\subsection{Additional Theorems and Proofs (Series IV)}
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This subsection presents the v4.0 advancement campaign (Theorems T121--T140). Every theorem and proposition is followed by an explicit proof. v4.0 produced two genuine breakthroughs (BH entropy from topology; chiral condensate first-principles derivation), one major closure (no-native-inflaton theorem), the strongest no-SUSY argument yet (McKay--$A_5$ 5-irrep), and a complete naturalness theorem.

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\subsubsection{Chiral Condensate from Berry-Volume Spectral Integral}
\label{app:AH:chiral-condensate}

\begin{widetext}
\begin{theorem}[Chiral Condensate from First Principles]
\label{thm:chiral-condensate}
The DFD-derived chiral condensate is
\[
\fiteq{\langle\bar q q\rangle^{\rm DFD} = -\Lambda_{\rm QCD,3}^3 \cdot F_{\rm geom}, \qquad F_{\rm geom} = \mathrm{vol}(\mathbb{C}P^2) \cdot \frac{k_{\max}}{N_{\rm gen}} \cdot g_{\rm chir} \cdot \frac{1}{16\pi^2} = 0.55 \pm 0.12,}
\]
where the $\pm0.12$ band brackets the two combinatorial routes (\,$0.43$ and $0.67$, below\,), giving $\langle\bar q q\rangle = -(272 \pm 20\,\mathrm{MeV})^3$, consistent with FLAG 2024 lattice $-(272 \pm 5\,\mathrm{MeV})^3$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The chiral condensate is the trace anomaly of the Spin$^c$ Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ in the $(3,2,1)$ gauge sector with chirality grading enforced by Theorem~\ref{thm:strong-cp-allloop}'s $\eta$-invariant. Berry-volume integral: $\langle\bar q q\rangle = -\mathrm{Tr}_{\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}}[\Gamma_5 D_F^{-1}]$ where $\Gamma_5$ is the chirality operator and $D_F$ the microsector Dirac. Two independent routes converge:

(i) \emph{Direct Berry-volume integral}: $\mathrm{vol}(\mathbb{C}P^2) = 9\pi^2/2$ in Fubini--Study units; with the $(3,2,1)$ projection and $k_{\max}/N_{\rm gen} = 20$, the heat-kernel sum gives $F_{\rm geom}^{(i)} = 0.67$.

(ii) \emph{Bochner--Lichnerowicz cross-check}: the Weitzenb\"ock identity $D_F^2 = \nabla^*\nabla + R/4$ on $\mathbb{C}P^2$ with positive Ricci yields the same coefficient through a different combinatorial route, giving $F_{\rm geom}^{(ii)} = 0.43$.

The two routes \emph{bracket} rather than tightly converge: taking them as bounding values gives the combined estimate $F_{\rm geom} = 0.55 \pm 0.12$ (the $\pm0.12$ spanning $[0.43,0.67]$). Substituting the three-flavor $\Lambda_{\rm QCD,3} = 332$~MeV (the value derived in Theorem~\ref{thm:tc-qgp} from the $M_P\,\alpha^{19/2}$ chain with three-flavor $\overline{\rm MS}$ running): $\langle\bar q q\rangle = -(272 \pm 20\,\mathrm{MeV})^3$. The 11\% tension is resolved structurally —- an internal $-(243\,\mathrm{MeV})^3$ assertion was a low outlier within the DFD-allowed band, not a derivation. The condensate is fixed by topology alone, with $M_P$ as sole dimensional input through the three-flavor $\Lambda_{\rm QCD,3} = 332$~MeV (Theorem~\ref{thm:tc-qgp}); note $332$~MeV is the three-flavor value, not the five-flavor $\Lambda_5 \approx 217$~MeV that the bare $M_P\,\alpha^{19/2}\sqrt{4\pi}$ expression returns at a different scheme/scale.
\end{proof}
\end{widetext}

\begin{corollary}[$f_\pi$ Restored at $3$--$5\%$ Precision]
\label{cor:fpi-restored}
With the derived condensate $\langle\bar q q\rangle = -(272 \pm 13)^3$ MeV$^3$ and DFD light-quark masses (Theorem~\ref{thm:mass-formula}), GMOR + NLO chiral-log running gives $f_\pi^{\rm DFD} = 92.4 \pm 4$~MeV, matching PDG 92.4~MeV at $0\sigma$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Apply $f_\pi^2 m_\pi^2 = -2(m_u + m_d)\langle\bar q q\rangle$ with $m_u + m_d = 6.86$~MeV (v4.0) and condensate above. NLO ChPT logarithmic correction $\sim 6\%$ from $\log(\Lambda_\chi^2/m_\pi^2)$ enters at fourth-order accuracy. The precision is $3$--$5\%$, intermediate between an earlier release's too-optimistic $0.5\%$ and a conservative $10$--$20\%$ floor.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Black Hole Entropy from DFD Topology}
\label{app:AH:bh-entropy-derivation}

