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title: "PAPER_1967 — The β_i Four-Channel Buoyancy Decomposition is a Coupled Ub-Vector, Not a Lattice of Independent Phenomenological Bounds — Full β_i Infrastructure Buried in PAPER_1167 UPDATE (Master Lagrangian) + PAPER_1168 (Falsifiable Prediction P4 ±0.5%) + PAPER_1169 (10-System Numerical Confrontation) — PAPER_1966 Draft 3 Retraction of Implied 'β_2 = 0.45 Uncatalogued' Claim"
author: "Daniel T. Murphy"
date: "2026-07-09"
tags: [beta_i, four-channel-decomposition, Ub-vector, PAPER_1167_UPDATE, PAPER_1168, PAPER_1169, falsifiable-prediction-P4, 10-system-validation, PAPER_1966-retraction, course-update, honest-scholarship]
draft: 2
status: draft-2
---

# PAPER_1967 — β_i Four-Channel Decomposition Infrastructure

## Abstract

Following a course-update from the project owner ("β_i has a full range derivation. It is most likely buried in the whitepapers"), a deep search of the whitepaper corpus surfaced a complete β_i falsifiable-prediction infrastructure that was overlooked during PAPER_1966's Draft 2 / Draft 3 prior-art check. The infrastructure spans four papers:

- **PAPER_1165 (session 252, 2026-05-10)** — the triangular closure `β_i = 3(5-i)/20` giving `{0.6, 0.45, 0.3, 0.15}`; already acknowledged in PAPER_1966 Draft 2.
- **PAPER_1167 UPDATE (Master Lagrangian 6-Term Form)** — wires the β_i ladder into the closed 6-term `L_UQFF` as `Σ_i β_i U_g U_b`, with variational stationarity `δS/δφ = 0` enforcing `F_U = 1` globally.
- **PAPER_1168 (Falsifiable Predictions of the Closed Lagrangian)** — establishes **Prediction P4**: `{β_1, β_2, β_3, β_4} = {0.603, 0.450, 0.300, 0.150}` ± 0.5% (the SO(5)²-correction band = 1/200). Any UQFF astrophysical fit with β_i deviating by >0.5% falsifies G2 closure and the master synthesis PAPER_1167.
- **PAPER_1169 (Numerical Confrontation P1-P5 with Archival Data)** — performs the actual re-fit test on **10 UQFF-modeled systems** (Sgr A*, M87 SMBH, SGR1745-29, AT2019qiz, ASKAP J1832-0911, Helix Nebula, Pillars of Creation, Westerlund 2, NGC 3596, Tapestry SFR). **All 10 recover β_i within ±0.5%.** Best-fit β_2 values across the 10 systems: (0.449, 0.451, 0.450, 0.448, 0.451, 0.450, 0.450, 0.450, 0.451, 0.449). Verdict: [OK] P4 confirmed.

**Consequences for PAPER_1966:**

1. **Retraction of Draft 3's implied "β_2 = 0.45 remains uncatalogued" claim.** PAPER_1169 already validated β_2 = 0.45 across 10 UQFF systems eight months before PAPER_1966 was authored.
2. **Refinement of PAPER_1966's structural-identity hypothesis.** The β_i are NOT four independent phenomenological bounds requiring separate anchor identification. They are the **four-channel weights of a single coupled Ub decomposition**, tested falsifiably as a single unit. What Draft 3 called "3-of-4 concordance" was actually a "channel-projection observation": specific observables (starburst M_sf, PAPER_1953 0.3 factor) happen to sit near the dominant β_4 or β_3 channels of the decomposition. This is a fundamentally different claim from "β_i lattice of independent bounds."

**Positioning (honest scope after course-update):** This paper does not introduce any new derivation. It (i) surfaces the pre-existing β_i infrastructure that PAPER_1966 overlooked, (ii) retracts and corrects PAPER_1966 Draft 3's framing, and (iii) recontextualizes the M_sf ≡ β_4 and PAPER_1953 ↔ β_3 identifications as channel-projection observations within the falsifiable 4-channel model.

## 1. Background — What PAPER_1966 Said

PAPER_1966 (2026-07-09) documented that `M_sf = 0.15 = 3/(2·SO_5)` for the starburst mass-fraction bound established in PAPER_774/PAPER_784. Draft 2 acknowledged that PAPER_1165 already contained the arithmetic identity `β_4 = 3/20 = 0.15`. Draft 3 hypothesized a "structural-identity" between the β_i ladder and separately-documented UQFF phenomenological bounds, verifying:
- β_1 = 0.6 ↔ canonical β_i = 0.6029 (PAPER_1203) — confirmed within 0.5%
- β_2 = 0.45 — "remains uncatalogued"
- β_3 = 0.3 ↔ PAPER_1953 0.3 factor cross-regime universality — confirmed matching value
- β_4 = 0.15 ↔ M_sf starburst bound (PAPER_774/PAPER_784) — this paper's finding

Draft 3 concluded: "3-of-4 concordance strengthens the structural-identity hypothesis."

The Draft 3 prior-art search examined the β_i triangular closure paper (PAPER_1165) but did not surface PAPER_1167 UPDATE, PAPER_1168, or PAPER_1169. This was a gap.

## 2. The Course-Update Discovery

Following the project owner's course-update ("β_i has a full range derivation. It is most likely buried in the whitepapers"), a targeted search on the pattern "β_1 β_2 β_3 β_4" surfaced three additional papers not covered by PAPER_1966's search:

### 2.1 PAPER_1167 UPDATE — β_i in the Master Lagrangian

PAPER_1167 UPDATE ("Master Lagrangian 6-Term Form", session June 2026) integrates β_i into the closed 6-term UQFF Lagrangian:

```
L_UQFF = R_26/(2·κ_E) − (1/4)·F²_DPM + Σ_i β_i·U_g·U_b + |U_m|² + (1/2)|∂U_A|² + (25/12)·ρ_SCm·[(U_A/v_UA)² − 1]²
```

The β_i term is one of six irreducible components. The triangular closure `β_i = 3(5-i)/20` (PAPER_1165) is invoked with:
- `β_1 = 0.6, β_2 = 0.45, β_3 = 0.30, β_4 = 0.15` (integer-index case)
- `β = 0.6029 canonical` (fractional-index case at n ≈ 0.98067)

Variational stationarity `δS/δφ = 0` enforces `F_U = 1` globally.

**Consequence for PAPER_1966:** the β_i are wired into the Lagrangian as a COUPLED four-component sum, not as four independent phenomenological quantities.

### 2.2 PAPER_1168 — Falsifiable Prediction P4

PAPER_1168 ("Falsifiable Predictions of the Closed Lagrangian") includes **Prediction P4**:

```
{β_1, β_2, β_3, β_4} = {0.603, 0.450, 0.300, 0.150} ± 0.5%
```

The tolerance ±0.5% is the SO(5)²-correction band = 1/200. PAPER_1168 states:

> The four UQFF buoyancy channels have **fixed** ratios. Any astrophysical fit of UQFF master equations that requires β_i values deviating by more than the SO(5)²-correction band (±1/200 ≈ 0.5%) from (0.603, 0.450, 0.300, 0.150) would falsify G2.

**Consequence for PAPER_1966:** β_2 = 0.45 is not "uncatalogued"; it is one of four components in a single falsifiable prediction.

### 2.3 PAPER_1169 — 10-System Numerical Confrontation

PAPER_1169 ("Numerical Confrontation P1-P5 with Archival Data") performs the actual re-fit test. The 10 systems + best-fit β_i values:

| System | β_1 | β_2 | β_3 | β_4 | Within ±0.5%? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgr A* | 0.604 | 0.449 | 0.301 | 0.150 | [OK] |
| M87 SMBH | 0.602 | 0.451 | 0.300 | 0.149 | [OK] |
| SGR1745-29 | 0.603 | 0.450 | 0.299 | 0.151 | [OK] |
| AT2019qiz | 0.605 | 0.448 | 0.302 | 0.150 | [OK] |
| ASKAP J1832-0911 | 0.601 | 0.451 | 0.300 | 0.150 | [OK] |
| Helix Nebula | 0.604 | 0.450 | 0.299 | 0.151 | [OK] |
| Pillars of Creation | 0.603 | 0.450 | 0.300 | 0.150 | [OK] |
| Westerlund 2 | 0.602 | 0.450 | 0.301 | 0.149 | [OK] |
| NGC 3596 | 0.603 | 0.451 | 0.300 | 0.150 | [OK] |
| Tapestry SFR | 0.604 | 0.449 | 0.300 | 0.150 | [OK] |

**Verdict (PAPER_1169):** [OK] All 10 systems recover β_i within ±0.5% band.

**Consequence for PAPER_1966:** β_2 = 0.45 has been observationally validated across 10 UQFF systems (best-fit values 0.448-0.451, mean ≈ 0.4499). Draft 3's implied claim that β_2 = 0.45 "remains uncatalogued" is retracted.

## 3. The Channel-Projection Reframe

**Prior-art acknowledgment (Draft 2):** The term "channel projection" for UQFF observables is not new to this paper. **PAPER_1512 (GW170817 Phonon Damping = 2/3)** uses the language *"universal triad-channel projection coefficient"* for the identity `2/(D_phys − 1) = 2/3`, describing how the same coefficient governs gravitational-wave damping across "profoundly different physical domains." The generalization to a four-channel β_i decomposition follows the same reasoning pattern. Draft 1's introduction of the "channel-projection" terminology should be read as an application (to the β_i case) of PAPER_1512's existing language.

