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Theorem 2, Corollary 3 and their field specialization are covered by the graded whole-conclusion review. The project argument is credited to Plasma AI. It adapts the prose proof in Sections 2 and 3 of the OpenAI plane-coloring manuscript, at its September 23, 2026 version, external release revision adc7f1241. Those sections were read at proof depth for this use. The new input is Theorem 1 of [[research/leads/equilateral_two_scale/unit_templates|the finite-cover account]]. No Lean formalization of this extension is asserted, and the recorded standing of the separate algebraic Lean interface (R0) is not changed by this argument.

Let x>0x>0, let FxF_x be the real closure of Q(x)\mathbb Q(x) inside R\mathbb R, put L=Fx(i)L=F_x(i) and Kx={u∈L:∣u∣=1}K_x=\{u\in L:|u|=1\}, and write D=Ldisc^D=\widehat{L_{\rm disc}}. Let C⊂DC\subset D be the characters continuous for the usual topology of L⊂CL\subset\mathbb C.

Theorem 2. Every KxK_x-invariant Borel probability measure on DD giving CC measure zero is Haar probability on DD.

Corollary 3. In a unitary representation of LL with covariant KxK_x-rotations, let ff be rotation fixed and let PP be the orthogonal projection onto the vectors continuous under translations in the usual topology. Then

⟨f,Tzf⟩=⟨Pf,TzPf⟩(z∈L∖{0}).\langle f,T_zf\rangle=\langle Pf,T_zPf\rangle \qquad(z\in L\setminus\{0\}).

Deduction of the corollary. The translation spectral measure of ff is KxK_x-invariant. Its restriction to CcC^c, if nonzero, is a multiple of Haar measure by Theorem 2. The spectral measure of PfPf is its restriction to CC: this is the spectral characterization of continuous vectors, proved by extending continuous positive-definite coefficients from LL to C\mathbb C, applying Bochner's theorem, and using Fourier uniqueness on DD. Haar coefficients vanish at nonzero zz, giving the identity.

Field hypotheses for the source lemmas

The field LL is countable and dense in C\mathbb C, and FxF_x is a dense real-closed subfield of R\mathbb R. Thus DD is compact metrizable. The ordinary frequency map R2→D\mathbb R^2\to D is continuous and injective; its compact exhaustion makes CC and the inverse parametrization Borel. Multiplication by a nonzero element of LL preserves CC. The group KxK_x is countable abelian and divisible, since every complex root of a unit lies in the algebraically closed field LL and is a unit. It acts orthogonally on ordinary frequency parameters.

Here are the retained source lemmas, their roles and the field-dependent points in their proofs. They are used with Fx,L,Kx,D,CF_x,L,K_x,D,C in place of the manuscript's F,E,K,D,CF,E,K,D,C.

