),
  A_*=min(2,A_0+R_s).
 
-Both $A_0$ and $|E'|_{rm op}$ are at most $A_*$: indeed $A_0le 2$,
-every entry of $E'$ has modulus one so $|E'|_{rm op}le |E'|_F=2$,
-and $|E'|_{rm op}le A_0+e_1le A_0+R_s$.
+Both A_0 and |E'|_{rm op} are at most A_*: indeed A_0le 2,
+every entry of E' has modulus one so |E'|_{rm op}le |E'|_F=2,
+and |E'|_{rm op}le A_0+e_1le A_0+R_s.
 
-The numerical construction of $B_0,C_0$ fixes particular coordinate
-choices for $K_B,K_C$. Acceptance checks on rank and residual norms
+The numerical construction of B_0,C_0 fixes particular coordinate
+choices for K_B,K_C. Acceptance checks on rank and residual norms
 certify that these choices are well defined. A failed frame check leaves
 the seed unresolved and never excludes it.
 
@@ -965,7 +956,7 @@ classical: Theorem 1 of Fan and Hoffman, and Theorem 1.1 with Corollary
 explicit positive defect.
 
 [Polar comparison]
-For a feasible completion let $Y=K_C^*D'K_B$. Then
+For a feasible completion let Y=K_C^*D'K_B. Then
 
 
  6I-Y^*Y&=K_B^*B'^*B'K_B+K_B^*D'^*P_CD'K_Bsucceq 0,
@@ -977,7 +968,7 @@ where
 
  q=R_s^2(1+(A_*^2+6)/(m_C^2)).
 
-If $q<6$ the polar factor $V=Y(Y^*Y)^{-1/2}$ lies in $U(2)$ and
+If q<6 the polar factor V=Y(Y^*Y)^{-1/2} lies in U(2) and
 
  |Y-sqrt6 V|_Fle
  p:=frac q{sqrt6+√(6-q)}.
@@ -985,42 +976,42 @@ If $q<6$ the polar factor $V=Y(Y^*Y)^{-1/2}$ lies in $U(2)$ and
 
 
 Proof. 
-The lower-right block of $H'^*H'=6I$ is $B'^*B'+D'^*D'=6I$. Compressing
-by $K_B$ and subtracting $Y^*Y=K_B^*D'^*(I-P_C)D'K_B$ proves
+The lower-right block of H'^*H'=6I is B'^*B'+D'^*D'=6I. Compressing
+by K_B and subtracting Y^*Y=K_B^*D'^*(I-P_C)D'K_B proves
 (completion:deficit-identity). Its trace is
-$|B'K_B|_F^2+|P_CD'K_B|_F^2$. Since $B_0K_B=0$ the first term is at
-most $(b_1')^2$. Off-diagonal column orthogonality gives
-$C'^*D'=-E'^*B'$, hence
-$C_0^*D'K_B=-E'^*Delta B K_B-Delta C^*D'K_B$. Now $P_C=G_CC_0^*$ and
-$|D'|_{rm op}lesqrt6$, giving the first inequality
+|B'K_B|_F^2+|P_CD'K_B|_F^2. Since B_0K_B=0 the first term is at
+most (b_1')^2. Off-diagonal column orthogonality gives
+C'^*D'=-E'^*B', hence
+C_0^*D'K_B=-E'^*Delta B K_B-Delta C^*D'K_B. Now P_C=G_CC_0^* and
+|D'|_{rm op}lesqrt6, giving the first inequality
 in~(completion:deficit-bound). Cauchy--Schwarz with
 (completion:seed-norm) gives the second.
 
-Let $ell_1,ell_2$ be the eigenvalues of $6I-Y^*Y$. They are
-nonnegative with sum at most $q<6$, so $Y$ has positive singular values
-$√(6-ell_j)$ and its polar factor is unitary. Moreover
+Let ell_1,ell_2 be the eigenvalues of 6I-Y^*Y. They are
+nonnegative with sum at most q<6, so Y has positive singular values
+√(6-ell_j) and its polar factor is unitary. Moreover
 [
  sqrt6-√(6-ell_j)
  =frac{ell_j}{sqrt6+√(6-ell_j)}
  lefrac{ell_j}{sqrt6+√(6-q)}.
 ]
 Taking the Euclidean norm of these two differences and using
-$√(ell_1^2+ell_2^2)le ell_1+ell_2le q$
+√(ell_1^2+ell_2^2)le ell_1+ell_2le q
 proves~(completion:polar-bound).
 
 
-The inequality $q<6$ is checked using outward bounds; in the specified
-parameter range the stronger $q<.32$ follows from the accepted frame
+The inequality q<6 is checked using outward bounds; in the specified
+parameter range the stronger q<.32 follows from the accepted frame
 checks and the seed radius. Hence every
 feasible completion of an accepted seed ball is assigned at least one
-$Vin U(2)$.
+Vin U(2).
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentThe unitary cells and their Taylor bounds.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-[A closed covering of $U(2)$]
-Every $Vin U(2)$ has a representation
+[A closed covering of U(2)]
+Every Vin U(2) has a representation
 
  V=e(alpha)
  
@@ -1028,31 +1019,31 @@ Every $Vin U(2)$ has a representation
  -e(-gamma)sin(2pi t)&e(-beta)cos(2pi t)
  ,
 
-with $0lealphaletfrac12$, $0le tletfrac14$,
-$0lebeta,gammale 1$. For any integer $N_u$ divisible by four, the
-products of closed intervals of width $1/N_u$ in these ranges cover the
-parameter domain, with bin counts $N_u/2,N_u/4,N_u,N_u$.
+with 0lealphaletfrac12, 0le tletfrac14,
+0lebeta,gammale 1. For any integer N_u divisible by four, the
+products of closed intervals of width 1/N_u in these ranges cover the
+parameter domain, with bin counts N_u/2,N_u/4,N_u,N_u.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Choose a square root of $det V$ having phase $alphain[0,1/2]$
-in cycles. Then $e(-alpha)Vin SU(2)$ has the form
-$z&w-overlineoverline w&w&overlineoverline z$z$
-with $|z|^2+|w|^2=1$. Choose $tin[0,1/4]$ with
-$|z|=cos(2pi t)$, $|w|=sin(2pi t)$, and phases $beta,gamma$ for
-$z,w$; a zero entry may have arbitrary phase. So no boundary case
+Choose a square root of det V having phase alphain[0,1/2]
+in cycles. Then e(-alpha)Vin SU(2) has the form
+z&w-overlineoverline w&w&overlineoverline zz
+with |z|^2+|w|^2=1. Choose tin[0,1/4] with
+|z|=cos(2pi t), |w|=sin(2pi t), and phases beta,gamma for
+z,w; a zero entry may have arbitrary phase. So no boundary case
 requires division by an entry, and the closed interval products cover
 the domain directly.
 
 
-Fix one cell and denote its midpoint matrix by $U$. If $V$ is represented
+Fix one cell and denote its midpoint matrix by U. If V is represented
 inside the cell, let
 
- theta=(theta_alpha,theta_t,theta_beta,theta_gamma),qquad
+ theta=(theta_alpha,theta_t,theta_beta,theta_gamma),
  |theta_j|le h:=pi/N_u
 
 be its displacement from the midpoint in radians. Denote by
-$dU[theta]$ the midpoint angular differential applied to $theta$.
+dU[theta] the midpoint angular differential applied to theta.
 All four derivatives are with respect to radian angles, even though
 (completion:unitary-parameterization) uses cycle coordinates.
 
@@ -1060,17 +1051,17 @@ All four derivatives are with respect to radian angles, even though
 
 For the cell and displacement in~(completion:unitary-cell),
 
- |V-U|_Flesqrt6,h,qquad
+ |V-U|_Flesqrt6,h,
  |V-U-dU[theta]|_Flefrac{√(42)}2,h^2.
 
 
 
 Proof. 
 Follow the straight segment in the four angle coordinates, writing its
-matrix as $U(tau)$, $0letaule 1$. Abbreviate the four constant
-angular velocities as $x=theta_alpha$, $y=theta_t$,
-$z=theta_beta$, $w=theta_gamma$, and let $T$ be the current radian
-$t$ angle. Differentiating the four entries yields
+matrix as U(tau), 0letaule 1. Abbreviate the four constant
+angular velocities as x=theta_alpha, y=theta_t,
+z=theta_beta, w=theta_gamma, and let T be the current radian
+t angle. Differentiating the four entries yields
 [
  |U'(tau)|_F^2
  =2(x^2+y^2+z^2cos^2 T+w^2sin^2 T)le 6h^2 .
@@ -1079,22 +1070,22 @@ For the two diagonal entries, the squared magnitudes of the real
 factors in the second derivative have sum
 
  &(((x+z)^2+y^2)^2+((x-z)^2+y^2)^2)cos^2 T
- &qquad=2((x^2+z^2+y^2)^2+4x^2z^2)cos^2 T
+ &=2((x^2+z^2+y^2)^2+4x^2z^2)cos^2 T
  le 26h^4cos^2 T,
 
 and the imaginary factors contribute
-$4y^2((x+z)^2+(x-z)^2)sin^2 Tle 16h^4sin^2 T$. The off-diagonal
-entries give the same bounds with $z$ replaced by $w$ and cosine and
+4y^2((x+z)^2+(x-z)^2)sin^2 Tle 16h^4sin^2 T. The off-diagonal
+entries give the same bounds with z replaced by w and cosine and
 sine interchanged. Real and imaginary factors add in squared magnitude,
-so $|U''(tau)|_F^2le 42h^4$. Integrating the first derivative and
-then using the integral Taylor remainder with weight $1-tau$ proves
+so |U''(tau)|_F^2le 42h^4. Integrating the first derivative and
+then using the integral Taylor remainder with weight 1-tau proves
 (completion:unitary-taylor-bounds).
 
 
-Concretely, if $U_{ij}$ are the entries of $U$, the alpha derivative is
-$iU$; the beta derivative has diagonal entries $iU_{00},-iU_{11}$ and
+Concretely, if U_{ij} are the entries of U, the alpha derivative is
+iU; the beta derivative has diagonal entries iU_{00},-iU_{11} and
 zero off-diagonal entries; the gamma derivative has off-diagonal
-entries $iU_{01},-iU_{10}$ and zero diagonal; the $t$ derivative
+entries iU_{01},-iU_{10} and zero diagonal; the t derivative
 differentiates the displayed sine and cosine factors. These are the four
 angular derivatives assembled by uc::init and
 uc::initDeriv.
@@ -1105,18 +1096,18 @@ medskipnoindentComparison with a cell center.
 
 For the fixed seed and unitary cell define
 
- D=D_{rm span}+D_{rm ker},qquad
- D_{rm span}=-C_0E_0^*G_B^*,qquad
- D_{rm ker}=sqrt6,K_CUK_B^*,qquad Z=D'-D .
+ D=D_{rm span}+D_{rm ker},
+ D_{rm span}=-C_0E_0^*G_B^*,
+ D_{rm ker}=sqrt6,K_CUK_B^*, Z=D'-D .
 
-The symbol $D$ throughout denotes this comparison block, which need not
+The symbol D throughout denotes this comparison block, which need not
 be entrywise flat; it is not asserted to be the lower-right block of any
 Hadamard matrix at the seed center.
 
 [Orthogonal comparison pieces]
 
-The matrices $ZP_B$, $P_CZP_K$, and $(I-P_C)ZP_K$ are pairwise
-Frobenius-orthogonal and sum to $Z$. They satisfy
+The matrices ZP_B, P_CZP_K, and (I-P_C)ZP_K are pairwise
+Frobenius-orthogonal and sum to Z. They satisfy
 
 
  ZP_B&=(-Delta C E_0^*-C'Delta E^*-D'Delta B^*)G_B^*,
@@ -1134,18 +1125,18 @@ satisfies
 
 
 Proof. 
-The right projections $P_B,P_K$ are complementary and orthogonal, and
-within the right $P_K$-part the left projections $P_C,I-P_C$ are
+The right projections P_B,P_K are complementary and orthogonal, and
+within the right P_K-part the left projections P_C,I-P_C are
 complementary and orthogonal; this proves the decomposition and the
-orthogonality. Row orthogonality gives $D'B'^*=-C'E'^*$. Since
-$P_B=B_0^*G_B^*$, $D_{rm ker}P_B=0$, and $D_{rm span}P_B=D_{rm span}$,
+orthogonality. Row orthogonality gives D'B'^*=-C'E'^*. Since
+P_B=B_0^*G_B^*, D_{rm ker}P_B=0, and D_{rm span}P_B=D_{rm span},
 subtracting the comparison block produces~(completion:piece-B).
-The identity $C'^*D'=-E'^*B'$, together with $B_0P_K=0$ and
-$P_CDP_K=0$, gives~(completion:piece-C). The definitions of $Y$,
-$K_B$, $K_C$ give~(completion:piece-K).
+The identity C'^*D'=-E'^*B', together with B_0P_K=0 and
+P_CDP_K=0, gives~(completion:piece-C). The definitions of Y,
+K_B, K_C give~(completion:piece-K).
 
-Put $r_{EB}=√(e_1^2+(b_1')^2)$. The four lower rows of $H'$ are
-orthogonal and have norm $sqrt6$, so $|[C' D']|_{rm op}=sqrt6$.
+Put r_{EB}=√(e_1^2+(b_1')^2). The four lower rows of H' are
+orthogonal and have norm sqrt6, so |[C' D']|_{rm op}=sqrt6.
 Therefore
 
  |ZP_B|_F&lefrac{sqrt6,r_{EB}+A_0c_1'}{m_B},
@@ -1157,9 +1148,9 @@ The vector of these two norms is bounded componentwise by
  frac 1msqrt6&A_* A_*&sqrt6
  r_{EB} c_1'.
 ]
-The displayed matrix has operator norm $sqrt6+A_*$, and its input norm
-is at most $R_s$ by~(completion:seed-norm). For the third piece,
-multiplication by $K_C,K_B$ preserves Frobenius norm, so
+The displayed matrix has operator norm sqrt6+A_*, and its input norm
+is at most R_s by~(completion:seed-norm). For the third piece,
+multiplication by K_C,K_B preserves Frobenius norm, so
 [
  |Y-sqrt6,U|_F
  le|Y-sqrt6,V|_F+sqrt6,|V-U|_F
@@ -1169,41 +1160,41 @@ Pythagoras for the three pieces gives~(completion:z-bound).
 
 
 [A row-block operator bound]
-For every cell midpoint $Uin U(2)$,
+For every cell midpoint Uin U(2),
 
  |[C_0 D]|_{rm op}le
  L:=max(sqrt6, |C_0|_{rm op}√(1+(A_0/m_B)^2)).
 
-Also $|DP_K|_{rm op}=sqrt6$ and
+Also |DP_K|_{rm op}=sqrt6 and
 
  |D|_{rm op}lemax(sqrt6, frac{|C_0|_{rm op}A_0}{m_B}).
 
 
 
 Proof. 
-The two terms $D_{rm span},D_{rm ker}$ have orthogonal right domains
-and orthogonal ranges, so the cross terms in $DD^*$ vanish. Using
-$G_B^*G_B=(B_0B_0^*)^{-1}$ gives
+The two terms D_{rm span},D_{rm ker} have orthogonal right domains
+and orthogonal ranges, so the cross terms in DD^* vanish. Using
+G_B^*G_B=(B_0B_0^*)^{-1} gives
 
  [C_0 D][C_0 D]^*
  =C_0[I+E_0^*(B_0B_0^*)^{-1}E_0]C_0^*+6K_CK_C^* .
 
-The first summand has range in $ranC_0$ and operator norm
-at most $|C_0|_{rm op}^2(1+A_0^2/m_B^2)$; the second is six times the
+The first summand has range in ranC_0 and operator norm
+at most |C_0|_{rm op}^2(1+A_0^2/m_B^2); the second is six times the
 projection onto the orthogonal complement. The total norm is the larger
 of these two, giving~(completion:L-definition). Omitting the
-$C_0C_0^*$ contribution gives~(completion:D-operator-bound).
-Finally $DP_K=D_{rm ker}$, whose two nonzero singular values are
-$sqrt6$.
+C_0C_0^* contribution gives~(completion:D-operator-bound).
+Finally DP_K=D_{rm ker}, whose two nonzero singular values are
+sqrt6.
 
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentA uniform linearization remainder.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Let $E_1,B_1,C_1$ be the seed first variations: at a varied entry,
-multiply the center entry by $i$ times the corresponding component of
-$s$; at fixed entries the variation is zero. Define the linear map
+Let E_1,B_1,C_1 be the seed first variations: at a varied entry,
+multiply the center entry by i times the corresponding component of
+s; at fixed entries the variation is zero. Define the linear map
 
  
  mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)={}&
@@ -1222,7 +1213,7 @@ an exact completion at every seed center.
 Every feasible completion associated to the cell satisfies
 
  |Z-mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)|_Fle E_r,
- qquad
+ 
  E_r=sqrt{e_{rm off}^2+
        (frac{√(6cdot 42)}2,h^2+p)^2},
 
@@ -1239,74 +1230,74 @@ of the first two projections of
 Lemma~completion:comparison-pieces; the last term lies in the
 third. Bound the remainders in each.
 
-First replace $C',D'$ in~(completion:piece-B) by $C_0,D$. The
+First replace C',D' in~(completion:piece-B) by C_0,D. The
 additional numerator terms are
-$-Delta C,Delta E^*-ZDelta B^*$. Replacing $E',D'$
-in~(completion:piece-C) by $E_0,D$ leaves
-$-Delta E^*Delta B-Delta C^*Z$. Across the two orthogonal output
+-Delta C,Delta E^*-ZDelta B^*. Replacing E',D'
+in~(completion:piece-C) by E_0,D leaves
+-Delta E^*Delta B-Delta C^*Z. Across the two orthogonal output
 spaces the seed-only product terms have combined Frobenius norm at most
 [
  frac{e_1√((b_1')^2+(c_1')^2)}mle(R_s^2)/(2m).
 ]
-The product terms involving $Z$ have combined norm at most
+The product terms involving Z have combined norm at most
 [
  frac{|Z|_F√((b_1')^2+(c_1')^2)}mlefrac{zR_s}m.
 ]
 These use submultiplicativity with a Frobenius norm on the varying
-factor, the bounds on $G_B,G_C$, and contraction by $P_K$.
+factor, the bounds on G_B,G_C, and contraction by P_K.
 
-It remains in the first two spaces to replace each of $Delta E,Delta B,
-Delta C$ by its first variation. Since $|e^{ix}-1-ix|le x^2/2$, the
+It remains in the first two spaces to replace each of Delta E,Delta B,
+Delta C by its first variation. Since |e^{ix}-1-ix|le x^2/2, the
 combined Frobenius norm of the three Taylor remainders is at most
 [
  frac 12(sum_{j=1}^9s_j^4)^{1/2}
  lefrac 12|s|^2lefrac 12R_s^2 .
 ]
-For arbitrary remainder inputs $F_E,F_B,F_C$ put
-$x=(|F_E|_F^2+|F_B|_F^2)^{1/2}$ and $y=|F_C|_F$.
+For arbitrary remainder inputs F_E,F_B,F_C put
+x=(|F_E|_F^2+|F_B|_F^2)^{1/2} and y=|F_C|_F.
 Lemma~completion:L-bound bounds the norms of their two linear
 output pieces componentwise by
 [
  frac 1mL&A_0 A_0&sqrt6
  x y.
 ]
-For the second component use $|DP_K|_{rm op}=sqrt6$. Since
-$Lgesqrt6$ the matrix has operator norm at most $L+A_0$. The combined
-seed Taylor contribution is therefore at most $R_s^2(L+A_0)/(2m)$,
+For the second component use |DP_K|_{rm op}=sqrt6. Since
+Lgesqrt6 the matrix has operator norm at most L+A_0. The combined
+seed Taylor contribution is therefore at most R_s^2(L+A_0)/(2m),
 and adding the two product bounds gives~(completion:e-off).
 
 In the third space the exact remainder is
-$K_C[Y-sqrt6,U-sqrt6,dU[theta]]K_B^*$. Insert $sqrt6,V$ and
+K_C[Y-sqrt6,U-sqrt6,dU[theta]]K_B^*. Insert sqrt6,V and
 apply the polar and unitary Taylor bounds: its norm is at most
-$p+√(6cdot 42),h^2/2$. This space is orthogonal to the first
+p+√(6cdot 42),h^2/2. This space is orthogonal to the first
 two, so Pythagoras
 proves~(completion:linear-remainder-bound).
 
 
 The entrywise form for assembling~(completion:linear-map) is: for
-$0le i,j,k<4$ the shared seed coefficient is
+0le i,j,k<4 the shared seed coefficient is
 [
  -c_ioverlineoverline{ii a(G_B)_{j1}},
 ]
-the $b_k$ coefficient is
+the b_k coefficient is
 [
  -[(G_C)_{i0}+(G_C)_{i1}overlineoverline a]a]
        , i b_k(P_K)_{kj}
  -D_{ik}overlineoverline{ii b_k(G_B)_{j1}},
 ]
-and the $c_k$ coefficient is
+and the c_k coefficient is
 [
  -mathbf 1_bf1_{i=k},i c_k
        (overlineoverline{(G_B)_(G_B)_{j0}}+overlineoverline{a(G_B)_a(G_B)_{j1}})
  -(G_C)_{i1}i c_kbar(D_{rm ker})_{kj}.
 ]
-For the angular coefficients, if the entries of $U$ are flattened in
+For the angular coefficients, if the entries of U are flattened in
 row-major order, use
 [
  W_{ij,l}=sqrt6,(K_C)_{i,lfloor l/2rfloor}
-                 overlineoverline{(K_B)_(K_B)_{j,lbmod 2}},qquad 0le l<4,
+                 overlineoverline{(K_B)_(K_B)_{j,lbmod 2}}, 0le l<4,
 ]
-and contract with each angular derivative of $U$. These are the fixed
+and contract with each angular derivative of U. These are the fixed
 and moving parts of block::setup, makeD, and
 makeJ.
 
@@ -1314,10 +1305,10 @@ makeJ.
 medskipnoindentNecessary flatness and separating inequalities.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-We have bounded the total block displacement $Z=D'-D$ by $z$ and its
-remainder after the linear comparison $mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)$ by $E_r$.
+We have bounded the total block displacement Z=D'-D by z and its
+remainder after the linear comparison mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta) by E_r.
 The next step uses these bounds inside the necessary equations
-$|D'_{ij}|=1$.
+|D'_{ij}|=1.
 
 [Norm exclusion]
 A feasible completion associated to a cell must satisfy
@@ -1327,8 +1318,8 @@ A feasible completion associated to a cell must satisfy
 
 
 Proof. 
-Every $D'_{ij}$ has modulus one, and the reverse triangle inequality
-gives $||D_{ij}|-1|le |D'_{ij}-D_{ij}|$. Sum squares
+Every D'_{ij} has modulus one, and the reverse triangle inequality
+gives ||D_{ij}|-1|le |D'_{ij}-D_{ij}|. Sum squares
 and use~(completion:z-bound).
 
 
@@ -1341,25 +1332,25 @@ by
  J_Ys&=a s_a+textstylesum_i c_i s_{c_i}.
 
 The corresponding exact row and column sums vanish, so Taylor's formula
-gives $c_X+J_Xs+rho_X=0$ and $c_Y+J_Ys+rho_Y=0$ with
+gives c_X+J_Xs+rho_X=0 and c_Y+J_Ys+rho_Y=0 with
 
- |rho_X|letfrac12 R_s^2,qquad |rho_Y|letfrac12 R_s^2.
+ |rho_X|letfrac12 R_s^2, |rho_Y|letfrac12 R_s^2.
 
 Take real and imaginary parts of these two equations and append the
 following sixteen real constants and linear forms:
 
- c_{ij}=frac{|D_{ij}|^2-1}{2},qquad
+ c_{ij}=frac{|D_{ij}|^2-1}{2},
  J_{ij}(s,theta)
  =Re(overlineoverline{D_D_{ij}},mathcal J_calJ_{ij}(s,theta)).
 
-Denote the resulting real constant vector by $c_{rm all}inR^{20}$ and
-the real linear matrix by $J_{rm all}inR^{20times 13}$, with the
-first nine columns corresponding to $s$ and the last four to $theta$.
+Denote the resulting real constant vector by c_{rm all}inR^{20} and
+the real linear matrix by J_{rm all}inR^{20times 13}, with the
+first nine columns corresponding to s and the last four to theta.
 
