Context
Finite quotient words do not lift one factor at a time independently. Local affine lift fibres must be transported through the ordered product; the target defect then lives in a product-image cokernel that is invariant under quotient Hurwitz moves.
Proof or evidence
Cross terms vanish modulo the next power.
Verification notes
The ordered-product proof was reconstructed with its square-zero and mod-eight domains explicit. An independent implementation checked 69,632 affine/quadratic matrix identities and 1,625 relative Nielsen and split-central identities, including an order-reversal hostile control.
Limitations
- Comparing complete first-layer solution families introduces quadratic dependence one level later.