Context
The theorem identifies the complete continuation action at one cut. A numerical endpoint alone does not determine how every possible suffix guard must be transported.
Definitions
- Every input in the prefix cylinder is .
- The prefix maps it to .
Hypotheses and scope
- The suffix has horizon and requires an input congruent to its guard .
- The multiplier is odd, hence invertible modulo every power of two.
Proof or evidence
Substituting and multiplying by gives a unique lift class. Translation and multiplication by a unit are permutations, proving the displayed seam map.
Verification notes
The proof was rederived from the definitions, checked for modulus and inverse scope, and compared with the governed claim. The preserved checker independently reran 370,252 affine/sewing/recovery split instances; those instances corroborate but do not replace the proof.
Limitations
- The theorem concerns exact compositional state, not acceptance-state minimality.
- The underlying residue machinery is classical; no novelty claim is made.
Notes
The proof is direct modular substitution and uses invertibility of the odd multiplier. The theorem identifies the complete continuation action at one cut; the numerical endpoint alone is not an exact compositional state. No novelty claim is made for the underlying parity-vector formulas.