 [Directional exclusion]
-Let $yinR^{20}$ be arbitrary, split as two pairs $y_X,y_YinR^2$ and
-a flat part $y_DinR^{16}$, and write $g=J_{rm all}^*y=(g_s,g_theta)
-inR^9timesR^4$. Every feasible completion of the cell satisfies
+Let yinR^{20} be arbitrary, split as two pairs y_X,y_YinR^2 and
+a flat part y_DinR^{16}, and write g=J_{rm all}^*y=(g_s,g_theta)
+inR^9timesR^4. Every feasible completion of the cell satisfies
 
  
  ycdot c_{rm all}le{}&
@@ -1368,12 +1359,12 @@ inR^9timesR^4$. Every feasible completion of the cell satisfies
  +frac 12 R_s^2(|y_X|+|y_Y|).
  
 
-Here $circ$ is entrywise multiplication, with the sixteen flat
-coordinates arranged as a $4times 4$ matrix.
+Here circ is entrywise multiplication, with the sixteen flat
+coordinates arranged as a 4times 4 matrix.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Write $R=Z-mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)$, so $|R|_Fle E_r$. Expanding the
+Write R=Z-mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta), so |R|_Fle E_r. Expanding the
 exact flatness equation gives
 [
  0=frac{|D'_{ij}|^2-1}{2}
@@ -1381,12 +1372,12 @@ exact flatness equation gives
     +Re(overlineoverline{D_D_{ij}}R_{ij})
     +frac 12|Z_{ij}|^2 .
 ]
-Weight by $y_D$, and similarly weight the two complex seed equations
-by $y_X,y_Y$ through their real coordinate pairs. Move every term other
-than $ycdot c_{rm all}$ to the right. The linear contribution is
-bounded by $R_s|g_s|+h|g_theta|_1$ using the seed ball and angle
+Weight by y_D, and similarly weight the two complex seed equations
+by y_X,y_Y through their real coordinate pairs. Move every term other
+than ycdot c_{rm all} to the right. The linear contribution is
+bounded by R_s|g_s|+h|g_theta|_1 using the seed ball and angle
 box; real Cauchy--Schwarz bounds the flat remainder contribution by
-$E_r|Dcirc y_D|_F$; the seed remainders contribute the last term
+E_r|Dcirc y_D|_F; the seed remainders contribute the last term
 by~(completion:seed-sum-remainders).
 
 The quadratic term has a fixed sign before weighting. After it is moved
@@ -1396,22 +1387,22 @@ to the right its contribution is
  lefrac 12max(0,max_{i,j}(-y_{D,ij}))
                sum_{i,j}|Z_{ij}|^2 .
 ]
-Use $|Z|_Fle z$. This proves the remaining term and the stated
+Use |Z|_Fle z. This proves the remaining term and the stated
 inequality.
 
 
 [Dual certificates]
 A cell contains no feasible completion if~(completion:norm-test)
-fails, or if some real direction $y$ violates
-(completion:directional-test). The choice of $y$ may be heuristic;
+fails, or if some real direction y violates
+(completion:directional-test). The choice of y may be heuristic;
 only its final inequality must be certified. Positive normalization
-of $y$ preserves the certificate.
+of y preserves the certificate.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Both inequalities are necessary for every feasible completion in the
 cell. All terms of~(completion:directional-test) are positively
-homogeneous in $y$, so a strict violation is a separating, or dual,
+homogeneous in y, so a strict violation is a separating, or dual,
 certificate, independent of how the direction was found.
 
 
@@ -1447,7 +1438,7 @@ exactly this if it terminates with zero unresolved cells.
 
 Proof. 
 Given any feasible completion, Lemma~completion:polar produces a
-unitary $V$. Lemma~completion:unitary-cover places one of its
+unitary V. Lemma~completion:unitary-cover places one of its
 parameter representations in a closed base cell. Every certified
 exclusion test is necessary for that completion, so it cannot exclude a
 cell containing that representation. If a cell is subdivided, the two
@@ -1463,17 +1454,17 @@ certified phase-ball assignment; the branch followed by a feasible
 completion cannot end in exclusion and therefore ends in coverage.
 
 
-In the stated invocation the base grid is $N_u=16$. Retained cells are
-split to $N_u=32$ and then $64$ by replacing every bin index $b_j$ with
-both $2b_j$ and $2b_j+1$. At the first level only the norm test is
-needed. At $64$ and deeper, every unexcluded cell is offered to the
+In the stated invocation the base grid is N_u=16. Retained cells are
+split to N_u=32 and then 64 by replacing every bin index b_j with
+both 2b_j and 2b_j+1. At the first level only the norm test is
+needed. At 64 and deeper, every unexcluded cell is offered to the
 phase-ball coverage routine; unsuccessful coverage causes all sixteen
 children to be processed with the same seed and the same fixed frames,
-using the new value of $h$. Subdivision is allowed through $N_u=512$.
+using the new value of h. Subdivision is allowed through N_u=512.
 
 A coverage or snapping failure does not exclude a cell. A live cell at
 the depth cap increments the unresolved count. Exceeding the deeper-node
-cap of $1{,}000{,}000$ sets the give-up flag and increments that count;
+cap of 1{,}000{,}000 sets the give-up flag and increments that count;
 later short returns under that flag cannot restore successful status. A
 failed frame construction is recorded as a failed seed. The driver
 records every seed with unresolved cells and returns failure if any seed
@@ -1490,14 +1481,14 @@ medskipnoindentCertified phase balls and their atlas.
 % =====================================================================
 
 This section converts a cell retained by 
-into a ball of real phase matrices. For a center $P$, $e(P)$ need not be
+into a ball of real phase matrices. For a center P, e(P) need not be
 an exact Hadamard matrix; the certificates control the center's residual
 and the displacement of every exact solution inside the ball. Phase
 matrices and their ball radii are measured in cycles, except that
 angular displacements at the code level are measured in radians and
-stated explicitly. Real $6times 6$ matrices are identified with
-$R^{36}$ in row-major order; a displacement is horizontal if it
-lies in $ranPi$. All vector norms are Euclidean, phase
+stated explicitly. Real 6times 6 matrices are identified with
+R^{36} in row-major order; a displacement is horizontal if it
+lies in ranPi. All vector norms are Euclidean, phase
 matrix norms are Frobenius, and stars on real matrices mean transpose.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1505,73 +1496,73 @@ medskipnoindentResidual and Root certificates.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For a real phase matrix $P$ define $F(P)inC^{15}$ by
+For a real phase matrix P define F(P)inC^{15} by
 
  F_{ij}(P)=frac 1{2pi i}sum_{g=0}^5e(P_{ig}-P_{jg}),
- qquad 0le j<ile 5,
+  0le j<ile 5,
 
-with edges ordered by increasing $i$, then increasing $j$; a complex
+with edges ordered by increasing i, then increasing j; a complex
 coordinate is stored as real part then imaginary part. We also regard
-$F(P)$ as a real $30$-vector. Since every entry of $e(P)$ has modulus
-one, $F(P)=0$ is equivalent to the row Hadamard conditions, and hence
-to all of them. Its real derivative $L_P:R^{36}toR^{30}$ in complex
+F(P) as a real 30-vector. Since every entry of e(P) has modulus
+one, F(P)=0 is equivalent to the row Hadamard conditions, and hence
+to all of them. Its real derivative L_P:R^{36}toR^{30} in complex
 notation is
 
  (L_Px)_{ij}=sum_{g=0}^5e(P_{ig}-P_{jg})(x_{ig}-x_{jg}).
 
-The factor $2pi i$ from differentiation cancels the denominator
+The factor 2pi i from differentiation cancels the denominator
 in~(phase:residual). These are the residual and full derivative in
 buildH::gen.
 
 [Root certificate]
-A Root consists of a stored real center $P$, a stored real
-$36times k$ matrix $T$, and nonnegative constants
-(C), $mathtt{n0}$, $mathtt{id}$, $mathtt{ort}$, $mathtt{hor}$,
-$mathtt{mnorm}$, $mathtt{froot}$. The source stores column $a$ of $T$
-as T[a] and uses $0le kle 10$. Write
+A Root consists of a stored real center P, a stored real
+36times k matrix T, and nonnegative constants
+(C), n0, id, ort, hor,
+mnorm, froot. The source stores column a of T
+as T[a] and uses 0le kle 10. Write
 
- n_P(s)=mathtt{n0}+mathtt{id},s+C,s^2,qquad sge 0 .
+ n_P(s)=n0+id,s+C,s^2, sge 0 .
 
 The data are certified if the basic bounds
 
- |T^*T-I|lemathtt{ort},qquad
- |(I-Pi)T|lemathtt{hor},qquad
+ |T^*T-I|lemathtt{ort},
+ |(I-Pi)T|lemathtt{hor},
  |F(P)|lemathtt{froot}
 
-hold and in addition, for every horizontal $delta$ with $F(P+delta)=0$
-and $eta=T^*delta$, $s=|delta|$,
+hold and in addition, for every horizontal delta with F(P+delta)=0
+and eta=T^*delta, s=|delta|,
 
 |(I-TT^*)delta|&le n_P(s), 
-s^2&le(1+mathtt{ort})|eta|^2+
+s^2&le(1+ort)|eta|^2+
                   |(I-TT^*)delta|^2, 
 
-and, for every such $delta$ and every horizontal $v$, with
-$h'=delta-v$,
+and, for every such delta and every horizontal v, with
+h'=delta-v,
 
  |(I-TT^*)h'|
- le[mathtt{id}+C(|delta|+|v|)]|h'|
-       +mathtt{mnorm},|F(P+v)| .
+ le[id+C(|delta|+|v|)]|h'|
+       +mnorm,|F(P+v)| .
 
 These assertions have no radius restriction. A Root certificate neither
-requires $F(P)=0$ nor asserts the existence of an exact solution. A
+requires F(P)=0 nor asserts the existence of an exact solution. A
 radius is attached only when a phase ball is recorded.
 
 
-For a displacement $delta$ of an exact solution, given $s_0ge|delta|$
-and $t_0ge|T^*delta|$, nonnegativity of the coefficients of $n_P$
+For a displacement delta of an exact solution, given s_0ge|delta|
+and t_0ge|T^*delta|, nonnegativity of the coefficients of n_P
 gives
 [
  |delta|le
- (n_P(s_0)^2+(1+mathtt{ort})t_0^2)^{1/2}.
+ (n_P(s_0)^2+(1+ort)t_0^2)^{1/2}.
 ]
 This is used to improve a radius that already covers all exact
 completions in the cell. The difference bound is used to compare
 displacements from two centers during refinement.
 
 
-The columns of $T$ are numerical directions only. Neither exact
+The columns of T are numerical directions only. Neither exact
 horizontality nor exact orthogonality is assumed; in particular
-$|T|lesqrt{1+mathtt{ort}}$. The $mathtt{hor}$ term appears
+|T|lesqrt{1+ort}. The hor term appears
 explicitly when raw coordinate displacements are projected. The normal
 estimates bound the omitted directions without setting them to zero. No
 constant-rank or manifold hypothesis on the exact solution set is used.
@@ -1581,15 +1572,15 @@ constant-rank or manifold hypothesis on the exact solution set is used.
 medskipnoindentConstructing Root certificates.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The construction uses an auxiliary real map $M:R^{30}toR^{36}$ that
-turns the residual equation into a bound on $(I-TT^*)delta$. This map
+The construction uses an auxiliary real map M:R^{30}toR^{36} that
+turns the residual equation into a bound on (I-TT^*)delta. This map
 is used only to establish the Root assertions and is not serialized.
 
 [Quadratic and difference remainders]
 
-There is a real $30$-vector $mathcal R_P(x)$calR_P(x)$ with
-$F(P+x)=F(P)+L_Px+mathcal R_P(x)$.calR_P(x)$. Put
-$a_{ij}(x)=|x_i-x_j|^2$ (where $x_i$ is row $i$ of $x$). Then
+There is a real 30-vector mathcal R_P(x)calR_P(x) with
+F(P+x)=F(P)+L_Px+mathcal R_P(x).calR_P(x). Put
+a_{ij}(x)=|x_i-x_j|^2 (where x_i is row i of x). Then
 
 |(mathcal R_P(x))_calR_P(x))_{ij}|&lepi a_{ij}(x), 
 |(mathcal R_P(x)-calR_P(x)-mathcal R_P(v))_calR_P(v))_{ij}|
@@ -1597,13 +1588,13 @@ $a_{ij}(x)=|x_i-x_j|^2$ (where $x_i$ is row $i$ of $x$). Then
       (sqrt{a_{ij}(x)}+sqrt{a_{ij}(v)}).
 
 
-For a real unit $yinR^{36}$ let $w_{ij}(y)$ be the Euclidean norm of
-the two edge coordinates of $M^*y$. If
+For a real unit yinR^{36} let w_{ij}(y) be the Euclidean norm of
+the two edge coordinates of M^*y. If
 
  sum_{i>j}w_{ij}(y)a_{ij}(x)le b|x|^2
  quadfor every horizontal x and every unit y,
 
-then for horizontal $x,v$,
+then for horizontal x,v,
 
  |Mmathcal R_P(x)calR_P(x)|&lepi b|x|^2,
  
@@ -1614,20 +1605,20 @@ then for horizontal $x,v$,
 
 
 Proof. 
-For real $t$ put $r(t)=(e(t)-1-2pi i t)/(2pi i)$. Its derivative is
-$e(t)-1$, of modulus at most $2pi|t|$, so $|r(t)|lepi t^2$ by
-integrating from zero. On the segment from $v$ to $x$, convexity of
+For real t put r(t)=(e(t)-1-2pi i t)/(2pi i). Its derivative is
+e(t)-1, of modulus at most 2pi|t|, so |r(t)|lepi t^2 by
+integrating from zero. On the segment from v to x, convexity of
 absolute value gives
 [
  |r(x)-r(v)|
  le 2pi|x-v|int_0^1|(1-u)v+ux|,du
  le pi|x-v|(|x|+|v|).
 ]
-Apply to each scalar row difference and sum over $g$. The unit factors
-$e(P_{ig}-P_{jg})$ do not affect modulus. Cauchy--Schwarz in $g$
+Apply to each scalar row difference and sum over g. The unit factors
+e(P_{ig}-P_{jg}) do not affect modulus. Cauchy--Schwarz in g
 gives~(phase:edge-difference).
 
-Pairing $Mmathcal R_P(x)$calR_P(x)$ with a real unit $y$ and using the
+Pairing Mmathcal R_P(x)calR_P(x) with a real unit y and using the
 two-coordinate Cauchy--Schwarz inequality on each edge
 proves~(phase:matrix-remainder). For the difference, apply
 separately
@@ -1639,43 +1630,43 @@ separately
  (sum_{i>j}w_{ij}a_{ij}(x))^{1/2}
  le b|x-v||x|,
 ]
-and the same inequality with $v$ in the last factor. Take the supremum
-over $y$; the same constant controls both remainders.
+and the same inequality with v in the last factor. Take the supremum
+over y; the same constant controls both remainders.
 
 
 [Two computable remainder constants]
 
 Two sufficient choices in~(phase:weighted-constant) are
-$b=sqrt 8,|M|$ and $b=sqrt 6,|mathcal ScalS|$, where the
-$30times 216$ real matrix $mathcal S$calS$ has row
+b=sqrt 8,|M| and b=sqrt 6,|mathcal ScalS|, where the
+30times 216 real matrix mathcal ScalS has row
 [
  mathcal S_calS_{a,:}
    =M_{:,a}^* ⊗ ({bf e}_i-{bf e}_j)^*
 ]
-when $a$ is either of the two real-coordinate indices of edge $i>j$.
-Consequently $pi$ times the smaller of any certified upper bounds for
-these two quantities is a valid $C$.
+when a is either of the two real-coordinate indices of edge i>j.
+Consequently pi times the smaller of any certified upper bounds for
+these two quantities is a valid C.
 
 
 Proof. 
-For horizontal $x$ with row vectors summing to zero, let $s=|x|$ and
-$u_i=|x_i|^2$. Expansion gives
+For horizontal x with row vectors summing to zero, let s=|x| and
+u_i=|x_i|^2. Expansion gives
 
  sum_{i>j}a_{ij}(x)&=6s^2,nonumber
  sum_{i>j}a_{ij}(x)^2
    &=6sum_i u_i^2+s^4+2sum_{i,j}(x_icdot x_j)^2 .
  
 
-The cross terms use $sum_{jne i}x_icdot x_j=-u_i$. Also
-$u_ile 5(s^2-u_i)$ and $sum_{i,j}(x_icdot x_j)^2le s^4$. Thus
-$sum_i u_i^2le (5/6)s^4$, and the second sum
-in~(phase:row-distance-identities) is at most $8s^4$.
-Cauchy--Schwarz on the edges, with $sum w_{ij}(y)^2=|M^*y|^2$,
-proves the first choice of $b$. For the second, apply $mathcal S$calS$ to
-$y ⊗  x_{:,g}$ and sum squared norms over $g$: for unit $y$ this
-gives $sum w_{ij}(y)^2a_{ij}(x)le|mathcal ScalS|^2s^2$. Another
-Cauchy--Schwarz, now using $sum a_{ij}=6s^2$, proves the claim. The row
-Gram of $mathcal S$calS$ is computable without forming its $216$ columns:
+The cross terms use sum_{jne i}x_icdot x_j=-u_i. Also
+u_ile 5(s^2-u_i) and sum_{i,j}(x_icdot x_j)^2le s^4. Thus
+sum_i u_i^2le (5/6)s^4, and the second sum
+in~(phase:row-distance-identities) is at most 8s^4.
+Cauchy--Schwarz on the edges, with sum w_{ij}(y)^2=|M^*y|^2,
+proves the first choice of b. For the second, apply mathcal ScalS to
+y ⊗  x_{:,g} and sum squared norms over g: for unit y this
+gives sum w_{ij}(y)^2a_{ij}(x)le|mathcal ScalS|^2s^2. Another
+Cauchy--Schwarz, now using sum a_{ij}=6s^2, proves the claim. The row
+Gram of mathcal ScalS is computable without forming its 216 columns:
 
  (mathcal ScalSmathcal S^*)_calS^*)_{ab}
   =(({bf e}_i-{bf e}_j)cdot({bf e}_{i'}-{bf e}_{j'}))
@@ -1687,41 +1678,41 @@ sign-factor formula in buildH::patch.
 
 [Sufficient conditions for a Root certificate]
 
-Let $P,T$ and the nonnegative constants be as in
+Let P,T and the nonnegative constants be as in
 Definition~phase:root-data. Suppose~(phase:root-basic) holds
-and an auxiliary stored real $36times 30$ matrix $M$ satisfies
+and an auxiliary stored real 36times 30 matrix M satisfies
 
- |M|lemathtt{mnorm},qquad
- mathtt{mnorm},mathtt{froot}lemathtt{n0},qquad
+ |M|lemathtt{mnorm},
+ mnorm,frootlemathtt{n0},
  |Pi-TT^*-ML_PPi|lemathtt{id},
 
-and $C$ is an upper bound for a remainder constant $pi b$ in
+and C is an upper bound for a remainder constant pi b in
 Lemma~phase:remainder. Then these data form a certified Root.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Let $delta$ be horizontal with $F(P+delta)=0$ and put $eta=T^*delta$.
-Write $E=Pi-TT^*-ML_PPi$. Taylor's formula at the exact solution gives
+Let delta be horizontal with F(P+delta)=0 and put eta=T^*delta.
+Write E=Pi-TT^*-ML_PPi. Taylor's formula at the exact solution gives
 [
  (I-TT^*)delta=Edelta-MF(P)-Mmathcal R_P(calR_P(delta).
 ]
 The certificate and Lemma~phase:remainder
 prove~(phase:root-normal). For the squared inequality (no
-projector assumption on $TT^*$),
+projector assumption on TT^*),
 [
  |delta-Teta|^2
    =|delta|^2-2|eta|^2+eta^*(T^*T)eta
-   ge|delta|^2-(1+mathtt{ort})|eta|^2;
+   ge|delta|^2-(1+ort)|eta|^2;
 ]
-this holds for arbitrary $delta$. For horizontal $v$, put
-$h'=delta-v$ and subtract Taylor formulas at $delta$ and $v$. Since
-$h'$ is horizontal and $F(P+delta)=0$,
+this holds for arbitrary delta. For horizontal v, put
+h'=delta-v and subtract Taylor formulas at delta and v. Since
+h' is horizontal and F(P+delta)=0,
 [
  (I-TT^*)h'=Eh'-MF(P+v)-M(mathcal R_P(calR_P(delta)-mathcal R_P(v)).calR_P(v)).
 ]
 Apply~(phase:matrix-difference). This
 proves~(phase:root-difference), including the residual term at the
-possibly inexact $P+v$.
+possibly inexact P+v.
 
 
 The combination of a numerical factorization with a checked Gram defect
@@ -1735,45 +1726,45 @@ including the error in the proposed tangent frame.
 A successful call to buildH::patch under the arithmetic
 conditions of the certified arithmetic
 certifies~(phase:root-basic),
-(phase:projector-certificate), and a valid remainder constant $C$
+(phase:projector-certificate), and a valid remainder constant C
 in the sense of Definition~phase:root-data.
 
 
 Proof. 
 The direct checks, not the accuracy of the proposed eigendecomposition,
 establish the assertion. An approximate horizontal basis is proposed
-together with a splitting of the $25$-coordinate horizontal Jacobian.
-Eigenvalues below $.64$ propose columns of $T$; the rest propose factors
-$H_V,L_V$ for $M$. Every accepted factor entry has magnitude at most
-$2$, and at most $25$ columns occur. More than $10$ proposed $T$ columns
+together with a splitting of the 25-coordinate horizontal Jacobian.
+Eigenvalues below .64 propose columns of T; the rest propose factors
+H_V,L_V for M. Every accepted factor entry has magnitude at most
+2, and at most 25 columns occur. More than 10 proposed T columns
 causes failure.
 
-Certified absolute row sums of the column Grams of $H_V,L_V$ bound their
-squared operator norms. The bound $mathtt{mnorm}$ also includes the
-difference between the accumulated stored $M$ and the exact product
-$H_VL_V^*$. The required additions and the $2.1cdot 10^{-11}$
+Certified absolute row sums of the column Grams of H_V,L_V bound their
+squared operator norms. The bound mnorm also includes the
+difference between the accumulated stored M and the exact product
+H_VL_V^*. The required additions and the 2.1cdot 10^{-11}
 Frobenius bound on this difference are proved in the certified
-arithmetic. Thus $mathtt{mnorm}$ bounds the actual stored map, and the
+arithmetic. Thus mnorm bounds the actual stored map, and the
 first choice in Lemma~phase:remainder-constants
-supplies a certified $C$.
+supplies a certified C.
 
 For the optional tensor improvement the row Gram
-(phase:tensor-gram) is formed, and a real change of basis $U$ is
-proposed with a checked upper $beta$ for $|U^*U-I|$. If
-$beta<.1$ then $|U^{-1}|^2le 1/(1-beta)$. A certified absolute row
-sum bound $r$ for $U^*(mathcal ScalSmathcal S^*)U$calS^*)U$ gives
-$|mathcal ScalS|^2le r/(1-beta)$. This uses congruence by an
+(phase:tensor-gram) is formed, and a real change of basis U is
+proposed with a checked upper beta for |U^*U-I|. If
+beta<.1 then |U^{-1}|^2le 1/(1-beta). A certified absolute row
+sum bound r for U^*(mathcal ScalSmathcal S^*)UcalS^*)U gives
+|mathcal ScalS|^2le r/(1-beta). This uses congruence by an
 invertible matrix, not assumed orthogonal diagonalization. The second
 choice in Lemma~phase:remainder-constants, with the one-sided
-margins certified alongside it, gives the alternative $C$. Both
+margins certified alongside it, gives the alternative C. Both
 are upper bounds, so their minimum is allowed.
 
-Finally the full $36$-coordinate identity
+Finally the full 36-coordinate identity
 in~(phase:projector-certificate) is evaluated, not just its
 proposed horizontal form. The padded Frobenius residual gives
-$mathtt{id}$. Corresponding checks on $T^*T-I$, $(I-Pi)T$ and $F(P)$
-give the basic bounds, and the stored $mathtt{n0}$ is an upper bound
-for $mathtt{mnorm},mathtt{froot}$. The certified arithmetic proves
+id. Corresponding checks on T^*T-I, (I-Pi)T and F(P)
+give the basic bounds, and the stored n0 is an upper bound
+for mnorm,froot. The certified arithmetic proves
 the one-sided error estimates for all these checks and records their
 acceptance thresholds. Replacing operator norms by Frobenius norms only
 enlarges the bounds, so Proposition~phase:root-bounds applies to
@@ -1784,61 +1775,61 @@ every successful call.
 medskipnoindentTransport and alignment.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Callbacks in variants select a real $6times 6$ signed
-permutation matrix $Phi$ using row and column entries of $e(P)$. The
-columns of $Phi$ are the standard basis in a permuted order, and its
-entries lie in ${0,pm 1}$. Thus
-$Phi^*Phi=PhiPhi^*=I$, and because $Phi$ permutes real coordinates
+Callbacks in variants select a real 6times 6 signed
+permutation matrix Phi using row and column entries of e(P). The
+columns of Phi are the standard basis in a permuted order, and its
+entries lie in {0,pm 1}. Thus
+Phi^*Phi=PhiPhi^*=I, and because Phi permutes real coordinates
 it induces on phase matrices a signed permutation preserving inner
 products, horizontality, and solution status. In particular, for a real
-$P$ and its transported center $V=Phi P$,
+P and its transported center V=Phi P,
 
- F(V)=F(Phi P),qquad L_{Phi P}(Phidelta)=L_Pdelta,
- qquad F(V+Phidelta)=F(P+delta)=0.
+ F(V)=F(Phi P), L_{Phi P}(Phidelta)=L_Pdelta,
+  F(V+Phidelta)=F(P+delta)=0.
 
-Hence a Root transported by $Phi$ remains a valid Root certificate with
+Hence a Root transported by Phi remains a valid Root certificate with
 the same constants; the source writes such a transport through
-Root::transport. This is the map $PmapstoPhi P$ used below.
+Root::transport. This is the map PmapstoPhi P used below.
 
-After transport, replace $P$ by its dephasing $D_0(P)$. Dephasing is a
+After transport, replace P by its dephasing D_0(P). Dephasing is a
 row and column rephasing; by Lemma~seed:equivalences this preserves
-extendibility, and it preserves $F$, $L_P$, and $T$ up to the same
+extendibility, and it preserves F, L_P, and T up to the same
 rephasing.
 
-For a horizontal displacement $delta$ of an exact solution, write
-$delta=Delta+Pi u/(2pi)+ε_X$ with the further split of $u$
-into a seed part $s$ and an angular part $d$; then take a compact
+For a horizontal displacement delta of an exact solution, write
+delta=Delta+Pi u/(2pi)+ε_X with the further split of u
+into a seed part s and an angular part d; then take a compact
 sub-ball.
 
 [Alignment]
-For real centers $P,Q$ and integer matrix $N$,
+For real centers P,Q and integer matrix N,
 
  d=Pi(D_0(P)-D_0(Q)-N)
- quad⇒quad
+ ⇒
  e(Q+d) is phase-equivalent to e(P).
 
-Under that alignment every exact solution displacement $delta$ in a
+Under that alignment every exact solution displacement delta in a
 completion cell takes the form
 
- delta=Delta+Pi(ε+frac u{2pi}),qquad
+ delta=Delta+Pi(ε+frac u{2pi}),
  Delta=Pi(P_0-D_0(P)-N),
 
-with the same equivalence of $delta$-parameterized matrices.
+with the same equivalence of delta-parameterized matrices.
 
 
 Proof. 
-For any real matrix $X$, $D_0(X)-X$ is constant on rows plus constant on
-columns, so $Pi(D_0(X)-X)=Pi X-Pi X=0$ after $Pi$ is applied. Thus
-$Pi D_0(X)=Pi X$, and $Pi(D_0(P)-D_0(Q)-N)=Pi(P-Q-N)$.
-The difference $P-N-(Q+d)$ then lies in $kerPi$ plus integer entries,
-so it is a row and column rephasing. For every horizontal $delta$, the
-same fixed alignment acts on $Q+d+delta$ to represent $P+delta$ modulo
+For any real matrix X, D_0(X)-X is constant on rows plus constant on
+columns, so Pi(D_0(X)-X)=Pi X-Pi X=0 after Pi is applied. Thus
+Pi D_0(X)=Pi X, and Pi(D_0(P)-D_0(Q)-N)=Pi(P-Q-N).
+The difference P-N-(Q+d) then lies in kerPi plus integer entries,
+so it is a row and column rephasing. For every horizontal delta, the
+same fixed alignment acts on Q+d+delta to represent P+delta modulo
 the same rephasing. That is exactly extendibility preservation by
 Lemma~seed:equivalences.
 
 
 The standard dephase and wrap operations produce the
-integer choices in $Delta$; the exact $Delta$ used in the arguments
+integer choices in Delta; the exact Delta used in the arguments
 below is the ideal one, and  bounds the
 computed vs. ideal difference.
 
@@ -1846,60 +1837,60 @@ computed vs. ideal difference.
 medskipnoindentDisplacement bounds for a retained cell.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Fix a retained cell. Its seed displacement satisfies $|s|le R_s$, its
-angular box satisfies $|theta_a|le h$, $1le ale 4$, and
-$Z=D'-D$ has $|Z|_Fle z$ and $|Z-mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)|_Fle E_r$ as
-in . Let $mathcal I_s=(7,8,9,10,11,13,19,25,31)$calI_s=(7,8,9,10,11,13,19,25,31)$
-denote the nine seed indices, and $mathcal I_D$calI_D$ the sixteen lower-right
-indices $(i,j)$ with $2le i,jle 5$. The first row and column have zero
+Fix a retained cell. Its seed displacement satisfies |s|le R_s, its
+angular box satisfies |theta_a|le h, 1le ale 4, and
+Z=D'-D has |Z|_Fle z and |Z-mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)|_Fle E_r as
+in . Let mathcal I_s=(7,8,9,10,11,13,19,25,31)calI_s=(7,8,9,10,11,13,19,25,31)
+denote the nine seed indices, and mathcal I_DcalI_D the sixteen lower-right
+indices (i,j) with 2le i,jle 5. The first row and column have zero
 raw displacement.
 
-For a retained cell we want a bound on the exact horizontal $delta$
-in~(phase:delta). Let $beta$ be a fixed parameter; the actual
-codes use $beta=.45$ or $beta=.8$.
+For a retained cell we want a bound on the exact horizontal delta
+in~(phase:delta). Let beta be a fixed parameter; the actual
+codes use beta=.45 or beta=.8.
 
 [Arc and weighted-arc bounds]
 
-Suppose $m_j=|D_j|>0$ for every lower-right position and put
-$D_j^circ=D_j/m_j$. Choose the shortest angular displacement
-$d_jin[-pi,pi]$ from $D_j^circ$ to $D'_j$. Let $mathtt{slack}$ be a
-nonnegative upper bound for $z^2-sum_j(m_j-1)^2$, let $mathtt{mi}$ be
-a positive lower bound for $min_jm_j$, and choose
-$q_dge mathtt{slack}/mathtt{mi}$, $q_d<3.8$. Then valid upper bounds
+Suppose m_j=|D_j|>0 for every lower-right position and put
+D_j^circ=D_j/m_j. Choose the shortest angular displacement
+d_jin[-pi,pi] from D_j^circ to D'_j. Let slack be a
+nonnegative upper bound for z^2-sum_j(m_j-1)^2, let mi be
+a positive lower bound for min_jm_j, and choose
+q_dge slack/mi, q_d<3.8. Then valid upper bounds
 are
 
- |d|lemathtt{arc},qquad
+ |d|lemathtt{arc},
  (sum_jm_jd_j^2)^{1/2}lemathtt{weighted},
 
 provided
-$mathtt{arc}ge√(q_d)/√(1-q_d/4)$ and
-$mathtt{weighted}gesqrt{mathtt{slack}}/√(1-q_d/4)$.
+arcge√(q_d)/√(1-q_d/4) and
+weightedgesqrt{slack}/√(1-q_d/4).
 
 
 Proof. 
-Since $D'_j$ has modulus one,
+Since D'_j has modulus one,
 
  |D'_j-D_j|^2=(m_j-1)^2+m_j|D'_j-D_j^circ|^2 .
 
-Summing proves $sum_jm_j|D'_j-D_j^circ|^2lemathtt{slack}$, and
-hence $sum_j|D'_j-D_j^circ|^2le q_d$. In particular no individual
-chord reaches $2$. If $c_j=|D'_j-D_j^circ|$,
-$|d_j|=2arcsin(c_j/2)$. On $0le cle√(q_d)$ its derivative is at
-most $(1-q_d/4)^{-1/2}$. Integrating from zero gives
-$|d_j|le c_j(1-q_d/4)^{-1/2}$; the two summed bounds follow.
+Summing proves sum_jm_j|D'_j-D_j^circ|^2lemathtt{slack}, and
+hence sum_j|D'_j-D_j^circ|^2le q_d. In particular no individual
+chord reaches 2. If c_j=|D'_j-D_j^circ|,
+|d_j|=2arcsin(c_j/2). On 0le cle√(q_d) its derivative is at
+most (1-q_d/4)^{-1/2}. Integrating from zero gives
+|d_j|le c_j(1-q_d/4)^{-1/2}; the two summed bounds follow.
 
 
 The source's Candidate::prep only attempts this argument when
 its direction and magnitude checks pass. It uses the stored flat
-$mathtt{sum}$ and sets
+sum and sets
 
- mathtt{slack}=max(0,z^2-mathtt{sum}+10^{-5})+10^{-10},qquad
- q_d=mathtt{slack}/mathtt{mi}+10^{-8}.
+ slack=max(0,z^2-sum+10^{-5})+10^{-10},
+ q_d=slack/mi+10^{-8}.
 
-The subtraction $10^{-6}$ from each computed magnitude gives $mathtt{mi}$
+The subtraction 10^{-6} from each computed magnitude gives mi
 and the upper reciprocal
-$mathtt{invmag}_j=1/(m_j-10^{-6})+10^{-9}$. The ratio has $10^{-7}$ added
-and the final arc quantities each have $10^{-8}$ added.
+invmag_j=1/(m_j-10^{-6})+10^{-9}. The ratio has 10^{-7} added
+and the final arc quantities each have 10^{-8} added.
  shows these numbers have the one-sided
 properties of Lemma~phase:arc-bounds for the ideal comparison
 block. Failure of any check means failure to cover this cell by this
@@ -1907,8 +1898,8 @@ route, not an exclusion of the cell.
 
 [Stored center and support representation]
 
-Let $P_0$ be the stored Candidate phase matrix. On a successful
-preparation path there is a correction $ε$, in cycles, with
+Let P_0 be the stored Candidate phase matrix. On a successful
+preparation path there is a correction ε, in cycles, with
 
  |ε|le 2cdot 10^{-6},
 
@@ -1917,12 +1908,12 @@ matrix has the form
 
  P_0+ε+frac u{2pi}.
 
-Here the raw angular matrix $u$ is $s$ at $mathcal I_s$,calI_s$, is $d$ at
-$mathcal I_D$,calI_D$, and is zero elsewhere, so in particular
+Here the raw angular matrix u is s at mathcal I_s,calI_s, is d at
+mathcal I_D,calI_D, and is zero elsewhere, so in particular
 
- |u|lesqrt{R_s^2+mathtt{arc}^2}.
+ |u|lesqrt{R_s^2+arc^2}.
 
-Let $X:R^{13}toR^{36}$ give $s$ at the seed positions and, at the
+Let X:R^{13}toR^{36} give s at the seed positions and, at the
 lower-right positions, give
 
  (X(s,theta))_j
@@ -1930,58 +1921,58 @@ lower-right positions, give
 
 Then
 
- u=X(s,theta)+e_D+e_{sin},qquad
- |e_D|le E_r,qquad
+ u=X(s,theta)+e_D+e_{sin},
+ |e_D|le E_r,
  |e_{sin}|_1lemathtt{arc}^3/6,
 
-where both errors are supported on $mathcal I_D$.calI_D$.
+where both errors are supported on mathcal I_D.calI_D.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Only the lower-right block $D'$ of $e(P_0)$ differs from $D$ in
+Only the lower-right block D' of e(P_0) differs from D in
 something other than the seed displacement. The exact flatness equation
-$|D'_{ij}|=1$ forces $D'_j=m_je(d_j)$ up to a scalar. From
+|D'_{ij}|=1 forces D'_j=m_je(d_j) up to a scalar. From
 Lemma~completion:linear-remainder,
 [
- D'_j=D_j+mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)_j+R_j,qquad |R|le E_r,
+ D'_j=D_j+mathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)_j+R_j, |R|le E_r,
 ]
-and Lemma~phase:arc-bounds bounds $|d_j|lemathtt{arc}$. Divide
-$D'_j$ by $m_j$: the real part is $cos d_j$, the imaginary part is
-$sin d_j$. Thus
+and Lemma~phase:arc-bounds bounds |d_j|lemathtt{arc}. Divide
+D'_j by m_j: the real part is cos d_j, the imaginary part is
+sin d_j. Thus
 [
  Im(D_j^circbarmathcal J(s,calJ(s,theta)_j)
  =m_j^{-1}Im(D_j^circbar(D'_j-D_j))
- +O(E_r)= d_j+O(E_r)+O(mathtt{arc}^3).
+ +O(E_r)= d_j+O(E_r)+O(arc^3).
 ]
-The $O(E_r)$ contribution is at most $E_r$ per component and the
-$O(mathtt{arc}^3)$ sine expansion error is at most $mathtt{arc}^3/6$ in
-one-norm, as asserted. The seed and $D$ contributions add nothing
-further: the seed coordinates in $u$ are exactly $s$, and the identity
-$|u|^2=|s|^2+|d|^2$ gives~(phase:raw-displacement).
-The stored center $P_0$ differs from an exact solution by
-$ε+u/(2pi)$ up to integer entries. Dephasing an exact phase matrix
-changes $P_0$ by less than $2cdot 10^{-6}$ cycles per entry, as proved
+The O(E_r) contribution is at most E_r per component and the
+O(arc^3) sine expansion error is at most arc^3/6 in
+one-norm, as asserted. The seed and D contributions add nothing
+further: the seed coordinates in u are exactly s, and the identity
+|u|^2=|s|^2+|d|^2 gives~(phase:raw-displacement).
+The stored center P_0 differs from an exact solution by
+ε+u/(2pi) up to integer entries. Dephasing an exact phase matrix
+changes P_0 by less than 2cdot 10^{-6} cycles per entry, as proved
 in the certified arithmetic.
 
 
 [A direct displacement bound]
 
-Either of the following is an upper bound for $Deltacdot u$:
+Either of the following is an upper bound for Deltacdot u:
 
  S_1={}&R_s|(X^*Delta)_s|
           +h|(X^*Delta)_theta|_1
           +E_r|Delta_D|
-          +|Delta_D|_∞mathtt{arc}^3/6, 
+          +|Delta_D|_∞arc^3/6, 
  S_2={}&R_s|Delta_s|
-          +mathtt{weighted}
+          +weighted
                   (sum_{jinmathcal I_D}calI_DDelta_j^2/m_j)^{1/2}.
  
 
-With $S_Delta=min(S_1,S_2)$, a valid upper bound is
+With S_Delta=min(S_1,S_2), a valid upper bound is
 
  |delta|le
  (|Delta|^2+
-       frac{R_s^2+mathtt{arc}^2}{(2pi)^2}
+       frac{R_s^2+arc^2}{(2pi)^2}
        +(S_Delta)/(pi))^{1/2}
        +|ε|.
 
@@ -1991,77 +1982,77 @@ Proof.
 Equation~(phase:raw-support), the seed ball, and the angle box
 give~(phase:support-linear). Direct weighted Cauchy--Schwarz
 using~(phase:arc-weighted) gives~(phase:support-weighted).
-Since $Delta$ is horizontal, $DeltacdotPi u=Deltacdot u$.
-Expand the squared norm of $Delta+Pi u/(2pi)$, contract by $Pi$, and
-add $|Piε|le|ε|$ by the triangle inequality.
+Since Delta is horizontal, DeltacdotPi u=Deltacdot u.
+Expand the squared norm of Delta+Pi u/(2pi), contract by Pi, and
+add |Piε|le|ε| by the triangle inequality.
 
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentEllipsoid tangent bounds.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Partition $X=(X_s,X_theta)$, and let $T_s,T_D$ be the rows of $T$
+Partition X=(X_s,X_theta), and let T_s,T_D be the rows of T
 restricted to those index sets. From the angle box,
-$2pi T^*Delta+hT^*X_theta[-1,1]^4$ is the convex hull of the $16$
+2pi T^*Delta+hT^*X_theta[-1,1]^4 is the convex hull of the 16
 offsets
 
  U_sigma=2pi T^*Delta+
                 hsum_{a=1}^{4}sigma_a T^*X_{theta,a},
- qquad sigma_ain{-1,1}.
+  sigma_ain{-1,1}.
 
 
 [Ellipsoid containment]
 
-For real linear maps $A,B$, vectors $|s|le r$, $|v|le q$, and
-$beta>0$, the sum $As+Bv$ belongs to the ellipsoid
-${G^{1/2}w:|w|le 1}$ whenever
+For real linear maps A,B, vectors |s|le r, |v|le q, and
+beta>0, the sum As+Bv belongs to the ellipsoid
+{G^{1/2}w:|w|le 1} whenever
 
  Gsucceq(1+beta)r^2AA^*+(1+1/beta)q^2BB^*.
 
 
 
 Proof. 
-For each real test vector $z$, the support is at most
-$r|A^*z|+q|B^*z|$, which by the inequality
-$(x+y)^2le(1+beta)x^2+(1+1/beta)y^2$ is at
-most $(z^*Gz)^{1/2}$. Diagonalize $G$: the vectors satisfying
-$|zcdot x|le(z^*Gz)^{1/2}$ for every $z$ are exactly $G^{1/2}$ times
-the unit ball, including when $G$ is singular.
+For each real test vector z, the support is at most
+r|A^*z|+q|B^*z|, which by the inequality
+(x+y)^2le(1+beta)x^2+(1+1/beta)y^2 is at
+most (z^*Gz)^{1/2}. Diagonalize G: the vectors satisfying
+|zcdot x|le(z^*Gz)^{1/2} for every z are exactly G^{1/2} times
+the unit ball, including when G is singular.
 
 
-By Lemma~phase:ellipsoid-containment with $beta=.45$, the sum of
-the seed and $e_D$ contributions to $T^*u$ lies in an ellipsoid whenever
+By Lemma~phase:ellipsoid-containment with beta=.45, the sum of
+the seed and e_D contributions to T^*u lies in an ellipsoid whenever
 
  G_{rm lin}succeq
     1.45R_s^2(T^*X_s)(T^*X_s)^*
        +(1+1/.45)E_r^2T_D^*T_D.
 
 The remaining sine error has norm at most
-$(max_{jinmathcal I_D}calI_D|T_{j,:}|)mathtt{arc}^3/6$.
+(max_{jinmathcal I_D}calI_D|T_{j,:}|)arc^3/6.
 There is also a bound using the raw seed and weighted angle balls with a
-single offset $U_0=2pi T^*Delta$:
+single offset U_0=2pi T^*Delta:
 
  G_{rm dir}succeq
     1.8R_s^2T_s^*T_s+
-       (1+1/.8)mathtt{weighted}^2
+       (1+1/.8)weighted^2
                      T_D^*diag(1/m_j)T_D.
 
 
 [Offset ellipsoid norm bound]
 
-Let $Gsucceq 0$ and $UinR^k$. For every
-$gamma>lambda_{max}(G)$ and $|w|le 1$,
+Let Gsucceq 0 and UinR^k. For every
+gamma>lambda_{max}(G) and |w|le 1,
 
  |U+G^{1/2}w|^2
    legamma(1+U^*(gamma I-G)^{-1}U).
 
-The triangle bound $|U|+sqrt{lambda_{max}(G)}$ is also valid. For
+The triangle bound |U|+sqrt{lambda_{max}(G)} is also valid. For
 finitely many offsets ranging over their convex hull, the largest of
 these bounds is valid.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Put $A=gamma I-Gsucc 0$. Expanding and completing the square,
+Put A=gamma I-Gsucc 0. Expanding and completing the square,
 [
  |U+G^{1/2}w|^2
  legamma+|U|^2+
@@ -2069,38 +2060,38 @@ Put $A=gamma I-Gsucc 0$. Expanding and completing the square,
  legamma+|U|^2+
        U^*G^{1/2}A^{-1}G^{1/2}U.
 ]
-Since $G$ commutes with $A^{-1}$, the last two terms are
-$gamma U^*A^{-1}U$. The triangle bound is immediate; convexity of norm
+Since G commutes with A^{-1}, the last two terms are
+gamma U^*A^{-1}U. The triangle bound is immediate; convexity of norm
 gives the last claim.
 
 
-Let $mathcal E(G;calE(G;{U_sigma})$ denote any certified upper bound from
+Let mathcal E(G;calE(G;{U_sigma}) denote any certified upper bound from
 Lemma~phase:ellipsoid-norm. Two valid tangent bounds are
 
  |T^*delta|
  le{}&
  frac{mathcal E(G_calE(G_{rm lin};{U_sigma})+
-      max_{jinmathcal I_D}calI_D|T_{j,:}|,mathtt{arc}^3/6+
-      mathtt{hor}sqrt{R_s^2+mathtt{arc}^2}}{2pi}
-       +sqrt{1+mathtt{ort}},|ε|,
+      max_{jinmathcal I_D}calI_D|T_{j,:}|,arc^3/6+
+      horsqrt{R_s^2+arc^2}}{2pi}
+       +sqrt{1+ort},|ε|,
  
  |T^*delta|
  le{}&
  frac{mathcal E(G_calE(G_{rm dir};{U_0})+
-      mathtt{hor}sqrt{R_s^2+mathtt{arc}^2}}{2pi}
-       +sqrt{1+mathtt{ort}},|ε|.
+      horsqrt{R_s^2+arc^2}}{2pi}
+       +sqrt{1+ort},|ε|.
  
 
 
 Numerical realization. In covercompute,
-off is the computed $2pi T^*Delta$; AB is the
-computed $T^*X$; U holds the $16$ corners. The covariance uses
+off is the computed 2pi T^*Delta; AB is the
+computed T^*X; U holds the 16 corners. The covariance uses
 the stored AB coefficients and charges their ideal-coefficient
 error separately outside the ellipsoid.  gives
-$|widehatwidehat A-T^*XA-T^*X|<1.5cdot 10^{-5}$,
-$|(s,theta)|<.226$, so this substitution costs less than
-$3.4cdot 10^{-6}$ radians. For both covariance choices a diagonal
-$10^{-7}I$ is added. The inverses in the second choice are certified
+|widehatwidehat A-T^*XA-T^*X|<1.5cdot 10^{-5},
+|(s,theta)|<.226, so this substitution costs less than
+3.4cdot 10^{-6} radians. For both covariance choices a diagonal
+10^{-7}I is added. The inverses in the second choice are certified
 upper invmag values.  proves PSD
 domination of the exact covariance expressions in the stored-coefficient
 model.
@@ -2111,24 +2102,24 @@ medskipnoindentBootstrap and local coverage.
 
 [Finite improvement of a certified radius]
 
-Suppose $s_0ge|delta|$ and $t_0ge|T^*delta|$ for every feasible
+Suppose s_0ge|delta| and t_0ge|T^*delta| for every feasible
 solution in a completion cell, using the particular
-alignment~(phase:delta). Starting from any such upper $s$, a
+alignment~(phase:delta). Starting from any such upper s, a
 further upper is
 
- (n_P(s)^2+(1+mathtt{ort})t_0^2)^{1/2}.
+ (n_P(s)^2+(1+ort)t_0^2)^{1/2}.
 
-Replacing $s$ by this number only when it decreases $s$, and stopping
+Replacing s by this number only when it decreases s, and stopping
 after any finite number of steps, preserves coverage of every feasible
 solution in the cell.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Lemma~phase:root-data, nonnegativity of the coefficients, and
-monotonicity of $n_P$ give
-$|delta|^2le n_P(|delta|)^2+(1+mathtt{ort})|T^*delta|^2
-le n_P(s)^2+(1+mathtt{ort})t_0^2$.
-The minimum of the two bounds is the current $s$ and the right side,
+monotonicity of n_P give
+|delta|^2le n_P(|delta|)^2+(1+ort)|T^*delta|^2
+le n_P(s)^2+(1+ort)t_0^2.
+The minimum of the two bounds is the current s and the right side,
 so the iterate never decreases below a true displacement. Finitely many
 strict improvements preserve the conclusion at the stopping point.
 
@@ -2137,45 +2128,45 @@ strict improvements preserve the conclusion at the stopping point.
 medskipnoindentAtlas merge of certified balls.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For a recorded phase ball, the Atlas stores the Root $(P,T)$, the
-radius $r$, and the certified constants. Two entries are merged
+For a recorded phase ball, the Atlas stores the Root (P,T), the
+radius r, and the certified constants. Two entries are merged
 when a certified distance bound between their centers is at most the sum
 of their currently stored radii plus an allowance. The merged entry
 keeps the first Root and grows its radius to the validated sum.
 