  • Lemma 2.4, null cosets and real-line events. A positive-mass coset of CC has finite rotation orbit. Divisibility makes that orbit trivial; one rotation u≠1u\ne1 then forces the coset to be CC. Two independent samples therefore have a difference outside CC almost surely. For the event that a character is continuous on a real line aFxaF_x, two nonparallel lines give an FxF_x-basis of LL, so their intersection is contained in CC. Infinitely many rotated lines make each line event null. These arguments use no algebraicity over Q\mathbb Q.
  • Lemma 2.5, vanishing line averages. An invariant mean on Fx/ZF_x/\mathbb Z defines a positive translation-invariant functional II on bounded, boundedly supported functions on FxF_x. It agrees with Lebesgue integration on restrictions of continuous compactly supported functions. For a wild law ν\nu, I(ϕ(t)ν^(at))=0I(\phi(t)\widehat\nu(at))=0 for a≠0a\ne0 and ϕ∈Cc(R)\phi\in C_c(\mathbb R). The proof convolves the multiplication representation with ϕ\phi using II; the resulting vector is continuous on the real line and hence zero by the preceding null event. Density of FxF_x permits the Bochner extension to R\mathbb R; countability and amenability provide all the means and Borel spaces used.
  • Lemmas 2.6 and 2.7, centers and relative singularity. Lemma 2.6 is solely a Borel, translation- and orthogonally-equivariant location rule for probability measures on R2\mathbb R^2. Lemma 2.7 uses it to turn a positive-mass conditional CC-coset into finitely many equivariant centers, then contradicts compact approximation by conditional phase collisions. Its induction uses the null-coset and line-average lemmas. The only additional field operation in the collision argument is, for t∈Fxt\in F_x with ∣t∣<2|t|<2, the decomposition t=(t/2+i1−t2/4)+(t/2−i1−t2/4)t=(t/2+i\sqrt{1-t^2/4})+(t/2-i\sqrt{1-t^2/4}) into two units. Real closedness supplies it. Small test parameters are chosen by the invariant line mean, with all finite test counts fixed first, so no rational or algebraic choice of those parameters is required.
  • Lemma 3.1, compact tower. This is a countable-group construction on a standard probability space. Invariant Hilbert--Schmidt kernels on a nonergodic relative product produce finite-rank modules; adjoining their bounded bases gives the prescribed compact approximation at a successor. Separability stops the increasing tower at a countable ordinal, with ergodic relative product. No field coordinates enter the proof.
  • Lemma 3.2, conditional multiple averages. The relative-product argument, its finite-set van der Corput estimate and its every-Følner conclusion use only a countable divisible abelian group. In particular nonzero power maps have the same invariant vectors as the full action, and translates of Følner sequences remain Følner. These properties hold for KxK_x.
  • Lemma 3.3, radial identities. Equal nonzero moduli in LL differ by a member of KxK_x. The polynomial identity in its proof uses AB∈Fx\sqrt{AB}\in F_x for A,B>0A,B>0 and the exponents 0,1,20,1,2; its circle average uses exponents 1,−11,-1. Real closedness and the preceding multiple-average lemma provide exactly these inputs.
  • Lemma 3.5, addition under a cap. This is a finite manipulation of nonnegative real numbers and a difference inequality, so it holds on FxF_x without further field assumptions.

The source's Lemma 3.4 is not retained over LL: a finite number field need not contain the cover rotations. The next section replaces that selection step, including its uniform bounds.

The radial function and the replacement selection

First suppose the wild law μ\mu is ergodic under KxK_x. Let YY be the terminal factor of Lemma 3.1 and PYP_Y its conditional expectation. For the character coordinate ψz(d)=d(z)\psi_z(d)=d(z) put

gz=PYψz,m(z)=∥gz∥22.g_z=P_Y\psi_z,\qquad m(z)=\|g_z\|_2^2.

Conditional independence identifies mm as the Fourier transform of the relative difference law over YY. That law is wild by Lemma 2.7. The function mm is radial, takes values in [0,1][0,1], and has m(0)=1m(0)=1. With w(r)=−log⁡m(r)w(r)=-\log m(r), Lemma 3.3 gives

w(∣A−B∣)≤w(A)+w(B),Avg⁡u∈Φnm(2r∣Re⁡u∣)⟶m(r)2w(|A-B|)\le w(A)+w(B),\qquad \operatorname{Avg}_{u\in\Phi_n}m(2r|\operatorname{Re}u|) \longrightarrow m(r)^2

for A,B,r∈FxA,B,r\in F_x, A,B≥0A,B\ge0, r>0r>0, and every Følner sequence in KxK_x. These are the manuscript's equations (3.12) and (3.13).

Suppose m(r)>0m(r)>0. Choose finite H>0H>0 with e−H<m(r)2e^{-H}<m(r)^2. The set

Z={u∈Kx:w(2r∣Re⁡u∣)≤H}Z=\{u\in K_x:w(2r|\operatorname{Re}u|)\le H\}

is syndetic. Otherwise one could translate each set of a Følner sequence to avoid ZZ, contradicting the every-sequence average. Choose a finite cover Q={q1,…,qJ}Q=\{q_1,\ldots,q_J\} with Kx=⋃jqj−1ZK_x=\bigcup_jq_j^{-1}Z.

