Critical Survivor Capacity and Integer Realizability in Accelerated Collatz Dynamics

A persistent obstruction in the Collatz problem is the gap between finite-depth compatibility and realization by one fixed positive integer. For nested nonempty positive-integer source fibres, this preprint proves an exact realization criterion: a common positive integer exists if and only if the least source remains bounded, equivalently eventually stabilizes. It also proves an abstract critical-survivor capacity theorem. If a survivor family has entropy rate H, arithmetic scale rate Xi/2, independent information saving alpha, and state-window exponent mu, then linear survivor demand is impossible whenever mu * 2(H - alpha log 2) / Xi < 1. Under one explicitly stated dense-periodic calibration, this yields the sector-specific threshold alpha_* = 0.493074483908… bits per coarse step. Finally, an exact cyclic-rotation transport identity shows that same-cycle target equations cannot be repeatedly counted as independent entropy reductions once the realized segment data are fixed. These results isolate structural and quantitative obstructions; they do not prove the Collatz conjecture or exclude all positive nontrivial cycles.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22687304
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Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
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Critical Survivor Capacity and Integer Realizability in Accelerated Collatz Dynamics

KyungUP Moon
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
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Critical Survivor Capacity and Integer Realizability in Accelerated Collatz Dynamics

KyungUP Moon
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Abstract

A persistent obstruction in the Collatz problem is the gap between finite-depth compatibility and realization by one fixed positive integer. For nested nonempty positive-integer source fibres, this preprint proves an exact realization criterion: a common positive integer exists if and only if the least source remains bounded, equivalently eventually stabilizes. It also proves an abstract critical-survivor capacity theorem. If a survivor family has entropy rate H, arithmetic scale rate Xi/2, independent information saving alpha, and state-window exponent mu, then linear survivor demand is impossible whenever mu * 2(H - alpha log 2) / Xi < 1. Under one explicitly stated dense-periodic calibration, this yields the sector-specific threshold alpha_* = 0.493074483908… bits per coarse step. Finally, an exact cyclic-rotation transport identity shows that same-cycle target equations cannot be repeatedly counted as independent entropy reductions once the realized segment data are fixed. These results isolate structural and quantitative obstructions; they do not prove the Collatz conjecture or exclude all positive nontrivial cycles.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
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