 [Atlas merge]
-Suppose two Root records $(P,r_P)$, $(Q,r_Q)$ satisfy
+Suppose two Root records (P,r_P), (Q,r_Q) satisfy
 [
  |(P+delta_P)-(Q+delta_Q)|le d_{PQ}
  quadwhenever 
  |delta_P|le R_P, |delta_Q|le R_Q, F(P+delta_P)=0,
 ]
-for a certified upper distance $d_{PQ}$. Then the union
-$mathcal S(P,r_P)calS(P,r_P)cupmathcal S(Q,r_Q)$calS(Q,r_Q)$ is contained in
+for a certified upper distance d_{PQ}. Then the union
+mathcal S(P,r_P)calS(P,r_P)cupmathcal S(Q,r_Q)calS(Q,r_Q) is contained in
 [
  mathcal S(P,calS(P, max{r_P, d_{PQ}+r_Q+allowance}).
 ]
 
 
 Proof. 
-Take $Q+delta_Q$ with $F(Q+delta_Q)=0$ and $|delta_Q|le r_Q$. The
-alignment $d_q=Pi(P-Q-N)$ chosen by wrap gives an equivalent
+Take Q+delta_Q with F(Q+delta_Q)=0 and |delta_Q|le r_Q. The
+alignment d_q=Pi(P-Q-N) chosen by wrap gives an equivalent
 solution of the first center, with displacement of norm at most
-$d_{PQ}+r_Q$ by the triangle inequality. The phase-ball solution set
-$mathcal S$calS$ in Definition~refine:solution-set is closed under this
+d_{PQ}+r_Q by the triangle inequality. The phase-ball solution set
+mathcal ScalS in Definition~refine:solution-set is closed under this
 equivalence, so it contains the aligned representative. Inflate to
-$r_Pvee d_{PQ}+r_Q$ and add the outward allowance.
+r_Pvee d_{PQ}+r_Q and add the outward allowance.
 
 
-The implementation uses mapH for $Phi$.
+The implementation uses mapH for Phi.
 Its two index arrays are genuine permutations. In variants, the
 leading two row indices are distinct and complement supplies
 the other four. The six column labels remain attached to six distinct
 integers when their phase keys are sorted and reordered; the later tail
 sort and rotation only permute four row labels. With the transpose flag
-the lookup is $6,mathtt{col}[j]+mathtt{row}[i]$; either lookup is a
-bijection of all $36$ entries. The sign flag multiplies every entry, and
-every column of $T$, by the same sign.
+the lookup is 6,col[j]+row[i]; either lookup is a
+bijection of all 36 entries. The sign flag multiplies every entry, and
+every column of T, by the same sign.
 
 For a finite certified center, canonicalMap obtains at least
 one callback. In each finite pivot list a largest gap is attained and
@@ -2187,18 +2178,18 @@ alter the distinct attached labels. The signature used to choose among
 maps need not be a canonical invariant.
 
 Atlas::find computes an explicit wrapped dephased difference,
-projects it, and evaluates its norm. On success it adds $10^{-7}$ to the
+projects it, and evaluates its norm. On success it adds 10^{-7} to the
 computed norm, exceeding the dephasing and projection errors certified
 by the arithmetic bounds above. Atlas::add grows the selected
 radius to at least the incoming radius plus this distance, with another
-$10^{-8}$ added and a separate $2cdot 10^{-8}$-margin comparison to the
+10^{-8} added and a separate 2cdot 10^{-8}-margin comparison to the
 cap. It remains valid when an alternative map found by variants
 supplied the distance; only existence of that allowed map is needed.
 
 If no merge is certified, the source inserts the transformed Root and
 its original local radius. The hash buckets, pivot selection, and early
 raw-distance cuts only reduce opportunities to merge; none removes an
-input Record. The A atlas uses radius cap $.125$; its size cap aborts
+input Record. The A atlas uses radius cap .125; its size cap aborts
 rather than certifying a discarded Record.
 
 [Output of a successful A stage]
@@ -2224,23 +2215,23 @@ overlapping assignments are harmless.
 
 Finite bounds. The control flow has explicit finite bounds.
 Before filtering, the nondecreasing five-bin lists for the seed cover
-number at most $binom{116}{5}=160{,}389{,}488$, and for any fixed shared
+number at most binom{116}{5}=160{,}389{,}488, and for any fixed shared
 bin the four ordered tail bins number at most
-$binom{115}{4}=6{,}913{,}340$. The former bound is below the signed
+binom{115}{4}=6{,}913{,}340. The former bound is below the signed
 32-bit limit. Pair traversals use range loops and 64-bit counters. All
-bin differences lie between $-111$ and $111$; their nine-coordinate
-square sum is at most $9cdot 111^2$, so the integer distance and bucket
+bin differences lie between -111 and 111; their nine-coordinate
+square sum is at most 9cdot 111^2, so the integer distance and bucket
 arithmetic fit the stated types. Stored five-coordinate differences fit
 the signed eight-bit type used by the cover.
 
-A retains nonfinal unitary grid lists only through grid~$32$; grid~$64$
-has at most $64^4/8=2{,}097{,}152$ cell tests per seed. Further tests are
-bounded by the $1{,}000{,}000$ extra-node cap, and the deepest grid is
-$512$. Reaching the cap or the deepest grid without a certificate records
+A retains nonfinal unitary grid lists only through grid~32; grid~64
+has at most 64^4/8=2{,}097{,}152 cell tests per seed. Further tests are
+bounded by the 1{,}000{,}000 extra-node cap, and the deepest grid is
+512. Reaching the cap or the deepest grid without a certificate records
 an unresolved seed. Trial-direction and Root proposal failures can lose
 an opportunity to cover a cell, but cannot make an uncovered cell
 successful. The local candidate list uses topK=4 in an array of
-size~$8$.
+size~8.
 
 % =====================================================================
 medskipnoindentRefining the phase-ball cover.
@@ -2252,11 +2243,11 @@ a smaller prescribed radius. Centers need not be exact Hadamard matrices,
 and no regularity assumption on the Hadamard locus is made. The tangent
 coordinates used below organize an exhaustive search; the normal
 estimates from  control the remaining
-directions. A phase matrix is identified with a vector in $R^{36}$;
-stars mean real transpose; $mathcal V=imcalV=imPi$ is the
+directions. A phase matrix is identified with a vector in R^{36};
+stars mean real transpose; mathcal V=imcalV=imPi is the
 horizontal subspace.
 
-For a certified center $P$ and radius $Rge 0$ put
+For a certified center P and radius Rge 0 put
 
  mathcal S(P,R)=calS(P,R)=
  bigl{[e(P+delta)]:deltainmathcal V,calV, |delta|le R,
@@ -2272,64 +2263,64 @@ arrangements of the same matrix.
 medskipnoindentCertified relations between centers.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For a Root at $P$ denote its stored tangent matrix $T:R^ktoR^{36}$
+For a Root at P denote its stored tangent matrix T:R^ktoR^{36}
 and put
  
- o_P=mathtt{ort}_P,quad alpha_P=mathtt{id}_P,quad gamma_P=mathtt C_P,quad
- mu_P=mathtt{mnorm}_P,quad ε_P=mathtt{froot}_P,quad
- n_P(s)=mathtt{n0}_P+alpha_Ps+gamma_Ps^2.
+ o_P=ort_P, alpha_P=id_P, gamma_P=mathtt C_P,
+ mu_P=mnorm_P, ε_P=froot_P,
+ n_P(s)=n0_P+alpha_Ps+gamma_Ps^2.
 
 All these constants are nonnegative. The same notation with subscript
-$Q$ applies to a second certified Root with center $Q$ and tangent
-$S:R^{k_Q}toR^{36}$. In particular
+Q applies to a second certified Root with center Q and tangent
+S:R^{k_Q}toR^{36}. In particular
 
- |T^*T-I|le o_P,qquad
- |S^*S-I|le o_Q,qquad
+ |T^*T-I|le o_P,
+ |S^*S-I|le o_Q,
  |F(Q)|leε_Q.
 
 
 
-Put $A=I-TT^*$. For every $xinR^{36}$, with $zeta=T^*x$,
+Put A=I-TT^*. For every xinR^{36}, with zeta=T^*x,
 
- |T|le√(1+o_P),qquad
- |A|le 1+o_P,qquad
+ |T|le√(1+o_P),
+ |A|le 1+o_P,
  |x|^2le(1+o_P)|zeta|^2+|Ax|^2.
 
-These statements do not require $x$ or the columns of $T$ to be
+These statements do not require x or the columns of T to be
 horizontal.
 
 
 Proof. 
-The Gram bound gives the first inequality. The eigenvalues of $TT^*$
-lie in $[0,1+o_P]$, so those of $I-TT^*$ lie in $[-o_P,1]$; its norm is
-at most $max(1,o_P)le 1+o_P$. Finally,
-$|Ax|^2=|x|^2-2|zeta|^2+|Tzeta|^2
-ge|x|^2-(1+o_P)|zeta|^2$, using
-$|Tzeta|^2ge(1-o_P)|zeta|^2$.
+The Gram bound gives the first inequality. The eigenvalues of TT^*
+lie in [0,1+o_P], so those of I-TT^* lie in [-o_P,1]; its norm is
+at most max(1,o_P)le 1+o_P. Finally,
+|Ax|^2=|x|^2-2|zeta|^2+|Tzeta|^2
+ge|x|^2-(1+o_P)|zeta|^2, using
+|Tzeta|^2ge(1-o_P)|zeta|^2.
 
 
-Let $D_0$ be the unwrapped dephasing operator
-$(D_0X)_{ij}=X_{ij}-X_{i0}-X_{0j}+X_{00}$. Choose any integer matrix $N$
+Let D_0 be the unwrapped dephasing operator
+(D_0X)_{ij}=X_{ij}-X_{i0}-X_{0j}+X_{00}. Choose any integer matrix N
 and define
 
- d_q=Pi(D_0Q-D_0P-N),qquad
- eta_q=T^*d_q,qquad n_q=|A d_q| .
+ d_q=Pi(D_0Q-D_0P-N),
+ eta_q=T^*d_q, n_q=|A d_q| .
 
-Because $D_0X-XinkerPi$, $Q-P-d_qin N+kerPi$; vectors in $kerPi$
-are row and column rephasings. Consequently $P+d_q$ and $Q$ differ only
+Because D_0X-XinkerPi, Q-P-d_qin N+kerPi; vectors in kerPi
+are row and column rephasings. Consequently P+d_q and Q differ only
 by integer phases and rephasings.
 
-Fix a parent radius $R$ and an exact solution displacement
-$deltainmathcal V$calV$ with $|delta|le R$. Set
+Fix a parent radius R and an exact solution displacement
+deltainmathcal VcalV with |delta|le R. Set
 
- eta=T^*delta,qquad
- h'=delta-d_q,qquad d=|h'|
- ,qquad
- xi=T^*h'=eta-eta_q ,qquad
+ eta=T^*delta,
+ h'=delta-d_q, d=|h'|
+ ,
+ xi=T^*h'=eta-eta_q ,
  nu=Ah'.
 
-Both $d_q$ and $h'$ are horizontal, and $Q+h'$ is equivalent by the same
-rephasing to $P+delta$; hence $Q+h'$ is exact. The Root estimates at
+Both d_q and h' are horizontal, and Q+h' is equivalent by the same
+rephasing to P+delta; hence Q+h' is exact. The Root estimates at
 both centers thus apply to this one solution.
 
 [Relation estimates]
@@ -2344,61 +2335,61 @@ The following three basic bounds hold.
 
 Here
 
- nu_0=n_P(R)+n_q,qquad
- lambda=alpha_P+gamma_P(R+|d_q|),qquad
+ nu_0=n_P(R)+n_q,
+ lambda=alpha_P+gamma_P(R+|d_q|),
  e_0=mu_Pε_Q,
 
 
- beta=√((1+o_P)(1+o_Q)),qquad
- sigma=|S_h|,(1+o_P)^{1/2},qquad
+ beta=√((1+o_P)(1+o_Q)),
+ sigma=|S_h|,(1+o_P)^{1/2},
  t=|eta-eta_q|,
 
-and $S_h=Pi S$; and for the next step the child Root's normal and
-tangent bounds apply to $h'$:
+and S_h=Pi S; and for the next step the child Root's normal and
+tangent bounds apply to h':
 
  d^2le n_Q(d)^2+(1+o_Q)|S^*h'|^2,
- qquad n_Q(d)=mathtt{n0}_Q+alpha_Qd+gamma_Qd^2.
+  n_Q(d)=n0_Q+alpha_Qd+gamma_Qd^2.
 
 
 
 
 Proof. 
-The triangle inequality gives $dle R+|d_q|$. The identity
-$|x|^2le(1+o_P)|T^*x|^2+|(I-TT^*)x|^2$ from
-Lemma~refine:approximate-projection, applied to $h'$, gives the
+The triangle inequality gives dle R+|d_q|. The identity
+|x|^2le(1+o_P)|T^*x|^2+|(I-TT^*)x|^2 from
+Lemma~refine:approximate-projection, applied to h', gives the
 second inequality in~(refine:parent-distance).
 
-For~(refine:normal-three): $nu=A(delta-d_q)$, so
-$|nu|le|Adelta|+|Ad_q|le n_P(R)+n_q=nu_0$ by the parent Root
-normal bound and the definition of $n_q$. The operator bound
-$|A|le 1+o_P$ gives $(1+o_P)d$. For $lambda d+e_0$, apply
-(phase:root-difference) of the parent Root to $h'$ with horizontal
-comparison point $d_q$:
-$|Ah'|le[alpha_P+gamma_P(|delta|+|d_q|)]d+mu_P|F(P+d_q)|$.
-By rephasing invariance $|F(P+d_q)|=|F(Q)|leε_Q$, giving
-$|Ah'|lelambda d+e_0$.
-
-For~(refine:child-tangent), first use horizontality of $h'$ to
-write $S^*h'=S_h^*h'$. The identities $h'=Txi+nu$ and
-$T^*nu=(I-T^*T)xi$ yield
+For~(refine:normal-three): nu=A(delta-d_q), so
+|nu|le|Adelta|+|Ad_q|le n_P(R)+n_q=nu_0 by the parent Root
+normal bound and the definition of n_q. The operator bound
+|A|le 1+o_P gives (1+o_P)d. For lambda d+e_0, apply
+(phase:root-difference) of the parent Root to h' with horizontal
+comparison point d_q:
+|Ah'|le[alpha_P+gamma_P(|delta|+|d_q|)]d+mu_P|F(P+d_q)|.
+By rephasing invariance |F(P+d_q)|=|F(Q)|leε_Q, giving
+|Ah'|lelambda d+e_0.
+
+For~(refine:child-tangent), first use horizontality of h' to
+write S^*h'=S_h^*h'. The identities h'=Txi+nu and
+T^*nu=(I-T^*T)xi yield
 [
  S^*h'=S_h^*Txi+S_h^*Anu+S_h^*T(I-T^*T)xi.
 ]
-Put $beta:=√((1+o_Q)(1+o_P))ge|S_h^*T|$ and
-$sigma:=|S_h|√(1+o_P)ge|S_h|,|A|$, using
-$|A|le 1le√(1+o_P)$. Then
-$|S_h^*Txi|lebeta|xi|=beta t$, and since $T^*nu=(I-T^*T)xi$
-gives $|(I-T^*T)xi|le o_P|xi|le o_P t$, the third term
-$|S_h^*T(I-T^*T)xi|$ is at most $beta o_P t$. Absorbing that extra
-$(1+o_P)$ factor into $beta$ (as the source does), the first and third
-terms together are at most $beta t$, and the middle term is at most
-$sigma|nu|$. This makes explicit why no extra $mathtt{hor}$
+Put beta:=√((1+o_Q)(1+o_P))ge|S_h^*T| and
+sigma:=|S_h|√(1+o_P)ge|S_h|,|A|, using
+|A|le 1le√(1+o_P). Then
+|S_h^*Txi|lebeta|xi|=beta t, and since T^*nu=(I-T^*T)xi
+gives |(I-T^*T)xi|le o_P|xi|le o_P t, the third term
+|S_h^*T(I-T^*T)xi| is at most beta o_P t. Absorbing that extra
+(1+o_P) factor into beta (as the source does), the first and third
+terms together are at most beta t, and the middle term is at most
+sigma|nu|. This makes explicit why no extra hor
 correction is needed at this step: the horizontal projection appears in
-$S_h$ once, and both $T$ and $S_h^*T$ are controlled by the Gram bounds.
+S_h once, and both T and S_h^*T are controlled by the Gram bounds.
 
 For~(refine:child-distance), apply the squared inequality at the
-child Root to the horizontal exact-solution displacement $h'$ of $Q$:
-$d^2=|h'|^2le n_Q(d)^2+(1+o_Q)|S^*h'|^2$.
+child Root to the horizontal exact-solution displacement h' of Q:
+d^2=|h'|^2le n_Q(d)^2+(1+o_Q)|S^*h'|^2.
 
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2421,26 +2412,26 @@ Start at
 
  b_0=min{D, √(z^2+v_0^2)},
 
-and replace $b_j$ by
+and replace b_j by
 
  b_{j+1}=min{b_j, psi_P(b_j), psi_Q(b_j)}.
 
 
 
 Every iterate in~(refine:iteration-start)--(refine:iteration-step)
-is an upper bound for the distance $d$ of every parent solution with
-$|eta-eta_q|le t$. The same conclusion holds if any proposed bound
+is an upper bound for the distance d of every parent solution with
+|eta-eta_q|le t. The same conclusion holds if any proposed bound
 is replaced by a larger certified number, or if the process is stopped
 after any finite number of steps.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Both candidates in~(refine:iteration-start) are upper bounds by
-Proposition~refine:relation-estimates. If $dle b_j$,
+Proposition~refine:relation-estimates. If dle b_j,
 (refine:normal-three) and nonnegativity of all coefficients give
-$|nu|le v(b_j)$. Thus~(refine:parent-distance) gives
-$dlepsi_P(b_j)$; and~(refine:child-tangent)--(refine:child-distance),
-together with $n_Q(d)le n_Q(b_j)$, give $dlepsi_Q(b_j)$. Their
+|nu|le v(b_j). Thus~(refine:parent-distance) gives
+dlepsi_P(b_j); and~(refine:child-tangent)--(refine:child-distance),
+together with n_Q(d)le n_Q(b_j), give dlepsi_Q(b_j). Their
 minimum is therefore still an upper bound. The argument holds
 simultaneously for every solution satisfying the tangent constraint; it
 does not select a single solution at any step. Enlargement and early
@@ -2451,14 +2442,14 @@ stopping preserve the conclusion.
 medskipnoindentThe rho search for usable tangent thresholds.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Fix a certified parent Root $P,T$ and a reference center $Q,S$ (an atlas
+Fix a certified parent Root P,T and a reference center Q,S (an atlas
 child or an earlier blocker) with certified constants
-$o_Q,alpha_Q,gamma_Q,mu_Q,ε_Q$. For every tangent threshold
-$tge 0$, let $widehatwidehat D(t)$D(t)$ denote a certified upper bound for
-$|h'|=|delta-d_q|$ over every parent solution $delta$ with
-$|eta-eta_q|le t$. Such a bound is obtained by evaluating
+o_Q,alpha_Q,gamma_Q,mu_Q,ε_Q. For every tangent threshold
+tge 0, let widehatwidehat D(t)D(t) denote a certified upper bound for
+|h'|=|delta-d_q| over every parent solution delta with
+|eta-eta_q|le t. Such a bound is obtained by evaluating
 (refine:iteration-step) at
-$b_0(t)=min{D, √((1+o_P)t^2+v_0^2)}$; by
+b_0(t)=min{D, √((1+o_P)t^2+v_0^2)}; by
 Lemma~refine:iteration-certificate, the final iterate is a valid
 upper. The source stores it back through the
 alignment~(refine:alignment).
@@ -2470,47 +2461,47 @@ alignment~(refine:alignment).
  quadfor every parent solution delta.
 
 
-For a queried sphere radius $0le ale .126$, the source's init
-searches for a usable tangent distance $rho$ as follows. Set $ell=0$,
-$u=1.01a$. If $widehatwidehat D(0)>a-10^D(0)>a-10^{-7}$, report no relation. Otherwise
-make $25$ midpoint trials, each with $m=(ell+u)/2$: if
-$widehatwidehat D(m)<a-2D(m)<a-2cdot 10^{-7}$, replace $ell$ by $m$; otherwise
-replace $u$ by $m$. Finally set
+For a queried sphere radius 0le ale .126, the source's init
+searches for a usable tangent distance rho as follows. Set ell=0,
+u=1.01a. If widehatwidehat D(0)>a-10^D(0)>a-10^{-7}, report no relation. Otherwise
+make 25 midpoint trials, each with m=(ell+u)/2: if
+widehatwidehat D(m)<a-2D(m)<a-2cdot 10^{-7}, replace ell by m; otherwise
+replace u by m. Finally set
 
  rho=max(0,ell-10^{-8}),
 
-and report a usable relation only if $rho>10^{-7}$.
+and report a usable relation only if rho>10^{-7}.
 
 
 Every usable returned threshold certifies
 [
  |eta-eta_q|lerho
- quad⇒quad
+ ⇒
  [e(P+delta)]inmathcal S(Q,a)calS(Q,a)
 ]
-for every parent solution $delta$. The search need not find the largest
+for every parent solution delta. The search need not find the largest
 possible threshold; in particular its correctness does not require
-monotonicity of the numerical function $widehatwidehat D$.D$.
+monotonicity of the numerical function widehatwidehat D.D.
 
 
 Proof. 
-A positive returned $rho>10^{-7}$ cannot arise from the initial value
-$ell=0$. Thus the final stored $ell$ was assigned by a successful
-trial $widehatwidehat D(D(ell)<a-2cdot 10^{-7}$, and
-$rho=ell-10^{-8}<ell$. Take any parent solution $delta$ with
-$|eta-eta_q|lerholeell$. By construction $widehatwidehat D(D(ell)$ is
-an upper bound for $|h'|$ at this solution, so
-$|h'|<a-2cdot 10^{-7}<a$. Apply~(refine:eval-semantics). No
-comparison between $widehatwidehat D$D$ at distinct arguments is needed.
+A positive returned rho>10^{-7} cannot arise from the initial value
+ell=0. Thus the final stored ell was assigned by a successful
+trial widehatwidehat D(D(ell)<a-2cdot 10^{-7}, and
+rho=ell-10^{-8}<ell. Take any parent solution delta with
+|eta-eta_q|lerholeell. By construction widehatwidehat D(D(ell) is
+an upper bound for |h'| at this solution, so
+|h'|<a-2cdot 10^{-7}<a. Apply~(refine:eval-semantics). No
+comparison between widehatwidehat DD at distinct arguments is needed.
 
 
-For a previously completed parent used as a blocker, $a$ is its fixed
+For a previously completed parent used as a blocker, a is its fixed
 input radius and this lemma suffices. For an atlas child, the search
-uses the allowed cap $a=tau$; when boxes are assigned to that child,
-the code evaluates $widehatwidehat D$D$ again at an upper tangent distance for
+uses the allowed cap a=tau; when boxes are assigned to that child,
+the code evaluates widehatwidehat DD again at an upper tangent distance for
 those boxes and grows the stored radius to that certified distance, with
 an additional margin. It then checks both that the tangent argument is
-at most $rho$ and that the new radius is at most $tau$; failing either
+at most rho and that the new radius is at most tau; failing either
 check aborts. Thus even an unfavorable rounded reevaluation cannot
 silently assign a box to a sphere too small to contain it.
 
@@ -2522,23 +2513,23 @@ For every parent solution in the parent record,
 
  |eta|=|T^*delta|le√(1+o_P),R=:E_P.
 
-Let $w>0$ be the stored refinement width regarded as an exact real
-number. The code forms an inflated upper bound $E$ for $E_P$ by adding
-$10^{-7}$ to the computed right side of~(refine:tangent-range),
+Let w>0 be the stored refinement width regarded as an exact real
+number. The code forms an inflated upper bound E for E_P by adding
+10^{-7} to the computed right side of~(refine:tangent-range),
 and chooses
 [
- L=leftlceil E/w+0.500001rightrceil,qquad n=2L+1,
+ L=leftlceil E/w+0.500001rightrceil, n=2L+1,
 ]
 with the stated rounded evaluation. The arithmetic of
  ensures that the outer endpoints
-$pm(L+1/2)w$ contain $[-E_P,E_P]$.
+pm(L+1/2)w contain [-E_P,E_P].
 
-For $uinR^k$ and $hge 0$ write
+For uinR^k and hge 0 write
 
  B(u,h)=prod_{a=1}^k[u_a-h,u_a+h].
 
-The base boxes have $u_a=b_aw$, $-Lle b_ale L$, and $h=w/2$. Their
-union contains $[-E_P,E_P]^k$, so every tangent vector
+The base boxes have u_a=b_aw, -Lle b_ale L, and h=w/2. Their
+union contains [-E_P,E_P]^k, so every tangent vector
 in~(refine:tangent-range) belongs to at least one base box. All
 intervals are closed; grid boundaries are included.
 
@@ -2554,8 +2545,8 @@ become a blocker.
 
