Context
EKR says a collision must occur above the independent-set ceiling; the spectral calculation counts a forced first layer of collision witnesses.
Proof or evidence
The least Kneser eigenvalue bounds the induced edge count. Every induced edge is a size-two support matching, and FPRD-SH-T20 makes that a unit contribution to one-shot overhead.
Verification notes
The rational inequality passes on every complete small-domain family and on 640 deterministic larger policies covering 10,466 matching states.
Limitations
- The bound is not claimed sharp; stronger supersaturation theorems are known in restricted parameter ranges.
- It requires 1<=r<=n/2 and lower-bounds the one-shot witness family, not the overhead of every expression tuple.
- The spectral argument is classical framework synthesis, not a new Kneser-graph theorem.