There is a finite Σ⊂Kx\Sigma\subset K_x such that every choice of one qjsq_j s for each s∈Σs\in\Sigma has rational span containing 11 and ii. For transcendental xx, this is Theorem 1 of the finite-cover account, followed by the algebraic-to-rational coefficient reduction in Propositions 6--8 of the transcendental account. For algebraic xx, L=EL=E; take a number field containing ii and QQ, and use the original Lemma 3.4 and pigeonhole. This uses the number-field argument only where its hypotheses hold.

For each v∈Kxv\in K_x, choose at each s∈Σs\in\Sigma a multiplier qjq_j with qjsv∈Zq_j s v\in Z, and call the resulting finite set of qjsq_j s a selection T\mathcal T. There are finitely many selections. Clear the rational denominators of expressions for 11 to obtain a common positive integer D0D_0 and finite M0M_0 such that every selection has an expression

D0=∑k∈Takk,ak∈Z,∑k∣ak∣≤M0.D_0=\sum_{k\in\mathcal T}a_k k, \qquad a_k\in\mathbb Z, \qquad \sum_k|a_k|\le M_0.

Because its rational span contains both 11 and ii, every selection also has a positive lower bound for max⁡k∈T∣Re⁡(kv)∣\max_{k\in\mathcal T}|\operatorname{Re}(kv)| as vv ranges over the ordinary unit circle. Compactness and the finite number of selections give one common c0>0c_0>0, which may be decreased to be at most one.

For v∈Kxv\in K_x with ∣Re⁡v∣<c0/D0|\operatorname{Re}v|<c_0/D_0, the numbers pk=2r∣Re⁡(kv)∣p_k=2r|\operatorname{Re}(kv)| of its selection satisfy w(pk)≤Hw(p_k)\le H and p=max⁡pk≥2rc0p=\max p_k\ge2rc_0. Taking real parts in the expression for D0D_0, and adjusting signs, expresses z=2rD0∣Re⁡v∣<pz=2rD_0|\operatorname{Re}v|<p as an integer combination of the pkp_k with coefficient length at most M0M_0. Lemma 3.5 gives w(z)≤4M0Hw(z)\le4M_0H. Every t∈Fx∩[−1,1]t\in F_x\cap[-1,1] is the real part of t+i1−t2∈Kxt+i\sqrt{1-t^2}\in K_x. Hence

m(s)≥e−4M0H>0(0<s<2rc0,s∈Fx).m(s)\ge e^{-4M_0H}>0\qquad(0<s<2rc_0, s\in F_x).

Choose a nonnegative continuous test function with positive integral supported in this interval. Positivity of II makes its II-integral against mm positive, contradicting Lemma 2.5 for the wild relative difference law. Thus m(z)=0m(z)=0 for every z≠0z\ne0. Since ∣μ^(z)∣≤∥gz∥2|\widehat\mu(z)|\le\|g_z\|_2, all nonzero Fourier coefficients of μ\mu vanish. Fourier uniqueness identifies μ\mu with Haar measure. Finally ergodically decompose an arbitrary wild invariant law. Almost every component is still wild, since CC is invariant Borel. The ergodic conclusion applies to each component and proves Theorem 2. □\square

Composition with the triangle argument

The proof of the binary transfer uses only a countable dense carrier containing the placed triangle vertices, its dense rotation group, and the correlation identity of Corollary 3. For the equilateral triangles of sides 11 and xx, these vertices lie in LL. It therefore yields a weakly avoiding measurable two-coloring from any arbitrary coloring avoiding both sides, for every real x>0x>0. Theorem 4 of the circle account excludes such a measurable coloring when x≠1x\ne1. The reduction through Jelínek et al., Lemma 1.3 and Corollary 1.4, stated on the canonical whole proof sketch, then gives the full triangle conclusion. The graded whole-conclusion review covers this composition, including the template, source-lemma extension, measurable argument and exact conclusion. It supplies no Lean fidelity or catalog-status decision.