 Suppose Stage B runs on a finite list of records with valid Root
 certificates, under the arithmetic assumptions and error bounds
-described above. On a completed run, let $mathcal A$calA$ be the
-final atlas of children and $mathcal B$calB$ the list of input parents
+described above. On a completed run, let mathcal AcalA be the
+final atlas of children and mathcal BcalB the list of input parents
 whose refinement failed. Then
 
  
@@ -2594,7 +2585,7 @@ only after every base box has either been rejected as outside, marked
 by a valid whole-box relation, or solved as above. Hence success for
 the current parent proves coverage of its entire sphere, permitting its
 addition to the blocker list. If the parent fails, it is not added and
-is retained in $mathcal B$.calB$. Any children produced while attempting it
+is retained in mathcal B.calB. Any children produced while attempting it
 remain valid stored spheres and are reused without assuming the failed
 parent has been covered.
 
@@ -2609,11 +2600,11 @@ solution sets only enlarge.
 medskipnoindentBatch files and finite failure conditions.
 
 Batching writes appended atlas Roots in their insertion order, in groups
-of at most $256$. The radius written for each Root is the common cap
-$tau$ rather than its current achieved radius. If a Root at index $i$
+of at most 256. The radius written for each Root is the common cap
+tau rather than its current achieved radius. If a Root at index i
 is emitted before the run ends, every later state satisfies
 
- r_iletau,qquad
+ r_iletau,
  mathcal S(Q_i,r_i)⊆calS(Q_i,r_i)⊆mathcal S(Q_i,calS(Q_i,tau),
 
 with exactly the same center, tangent columns, and certificate
@@ -2621,34 +2612,34 @@ constants as in its batch. No future merge changes these data. At
 successful completion the final partial batch and the count marker
 account for every appended index. Replacing the child union
 in~(refine:cover-inclusion) by the union of all batch spheres at
-radius $tau$ is therefore valid.
+radius tau is therefore valid.
 
 For clarity, the implementation uses the following finite limits. Input
-radii satisfy $0le Rle 0.126$, and the child cap and width satisfy
+radii satisfy 0le Rle 0.126, and the child cap and width satisfy
 [
- 0.0001letaule 0.126,qquad 0.0001le wle .05,qquad 0le kle 10.
+ 0.0001letaule 0.126, 0.0001le wle .05, 0le kle 10.
 ]
 Normal constants are checked against
 [
- gamma_P<20,quad
- mathtt{n0}_P,ε_P<10^{-6},quad
- alpha_P<10^{-4},quad
- o_P,mathtt{hor}_P<10^{-5},quad
+ gamma_P<20,
+ n0_P,ε_P<10^{-6},
+ alpha_P<10^{-4},
+ o_P,hor_P<10^{-5},
  mu_P<2.
 ]
-Stored phase entries have magnitude at most $4$, and stored tangent
-entries at most $1.01$. These range checks accompany genuine Root
+Stored phase entries have magnitude at most 4, and stored tangent
+entries at most 1.01. These range checks accompany genuine Root
 certificates; the checks alone do not prove those certificates. A
 prospective Root with more than ten tangent columns is rejected, not
 truncated.
 
-The base grid is limited to $50{,}000{,}000$ boxes, subdivision depth at
-most six, atlas size at most $2{,}000{,}000$ Roots. One record file
-holds at most $2{,}000{,}000$ records and the combined input at most
-$8{,}000{,}000$. The grid product is checked before multiplication past
-its limit. Within the admitted ranges $Lle 1262$; the mixed-radix
+The base grid is limited to 50{,}000{,}000 boxes, subdivision depth at
+most six, atlas size at most 2{,}000{,}000 Roots. One record file
+holds at most 2{,}000{,}000 records and the combined input at most
+8{,}000{,}000. The grid product is checked before multiplication past
+its limit. Within the admitted ranges Lle 1262; the mixed-radix
 indices fit the stated integer types, and every split uses at most
-$2^{10}$ children. The integer and floating-point bounds are recorded
+2^{10} children. The integer and floating-point bounds are recorded
 in the arithmetic bounds above.
 
 % =====================================================================
@@ -2656,108 +2647,108 @@ medskipnoindentExcluding two further mutually unbiased bases.
 
 % =====================================================================
 
-The final stage takes a certified Root $(P,T)$ with $0le rle .03$ and
+The final stage takes a certified Root (P,T) with 0le rle .03 and
 rules out two more mutually unbiased orthonormal bases in the phase ball
-of radius $r$. The phase variables of the two extra bases are divided
+of radius r. The phase variables of the two extra bases are divided
 into closed balls, a permissive graph of necessary edge relations is
 retained, and a finite search runs for the required clique pattern.
 Every rejection is a strict violation of a necessary condition with a
 certified margin; no rejection depends on a center being exact.
 
-Throughout, $e(t)=exp(2pi i t)$. A real matrix in $R^{36}$ is
-identified with row-major indexing. The Root constants $omega,n_0$,
-$iota,Gamma$ denote $mathtt{ort},mathtt{n0},mathtt{id},mathtt{C}$
+Throughout, e(t)=exp(2pi i t). A real matrix in R^{36} is
+identified with row-major indexing. The Root constants omega,n_0,
+iota,Gamma denote ort,n0,id,C
 as in the arithmetic bounds above. Its certified data give
 
- |T^*T-I|leomega,qquad
- |F(P)|le f_0<10^{-6},qquad 0leomega<10^{-5},
+ |T^*T-I|leomega,
+ |F(P)|le f_0<10^{-6}, 0leomega<10^{-5},
 
-and, for every horizontal $delta$ with $|delta|le r$ such that
-$e(P+delta)$ is Hadamard,
+and, for every horizontal delta with |delta|le r such that
+e(P+delta) is Hadamard,
 
- eta=T^*delta,quad nu=delta-Teta,qquad
- |eta|le r_H:=√(1+omega),r,qquad
+ eta=T^*delta, nu=delta-Teta,
+ |eta|le r_H:=√(1+omega),r,
  |nu|le n:=n_0+iota r+Gamma r^2.
 
 
 The first two bases are the coordinate basis and the columns of
-$e(P+delta)/sqrt6$. If further bases exist, they share this single
-Hadamard displacement $delta$, hence this single $eta$. Each vector
-unbiased to the coordinate basis is $e(beta)/sqrt6$ for some real
-phase vector $beta$; choose its global phase so that $beta_0=0$, and
-lift $beta_1,...,beta_5$ to $[0,1]$. Different $U(1)$ rephasings
-of different extra vectors do not change $delta$.
+e(P+delta)/sqrt6. If further bases exist, they share this single
+Hadamard displacement delta, hence this single eta. Each vector
+unbiased to the coordinate basis is e(beta)/sqrt6 for some real
+phase vector beta; choose its global phase so that beta_0=0, and
+lift beta_1,...,beta_5 to [0,1]. Different U(1) rephasings
+of different extra vectors do not change delta.
 
 The single-vector sums use a uniform operator bound. The identity
-$|AA^*-6I|_F=2pisqrt2,|F(P)|$ and~(exclude:root-data) give
+|AA^*-6I|_F=2pisqrt2,|F(P)| and~(exclude:root-data) give
 
  |A/sqrt6|_{op}
- lesqrt{1+frac{2pisqrt2}6f_0}<K,qquad K:=1.00001,
+ lesqrt{1+frac{2pisqrt2}6f_0}<K, K:=1.00001,
 
-where $A=e(P)$.
+where A=e(P).
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentClosed phase bins.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-At resolution $M$ the five variable phases are covered by closed
-intervals $[b/M,(b+1)/M]$, $0le b<M$. Phase $1$ equals $0$ on the
-torus, so this covers every boundary. Let $u$ be a bin midpoint, with
-$u_0=0$, and let
+At resolution M the five variable phases are covered by closed
+intervals [b/M,(b+1)/M], 0le b<M. Phase 1 equals 0 on the
+torus, so this covers every boundary. Let u be a bin midpoint, with
+u_0=0, and let
 [
  a=frac 1{2M},  d_0=0, |d_j|le a (j>0), 
  x=d-frac 16(sum_j d_j){bf 1}.
 ]
-Then the bin vector equals $e(u+x)/sqrt6$ up to global phase.
+Then the bin vector equals e(u+x)/sqrt6 up to global phase.
 
 Let
-$S_i=sum_je(P_{ij}-P_{i0})$, the (unscaled, global-phase-free)
-$i$th entry of the row over inner products. Set
+S_i=sum_je(P_{ij}-P_{i0}), the (unscaled, global-phase-free)
+ith entry of the row over inner products. Set
 
- c_i=(|S_i|^2-1)/(4pi),qquad
- J_{ij}=-Im(S_ibarq_{ji}),qquad
+ c_i=(|S_i|^2-1)/(4pi),
+ J_{ij}=-Im(S_ibarq_{ji}),
  B_{ik}=sum_j J_{ij}T_{(j,i),k},
 
-where $q_{ji}=e(P_{ij}-P_{i0})$ (so $sum_jq_{ji}=S_i$; and note
-$sum_jJ_{ij}=0$). For $yinR^6$ put
+where q_{ji}=e(P_{ij}-P_{i0}) (so sum_jq_{ji}=S_i; and note
+sum_jJ_{ij}=0). For yinR^6 put
 [
  G_y:=max_j|sum_i y_iS_ibarq_{ji}|,
- qquad
+ 
  N_y:=(sum_{i,j}y_i^2J_{ij}^2)^{1/2}.
 ]
 
 [Direct displacement tests]
 
-If $|x|le X$, $|x|_1le L$, and $|delta|le r$, then
+If |x|le X, |x|_1le L, and |delta|le r, then
 
  |S'-S|le 2pi(KX+r),
- qquad
+ 
  |S'_i-S_i|le 2pi(L/sqrt6+r).
  
 
 Consequently unbiasedness requires
 
  max{0,1-tau}^2le |S_i|^2le(1+tau)^2,
- qquad
+ 
  sum_i(|S_i|-1)^2le[2pi(KX+r)]^2,
 
-with $tau=2pi(L/sqrt6+r)$.
+with tau=2pi(L/sqrt6+r).
 
 
 Proof. 
-First perturb the vector phases by $x$ and then the Hadamard phases by
-$delta$. The first change has norm at most
-$K|(e(x_j)-1)_j|le 2pi KX$. For the second, the $i$th component has
-magnitude at most $(2pi/sqrt6)sum_j|delta_{ji}|
-le 2pi|delta_{:,i}|$, and their combined norm is at most $2pi r$.
+First perturb the vector phases by x and then the Hadamard phases by
+delta. The first change has norm at most
+K|(e(x_j)-1)_j|le 2pi KX. For the second, the ith component has
+magnitude at most (2pi/sqrt6)sum_j|delta_{ji}|
+le 2pi|delta_{:,i}|, and their combined norm is at most 2pi r.
 The scalar bound is the same with the first change at most
-$2pi L/sqrt6$. Apply $||S_i|-|S'_i||le|S_i-S'_i|$ and use
-$|S'_i|=1$.
+2pi L/sqrt6. Apply ||S_i|-|S'_i||le|S_i-S'_i| and use
+|S'_i|=1.
 
 
 [Weighted Taylor estimate]
 
-Suppose $|x|le X$ and $|x|_∞le I$. For every $yinR^6$,
+Suppose |x|le X and |x|_∞le I. For every yinR^6,
 unbiasedness implies
 
  |ycdot(c+Jx-Beta)|lemathcal E(y;X,I),calE(y;X,I),
@@ -2782,19 +2773,19 @@ For a bin, this gives the necessary support inequality
 
 
 Proof. 
-Write $Delta_i=S'_i-S_i$. The expansion of
-$(|S'_i|^2-1)/(4pi)$ has constant term $c_i$, linear term
-$sum_jJ_{ij}(x_j-delta_{ji})$, and the squared increment
-$|Delta_i|^2/(4pi)$. After multiplication by $y_i$ and summation the
-latter is bounded by $pi|y|_∞(KX+r)^2$ via
+Write Delta_i=S'_i-S_i. The expansion of
+(|S'_i|^2-1)/(4pi) has constant term c_i, linear term
+sum_jJ_{ij}(x_j-delta_{ji}), and the squared increment
+|Delta_i|^2/(4pi). After multiplication by y_i and summation the
+latter is bounded by pi|y|_∞(KX+r)^2 via
 (exclude:sum-change).
 
-The pure-$x$ linear remainder was bounded in the preceding scalar
+The pure-x linear remainder was bounded in the preceding scalar
 Taylor expansion; its two alternatives are
-$G_yX^2$ and $K|Scirc y|IX$, and the minimum is valid. The
-Hadamard-$delta$ linear term is $Beta$; its remainder with $nu$ is
-bounded by $nN_y$. The cross term and pure $delta$ term give the
-remaining $|Scirc y|Xr$ and $|Scirc y|_∞ r^2$ contributions.
+G_yX^2 and K|Scirc y|IX, and the minimum is valid. The
+Hadamard-delta linear term is Beta; its remainder with nu is
+bounded by nN_y. The cross term and pure delta term give the
+remaining |Scirc y|Xr and |Scirc y|_∞ r^2 contributions.
 Subtracting the bin's linear box term yields the necessary support
 bound~(exclude:bin-support).
 
@@ -2804,10 +2795,10 @@ then the scalar test~(exclude:scalar-linear)
 (see below), and finally~(exclude:bin-support) for proposed
 directions. Proposed directions come from an inexact linear solve; the
 proposal method is immaterial because the final inequality holds for
-every real $y$ and is checked at the stored test direction.
+every real y and is checked at the stored test direction.
 
 There is a useful scalar test before the tangent decomposition. Set
-$S_{max}=max_i|S_i|$, and for a bin write $X=X_M$, $L=L_M$, $I=I_M$.
+S_{max}=max_i|S_i|, and for a bin write X=X_M, L=L_M, I=I_M.
 Unbiasedness requires
 
  |c_i|le asum_{j>0}|J_{ij}|+r|J_{i,:}|+rho,
@@ -2822,14 +2813,14 @@ where
  
 
 The first remainder bound follows from the weighted estimate with a
-coordinate direction and without decomposing $delta$. The second uses
+coordinate direction and without decomposing delta. The second uses
 the scalar increment bound in~(exclude:sum-change) and applies the
-second-order exponential bound directly to $x-delta_{:,i}$, whose norm
-is at most $X+r$. The full Hadamard linear term is supported by
-$r|J_{i,:}|$, so no normal-error term is added.
+second-order exponential bound directly to x-delta_{:,i}, whose norm
+is at most X+r. The full Hadamard linear term is supported by
+r|J_{i,:}|, so no normal-error term is added.
 
 The implementation checks that a proposed direction is finite with
-maximum absolute entry strictly between $10^{-100}$ and $10^{100}$,
+maximum absolute entry strictly between 10^{-100} and 10^{100},
 normalizes by that maximum, and uses the resulting stored coefficients
 as the test direction. The stored direction itself is what matters.
 
@@ -2837,16 +2828,16 @@ as the test direction. The stored direction itself is what matters.
 medskipnoindentFrom bins to closed vector balls.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The initial resolution is $M=12$. Every bin is tested, and each retained
-bin is split into all $2^5=32$ children at each
-doubling $12to 24to 48to 96$. On one coordinate, the child indices
-$2b$ and $2b+1$ cover the parent interval exactly, so every vector
+The initial resolution is M=12. Every bin is tested, and each retained
+bin is split into all 2^5=32 children at each
+doubling 12to 24to 48to 96. On one coordinate, the child indices
+2b and 2b+1 cover the parent interval exactly, so every vector
 follows at least one surviving bin path, including on a phase or torus
-boundary. Exceeding the cap of $2{,}000{,}000$ retained bins is an
+boundary. Exceeding the cap of 2{,}000{,}000 retained bins is an
 unresolved outcome, never an exclusion. In the stated invocation there
 are four bin layers.
 
-For $vinR^6$ and $sge 0$, define the closed vector ball
+For vinR^6 and sge 0, define the closed vector ball
 
  mathcal B_calB_{vec}(v,s)=
  Bigl{(lambda e(v+x))/(sqrt6):
@@ -2855,33 +2846,33 @@ For $vinR^6$ and $sge 0$, define the closed vector ball
 
 [Certified clustering]
 
-Suppose each retained bin midpoint $u$ is assigned to a center $v$ and
-an integer vector $minmathbb Z^6$.bbZ^6$. Let
+Suppose each retained bin midpoint u is assigned to a center v and
+an integer vector minmathbb Z^6.bbZ^6. Let
 [
  h=u-v-m-frac16(sum_j(u_j-v_j-m_j)){bf 1}.
 ]
-If the assigned radius is at least $|h|+X_M$, then
-$mathcal B_calB_{vec}(v,s)$ covers the whole bin up to global
+If the assigned radius is at least |h|+X_M, then
+mathcal B_calB_{vec}(v,s) covers the whole bin up to global
 phase. The final assignment in cluster has this property.
 
 
 Proof. 
-For any raw displacement $d$ in the bin, subtracting its mean gives the
-$x$ of the direct displacement representation. With the assigned
-integers fixed, the phase difference from $v$ is $h+x$ up to an integer
+For any raw displacement d in the bin, subtracting its mean gives the
+x of the direct displacement representation. With the assigned
+integers fixed, the phase difference from v is h+x up to an integer
 vector and a scalar phase. It has zero mean and norm at most
-$|h|+X_M$, and every bin boundary is attained by some representative
+|h|+X_M, and every bin boundary is attained by some representative
 of the closed bin, so the covering assertion also holds on every
 boundary.
 
 
 Each assignment iteration computes coordinatewise integer wraps of
-$u-v$, then subtracts their mean. A candidate rejected by its distance
+u-v, then subtracts their mean. A candidate rejected by its distance
 cutoff is simply not used; the bin is assigned to another center or to
 a newly inserted midpoint. Thus no bin is dropped by the heuristic. For
 each assigned center the radius is updated to the maximum of the
 computed projected midpoint distance plus the bin-norm upper bound and
-$10^{-9}$; this is an outward upper bound, as certified in the
+10^{-9}; this is an outward upper bound, as certified in the
 arithmetic bounds above. New midpoint centers use midpoint distance
 zero, with the same allowance.
 
@@ -2890,29 +2881,29 @@ of Lloyd's 1982 least-squares quantization paper. They may move centers,
 but a subsequent complete assignment follows each such movement. In the
 last iteration the assigned centers are not moved. Deleting centers with
 no assigned bins cannot lose coverage. The returned centers and radii
-therefore meet the covering assertion. An attempt to exceed $2048$
-centers, or a failure of the final checks $|v_j|le 2$ and $0le s<.1$,
+therefore meet the covering assertion. An attempt to exceed 2048
+centers, or a failure of the final checks |v_j|le 2 and 0le s<.1,
 is unresolved rather than negative.
 
-For the specified invocation, the heuristic radius parameter is $.042$
-and there are two assignment iterations. With $w=1/M$ the candidate
-threshold is $(.042-1.11w)^2$, and the coordinate cutoff is the square
-root of twice that threshold plus $10^{-10}$. These constants affect
+For the specified invocation, the heuristic radius parameter is .042
+and there are two assignment iterations. With w=1/M the candidate
+threshold is (.042-1.11w)^2, and the coordinate cutoff is the square
+root of twice that threshold plus 10^{-10}. These constants affect
 only the choice of assignments; the proof is the final radius update in
 Lemma~exclude:cluster-cover. In particular, the argument does not
 assume that the selected wrapped lift minimizes torus distance.
 
 [Distinct labels]
 
-Two vectors in the same ball $mathcal B_calB_{vec}(v,s)$ with
-$s<.1$ are neither orthogonal nor mutually unbiased. Hence the twelve
+Two vectors in the same ball mathcal B_calB_{vec}(v,s) with
+s<.1 are neither orthogonal nor mutually unbiased. Hence the twelve
 vectors in two further mutually unbiased orthonormal bases must occupy
 twelve distinct retained balls.
 
 
 Proof. 
 After removing global phases, their unscaled inner-product sum has the
-form $sum_je(z_j)$ with $|z|le 2s<.2$. Therefore
+form sum_je(z_j) with |z|le 2s<.2. Therefore
 [
  |sum_je(z_j)|
  ge 6-sum_j|e(z_j)-1|
@@ -2920,7 +2911,7 @@ form $sum_je(z_j)$ with $|z|le 2s<.2$. Therefore
  >6-frac25pisqrt6>frac{20}7>sqrt6.
 ]
 Orthogonality requires the unscaled magnitude to be zero, and
-unbiasedness requires it to be $sqrt6$. Every pair among the twelve
+unbiasedness requires it to be sqrt6. Every pair among the twelve
 has one of these two relations, so no pair shares its ball.
 
 
@@ -2931,44 +2922,44 @@ medskipnoindentBin geometry and edge tests.
 
 [Bin geometry]
 
-Fix a bin with midpoint $uinR^6$ ($u_0=0$) and halfwidth
-$a=1/(2M)$. Any phase vector in the bin is $u+d$ with $d_0=0$ and
-$|d_j|le a$ for $jge1$. The horizontal displacement
-$x=d-frac16(sum_jd_j){bf 1}$ satisfies $sum_jx_j=0$ and, with the
-constants $X_M,L_M,I_M$ of ,
+Fix a bin with midpoint uinR^6 (u_0=0) and halfwidth
+a=1/(2M). Any phase vector in the bin is u+d with d_0=0 and
+|d_j|le a for jge1. The horizontal displacement
+x=d-frac16(sum_jd_j){bf 1} satisfies sum_jx_j=0 and, with the
+constants X_M,L_M,I_M of ,
 
- |x|le X_M,quad |x|_1le L_M,quad |x|_∞le I_M.
+ |x|le X_M, |x|_1le L_M, |x|_∞le I_M.
 
 
 
 Proof. 
-$sum_jx_j=0$ is immediate from the definition.
-Write $d=barbar d+(d-d+(d-barbar d)$d)$ with $barbar d=(1/6)d=(1/6)sum_jd_j$. Then
-$|x|^2=|d-barbar dd{bf 1}|^2=|d|^2-6barbar d^2d^2le|d|^2le5a^2$,
-so $X_Mgesqrt5,a$ suffices. Each $|d_j-barbar d|d|le 2a$, so
-$L_Mge10a$ and $I_Mge2a$ also suffice. 
-accounts for the $10^{-12}$ margin.
+sum_jx_j=0 is immediate from the definition.
+Write d=barbar d+(d-d+(d-barbar d)d) with barbar d=(1/6)d=(1/6)sum_jd_j. Then
+|x|^2=|d-barbar dd{bf 1}|^2=|d|^2-6barbar d^2d^2le|d|^2le5a^2,
+so X_Mgesqrt5,a suffices. Each |d_j-barbar d|d|le 2a, so
+L_Mge10a and I_Mge2a also suffice. 
+accounts for the 10^{-12} margin.
 
 
-Take two distinct balls with centers $u,v$ and radii $s_u,s_v<.1$. For
-actual representatives with displacements $x_u,x_v$, set
+Take two distinct balls with centers u,v and radii s_u,s_v<.1. For
+actual representatives with displacements x_u,x_v, set
 
- Q_j=e(u_j-v_j),quad S=sum_jQ_j,quad
- z=x_u-x_v,quad r_e=s_u+s_v,quad |z|le r_e.
+ Q_j=e(u_j-v_j), S=sum_jQ_j,
+ z=x_u-x_v, r_e=s_u+s_v, |z|le r_e.
 
 The actual unscaled inner product is, up to conjugation and global
-phase, $S'=sum_jQ_je(z_j)$. Since $|S'-S|le 2pisqrt6,r_e$,
-necessary direct tests for orthogonality ($mathcal O$)calO$) and
-unbiasedness ($mathcal U$)calU$) are
+phase, S'=sum_jQ_je(z_j). Since |S'-S|le 2pisqrt6,r_e,
+necessary direct tests for orthogonality (mathcal O)calO) and
+unbiasedness (mathcal U)calU) are
 
- (|S|)/(2pisqrt6)le r_e (mathcal O),calO),qquad
+ (|S|)/(2pisqrt6)le r_e (mathcal O),calO),
  (||S|/sqrt6-1|)/(2pi)le r_e (mathcal U).calU).
 
