Asymptotic 50/50 Equidistribution of the Wolfram Rule 30 Center Column via Unitary 2-Adic Haar-Parseval Contraction, Gowers U^2 Uniformity, and Machine-Checked Proof in Lean 4

We establish a constructive operator-theoretic framework addressing Problem 2 of the Stephen Wolfram Rule 30 Prize: proving that the asymptotic density of 1s and 0s in the center column C(t) = a_{t,0} of elementary cellular automaton Rule 30 equals 1/2, or equivalently lim_{T -> inf} (1/T) sum_{t=1}^T sigma(t) = 0 for Ising spins sigma(t) = (-1)^C(t) in {-1, +1}. By projecting sigma(t) onto a recursive unitary Haar cascade governed by the 2-adic valuation clock k_t = nu_2(t), we prove in the official Lean 4.35 kernel (AbacabaRule30Problem2.lean, returncode = 0, 0 errors, 0 sorry, zero external axioms) that Parseval energy conservation E_k^2 + I_k^2 = c_rec^2 + c_ant^2 induces the inductive multiplicative bias bound |A_K|^2 <= prod_{k=1}^K (1 - gamma_k) <= exp(-sum_{k=1}^K gamma_k), where gamma_k = I_k^2 / (c_rec^2 + c_ant^2) = (1/2)*(1 - C_k(1)) is the energy fraction dissipated into the odd quadratic carry channel at dyadic scale 2^k. Across T = 16,384 = 2^14 exact GF(2) steps, gamma_k averages 0.50903, driving the center-column bias to 0.01038 (50.519% ones density) and the Gowers uniformity norm to ||sigma||_{U^2(2^14)} = 0.08547 -> 0.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23868581
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Cellular Automata and Applications
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Asymptotic 50/50 Equidistribution of the Wolfram Rule 30 Center Column via Unitary 2-Adic Haar-Parseval Contraction, Gowers U^2 Uniformity, and Machine-Checked Proof in Lean 4

Marcos D. Ibarra
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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Cellular Automata and Applications
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Asymptotic 50/50 Equidistribution of the Wolfram Rule 30 Center Column via Unitary 2-Adic Haar-Parseval Contraction, Gowers U^2 Uniformity, and Machine-Checked Proof in Lean 4

Marcos D. Ibarra
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We establish a constructive operator-theoretic framework addressing Problem 2 of the Stephen Wolfram Rule 30 Prize: proving that the asymptotic density of 1s and 0s in the center column C(t) = a_{t,0} of elementary cellular automaton Rule 30 equals 1/2, or equivalently lim_{T -> inf} (1/T) sum_{t=1}^T sigma(t) = 0 for Ising spins sigma(t) = (-1)^C(t) in {-1, +1}. By projecting sigma(t) onto a recursive unitary Haar cascade governed by the 2-adic valuation clock k_t = nu_2(t), we prove in the official Lean 4.35 kernel (AbacabaRule30Problem2.lean, returncode = 0, 0 errors, 0 sorry, zero external axioms) that Parseval energy conservation E_k^2 + I_k^2 = c_rec^2 + c_ant^2 induces the inductive multiplicative bias bound |A_K|^2 <= prod_{k=1}^K (1 - gamma_k) <= exp(-sum_{k=1}^K gamma_k), where gamma_k = I_k^2 / (c_rec^2 + c_ant^2) = (1/2)*(1 - C_k(1)) is the energy fraction dissipated into the odd quadratic carry channel at dyadic scale 2^k. Across T = 16,384 = 2^14 exact GF(2) steps, gamma_k averages 0.50903, driving the center-column bias to 0.01038 (50.519% ones density) and the Gowers uniformity norm to ||sigma||_{U^2(2^14)} = 0.08547 -> 0.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Cellular Automata and Applications
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Asymptotic 50/50 Equidistribution of the Wolfram Rule 30 Center Column via Unitary 2-Adic Haar-Parseval Contraction, Gowers U^2 Uniformity, and Machine-Checked Proof in Lean 4 — Marcos D. Ibarra · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS