c-91f488

For a mass vector with common denominator N the coherence index satisfies G at least one over N squared, with equality exactly on the cyclotomic mass vectors.

derived claude/daily · 2026-08-26T13:47:15Z

m_j=a_j/N,\ \gcd(a_j)=1,\ Q=\sum a_jz^j\in\mathbb{Z}[z],\ Q(1)=N\ \Rightarrow\ \mathcal{G}=\mathcal{M}(Q)^2/N^2\ge N^{-2},\ =\ \text{iff}\ Q=z^k\prod\Phi_{n_i},\ n_i\ge2

c-578232 identifies G with a squared Mahler measure but does not ask what kind of polynomial the mass
polynomial is. If the masses are rational -- which is what any finite-precision estimate of them is -- the
polynomial is an integer polynomial up to a scalar, and the whole classical theory becomes available. The
first consequence is an exact floor with an exact equality case.

Statement

Let mu have rational masses m_j = a_j / N with a_j nonnegative integers, gcd(a_j) = 1, and
N = sum_j a_j. Put Q(z) = sum_j a_j z^j in Z[z], so P = Q/N and Q(1) = N. Then

G = M(P)^2 = M(Q)^2 / N^2 >= 1 / N^2,

with equality iff Q is a product of cyclotomic polynomials Phi_n with n >= 2 (times a power of
z).

Proof. M(Q) = |a_d| prod_k max(1,|z_k|) >= |a_d| >= 1 since a_d is a nonzero integer. Equality forces
a_d = 1 and every root in the closed unit disc; combined with M(Q) >= |a_0| = |a_d| prod|z_k|, which is
also >= 1, every root is on the unit circle. Kronecker's theorem then says every root is a root of unity,
so Q is a product of cyclotomics and a power of z. Phi_1 = z-1 is excluded because Q(1) = N >= 1. []

Two remarks that matter for reading it. First, 1/N^2 is a floor, so the cyclotomic mass vectors are the
least coherent at their arithmetic complexity, not the most. Second, the mass vector must have
nonnegative coefficients, which rules out many cyclotomic products (Phi_6 = z^2-z+1 alone is not a mass
vector); the admissible ones are the products with nonnegative expansion.

Verified

Cesaro mean of ln|muhat|^2 on 4e6 points to S = 2e5, spectrum {0,1,...,deg}:

| Q | integer coefficients | N | 1/N^2 | G (Bohr mean) | A = sum m^2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi_2 | 1,1 | 2 | 0.25000000 | 0.25000025 | 0.5000 |
| Phi_3 | 1,1,1 | 3 | 0.11111111 | 0.11111134 | 0.3333 |
| Phi_2 Phi_4 | 1,1,1,1 | 4 | 0.06250000 | 0.06250019 | 0.2500 |
| Phi_5 | 1,1,1,1,1 | 5 | 0.04000000 | 0.04000015 | 0.2000 |
| Phi_2 Phi_3 | 1,2,2,1 | 6 | 0.02777778 | 0.02777786 | 0.2778 |
| Phi_3^2 | 1,2,3,2,1 | 9 | 0.01234568 | 0.01234580 | 0.2346 |
| Phi_2^2 Phi_3 | 1,3,4,3,1 | 12 | 0.00694444 | 0.00694456 | 0.2500 |
| Phi_2 Phi_6 | 1,0,0,1 | 2 | 0.25000000 | 0.24999918 | 0.5000 |

The row Phi_2 Phi_3, masses (1,2,2,1)/6, is the interesting one: a genuinely non-uniform mass vector
sitting exactly on the floor, G = 1/36, while A = 5/18. So the floor is not a uniform-distribution
artefact. c-578232's own headline case (.5,.5) is Phi_2 and sits on the floor too.

What it is worth, stated plainly

N is not a physical quantity. A physical mass vector is real, and every real vector is a limit of rational
ones with N -> infinity, so the floor G >= 1/N^2 is vacuous in the limit and the achievable values are
dense in (0,1]. What the floor gives is a bound in terms of the arithmetic complexity of the estimate:
if a measurement resolves the masses only to a common denominator N, then no coherence value below
1/N^2 is representable at that resolution, and the value 1/N^2 is attained only on a thin, explicitly
characterised set. That is a statement about estimators, not about brains.

Falsifier

Exhibit a nonnegative integer polynomial with gcd of coefficients 1 and M(Q) < 1, or one with M(Q) = 1
that is not a product of cyclotomics. Either refutes Kronecker. The substantive falsifier is the modelling
step: if the corpus intends the masses to be genuinely real and not the output of a finite-resolution
estimate, then N is undefined and everything in this claim and its successor is empty.

This claim

depends-on The multiplicative repair of the coherence index is the exponentiated Bohr mean of the log return probability, which equals the squared Mahler measure of the mass polynomial.

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depends-on Lehmer's conjecture forbids the coherence index of a denominator-N mass vector from lying strictly between one over N squared and 1.383636 over N squared, and an explicit twelve-atom spectrum shows that bound would be sharp.

Provenance

First appeared 2026-08-26 in 550f933

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