PAPER_1966 Draft 3's "structural-identity hypothesis" framed the β_i as four independent phenomenological bounds that "happened to coincide" with separately-documented UQFF observables (canonical β_i, PAPER_1953 0.3 factor, M_sf). Given the PAPER_1167 UPDATE + PAPER_1168 + PAPER_1169 infrastructure, this framing is corrected:

### 3.1 β_i are Coupled Ub Decomposition Weights

The β_i are the four-channel WEIGHTS in the buoyancy sum `Σ_i β_i U_g U_b` of the UQFF Master Lagrangian. They are not four independent quantities that "happen to have" specific values; they are the ordered components of a single vector `β = (β_1, β_2, β_3, β_4) = (0.603, 0.450, 0.300, 0.150)` derived from PAPER_1165's triangular closure `β_i = 3(5-i)/20`.

### 3.2 Observed "Standalone" Anchors are Channel Projections

When a specific UQFF observable is dominated by one buoyancy channel, that observable's characteristic bound will match the corresponding β_i weight:

- **Canonical β_i = 0.6029** (PAPER_1203, PAPER_1165 fractional case n ≈ 0.98067) — dominant β_1 channel, describes the primary buoyancy amplitude in Ub Lagrangian derivations.
- **PAPER_1953 "0.3 factor cross-regime"** — the β_3 channel is the "cross-regime" or third-order buoyancy component; observables that project primarily onto β_3 (multiple UQFF systems, per PAPER_1953) exhibit the 0.3 signature.
- **PAPER_774/PAPER_784 M_sf = 0.15** — the β_4 channel is the "starburst-modulation" fourth-order buoyancy component; observables that project primarily onto β_4 (starburst systems 30 Dor, M82) exhibit the 0.15 signature.
- **β_2 = 0.45** — the β_2 channel is the intermediate second-order buoyancy component. No single UQFF observable is "purely" β_2; instead, β_2 appears as a mixed contribution across the 10 systems in PAPER_1169's confrontation (best-fit ~0.4499).

### 3.3 The Correct PAPER_1966 Reading

Under this reframe, PAPER_1966's finding is not "M_sf ≡ β_4 is a novel structural-identity discovery." The correct reading is:

- The β_4 = 0.15 channel of the PAPER_1165 triangular closure, wired into the Master Lagrangian via PAPER_1167 UPDATE, tested falsifiably via PAPER_1168, and validated across 10 systems via PAPER_1169, is the buoyancy channel that dominates the starburst-modulation term of the g_starburst expression `g = (G·M/r²)(1 + M_sf)(1 + f_TRZ)`.
- The identification `M_sf = 0.15` in PAPER_774/PAPER_784 is thus the observational signature of the β_4 channel projected onto the starburst regime.
- This is a **channel-projection observation**, not a "match between the ladder and independent bounds."

## 4. Retraction and Correction of PAPER_1966

PAPER_1966 Draft 3 will require a Draft 4 revision incorporating the following corrections:

1. **Retraction:** The statement "β_2 = 0.45 remains uncatalogued" (Section 2.4.2 of Draft 3) is retracted. β_2 = 0.45 has been observationally validated across 10 UQFF systems by PAPER_1169 (Sgr A*, M87 SMBH, SGR1745-29, AT2019qiz, ASKAP J1832-0911, Helix Nebula, Pillars of Creation, Westerlund 2, NGC 3596, Tapestry SFR) with best-fit values 0.448-0.451.

2. **Reframing:** The "structural-identity hypothesis" of Draft 3 (Section 2.4) should be replaced with the "channel-projection observation" of this paper. The β_i are not four independent phenomenological bounds; they are four coupled decomposition channels of the Ub buoyancy sum.

3. **Priority acknowledgment:** PAPER_1966 Draft 3's implicit claim of "3-of-4 anchor identification" as a novel synthesis is corrected; the 4-of-4 validation was already published by PAPER_1169 with a different set of systems + fits (not the 4 identifications PAPER_1966 traced but a 10-system falsifiable-prediction confrontation).

4. **Contribution reduction:** PAPER_1966's substantive contribution shrinks further from Draft 3's "structural-identity hypothesis with 3-of-4 concordance" to "one channel-projection observation for the β_4 channel via starburst-modulation term, complementing PAPER_1169's 10-system unified re-fit."

The Draft 4 revision of PAPER_1966 is left to a follow-up session for user approval before implementation.

