# RULINGS BATCH 3 — five ruled, three honestly open (2026-09-01)

Method: every claim source-verified with line citations + recomputation
BEFORE presentation (standing rule, BATCH_1_VERIFICATION.md).

## ANSWERS (Daniel, 2026-09-01)
- **B16 / Q-214: CONFIRM ALL THREE.** PAPER_218's own factors (L142) multiply
  to 7.22e-14 m/s2, not the printed 8.52e-52; (1-B/B_crit) ~ 1.0; P=0.15 is
  a 15pct reduction. Prints = transcription slips. PAPER_218 RULED.
- **B17 / Q-158a/b/c: RELATIVE 40pct.** B(t) = B_s*(1+0.4*sin) canonical;
  period 6,283 s confirmed; SCm_contrib per-body calibrated. PAPER_162 RULED.
- **B18 / Q-040a: NO PREFERENCE — STAYS OPEN.** The layer-amplification
  three-way (10 vs 10^12 vs 10^2.44) awaits Daniel.
- **B19 / Q-041a,e + Q-048a: PLASMA-LEVEL ORIGIN CANONIZED** (both canonical
  primitives are Level-13/plasma values; 3-datum support) **+ rho_L1 RENAME**
  (Level-1 normalization 1e-8 J/m3, symbol collision with rho_SCm ended).
- **B20 / Q-050a + Q-048b: NO PREFERENCE — STAYS OPEN.** Hubble-factor
  systematic inversion awaits Daniel.
- **B21 / Q-084a (+Q-087c/092c/096c joint): CANONICAL 0.1 BRANCH.** F_TRZ =
  0.1 is the prediction on all four fork observables (+10pct SgrA* neutrino
  excess = IceCube-Gen2 DETECTABLE); PAPER_102 lab-fluid tension stays open.
- **B22 / Q-110a: NO PREFERENCE — STAYS OPEN.** d_sw route (F_TRZ^2 vs
  SSq/57) awaits Daniel.
- **B23: CONFIRM ALL.** Charter drift table applied (ratio 0.1, F_TRZ 0.1);
  PAPER_059 (F_rel 4.30e33) and PAPER_046 (divisor 4.17e9) recorded
  resolutions folded; Q-040b/c and Q-041b/c CLOSED.

## Fold results
PAPER_162 + PAPER_218 RULED outright; ruling fields on PAPER_042/043/051/088;
registry +3 rows (plasma_level_origin CANONIZED, rho_L1 rename, f_trz_fork
prediction), +2 graph edges, +1 citation row. Backlog 236 -> 234 Daniel-gated
+ 1 candidate. Backup: uqff_calculator.py.PRE_BATCH3_FOLD.