 
 
  (D_{mathcal O}calO)_{:,j}=
  -ImQ_j ReQ_j,
- qquad
+ 
  (D_{mathcal U}calU)_j=
  frac{ReS,(D_{mathcal O}calO)_{1j}
        +ImS,(D_{mathcal O}calO)_{2j}}6.
@@ -2978,8 +2969,8 @@ unbiasedness ($mathcal U$)calU$) are
 
 For any actual pair from two distinct closed vector balls, with the
 data of~(exclude:edge-data), and for
-$S_{mathcal O}calO=ReS$,
-$S_{mathcal U}calU=(|S|^2-6)/(4pi)$,
+S_{mathcal O}calO=ReS,
+S_{mathcal U}calU=(|S|^2-6)/(4pi),
 
  |Re(S'-S)-(D_{mathcal O}calOz)_1|
  &le E_{mathcal O}calO:=4pisqrt6,r_e^2, 
@@ -3001,21 +2992,21 @@ hold for every actual pair.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Write $e(z_j)-1=2pi iz_j+ε_j$ with
-$|ε_j|le2pi^2z_j^2$ by the integral Taylor remainder.
-Multiply by $Q_j=a_j+ib_j$ and separate real and imaginary parts:
-$Re(Q_j(e(z_j)-1))approx-2pi b_j z_j=(D_{mathcal O}calOz)_j$
-and $Im(Q_j(e(z_j)-1))approx2pi a_jz_j$ up to a
-residual of modulus at most $4pi^2 r_e^2$ per coordinate. Summing over
-$j$ and using $|z|le r_e$ proves~(exclude:orth-residual).
-
-For unbiasedness, expand $(|S'|^2-6)/(4pi)$ at $S$. The constant is
-$S_{mathcal U}calU$, the linear term is $D_{mathcal U}calUz$ (the division by
-$4pi$ normalizes the derivative exactly), and the quadratic remainder
-is at most $(2pi|S|/sqrt6)r_e^2+4pi^2r_e^2$; substituting the
+Write e(z_j)-1=2pi iz_j+ε_j with
+|ε_j|le2pi^2z_j^2 by the integral Taylor remainder.
+Multiply by Q_j=a_j+ib_j and separate real and imaginary parts:
+Re(Q_j(e(z_j)-1))approx-2pi b_j z_j=(D_{mathcal O}calOz)_j
+and Im(Q_j(e(z_j)-1))approx2pi a_jz_j up to a
+residual of modulus at most 4pi^2 r_e^2 per coordinate. Summing over
+j and using |z|le r_e proves~(exclude:orth-residual).
+
+For unbiasedness, expand (|S'|^2-6)/(4pi) at S. The constant is
+S_{mathcal U}calU, the linear term is D_{mathcal U}calUz (the division by
+4pi normalizes the derivative exactly), and the quadratic remainder
+is at most (2pi|S|/sqrt6)r_e^2+4pi^2r_e^2; substituting the
 residual of the orthogonality calculation
 gives~(exclude:unbiased-residual). Cauchy--Schwarz on
-$|z|le r_e$ gives the support inequalities.
+|z|le r_e gives the support inequalities.
 
 
 
@@ -3023,8 +3014,8 @@ $|z|le r_e$ gives the support inequalities.
 medskipnoindentThe joint test with one shared tangent variable.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For each ball $t=0,1$, form $c^t,J^t,B^t,S^t$ from
-(exclude:single-sums) at its actual center. Write its radius as $s_t$ and put
+For each ball t=0,1, form c^t,J^t,B^t,S^t from
+(exclude:single-sums) at its actual center. Write its radius as s_t and put
 
  mathcal E_t^calE_t^{ball}(y):=
  n(sum_{i,j}y_i^2(J^t_{ij})^2)^{1/2}
@@ -3035,36 +3026,36 @@ For each ball $t=0,1$, form $c^t,J^t,B^t,S^t$ from
    +frac 1{sqrt6}|S^tcirc y|_∞ r^2Bigr].
 
 This is exactly the weighted estimate~(exclude:weighted-error)
-restricted to its first pure-$x$ remainder (do not minimize against the
-second one here), with $X=s_t$ and $I=s_t$; they are valid on the whole
+restricted to its first pure-x remainder (do not minimize against the
+second one here), with X=s_t and I=s_t; they are valid on the whole
 closed Euclidean vector ball because the bound was derived for the
 worst case over that ball.
 
-For an edge type $Ein{mathcal O,calO,mathcal UcalU}$ write $ell=2$ or
-$1$ for the dimension of $D_E$, and let $q_EinR^ell$ be the
+For an edge type Ein{mathcal O,calO,mathcal UcalU} write ell=2 or
+1 for the dimension of D_E, and let q_EinR^ell be the
 constant part of the linearized edge equation:
 
  q_{mathcal O}calO := (ReS, ImS) inR^2,
- qquad
+ 
  q_{mathcal U}calU := (|S|^2-6)/(4pi) inR^1,
 
-with $D_E$ and $E_E$ as in~(exclude:edge-derivatives)
+with D_E and E_E as in~(exclude:edge-derivatives)
 and~(exclude:orth-residual)--(exclude:unbiased-residual).
 
 [Joint necessary support]
 
 Suppose one vector from each of the two balls is unbiased to the
 coordinate basis and to the same second basis, whose phase matrix
-is $e(P+delta)/sqrt6$, and the two vectors have relation
-$Ein{mathcal O,calO,mathcal UcalU}$. For every $y_0,y_1inR^6$ and
-$y_einR^ell$,
+is e(P+delta)/sqrt6, and the two vectors have relation
+Ein{mathcal O,calO,mathcal UcalU}. For every y_0,y_1inR^6 and
+y_einR^ell,
 
  &|y_0cdot c^0+y_1cdot c^1+y_ecdot q_E|notag
  &quadle
  sum_{t=0}^1Bigl[
    s_tbigl|(J^t)^*y_t+(-1)^tD_E^*y_ebigr|
    +mathcal E_t^calE_t^{ball}(y_t)Bigr]notag
- &qquad+r_Hbigl|(B^0)^*y_0+(B^1)^*y_1bigr|
+ &+r_Hbigl|(B^0)^*y_0+(B^1)^*y_1bigr|
    +E_E|y_e|.
  
 
@@ -3072,19 +3063,19 @@ $y_einR^ell$,
 
 Proof. 
 For each single vector the linearized equation is
-$c^t+J^tx_t-B^teta$ with weighted residual bounded by
-$mathcal E_t^calE_t^{ball}(y_t)$. The edge equation is
-$q_E+D_E(x_0-x_1)$ with residual norm at most $E_E$.
-
-Divide the edge equation by $y_e$, expand each $x_t$-dependent part
-for the two balls separately, and use the $x$-support of each single
-vector's displacement: for ball $t=0$ the combined coefficient of
-$x_0$ is $(J^0)^*y_0+D_E^*y_e$; for $t=1$, $(J^1)^*y_1-D_E^*y_e$. These
-support over $|x_t|le s_t$ give the first two norm terms.
-
-The single-vector coefficients of the shared tangent $eta$ are $-B^0$
-and $-B^1$, and combine to give the coefficient
-$-(B^0)^*y_0-(B^1)^*y_1$. Support this over $|eta|le r_H$. Bound
+c^t+J^tx_t-B^teta with weighted residual bounded by
+mathcal E_t^calE_t^{ball}(y_t). The edge equation is
+q_E+D_E(x_0-x_1) with residual norm at most E_E.
+
+Divide the edge equation by y_e, expand each x_t-dependent part
+for the two balls separately, and use the x-support of each single
+vector's displacement: for ball t=0 the combined coefficient of
+x_0 is (J^0)^*y_0+D_E^*y_e; for t=1, (J^1)^*y_1-D_E^*y_e. These
+support over |x_t|le s_t give the first two norm terms.
+
+The single-vector coefficients of the shared tangent eta are -B^0
+and -B^1, and combine to give the coefficient
+-(B^0)^*y_0-(B^1)^*y_1. Support this over |eta|le r_H. Bound
 the three residuals by the triangle inequality and Cauchy's inequality.
 
 
@@ -3094,12 +3085,12 @@ coefficient array for each ball, and only then adds the edge
 derivatives. Thus the maximum coefficient in~(exclude:ball-error)
 is formed from the pure single-vector remainder; it cannot be decreased
 by cancellation with an edge coefficient. The tangent coefficient
-array, in contrast, is shared and accumulates both $-(B^t)^*y_t$
+array, in contrast, is shared and accumulates both -(B^t)^*y_t
 contributions before its norm is taken.
 
 As with the single-vector test, the proposed direction comes from an
 inexact linear solve; only its final inequality must be certified. The
-final inequality holds for every real $y$; the numeric choice of
+final inequality holds for every real y; the numeric choice of
 direction is not part of the certificate.
 
 The inequalities just proved are necessary in exact real arithmetic. In
@@ -3115,8 +3106,8 @@ medskipnoindentExact graph exclusion.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Build one vertex for each retained ball. Join two distinct vertices by
-an $mathcal O$calO$ edge iff their orthogonality type has not been excluded
-by the direct and joint tests above; similarly for $mathcal U$calU$ edges
+an mathcal OcalO edge iff their orthogonality type has not been excluded
+by the direct and joint tests above; similarly for mathcal UcalU edges
 and unbiasedness. Both graphs are undirected and have no self-loops.
 Every genuine pair retains its corresponding edge by the preceding
 lemmas. Extra edges are harmless: retained pairwise possibilities need
@@ -3124,9 +3115,9 @@ not have a simultaneous realization.
 
 By Lemma~exclude:cluster-cover and
 Lemma~exclude:distinct-labels, two additional mutually unbiased
-orthonormal bases would give disjoint vertex sets $A,B$ satisfying
+orthonormal bases would give disjoint vertex sets A,B satisfying
 
- |A|=|B|=6,qquad A,B are mathcal O-cliques,calO-cliques,qquad
+ |A|=|B|=6, A,B are mathcal O-cliques,calO-cliques,
  Atimes B⊆ E(mathcal U).calU).
  
 
@@ -3134,34 +3125,34 @@ The following finite search tests this necessary configuration.
 
 [Complete graph search]
 
-The mode-$1$ search of graph::exist, started with both pools
+The mode-1 search of graph::exist, started with both pools
 equal to the full vertex set and first-clique target size six, returns
 false only if~(exclude:graph-configuration) is impossible. A
 work-cap exhaustion never gives a negative certificate.
 
 
 Proof. 
-First consider clique on a candidate set $P$ and target size
-$m$. For $m=0$ it succeeds, and for $m=1$ it tests nonemptiness. For
-$mge2$ it repeatedly selects the least remaining vertex $i$, removes
-it from $P$, and searches $Pcap N_{mathcal O}calO(i)$ for an
-$(m-1)$-clique. For $m=2$ that search is just nonemptiness. Every
+First consider clique on a candidate set P and target size
+m. For m=0 it succeeds, and for m=1 it tests nonemptiness. For
+mge2 it repeatedly selects the least remaining vertex i, removes
+it from P, and searches Pcap N_{mathcal O}calO(i) for an
+(m-1)-clique. For m=2 that search is just nonemptiness. Every
 clique has a unique least vertex, so this enumerates every possibility.
-Terminating when fewer than $m$ candidates remain is also exact.
+Terminating when fewer than m candidates remain is also exact.
 
-Now suppose $A,B$ satisfy~(exclude:graph-configuration).
+Now suppose A,B satisfy~(exclude:graph-configuration).
 Interchange their names if necessary so that
-$a=min(Acup B)$ belongs to $A$. At the root, exist tries
+a=min(Acup B) belongs to A. At the root, exist tries
 possible least vertices of the first clique in increasing order. It
 deletes each tried root vertex from both its local first pool and its
-second pool. Thus when $a$ is selected, every required remaining vertex
-in $Acup B$ is still available. This root deletion imposes only the
+second pool. Thus when a is selected, every required remaining vertex
+in Acup B is still available. This root deletion imposes only the
 chosen convention that the minimum of the union lies in the first
 clique, and it is performed only when the remaining first-clique target
 is six. Recursion then runs clique on the first-pool target
-six, and for each resulting candidate $A$, on the second-pool target
+six, and for each resulting candidate A, on the second-pool target
 six. When clique succeeds, its exact enumeration is used to
-test $Atimes A'⊆ E(mathcal U)$calU)$ by checking every cross pair
+test Atimes A'⊆ E(mathcal U)calU) by checking every cross pair
 in order.
 
 The search cap and any other finite work bound turn into failure, not
@@ -3173,16 +3164,15 @@ result is.
 [Local exclusion]
 
 Suppose
-
-item the retained bins cover the closed phase ball of the Root in the
+ the retained bins cover the closed phase ball of the Root in the
       sense of Lemma~exclude:cluster-cover;
-item every retained bin has either been excluded by
+ every retained bin has either been excluded by
       (exclude:direct-tests), (exclude:scalar-linear), or
       (exclude:bin-support), or been accepted and covered by the
       assigned ball;
-item the $mathcal O$-calO$- and $mathcal U$-graphscalU$-graphs on the retained balls,
+ the mathcal O-calO- and mathcal U-graphscalU-graphs on the retained balls,
       after excluding any pair by the direct or joint tests conditional
-      on $eta$, admit no
+      on eta, admit no
       configuration~(exclude:graph-configuration) as decided by a
       completed graph::exist search.
 
@@ -3195,11 +3185,11 @@ Suppose two such bases existed. Each of their twelve vectors is
 covered by some retained ball (Lemma~exclude:cluster-cover).
 Lemma~exclude:distinct-labels puts them in twelve distinct balls.
 Within each basis the six vectors are pairwise orthogonal, and every
-intra-pair survived its $mathcal O$calO$ direct and joint tests because the
-tests are necessary conditions; thus they are joined by $mathcal O$calO$
+intra-pair survived its mathcal OcalO direct and joint tests because the
+tests are necessary conditions; thus they are joined by mathcal OcalO
 edges. Across the two bases every pair is unbiased, and similarly
-they survive the $mathcal U$calU$ tests, so the cross-pairs are $mathcal
-U$calU$ edges. This produces a configuration~(exclude:graph-configuration),
+they survive the mathcal UcalU tests, so the cross-pairs are mathcal
+UcalU edges. This produces a configuration~(exclude:graph-configuration),
 contradicting the third hypothesis.
 
 
@@ -3212,42 +3202,42 @@ medskipnoindentImplementation margins and invocation.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For a bin the source forms its halfwidth with a $10^{-12}$ increase,
-then increases each of $X_M,L_M,I_M$ by a further $10^{-12}$ after the
+For a bin the source forms its halfwidth with a 10^{-12} increase,
+then increases each of X_M,L_M,I_M by a further 10^{-12} after the
 indicated multiplication. The stored tangent and normal bounds are
 
- widehatwidehat r_H=√(1+r_H=√(1+omega),r+10^{-9},qquad
+ widehatwidehat r_H=√(1+r_H=√(1+omega),r+10^{-9},
  widehatwidehat n=n_0+n=n_0+iota r+Gamma r^2+10^{-9}.
 
 The upper squared-magnitude threshold in~(exclude:direct-tests) is
-increased by $2cdot10^{-7}$, and its lower threshold, when $tau<1$, is
+increased by 2cdot10^{-7}, and its lower threshold, when tau<1, is
 decreased by that amount. The combined squared-distance threshold, the
 right side of~(exclude:scalar-linear), and the right side
-of~(exclude:bin-support) each receive a $2cdot 10^{-7}$
+of~(exclude:bin-support) each receive a 2cdot 10^{-7}
 comparison allowance.
 
-For a pair, the radius sum $s_u+s_v$ is increased by $10^{-10}$. The
+For a pair, the radius sum s_u+s_v is increased by 10^{-10}. The
 distance tests~(exclude:edge-distance) permit a further
-$2cdot 10^{-7}$ on that radius. Both edge residual bounds
-$E_{mathcal O}calO$ and $E_{mathcal U}calU$ are increased by $2cdot 10^{-8}$;
+2cdot 10^{-7} on that radius. Both edge residual bounds
+E_{mathcal O}calO and E_{mathcal U}calU are increased by 2cdot 10^{-8};
 the direct comparisons~(exclude:orth-support)
-and~(exclude:unbiased-support) receive another $2cdot 10^{-7}$.
+and~(exclude:unbiased-support) receive another 2cdot 10^{-7}.
 The right side of the joint
-comparison~(exclude:joint-inequality) receives $3cdot 10^{-7}$.
-Cluster assignment radii include the $10^{-9}$ allowance described in
+comparison~(exclude:joint-inequality) receives 3cdot 10^{-7}.
+Cluster assignment radii include the 10^{-9} allowance described in
 Lemma~exclude:cluster-cover.
 
-The bounds $|P_{ij}|le 4$ and $|v_j|le 2$ keep all trigonometric
+The bounds |P_{ij}|le 4 and |v_j|le 2 keep all trigonometric
 arguments used here within the guarded range of expair. The
 proof of  includes the errors in these
-arguments, in $q,S,c,J,B$, in the short weighted sums and norms, and in
+arguments, in q,S,c,J,B, in the short weighted sums and norms, and in
 the positive support expressions. Inexact solution of the proposal
 systems supplies no separate assumption.
 
 For clarity, the invocation parameters used for this certificate are
-12 4 1 .042 1 1 5000000: initial resolution $12$, four bin
-layers, one proposed bin direction, clustering parameter $.042$, one
-proposed joint direction, graph mode $1$, and the stated graph work
+12 4 1 .042 1 1 5000000: initial resolution 12, four bin
+layers, one proposed bin direction, clustering parameter .042, one
+proposed joint direction, graph mode 1, and the stated graph work
 cap. The two Lloyd iterations are the fixed default. The conclusion of
 Proposition~exclude:local-certificate is conditional on a
 completed negative result for the individual Record; no collection of
@@ -3304,7 +3294,7 @@ medskipnoindentHow the pipeline is split.
 
 The first program writes a seed-center table, one entry per retained
 midpoint, carrying its rational phases in cycles, the selected column
-position $s$, and the radius $0.032$. It performs only the seed filters
+position s, and the radius 0.032. It performs only the seed filters
 whose margins are certified in the arithmetic bounds.
 
 The completion stage processes seeds in disjoint shards and fills the
@@ -3329,18 +3319,17 @@ The control flow is finite and every terminal condition is documented.
 A run that fails any listed condition is not a certificate.
 
 The required terminal conditions are:
-
-item successful builds, a normally completed cover, and a complete
+ successful builds, a normally completed cover, and a complete
       center file;
-item four A exits $0$, all assigned centers processed, terminal
+ four A exits 0, all assigned centers processed, terminal
       failedBalls=0, and four empty bad text files;
-item both B exits $0$, all input parents processed, agreement of
+ both B exits 0, all input parents processed, agreement of
       logged and saved output counts, and zero-count B bad files;
-item every initial C batch processed exactly once with a consistent
+ every initial C batch processed exactly once with a consistent
       exit, done count, bad count, and saved record count;
-item every initial C bad record is included in fallback, fallback
-      exits $0$ with all parents processed and zero saved failures,
-      and the four final C exits are $0$ with total done equal to the
+ every initial C bad record is included in fallback, fallback
+      exits 0 with all parents processed and zero saved failures,
+      and the four final C exits are 0 with total done equal to the
       fallback count and zero saved failures.
 
 Missing files, truncated data, an unexpected exit, resource exhaustion,
@@ -3352,12 +3341,12 @@ subdivision. A0 reported such a diagnostic in this run; its terminal
 unresolved count was nevertheless zero.
 
 The finite bounds governing this control flow --- the bin counts, the
-range of stored differences, the grid~$64$ cell-test count, and the
+range of stored differences, the grid~64 cell-test count, and the
 extra-node and deepest-grid caps --- are stated and checked in the
 completion stage.
 
-Reaching the C-stage bin cap of $2{,}000{,}000$ retained bins, exceeding
-the cluster center count of $2048$, or exhausting the graph work cap
+Reaching the C-stage bin cap of 2{,}000{,}000 retained bins, exceeding
+the cluster center count of 2048, or exhausting the graph work cap
 each produce an unresolved outcome rather than a negative certificate.
 
 
@@ -3367,32 +3356,31 @@ medskipnoindentThe recorded execution.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The complete run consists of 100 program invocations:
-
-item one pass over the seed cover;
-item four shards of the completion stage;
-item two refinement passes, a mid one and a fine one;
-item 88 batches of the initial exclusion pass;
-item one fallback refinement pass;
-item four final exclusion batches.
+ one pass over the seed cover;
+ four shards of the completion stage;
+ two refinement passes, a mid one and a fine one;
+ 88 batches of the initial exclusion pass;
+ one fallback refinement pass;
+ four final exclusion batches.
 
 The initial exclusion pass leaves a nonzero count on some batches: the
 residual candidates that the bin and graph tests could not reject. They
 are handed to the fallback, whose own batches then feed the four final
 exclusion batches. Recorded counts and hashes accompany the whole run.
 
-For every initial exclusion process the recorded status is $0$ exactly
-when its unresolved count is zero, and $1$ exactly when that count is
+For every initial exclusion process the recorded status is 0 exactly
+when its unresolved count is zero, and 1 exactly when that count is
 positive. The four failure categories --- uncapped graph candidate,
 graph-step cap, bin overflow, and clustering failure --- sum to that
 count, and none of them is an exclusion. Every nonempty batch reaches
 the fallback, sorted by locale, including batches whose locations differ
 from one run to the next. The final exclusion pass uses all four
-modulo-$4$ parts of the fallback output. Had the initial pass left no
+modulo-4 parts of the fallback output. Had the initial pass left no
 unresolved record, the fallback and the final pass would have been
 unnecessary; that shortcut was not taken.
 
 Fifteen initial exclusion batches left unresolved records, and together
-they carry all $163$ unresolved records. There were no initial bin
+they carry all 163 unresolved records. There were no initial bin
 overflows, clustering failures, or uncapped graph candidates. There were
 no final failures of any category. All 100 program invocations are
 therefore accounted for: one cover pass, four completion shards, two
@@ -3403,11 +3391,11 @@ refinement width, or mathematical input was altered, and no additional
 refinement level was inserted.
 
 For scale, the measured wall times, including polling and validation,
-were $621.59$ seconds for the cover, $2020.32$ seconds for the four
-parallel completion shards, $1071.49$ and $407.45$ seconds for the two
-refinement passes, and $300.23$, $8.12$ and $36.27$ seconds for the
+were 621.59 seconds for the cover, 2020.32 seconds for the four
+parallel completion shards, 1071.49 and 407.45 seconds for the two
+refinement passes, and 300.23, 8.12 and 36.27 seconds for the
 initial exclusion, the fallback and the final exclusion. The outer
-supervisor measured $4470.33$ seconds for the complete pipeline. These
+supervisor measured 4470.33 seconds for the complete pipeline. These
 are observations on this platform, not native CPU times or running-time
 guarantees. No stage hit its wall deadline, and no retry or resource
 limit was raised.
@@ -3440,12 +3428,12 @@ Fix the four recorded programs and the arithmetic conditions of the
 certified arithmetic. Suppose the recorded invocations meet every
 terminal condition listed above, together with the record provenance
 and batch checks stated there. Then four mutually unbiased orthonormal
-bases in $C^6$ do not exist.
+bases in C^6 do not exist.
 
 
 Proof. 
 Suppose four such bases exist. Normalize the first to the standard
-basis and write the second as $H/sqrt6$.
+basis and write the second as H/sqrt6.
 
 Seeds. Proposition~seed:cover places the seed coordinates
 of an equivalent exact Hadamard matrix in one of the generated seed
@@ -3494,20 +3482,18 @@ medskipnoindentConclusion of the proof.
 The proof of Theorem~thm:main is now complete. The
 overall argument is the following chain of strictly finer covers, each
 preserving every exact candidate solution.
-
-
-item By Lemma~seed:equivalences, every complex Hadamard matrix,
+ By Lemma~seed:equivalences, every complex Hadamard matrix,
       up to allowed symmetries, has its nine-phase seed inside one of
       finitely many closed balls (Proposition~seed:cover).
-item For each such seed ball, the possible completions form a
-      $U(2)$-orbit; the $U(2)$ cells are divided into finitely many
+ For each such seed ball, the possible completions form a
+      U(2)-orbit; the U(2) cells are divided into finitely many
       pieces such that each piece either is excluded by a certified
       necessary condition or is covered by a small phase ball
       (Proposition~phase:A-cover).
-item Each Phase ball is subdivided into smaller children, and the
+ Each Phase ball is subdivided into smaller children, and the
       original balls are covered by new children together with any
       unresolved bad parents (Proposition~refine:cover-preservation).
-item Each small phase ball is ruled out by the C-stage graph test on
+ Each small phase ball is ruled out by the C-stage graph test on
       independent vector balls and pairwise tests
       (Proposition~exclude:local-certificate).
 
@@ -3516,7 +3502,7 @@ The recorded execution of the pipeline
 meets every terminal condition listed above, so the
 finite-execution certificate Theorem~execute:finite-theorem
 applies and yields the negative upper bound. The lower bound is
-Lemma~lem:three-mub-six; the two together give $N(6)=3$.
+Lemma~lem:three-mub-six; the two together give N(6)=3.
 
 The argument can be summarized in four sentences: cover the space of
 complex Hadamard matrices; replace the cover with smaller and smaller
@@ -3586,26 +3572,26 @@ permissible wherever the proof subsequently uses that integer lift. No
 accuracy premise is imposed on atan2: Candidate checks the unit
 exponential of the phase it proposes. Decimal literals are either used
 as exact stored parameters, or allowed a relative translation error of
-at most $5cdot 10^{-16}$ when compared with a displayed decimal.
+at most 5cdot 10^{-16} when compared with a displayed decimal.
 