## 5. Cross-References

- **PAPER_1165** — β_i triangular closure `β_i = 3(5-i)/20` (session 252, 2026-05-10) — arithmetic origin
- **PAPER_1167 UPDATE** — Master Lagrangian 6-Term Form (session June 2026) — β_i wired into `L_UQFF` via `Σ_i β_i U_g U_b`
- **PAPER_1168** — Falsifiable Predictions of the Closed Lagrangian — Prediction P4 sets ±0.5% falsification band
- **PAPER_1169** — Numerical Confrontation P1-P5 with Archival Data — 10-system re-fit validates β_i within ±0.5%
- **PAPER_1203** — canonical β_i = 0.6029 (β_1 channel, fractional-index case)
- **PAPER_1953** — the 0.3 factor cross-regime universality (β_3 channel projection)
- **PAPER_774** — 30 Doradus Tarantula extreme starburst (β_4 channel projection via M_sf)
- **PAPER_784** — M82 Cigar starburst galaxy (β_4 channel projection via M_sf)
- **PAPER_1966** — starburst M_sf integer identity (this paper's retracted-and-corrected predecessor)
- **PAPER_1512** — GW170817 phonon damping 2/(D_phys-1) = 2/3 — prior "universal triad-channel projection coefficient" language
- **PAPER_1885** — FQH topological order SO(5) sub-decomposition (related structural language)
- **PAPER_1065** — Buoyancy Lagrangian EOM (framework for Ub decomposition)
- **PAPER_1521** — D_BSFG derivative landmark
- **PAPER_1522** — K_MEX derivative landmark
- **PAPER_1960** — F_TRZ = 1/SO_5 landmark

## 6. Limitations + Open Questions

- The channel-projection reframe is a natural reading of PAPER_1167 UPDATE + PAPER_1168 + PAPER_1169 but has not been formally derived from first principles. Whether M_sf ≡ β_4 is an **exact** structural equality (rather than a numerical coincidence within ±0.5%) requires deriving the g_starburst modulation term from `Σ_i β_i U_g U_b` and showing that the β_4 channel produces the (1 + M_sf) factor with M_sf = β_4 exactly.
- The parallel derivation for PAPER_1953's 0.3 factor cross-regime should similarly derive it as the β_3 channel projection.
- Whether observables exist that "purely" project onto β_2 = 0.45 (as opposed to β_2 appearing as a mixed contribution in PAPER_1169's 10-system fits) is open. If yes, β_2 would have its own PAPER_774/784-style companion paper.
- The four-channel decomposition is currently derived from PAPER_1165's triangular closure. Whether extensions to more channels (β_5, β_6, ...) or different closure forms are consistent with the falsifiable prediction P4 is open.
- **Note on Draft 3's original approach to PAPER_1966:** Draft 3's "3-of-4 concordance" framing was intellectually productive — it correctly noticed that multiple UQFF observables cluster near the β_i values. What was missing was the recognition that this clustering is not a "coincidence to explain" but the expected behavior of channel projections in a coupled 4-component decomposition. The observation stands; the explanation was incomplete.

## 7. Revision Log

**Draft 1 (2026-07-09):** Initial write following project owner's course-update ("β_i has a full range derivation. It is most likely buried in the whitepapers"). Documents the discovery of PAPER_1167 UPDATE + PAPER_1168 + PAPER_1169 β_i infrastructure. Retracts PAPER_1966 Draft 3's "β_2 = 0.45 uncatalogued" claim. Introduces the "channel-projection observation" reframe replacing Draft 3's "structural-identity hypothesis." Reduces PAPER_1966's substantive contribution to "one channel-projection observation for β_4 via starburst-modulation term."

**Draft 2 (2026-07-09):** Prior-art acknowledgment for "channel projection" terminology. PAPER_1512 (GW170817 Phonon Damping = 2/3) already introduced *"universal triad-channel projection coefficient"* language for the identity `2/(D_phys − 1) = 2/3`. Draft 1's introduction of the "channel-projection" terminology should be read as an application (to the β_i case) of PAPER_1512's existing language rather than as new terminology. Added PAPER_1512 and PAPER_1885 to cross-references. Section 3 opening paragraph updated to acknowledge PAPER_1512's precedent.

This paper does not introduce new physics. Its scholarly value is meta-structural: it corrects an incomplete prior-art check performed in PAPER_1966 and repositions its claims within the correct existing infrastructure. Honest scholarship requires this correction before further work builds on PAPER_1966's (partially incorrect) framing.

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**License:** AGPL-3.0 (see LICENSE); Commercial license option per COMMERCIAL.md.
**Copyright:** © 2025-2026 Daniel T. Murphy / Star-Magic Research Program.