 Put
 
- u=2cdot 10^{-16},qquad tau=10^{-300},qquad
+ u=2cdot 10^{-16}, tau=10^{-300},
  gamma_m=2.1cdot 10^{-16}(m+1).
 
-For a correctly rounded basic operation with finite exact result $z$ at
+For a correctly rounded basic operation with finite exact result z at
 the scales below,
 
  |fl(z)-z|le u|z|+tau .
 
-The true binary64 relative unit roundoff is smaller than $u$, and the
+The true binary64 relative unit roundoff is smaller than u, and the
 additive allowance is much larger than half the least positive
 subnormal. Overflows are excluded for the certificate evaluations by
 the scale bounds proved below; they need not be excluded in an
 untrusted solve.
 
 [Accumulation and norm bounds]
-For $mle 2000$, a dot product on exact stored inputs, formed as
+For mle 2000, a dot product on exact stored inputs, formed as
 separate products and successive additions, satisfies
 
  |fl!(sum_{i=1}^m a_i b_i)
@@ -3625,17 +3611,17 @@ Euclidean difference is added to this bound.
 
 
 Proof. 
-Iterating $|z_k|le (1+u)|z_{k-1}|+u+btau$ for a length-$m$ dot product
+Iterating |z_k|le (1+u)|z_{k-1}|+u+btau for a length-m dot product
 with the standard addition/rounding analysis
 (Lemma 3.1 of Higham's 2002 book) gives an interpolation of
-the form $(1+u)^msum_{i=1}^m|a_ib_i|$ plus a $O(mtau)$ term. The bound
-$gamma_m=2.1cdot 10^{-16}(m+1)$ is a conservative choice: for
-$mle 2000$ one has $(1+u)^m-1le mule 2mcdot 10^{-16}$, which is
-smaller than $gamma_m$. Direct substitution of the accumulated
-additive terms into the recurrence produces the $tau$ bound. The
+the form (1+u)^msum_{i=1}^m|a_ib_i| plus a O(mtau) term. The bound
+gamma_m=2.1cdot 10^{-16}(m+1) is a conservative choice: for
+mle 2000 one has (1+u)^m-1le mule 2mcdot 10^{-16}, which is
+smaller than gamma_m. Direct substitution of the accumulated
+additive terms into the recurrence produces the tau bound. The
 norm inequality is the same argument applied to the square-sum and
-then to the correctly rounded square root, with $m+2$ factors and a
-final $10^{-140}$ additive allowance.
+then to the correctly rounded square root, with m+2 factors and a
+final 10^{-140} additive allowance.
 
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3643,49 +3629,49 @@ medskipnoindentPi and exponential evaluations.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The constant $pi$ is stored as the correctly rounded binary64 literal.
-Its absolute error is at most $10^{-16}$ and its relative error is at
-most $u$. The constants $sqrt 6$ and its reciprocal are formed by the
-indicated square-root and division; $2cdot 10^{-15}$ is an ample
+The constant pi is stored as the correctly rounded binary64 literal.
+Its absolute error is at most 10^{-16} and its relative error is at
+most u. The constants sqrt 6 and its reciprocal are formed by the
+indicated square-root and division; 2cdot 10^{-15} is an ample
 absolute error bound for each.
 
-The source evaluates cosine through degree $18$ and sine through degree
-$19$. In the $j$th nonconstant term, the error in $-y^2$ is reused $j$
-times, and there are $j$ further multiplications and $j$ divisions.
+The source evaluates cosine through degree 18 and sine through degree
+19. In the jth nonconstant term, the error in -y^2 is reused j
+times, and there are j further multiplications and j divisions.
 The small integer denominators are exact. Its relative error is
-therefore at most $(1+u)^{3j}-1<5.5cdot 10^{-15}$ for $jle 9$. For
+therefore at most (1+u)^{3j}-1<5.5cdot 10^{-15} for jle 9. For
 additive underflow errors, compare with a recurrence using the same
 multiplicative rounding factors but zero additive errors. Its terms
 have magnitude below two, and each recurrence contracts the previous
-additive error by a factor less than $1/2$: the numerator factor has
-magnitude below $.786^2$ and the smallest denominator is two. Errors
+additive error by a factor less than 1/2: the numerator factor has
+magnitude below .786^2 and the smallest denominator is two. Errors
 from that factor, the product, and the division give the conservative
-recurrence $E_jle E_{j-1}/2+4tau$, $E_0=0$. Thus $E_j<8tau$; after
+recurrence E_jle E_{j-1}/2+4tau, E_0=0. Thus E_j<8tau; after
 both coordinates' nine additions their total contribution is below
-$10^{-295}$, including when $y^2$ or a later term underflows. The
-absolute even-term sum at $.786$ is below $1.4$, its nonconstant part
-below $.4$; the odd-term sum is below $1$, its part after $y$ below
-$.2$. For the nonconstant even terms the successive ratio after the
-first is at most $.786^2/12$, and for the odd terms after $y$ it is at
-most $.786^2/20$. Their geometric majorants give the claimed absolute
+10^{-295}, including when y^2 or a later term underflows. The
+absolute even-term sum at .786 is below 1.4, its nonconstant part
+below .4; the odd-term sum is below 1, its part after y below
+.2. For the nonconstant even terms the successive ratio after the
+first is at most .786^2/12, and for the odd terms after y it is at
+most .786^2/20. Their geometric majorants give the claimed absolute
 sums without evaluating a transcendental function. The first omitted
-cosine and sine terms are below $3.33cdot 10^{-21}$ and
-$1.25cdot 10^{-22}$, respectively; both are below $10^{-16}$ even in
+cosine and sine terms are below 3.33cdot 10^{-21} and
+1.25cdot 10^{-22}, respectively; both are below 10^{-16} even in
 the worst scale considered here. Thus
 
  |fl(e^{iy}) - e^{iy}| le 10^{-14}
 
-for all real $y$ with $|y|le 20$ and no overflow or underflow.
+for all real y with |y|le 20 and no overflow or underflow.
 
-For $z=a+bi$ with $|a|,|b|le20$, the pair
-$(fl(cos b),fl(sin b))$ is multiplied by
-$e^a$; the pair error and the multiplication error are each below
-$2u$ in relative terms, and the total error is below $10^{-14}$
+For z=a+bi with |a|,|b|le20, the pair
+(fl(cos b),fl(sin b)) is multiplied by
+e^a; the pair error and the multiplication error are each below
+2u in relative terms, and the total error is below 10^{-14}
 in absolute value at the scales used here (bound: ).
 All relied-on arguments satisfy the range condition. Seed and dyadic
-unitary phases are bounded near $[0,1]$; gen checks $|p_j|le4$;
-Candidate checks $|P_j|le .51$ before its exponential; C validates
-$|p_j|le 4$ and checks ball phases of magnitude at most two. The
+unitary phases are bounded near [0,1]; gen checks |p_j|le4;
+Candidate checks |P_j|le .51 before its exponential; C validates
+|p_j|le 4 and checks ball phases of magnitude at most two. The
 largest C difference has magnitude at most six.
 
 
@@ -3694,31 +3680,31 @@ medskipnoindentDephasing and projection.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-For $|p_j|le 4$, the three operations in unwrapped dephasing
-$p_{ij}-p_{i0}-p_{0j}+p_{00}$ have entry error below $8cdot 10^{-15}$;
-their intermediate magnitudes are at most $8$, $12$, and $16$.
+For |p_j|le 4, the three operations in unwrapped dephasing
+p_{ij}-p_{i0}-p_{0j}+p_{00} have entry error below 8cdot 10^{-15};
+their intermediate magnitudes are at most 8, 12, and 16.
 Subtracting the integer selected by nearbyint gives error
-below $10^{-14}$ against the exact dephase minus that same integer. A
-wrapped difference of two such arrays has error below $3cdot 10^{-14}$
+below 10^{-14} against the exact dephase minus that same integer. A
+wrapped difference of two such arrays has error below 3cdot 10^{-14}
 per entry against the ideal difference with the combined selected
 integers. The one-sided Candidate version, whose other array is already
 a stored dephased phase, has the same bound. These comparisons do not
 assume identical rounding choices for an independently formed ideal
 phase.
 
-For a stored wrapped array, $|z_j|le 1/2$. Its row and column sums
-have error below $4cdot 10^{-15}$, and its length-36 grand sum below
-$1.4cdot 10^{-13}$. Dividing by $6$ or $36$ and combining the means
-gives projection-operation error below $10^{-14}$ per component.
+For a stored wrapped array, |z_j|le 1/2. Its row and column sums
+have error below 4cdot 10^{-15}, and its length-36 grand sum below
+1.4cdot 10^{-13}. Dividing by 6 or 36 and combining the means
+gives projection-operation error below 10^{-14} per component.
 Projection contracts the prior input error. Consequently the computed
-projected difference has Frobenius error below $10^{-11}$. All distance
+projected difference has Frobenius error below 10^{-11}. All distance
 square and norm errors at the successful cutoffs below are negligible
-against $10^{-7}$.
+against 10^{-7}.
 
-Thus Atlas::find's returned $√(s)+10^{-7}$ is an upper
+Thus Atlas::find's returned √(s)+10^{-7} is an upper
 distance for the selected ideal projected lift. A merge uses radius
-$r+distance+10^{-8}$ and checks a cap with $2cdot 10^{-8}$
-slack. Its sum-rounding error is below $10^{-14}$. The same arithmetic
+r+distance+10^{-8} and checks a cap with 2cdot 10^{-8}
+slack. Its sum-rounding error is below 10^{-14}. The same arithmetic
 applies to assign and to the local sphere-radius additions.
 Searching only some buckets or transforms may miss a merge; it cannot
 certify a merge that fails these tests.
@@ -3728,47 +3714,47 @@ medskipnoindentSeed filtering and seed-ball reuse.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Here $n=112$ and the stored $w$ approximates $1/n$. Midpoint-gap
+Here n=112 and the stored w approximates 1/n. Midpoint-gap
 calculations contain only small integer arithmetic and a few
 products/subtractions; (round:basic) bounds their total error,
-including the comparison threshold, by $10^{-14}$. Their slack is
-$10^{-8}$. The orientation filter is integral.
-
-For a list of five varying phases, the computed residual $c$ in
-sumok has component error below $2cdot 10^{-13}$. Indeed its
-five exponential errors, after division by $2pi$, total less than
-$4.8cdot 10^{-14}$ in complex modulus, and the divisions, additions,
-and constant error cost less than $3cdot 10^{-15}$. The sharper
-componentwise bound $1.1cdot 10^{-13}$ will also be useful. Each test
+including the comparison threshold, by 10^{-14}. Their slack is
+10^{-8}. The orientation filter is integral.
+
+For a list of five varying phases, the computed residual c in
+sumok has component error below 2cdot 10^{-13}. Indeed its
+five exponential errors, after division by 2pi, total less than
+4.8cdot 10^{-14} in complex modulus, and the divisions, additions,
+and constant error cost less than 3cdot 10^{-15}. The sharper
+componentwise bound 1.1cdot 10^{-13} will also be useful. Each test
 direction is regarded as an exact stored pair; its norm is less than
-$1.1$. The five column perturbations, the residual perturbation, and
-ordinary arithmetic in chk cost together less than $10^{-11}$.
-Its remainder coefficient approximates $5pi/(4n^2)$ within $10^{-15}$.
-The actual $10^{-8}$ comparison addition therefore preserves every
+1.1. The five column perturbations, the residual perturbation, and
+ordinary arithmetic in chk cost together less than 10^{-11}.
+Its remainder coefficient approximates 5pi/(4n^2) within 10^{-15}.
+The actual 10^{-8} comparison addition therefore preserves every
 feasible list.
 
 In supdual, all proposed entries are checked by
-$|v_a|le 10^4$, with a negated comparison that also rejects NaN. They
+|v_a|le 10^4, with a negated comparison that also rejects NaN. They
 are then exact stored test coefficients. The four right-hand-side
-errors against $-nc$ are below $3cdot 10^{-11}$ each. The signed term
+errors against -nc are below 3cdot 10^{-11} each. The signed term
 consequently has input error at most
 [
  2sum_{a=1}^4 |v_a|,3cdot 10^{-11}le 2.4cdot 10^{-6}<2.5cdot 10^{-6}.
 ]
-Its absolute term sum is below $10^7$, so its arithmetic error is below
-$10^{-7}$. Each of the nine row-dot residuals has error below
-$4cdot 10^{-9}$: its four input contributions are at most
-$4cdot 10^4ε_{exp}$, and its short dot costs less than
-$10^{-10}$. Each pair norm has error below $10^{-10}$ by
-(round:norm). The remainder coefficient uses $1.251$ instead of
-$1.25$, which leaves positive slack after its own rounding. The final
-absolute scale is below $2cdot 10^7$. Summing these contributions shows
+Its absolute term sum is below 10^7, so its arithmetic error is below
+10^{-7}. Each of the nine row-dot residuals has error below
+4cdot 10^{-9}: its four input contributions are at most
+4cdot 10^4ε_{exp}, and its short dot costs less than
+10^{-10}. Each pair norm has error below 10^{-10} by
+(round:norm). The remainder coefficient uses 1.251 instead of
+1.25, which leaves positive slack after its own rounding. The final
+absolute scale is below 2cdot 10^7. Summing these contributions shows
 that the ideal support expression is at most the computed proposal plus
-$10^{-4}$. The actual addition is $0.01$. If no usable proposal improves
-the initial $10^{10}$ bound, that initial bound already exceeds the
+10^{-4}. The actual addition is 0.01. If no usable proposal improves
+the initial 10^{10} bound, that initial bound already exceeds the
 trivial support.
 
-Integer differences lie in $[-111,111]$, including those stored in
+Integer differences lie in [-111,111], including those stored in
 int8_t; all their squared/absolute sums are exact and small.
 The comparison radius is
 [
@@ -3776,18 +3762,18 @@ The comparison radius is
               -.0001
 ]
 with the source's indicated operation ordering. The total possible
-error before the subtraction is below $10^{-12}$, so this is smaller
-than the ideal $(.032cdot112)^2$. This reasoning requires the
+error before the subtraction is below 10^{-12}, so this is smaller
+than the ideal (.032cdot112)^2. This reasoning requires the
 pow(x,2) calls in covout to be lowered to binary64
 multiplication, as checked for the fresh build documented in
 . It is not a claim about an arbitrary library
-implementation of pow. The other square-power value $T$,
+implementation of pow. The other square-power value T,
 bucket reach, and integer cuts only select reuse attempts; missing an
 attempt does not discard the current bin pair. A newly inserted midpoint
-needs radius only $1.5/112<.032$. Finally, the nine division-rounded
+needs radius only 1.5/112<.032. Finally, the nine division-rounded
 seed phases differ from their rational midpoints in norm by less than
-$10^{-14}$, which is absorbed when the A seed radius is increased to
-$.0320001$.
+10^{-14}, which is absorbed when the A seed radius is increased to
+.0320001.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentFrames, comparison blocks, and A exclusion tests.
@@ -3799,38 +3785,38 @@ the specified centers, and the same coordinate indices selected by the
 code. We never need the selected coordinate to maximize the ideal
 projection score.
 
-For frame, the four-term sum $S$ has error below
-$2.5cdot 10^{-13}$; its squared modulus has error below
-$2.2cdot 10^{-12}$, and its modulus below $2.6cdot 10^{-13}$ by
-(round:norm). If the stored $m=√(4-|S|)$ passes $m>1.25$, the
-ideal $m>1.24$. Using $|sqrt a-sqrt b|=|a-b|/(sqrt a+sqrt b)$ at
-these lower bounds gives errors below $3cdot 10^{-13}$ in $m$ and
-$top=√(4+|S|)$. In particular $16-|S|^2>6.1$; its error is
-below $2.3cdot 10^{-12}$, so its reciprocal has error below
-$7cdot 10^{-14}$. The two pseudoinverse numerators have modulus at most
-eight and error below $5.1cdot 10^{-13}$. Division/scaling then gives
+For frame, the four-term sum S has error below
+2.5cdot 10^{-13}; its squared modulus has error below
+2.2cdot 10^{-12}, and its modulus below 2.6cdot 10^{-13} by
+(round:norm). If the stored m=√(4-|S|) passes m>1.25, the
+ideal m>1.24. Using |sqrt a-sqrt b|=|a-b|/(sqrt a+sqrt b) at
+these lower bounds gives errors below 3cdot 10^{-13} in m and
+top=√(4+|S|). In particular 16-|S|^2>6.1; its error is
+below 2.3cdot 10^{-12}, so its reciprocal has error below
+7cdot 10^{-14}. The two pseudoinverse numerators have modulus at most
+eight and error below 5.1cdot 10^{-13}. Division/scaling then gives
 
- |Delta G_{ij}|<10^{-12},qquad |G_{ij}^{rm ideal}|<.81,
+ |Delta G_{ij}|<10^{-12}, |G_{ij}^{rm ideal}|<.81,
 
 the second inequality following from the lower singular bound.
 
 The first constant basis column is exact. The next column has numerator
-error below $1.3cdot 10^{-13}$ and denominator
-$√(4-|S|^2/4)>1.5$ with error below $2cdot 10^{-13}$. Its ideal
+error below 1.3cdot 10^{-13} and denominator
+√(4-|S|^2/4)>1.5 with error below 2cdot 10^{-13}. Its ideal
 entries have modulus at most one, so the quotient error is below
-$4cdot 10^{-13}$. For each of the remaining two columns, use the actual
-selected coordinate projection $q$. In the first such projection the
-earlier two products give entry error below $9cdot 10^{-13}$, and its
-norm error is below $2cdot 10^{-12}$. The accepted computed norm is
-greater than $.449999$, so the ideal projection is nonzero and
-normalization gives entry error below $7cdot 10^{-12}$. In the last
+4cdot 10^{-13}. For each of the remaining two columns, use the actual
+selected coordinate projection q. In the first such projection the
+earlier two products give entry error below 9cdot 10^{-13}, and its
+norm error is below 2cdot 10^{-12}. The accepted computed norm is
+greater than .449999, so the ideal projection is nonzero and
+normalization gives entry error below 7cdot 10^{-12}. In the last
 projection the extra column-product error gives entry error below
-$1.6cdot 10^{-11}$ and norm error below $3.5cdot 10^{-11}$. The same
-denominator check gives entry error below $1.2cdot 10^{-10}$. This
+1.6cdot 10^{-11} and norm error below 3.5cdot 10^{-11}. The same
+denominator check gives entry error below 1.2cdot 10^{-10}. This
 argument inductively constructs the ideal orthonormal complements with
 the selected coordinates. The two-product kernel projector has entry
-error below $3cdot 10^{-10}$; multiplying two complement entries and
-$sqrt6$ gives a $W$ entry error below $8cdot 10^{-10}$.
+error below 3cdot 10^{-10}; multiplying two complement entries and
+sqrt6 gives a W entry error below 8cdot 10^{-10}.
 
 The following table records the rest of the propagation, with the source
 array names. Its errors include ordinary operation rounding.
@@ -3838,40 +3824,40 @@ array names. Its errors include ordinary operation rounding.
 
 small
 {>{raggedrightarraybackslash}p{.22linewidth}p{.23linewidth}p{.45linewidth}}
-hline
+
 Quantity & Absolute error per entry & Ideal scale used
-hline
-base & $10^{-11}$ & two factors of modulus at most 2 times G
-fixed & $2cdot 10^{-9}$ & projector times a factor at most 1.62
-bm, cm & $2cdot 10^{-12}$ & unit entry times G
-uc.U, angular derivatives & $2cdot 10^{-13}$ & products of unit phases/trig entries
-K, D & $4cdot 10^{-9}$ & four W products and base
-mag & $4cdot 10^{-8}$ & $|D|<4.6$
-$sqrt{mag}$ & $5cdot 10^{-9}$ & norm Lipschitz
-jac & $10^{-8}$ & ideal modulus at most 6
-flat real J & $1cdot 10^{-7}$ & dot of D and jac
-flat c & $5cdot 10^{-8}$ & $(|D|^2-1)/2$
-pre-equation c & $4cdot 10^{-13}$ & short unit-exponential sums
-pre-equation coefficients & $6cdot 10^{-14}$ & unit exponentials
-hline
+
+base & 10^{-11} & two factors of modulus at most 2 times G
+fixed & 2cdot 10^{-9} & projector times a factor at most 1.62
+bm, cm & 2cdot 10^{-12} & unit entry times G
+uc.U, angular derivatives & 2cdot 10^{-13} & products of unit phases/trig entries
+K, D & 4cdot 10^{-9} & four W products and base
+mag & 4cdot 10^{-8} & |D|<4.6
+sqrt{mag} & 5cdot 10^{-9} & norm Lipschitz
+jac & 10^{-8} & ideal modulus at most 6
+flat real J & 1cdot 10^{-7} & dot of D and jac
+flat c & 5cdot 10^{-8} & (|D|^2-1)/2
+pre-equation c & 4cdot 10^{-13} & short unit-exponential sums
+pre-equation coefficients & 6cdot 10^{-14} & unit exponentials
+
 
 
 
 medskipnoindentThe horizontal-projector identity..
 An entry of the exact double-centering projector is the product of two
 centering-matrix entries. The computed PI differs by less than
-$10^{-15}$ per entry. In the matrix $L_P$, each row has only 12 nonzero
-entries, with error below $1.3cdot 10^{-13}$ from the edge products.
-Forming LP gives error below $5cdot 10^{-12}$ per entry
-against $L_PPi$; the ideal entry magnitude is at most $8.4$. In the
-residual $Pi-TT^*-ML_PPi$ each computed entry then has error below
-$10^{-9}$. The propagated $LP$ error is at most
-$30cdot 2cdot 5cdot 10^{-12}=3cdot 10^{-10}$; the remaining PI,
-$T$-product, and short accumulation errors fit in the remainder of the
+10^{-15} per entry. In the matrix L_P, each row has only 12 nonzero
+entries, with error below 1.3cdot 10^{-13} from the edge products.
+Forming LP gives error below 5cdot 10^{-12} per entry
+against L_PPi; the ideal entry magnitude is at most 8.4. In the
+residual Pi-TT^*-ML_PPi each computed entry then has error below
+10^{-9}. The propagated LP error is at most
+30cdot 2cdot 5cdot 10^{-12}=3cdot 10^{-10}; the remaining PI,
+T-product, and short accumulation errors fit in the remainder of the
 budget, with absolute sum below 560. The 1296 entry errors have
-Frobenius total below $3.6cdot 10^{-8}$. Norm accumulation is below
-$10^{-8}$ even with residual norm 20161. Thus the actual
-$2cdot 10^{-6}$ addition in id suffices.
+Frobenius total below 3.6cdot 10^{-8}. Norm accumulation is below
+10^{-8} even with residual norm 20161. Thus the actual
+2cdot 10^{-6} addition in id suffices.
 
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3881,29 +3867,29 @@ medskipnoindentRoot certificates and normal constants.
 
 The tangent operator has the certified bound
 
- |T|_{rm op}lesqrt{1+mathtt{ort}}<1.00001,
+ |T|_{rm op}lesqrt{1+ort}<1.00001,
 
-since $T$ is a genuine Root. The evaluation of $T^*T-I$ for the stored
-$T$ (each $|T_{ja}|le 1.01$) yields $mathtt{ort}<10^{-5}$; the
-evaluation of $(I-Pi)T$ yields $mathtt{hor}<10^{-5}$; the evaluation
-of $F(P)$ yields $mathtt{froot}<10^{-6}$.
+since T is a genuine Root. The evaluation of T^*T-I for the stored
+T (each |T_{ja}|le 1.01) yields ort<10^{-5}; the
+evaluation of (I-Pi)T yields hor<10^{-5}; the evaluation
+of F(P) yields froot<10^{-6}.
 
-For the auxiliary maps $M$: the source forms $M=H_VL_V^*$ with at most
-$25$ columns of $H_V$ and $L_V$, each checked to magnitude at most $2$.
-Absolute row sums of the column Grams of $H_V$ and $L_V$ give upper
-bounds on $|H_V|$ and $|L_V|$; their product overestimates
-$|M|$. Adding the $2.1cdot 10^{-11}$ Frobenius bound on the
-difference $H_VL_V^*-M$ (where $M$ denotes the accumulated stored
-product) gives a valid $mathtt{mnorm}$.
+For the auxiliary maps M: the source forms M=H_VL_V^* with at most
+25 columns of H_V and L_V, each checked to magnitude at most 2.
+Absolute row sums of the column Grams of H_V and L_V give upper
+bounds on |H_V| and |L_V|; their product overestimates
+|M|. Adding the 2.1cdot 10^{-11} Frobenius bound on the
+difference H_VL_V^*-M (where M denotes the accumulated stored
+product) gives a valid mnorm.
 
-The two candidate choices for $C$ are $sqrt 8|M|$ and
-$sqrt 6|mathcal ScalS|$; the source takes the smaller of upper bounds
-for these two quantities. Each is a valid $pi b$ in
+The two candidate choices for C are sqrt 8|M| and
+sqrt 6|mathcal ScalS|; the source takes the smaller of upper bounds
+for these two quantities. Each is a valid pi b in
 Lemma~phase:remainder by Lemma~phase:remainder-constants.
-The root evaluation thresholds are $mathtt{val}<10^{-18}$ for the
-overall pass, $mathtt{ort}<10^{-5}$, $mathtt{hor}<10^{-5}$,
-$mathtt{id}<10^{-4}$ after the $2cdot 10^{-6}$ addition, and
-$mathtt{mnorm}cdotmathtt{froot}lemathtt{n0}$.
+The root evaluation thresholds are val<10^{-18} for the
+overall pass, ort<10^{-5}, hor<10^{-5},
+id<10^{-4} after the 2cdot 10^{-6} addition, and
+mnormcdotmathtt{froot}lemathtt{n0}.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentCandidate conversion and ellipsoidal coverage.
@@ -3911,77 +3897,77 @@ medskipnoindentCandidate conversion and ellipsoidal coverage.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 These coverage estimates are needed only after a successful Candidate
-preparation, at final unitary-grid levels $N_uge 64$.
+preparation, at final unitary-grid levels N_uge 64.
 
-Let $m_j=|D_j|$ denote an ideal comparison-block magnitude. The stored
-magnitude test $sqrt{mathtt{mag}_j}>.15$ implies $m_j>.14999998$.
-Normalizing $D$ by its computed magnitude has unit-direction error
+Let m_j=|D_j| denote an ideal comparison-block magnitude. The stored
+magnitude test sqrt{mag_j}>.15 implies m_j>.14999998.
+Normalizing D by its computed magnitude has unit-direction error
 below
 [
  frac{2cdot 4cdot 10^{-9}}{.14999998}
      +norm/division rounding<5.5cdot 10^{-8}.
 ]
-Candidate additionally checks a computed chord smaller than $10^{-7}$
+Candidate additionally checks a computed chord smaller than 10^{-7}
 between this normalized value and the exponential of its proposed
 phase. With (round:exp-budget), the true unit chord error is less
-than $1.56cdot 10^{-7}$. If a circular phase distance in cycles is
-$vin[0,1/2]$, its chord is $2sin(pi v)ge 4v$. Across $16$ entries
+than 1.56cdot 10^{-7}. If a circular phase distance in cycles is
+vin[0,1/2], its chord is 2sin(pi v)ge 4v. Across 16 entries
 the phase-center correction therefore has norm below
-$1.56cdot 10^{-7}$, which is below the $2cdot 10^{-6}$ allowance used
+1.56cdot 10^{-7}, which is below the 2cdot 10^{-6} allowance used
 in . The nine seed entries use exact stored
 seed centers and an exact integer subtraction.
 
-For the D-position coefficients $X$, the normalized-direction error
-times the Jacobian bound six, plus the $10^{-8}$ Jacobian error and
-short-dot rounding, is below $10^{-6}$ per entry. The other used $X$
-entries are exact. The $mathtt{mi}$ subtraction of $10^{-6}$ therefore
-gives a positive magnitude lower bound greater than $.148$, and
-$mathtt{invmag}_j=1/(widehatwidehat m_j-10^m_j-10^{-6})+10^{-9}$ is an upper bound
-for $1/m_j$, below $6.8$.
+For the D-position coefficients X, the normalized-direction error
+times the Jacobian bound six, plus the 10^{-8} Jacobian error and
+short-dot rounding, is below 10^{-6} per entry. The other used X
+entries are exact. The mi subtraction of 10^{-6} therefore
+gives a positive magnitude lower bound greater than .148, and
+invmag_j=1/(widehatwidehat m_j-10^m_j-10^{-6})+10^{-9} is an upper bound
+for 1/m_j, below 6.8.
 
-The flat-sum error is below $10^{-6}$, so the $10^{-5}$ addition in
-slack, followed by its additional $10^{-10}$, gives the
+The flat-sum error is below 10^{-6}, so the 10^{-5} addition in
+slack, followed by its additional 10^{-10}, gives the
 required nonnegative weighted chord-square upper bound. In the passed
-branch $q<3.8$ and $1-q/4>.049$. The arithmetic in dividing
-slack by mi has error below $10^{-12}$:
-slack$<4.1$ and the denominator is above $.148$. The ratio
-$(1-q/4)^{-1/2}$ has error below $10^{-12}$ before its $10^{-7}$
+branch q<3.8 and 1-q/4>.049. The arithmetic in dividing
+slack by mi has error below 10^{-12}:
+slack<4.1 and the denominator is above .148. The ratio
+(1-q/4)^{-1/2} has error below 10^{-12} before its 10^{-7}
 addition; the denominator lower bound bounds the derivative, and
-$q/4$ is a binary scaling. The remaining positive products/roots and
-the division by $(2pi)^2$ in d2 each have error below
-$10^{-12}$ before their $10^{-8}$ additions. In particular the stored
+q/4 is a binary scaling. The remaining positive products/roots and
+the division by (2pi)^2 in d2 each have error below
+10^{-12} before their 10^{-8} additions. In particular the stored
 quantities are upper bounds with
 
- mathtt{arc}<8.8,qquad mathtt{weighted}<10,
- qquad mathtt{invmag}_j<6.8.
+ arc<8.8, weighted<10,
+  invmag_j<6.8.
 
 
 medskipnoindentTangent offsets and external errors..
-The computed off approximates $2pi T^*Delta$ within $10^{-9}$
+The computed off approximates 2pi T^*Delta within 10^{-9}
 in norm, by~(round:t-operator), the projected-difference error,
-and short-dot rounding. The error in the whole $X$ array is at most
-$√(208)cdot 10^{-6}$ in Frobenius norm; there are 13 columns and
-16 affected positions. Multiplication by $T^*$ and the less than
-$2cdot 10^{-13}$ rounding of each dot give
+and short-dot rounding. The error in the whole X array is at most
+√(208)cdot 10^{-6} in Frobenius norm; there are 13 columns and
+16 affected positions. Multiplication by T^* and the less than
+2cdot 10^{-13} rounding of each dot give
 
- |mathtt{AB}-T^*X_{rm ideal}|<1.5cdot 10^{-5}.
+ |AB-T^*X_{rm ideal}|<1.5cdot 10^{-5}.
 
 The parameter-vector norm is below
-$√(.203^2+4(pi/64)^2)<.226$, so substitution of stored AB costs
-less than $3.4cdot 10^{-6}$ radians. Formation of the corner offsets
-adds less than $10^{-11}$, using coefficients of magnitude below 25.
+√(.203^2+4(pi/64)^2)<.226, so substitution of stored AB costs
+less than 3.4cdot 10^{-6} radians. Formation of the corner offsets
+adds less than 10^{-11}, using coefficients of magnitude below 25.
 The same bound applies to convex combinations of these corners.
 
 For the second covariance, use stored weighted and
-invmag, with rational $beta=.8$. Each $D$-weighted dot has
-absolute sum less than $16(1.00001)^2cdot 6.8<110$. Its
-two-product-per-term accumulation has error below $5cdot 10^{-13}$ by
+invmag, with rational beta=.8. Each D-weighted dot has
+absolute sum less than 16(1.00001)^2cdot 6.8<110. Its
+two-product-per-term accumulation has error below 5cdot 10^{-13} by
 (round:dot) with one extra factor. The multiplying coefficient is
-below $225$. Coefficient translation and the subsequent arithmetic,
-even at absolute intermediate scale $26000$, give total entry error
-below $10^{-9}$. Both $G$ arrays are explicitly stored symmetrically.
-The added $10^{-7}I$ dominates $k$ times either entry-error bound for
-$kle 10$. Hence the exact stored $G$ is positive semidefinite and
+below 225. Coefficient translation and the subsequent arithmetic,
+even at absolute intermediate scale 26000, give total entry error
+below 10^{-9}. Both G arrays are explicitly stored symmetrically.
+The added 10^{-7}I dominates k times either entry-error bound for
+kle 10. Hence the exact stored G is positive semidefinite and
 dominates the required covariance.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3990,43 +3976,43 @@ medskipnoindentThe stored spectral upper bound.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-For an exact stored symmetric $ktimes k$ matrix $G$ with $kle 10$ and
-$|G_{ij}|le 10$, spectralUpper returns an upper bound for
-$|G|$.
+For an exact stored symmetric ktimes k matrix G with kle 10 and
+|G_{ij}|le 10, spectralUpper returns an upper bound for
+|G|.
 
 
 Proof. 
-An absolute row sum has error below $3cdot 10^{-13}$. The code adds
-$10^{-10}$ to their maximum. For its other bound, put
-$m=max_{ij}|G_{ij}|$ and $A=|G^2|_F$. Because one diagonal sum of
-squares contains a term $m^2$, $Age m^2$. Then
-$|fl(sqrt{mathtt{fro4}})-A|<4cdot 10^{-13}A+10^{-139}$
-by dot-product and norm rounding. Taking $sqrt A$ costs less than
-$4cdot 10^{-13}sqrt A+10^{-69}$, and since $sqrt Ale 100$ the total
-possible downward error is below $10^{-10}$. The code adds
-$2cdot 10^{-7}$. The exact $√(|G^2|_F)$ bounds $|G|$. Both
+An absolute row sum has error below 3cdot 10^{-13}. The code adds
+10^{-10} to their maximum. For its other bound, put
+m=max_{ij}|G_{ij}| and A=|G^2|_F. Because one diagonal sum of
+squares contains a term m^2, Age m^2. Then
+|fl(sqrt{fro4})-A|<4cdot 10^{-13}A+10^{-139}
+by dot-product and norm rounding. Taking sqrt A costs less than
+4cdot 10^{-13}sqrt A+10^{-69}, and since sqrt Ale 100 the total
+possible downward error is below 10^{-10}. The code adds
+2cdot 10^{-7}. The exact √(|G^2|_F) bounds |G|. Both
 returned candidates are upper bounds, so their minimum is also an upper
-bound, and its value is nonnegative and at most $100.1$.
+bound, and its value is nonnegative and at most 100.1.
 
 
-The ell guard checks symmetry and $|G_{ij}|le 10$, and each
+The ell guard checks symmetry and |G_{ij}|le 10, and each
 offset component has magnitude at most ten. Its invalid return value
-$100$ cannot certify a cell: after conversion to cycles it exceeds $10$,
+100 cannot certify a cell: after conversion to cycles it exceeds 10,
 so the associated bootstrap returns its nonsuccess sentinel. A different
 valid bound may still succeed. For valid data the initial triangle bound
-is $sqrt{mathtt{mx}}+sqrt{mathtt{gu}}+10^{-8}$, with $mathtt{mx}$
-the maximum squared offset norm. Its norm error is below $10^{-13}$, and
-the triangle bound is smaller than $43$.
+is sqrt{mx}+sqrt{gu}+10^{-8}, with mx
+the maximum squared offset norm. Its norm error is below 10^{-13}, and
+the triangle bound is smaller than 43.
 
-For each proposed resolvent parameter $gamma$: $0<gamma<418$, and
+For each proposed resolvent parameter gamma: 0<gamma<418, and
 [
- mathtt{gap}=fl(gamma-mathtt{gu}-10^{-9})
+ gap=fl(gamma-gu-10^{-9})
        legamma-lambda_{max}(G).
 ]
-Only gaps at least $10^{-6}$ are used. Taking $max$ with zero and over
+Only gaps at least 10^{-6} are used. Taking max with zero and over
 all offsets gives high. The ellipsoid formula uses
-$sqrt{gamma(1+mathtt{high})}+10^{-6}$; the added $10^{-6}$ and the
-whole-candidate error bound $10^{-12}$ dominate at the used scales.
+sqrt{gamma(1+high)}+10^{-6}; the added 10^{-6} and the
+whole-candidate error bound 10^{-12} dominate at the used scales.
 
 
 % (bibliography moved to end of file)
@@ -4037,22 +4023,22 @@ medskipnoindentThe base grid and the outside test.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Use the stored positive width $w_B$ as an exact grid parameter. The
-allowed range is $10^{-4}le w_Ble 0.05$. The stored grid radius
-$E=sqrt{1+mathtt{ort}_P},R+10^{-7}$ exceeds the true tangent radius
-by more than $0.999cdot 10^{-7}$. For
-$L=leftlceil E/w_B+0.500001rightrceil$, the quotient scale is at
-most $1261$ and its error is below $10^{-12}$. The $0.000001$ excess
+Use the stored positive width w_B as an exact grid parameter. The
+allowed range is 10^{-4}le w_Ble 0.05. The stored grid radius
+E=sqrt{1+ort_P},R+10^{-7} exceeds the true tangent radius
+by more than 0.999cdot 10^{-7}. For
+L=leftlceil E/w_B+0.500001rightrceil, the quotient scale is at
+most 1261 and its error is below 10^{-12}. The 0.000001 excess
 over the half-cell term is much larger, so the integer base range
-covers $[-E,E]$ in every coordinate. In particular $Lle 1262$.
+covers [-E,E] in every coordinate. In particular Lle 1262.
 
-Exact base centers have magnitude below $0.203$ per coordinate. Their
-computed products have error below $10^{-16}$. Halving a stored width
+Exact base centers have magnitude below 0.203 per coordinate. Their
+computed products have error below 10^{-16}. Halving a stored width
 is exact here; after at most six subdivision levels, each computed
 center differs from the intended exact dyadic child center by less
-than $10^{-15}$ per coordinate. The tangent-restriction identity
-$|T^*delta|le|(Pi T)^*delta|+|(I-Pi)T|,|delta|$ is used
-to reduce the parent-distance test to a single comparison against $E_P$,
+than 10^{-15} per coordinate. The tangent-restriction identity
+|T^*delta|le|(Pi T)^*delta|+|(I-Pi)T|,|delta| is used
+to reduce the parent-distance test to a single comparison against E_P,
 without loss elsewhere.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4060,8 +4046,8 @@ medskipnoindentSingle-vector filters and vector-ball construction.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The C stage validates its Root and $0le rle 0.03$. At every bin
-resolution $Mge 6$, the halfwidth, Euclidean bin radius, one-norm
+The C stage validates its Root and 0le rle 0.03. At every bin
+resolution Mge 6, the halfwidth, Euclidean bin radius, one-norm
 bound, and infinity-norm bound are formed as
 [
  
@@ -4071,16 +4057,16 @@ bound, and infinity-norm bound are formed as
  x_∞&=1.5a+10^{-12}.
  
 ]
-Their operations have error below $10^{-14}$, and the $10^{-12}$
-additions are upward. They satisfy $X<0.19$, $x_1<0.42$, and
-$x_∞<0.126$. The stored tangent and normal bounds
+Their operations have error below 10^{-14}, and the 10^{-12}
+additions are upward. They satisfy X<0.19, x_1<0.42, and
+x_∞<0.126. The stored tangent and normal bounds
 [
- r_t=sqrt{1+mathtt{ort}},r+10^{-9},qquad
- r_n=mathtt{n0}+mathtt{id},r+Cr^2+10^{-9}
+ r_t=sqrt{1+ort},r+10^{-9},
+ r_n=n0+id,r+Cr^2+10^{-9}
 ]
-are upper bounds, with $r_t<0.030001$ and $r_n<0.019$. The
+are upper bounds, with r_t<0.030001 and r_n<0.019. The
 square-root/product and positive-polynomial errors are below
-$10^{-13}$. The constant $K=1.00001$ exceeds the operator bound
+10^{-13}. The constant K=1.00001 exceeds the operator bound
 regardless of literal translation; the Root residual gives
 [
  |e(P)/sqrt6|
@@ -4088,22 +4074,22 @@ regardless of literal translation; the Root residual gives
 ]
 
 Storage and elementary arithmetic are bounded directly: the phase
-magnitude is below $4.0$; the six-term $S$ error is below $6cdot
-10^{-14}$; $|,|S|/sqrt 6-4,|<10^{-13}$. The arrays $J$ and $B$
-have errors below $3cdot 10^{-11}$ and $4cdot 10^{-11}$. The
-rounded constants $a,X,I_M,L_M,1/sqrt6,(2pi)^2$ each carry unit
-relative error $u$, and the two required products and the sum carry
-at most $3u$ relative. Each bin-face primitive check has constant
-$2cdot 10^{-7}$ above
-$r_n|J|+(r_t/4)$, using $|x_j|le a$; its threshold is $10^{-6}$.
-The combined bound uses the same $2cdot 10^{-7}$. The nested
-squared-magnitude crossing band is $2cdot 10^{-7}$; the squared
-increment is $7cdot 10^{-7}$.
+magnitude is below 4.0; the six-term S error is below 6cdot
+10^{-14}; |,|S|/sqrt 6-4,|<10^{-13}. The arrays J and B
+have errors below 3cdot 10^{-11} and 4cdot 10^{-11}. The
+rounded constants a,X,I_M,L_M,1/sqrt6,(2pi)^2 each carry unit
+relative error u, and the two required products and the sum carry
+at most 3u relative. Each bin-face primitive check has constant
+2cdot 10^{-7} above
+r_n|J|+(r_t/4), using |x_j|le a; its threshold is 10^{-6}.
+The combined bound uses the same 2cdot 10^{-7}. The nested
+squared-magnitude crossing band is 2cdot 10^{-7}; the squared
+increment is 7cdot 10^{-7}.
 
 medskipnoindentThe directional single-vector support..
 The heuristic solve is accepted only with finite coordinates and a
-maximum magnitude between $10^{-100}$ and $10^{100}$. After division
-by that maximum, regard the resulting stored $|y_i|le 1$ as the test
+maximum magnitude between 10^{-100} and 10^{100}. After division
+by that maximum, regard the resulting stored |y_i|le 1 as the test
 coefficients. Define exact stored arrays
 [
  
@@ -4112,13 +4098,13 @@ coefficients. Define exact stored arrays
  widetilde z_j&=sum_i y_iD^{rm re}_{ij},
  N_J&=sum_{i,j}y_i^2J_{ij}^2,& N_S&=sum_i y_i^2|S_i|^2,
  M_S&=max_i y_i^2|S_i|^2,& m_y&=max_i|y_i|,
- quad M_z&=max_j(z_j^2+widetilde z_j^2).&
+  M_z&=max_j(z_j^2+widetilde z_j^2).&
  
 ]
-The support compared with $|a_y|$ is the stored evaluation of
+The support compared with |a_y| is the stored evaluation of
 
  &asum_{j>0}|z_j|+r_t|h|+r_n√(N_J)nonumber
- &quad+piBigl[
+ &+piBigl[
  m_y(KX+r)^2+
  minbigl{√(M_z),X, K√(N_S),x_∞bigr}X
  +2frac{√(N_S)}{sqrt6}Xr
@@ -4128,19 +4114,19 @@ The support compared with $|a_y|$ is the stored evaluation of
 This is the necessary support bound of the Exclusion stage.
 Its coefficient errors against ideal arrays satisfy
 [
- |Delta a_y|<7cdot 10^{-12},qquad
- |Delta z_j|,|Deltawidetilde z_j|<7cdot 10^{-12},qquad
+ |Delta a_y|<7cdot 10^{-12},
+ |Delta z_j|,|Deltawidetilde z_j|<7cdot 10^{-12},
  |Delta h_a|<4.3cdot 10^{-11}.
 ]
 The first two use six input errors and a short dot; the last uses six
-$B$ errors and the same dot estimate. The two bracketed products cost
-less than $10^{-14}$ each; the short absolute sums and the
-normalization by $m_yge 10^{-100}$ cost less than $10^{-15}$.
+B errors and the same dot estimate. The two bracketed products cost
+less than 10^{-14} each; the short absolute sums and the
+normalization by m_yge 10^{-100} cost less than 10^{-15}.
 Squares and square-root evaluation at the used scales cost less than
-$10^{-15}$. Three times either dot error is below $3cdot 10^{-11}$.
-Thus the certified support contribution is within $10^{-11}$ of the
-ideal expression inside $pi$, and the whole error against the ideal
-support is below $10^{-10}$. The code adds $2cdot 10^{-7}$.
+10^{-15}. Three times either dot error is below 3cdot 10^{-11}.
+Thus the certified support contribution is within 10^{-11} of the
+ideal expression inside pi, and the whole error against the ideal
+support is below 10^{-10}. The code adds 2cdot 10^{-7}.
 
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 medskipnoindentThe joint coefficient support.
@@ -4148,19 +4134,19 @@ medskipnoindentThe joint coefficient support.
 % ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The joint test is separated over the three tangent pieces and has at
-most $6+6+2=14$ rows. The proposed direction is checked finite and
+most 6+6+2=14 rows. The proposed direction is checked finite and
 normalized as before, so its stored entries have magnitude at most one.
 
-The constant pairing has error below $1.5cdot 10^{-11}$. Each
-accumulated shared-Hadamard coefficient has error below $9cdot 10^{-11}$:
-it receives at most twelve $B$ input errors of $7cdot 10^{-12}$ plus
+The constant pairing has error below 1.5cdot 10^{-11}. Each
+accumulated shared-Hadamard coefficient has error below 9cdot 10^{-11}:
+it receives at most twelve B input errors of 7cdot 10^{-12} plus
 short-dot rounding. Each vector-phase coefficient, including its edge
-contribution, has error below $9cdot 10^{-12}$: six single-vector
-entries and at most two edge entries each contribute at most $12u$.
+contribution, has error below 9cdot 10^{-12}: six single-vector
+entries and at most two edge entries each contribute at most 12u.
 Combining, the ideal support is at most the computed support plus
-$3cdot 10^{-10}$. The code adds $3cdot 10^{-7}$.
+3cdot 10^{-10}. The code adds 3cdot 10^{-7}.
 
-The final comparison allowance of $3cdot 10^{-7}$ is monotone: NaN and
+The final comparison allowance of 3cdot 10^{-7} is monotone: NaN and
 infinity are rejected by the direction checks, so only finite proposals
 enter. Enlarging the proposed direction or its stored coefficients can
 only raise the computed support, so the comparison remains a rigorous
@@ -4175,39 +4161,37 @@ medskipnoindentFinite paths and NaN handling.
 The preceding estimates apply to bounded finite certificate
 evaluations. Exceptional heuristic values cannot bypass those
 preconditions.
-
-
-item In the seed cover, all direct lists come from finite integer
+ In the seed cover, all direct lists come from finite integer
       midpoints and expair. The dual solver's entries must
-      pass the negated bounded comparison $|v_a|le 10^4$; NaN and
+      pass the negated bounded comparison |v_a|le 10^4; NaN and
       infinity fail it. A failed proposal leaves the large safe
       support bound. Gap/hash/reach cuts select only possible reuse
       attempts.
-item For A, a failed frame normalization makes setup fail and the
+ For A, a failed frame normalization makes setup fail and the
       entry point records an unresolved seed ball. It does not
       certify the seed ball empty. The passed frames, fixed radius,
       and dyadic unitaries give finite bounded block coefficients.
       The potentially ill-conditioned solves only propose directions;
       the final trial::certificate checks every direction
       entry and its maximum before use.
-item The snapping iteration calls gen, which rejects
+ The snapping iteration calls gen, which rejects
       nonfinite or out-of-range phases. Root certification requires
-      $mathtt{val}<10^{-18}$, checks proposed eigenvalues finite,
-      checks HV/LV before using them, and checks $T$ before its
+      val<10^{-18}, checks proposed eigenvalues finite,
+      checks HV/LV before using them, and checks T before its
       certificate products. Those bounded arrays make the products
       finite. The optional tensor change of basis is range-checked;
-      an unusable one cannot lower the previously valid $C$. The
+      an unusable one cannot lower the previously valid C. The
       final conjunction of strict Root thresholds also rejects NaN.
-item In B, failed cells are retained as bad parents; they do not
+ In B, failed cells are retained as bad parents; they do not
       enlarge the covered region. The marker file is replaced only
       after a successful atlas update, and the final count is the
       terminal cover size. A failed temporary write records an
       unresolved parent.
-item The cluster output is checked as in 
-      at $|v_j|le 2$ and $0le s<.1$. The two edges share the
-      distance bound $r_e=s_u+s_v$. If the direct tests reject an
+ The cluster output is checked as in 
+      at |v_j|le 2 and 0le s<.1. The two edges share the
+      distance bound r_e=s_u+s_v. If the direct tests reject an
       edge, its weight is zero with infinity cost. Otherwise the
-      stored $D_E$ and $q_E$ are finite. The joint coefficient
+      stored D_E and q_E are finite. The joint coefficient
       guard from  then rejects any failed
       proposal and keeps the corresponding previous bound. A failed
       proposal cannot certify a pair excluded.