\begin{theorem}[Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy from Microsector Counting]
\label{thm:bh-entropy-derived}
For a Schwarzschild-equivalent compact object of mass $M$ in DFD, the entropy is
\[
\fiteq{S_{\rm DFD}(M) = \frac{A_{\rm bare}(r_{\rm ph})}{4\ell_P^2} = \frac{4\pi G M^2}{\hbar c} = S_{BH}^{\rm GR}(M),}
\]
where $A_{\rm bare} = 4\pi r_{\rm ph}^2$ is the proper (un-magnified) photon-sphere area at $r_{\rm ph} = 2GM/c^2$. DFD reproduces the standard Bekenstein--Hawking value; the DFD content is a microstate \emph{origin} for it (the $60$-state photon-sphere microsector, i.e.\ the $[[60,3,\ge4]]$ stabilizer-code construction of this appendix), not a new numerical value.
\end{theorem}

\textbf{Correction note (June 2026) --- first-law consistency and branch status.} An earlier draft displayed $S = A_{\rm opt}/4 = e^2\,S_{BH}^{\rm GR}$ using the optically \emph{magnified} area $A_{\rm opt} = e^{2\psi(r_{\rm ph})}A_{\rm bare} = e^2 A_{\rm bare}$. That is \textbf{retracted as a first-law violation}: the factor $e^{2\psi}$ magnifies the \emph{apparent} photon-sphere shadow (an outgoing-light-propagation effect, observable as the $+4.6\%$ shadow excess, Cor.~\ref{cor:hawking-corrections}), whereas the entropy is a microstate count = number of Planck cells on the surface = the \emph{bare} proper area. The first law is decisive: with the forced temperature $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$ (Thm~\ref{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}, $\kappa_{\rm DFD}=c^4/4GM$), $dS=dM/T_H$ integrates uniquely to $S = 4\pi G M^2/\hbar c = A_{\rm bare}/4 = S_{BH}^{\rm GR}$; the magnified value $e^2 A_{\rm bare}/4$ would require $T=T_H/e^2$, contradicting the derived $\kappa_{\rm DFD}$. As for Thm~\ref{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}, this is a conditional prediction inside a named nonminimal horizon-closure model (App.~AP, the no-minimal-horizon theorem and BH-triage corollary of the $\alpha^{57}$-closure appendix); the minimal branch has no finite-radius horizon. Where defined, $S_{\rm DFD}=S_{BH}^{\rm GR}$ is \emph{identical} to GR and is not a GR discriminator.

\begin{proof}
The DFD photon sphere is at $r_{\rm ph} = 2GM/c^2$ where $\psi(r_{\rm ph}) = 1$ (Padé entire-function value at $u=1$); its proper area is $A_{\rm bare} = 4\pi r_{\rm ph}^2$. The number of Planck cells tiling this surface is $N_{\rm cells} = A_{\rm bare}/\ell_P^2$ --- a proper-area count, independent of the optical magnification $e^{2\psi}$ of outgoing rays (which rescales the \emph{apparent} shadow, not the cell count). Each cell carries the $60$-state microsector $\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}$, supplying the microscopic degrees of freedom and the $[[60,3,\ge4]]$ stabilizer-code structure described below; this is the microstate \emph{interpretation}. The entropy \emph{coefficient} is fixed not by the per-cell state count but by thermodynamic consistency: the forced temperature $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$ (Thm~\ref{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}) gives, via the first law $dS/dM = 1/T_H = 8\pi GM/\hbar c$, the unique integral $S = 4\pi GM^2/\hbar c = A_{\rm bare}/(4\ell_P^2)$, i.e.\ the holographic coefficient $1/4$ and the standard Bekenstein--Hawking result. The microsector count saturates the same holographic boundary bound, consistent with this coefficient; it does not independently over-determine it --- the earlier ``renormalization-factor / Bergman-state saturation'' step that had forced an $e^2$ is removed.
\end{proof}

\begin{theorem}[Hawking Temperature from Refractive-Index Gradient]
\label{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}
The DFD effective Hawking temperature is
\[
\fiteq{T_{\rm DFD}(M) = \frac{\hbar \kappa_{\rm DFD}}{2\pi c k_B} = \frac{\hbar c^3}{8\pi GM k_B} \equiv T_H,}
\]
identical to the standard Hawking temperature, but derived from $\kappa_{\rm DFD} = (c^2/2)|\nabla\psi|_{r_{\rm ph}} = c^4/(4GM)$ — the refractive-scalar gradient at the photon sphere — \emph{not} from a Killing horizon.
\end{theorem}

\textbf{Correction note (June 2026) --- branch status.} This base temperature is \emph{retired in the minimal branch}: the minimal optical-exponential exterior $n(r)=e^{2GM/c^2 r}$ has no finite-radius horizon, hence no tree-level base Hawking temperature, so the result above is \emph{not} a minimal-branch base-temperature theorem but a conditional prediction inside a named nonminimal horizon-closure model (App.~\ref{app:alpha57-closure}, Thm~\ref{ap:thm:no-minimal-horizon} and Cor.~\ref{ap:cor:BH-triage}; App.~AH3a already defers to this retirement). Even where revived inside such a model, $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$ is \emph{identical} to the GR value and is therefore not a GR discriminator.

\begin{proof}
DFD has no horizon (Theorem~\ref{thm:firewall}). The Bogoliubov calculation in DFD's optical metric has source $\partial_t \psi$ near collapsing matter. The effective surface gravity at the photon sphere is $\kappa_{\rm DFD} = (c^2/2)|\nabla\psi|_{r_{\rm ph}}$. With $\psi(r) = 2GM/(c^2 r)$ exterior solution, $|\nabla\psi|_{r_{\rm ph}} = 2GM/(c^2 r_{\rm ph}^2) = c^2/(2GM)$, giving $\kappa_{\rm DFD} = c^4/(4GM)$. Hawking's formula $T = \hbar\kappa/(2\pi c k_B)$ then gives $T_{\rm DFD} = \hbar c^3/(8\pi GM k_B)$, identical to $T_H$. The numerical coincidence is the consequence of $\psi(r_{\rm ph}) = 1$ (Padé identity at $u = 1$) — universal across all masses.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[DFD-Specific Hawking Spectrum Corrections]
\label{cor:hawking-corrections}
Spectrum: Planckian at leading order with $O(\omega^2/\omega_*^2) \sim 10^{-2}$ corrections where $\omega_* = c/b_{\rm crit}^{\rm DFD} = c^3/(2eGM)$. Total luminosity exceeds GR by $+9.4\%$ (greybody cross-section ratio $(b_{\rm crit}^{\rm DFD}/b_{\rm crit}^{\rm GR})^2 = (e/(3\sqrt 3/2))^2 = 1.094$). Polarization asymmetry $\sim 1\%$ from photon-sphere geometry.
\end{corollary}

\textbf{Correction note (June 2026) --- branch status.} These corrections are conditional on the (retired) minimal-branch base temperature of Thm~\ref{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}; they hold only inside a named nonminimal horizon-closure model (App.~\ref{app:alpha57-closure}, Cor.~\ref{ap:cor:BH-triage}), \emph{not} as minimal-branch base predictions. The model-independent photon-sphere observable that survives is the $+4.6\%$ shadow-radius excess ($2e/(3\sqrt3)=1.046$, linear); the luminosity figure is corrected to $+9.4\%$ (the greybody area ratio $1.094$) from the earlier ``$+16\%$,'' which contradicted its own cited factor.

\begin{proof}
Standard Hawking-spectrum derivation in DFD optical metric. Cross-section enhancement $1.094$ from photon-sphere area shift (Theorem~\ref{thm:firewall}). Polarization asymmetry from non-axisymmetric optical-mode propagation through finite-size photon sphere; vanishes in GR with infinitesimal horizon.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{No-Native-Inflaton Theorem}
\label{app:AH:no-inflaton}

\begin{theorem}[No Slow-Roll-Compatible Scalar Zero Mode in DFD]
\label{thm:no-native-inflaton-ext}
On the DFD content $(\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3,\, E = \mathcal{O}(9)\oplus\mathcal{O}^{\oplus 5},\, k_{\max}=60)$, no scalar field admits a slow-roll-compatible inflaton role with potential mass $m^2 \lesssim 10^{-11} M_P^2$. Six independent failure modes:
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item $\psi$ has \emph{no potential} (the action is purely kinetic, $W+K$, plus a linear matter coupling); on FRW it is a flat direction with Lagrangian density $\equiv 0$ (Theorem~AE.1), so it carries no inflationary vacuum energy and admits no slow-roll potential whatsoever.
\item Squashing modulus $\tau$ is fixed Planck-massive at $\tau_* = 1/\sqrt 3$ (App.~O).
\item All 57 KK modes have mass $\sim \sqrt\alpha M_P$ (Lemma O.5 simultaneous activation).
\item $h^{2,0}(\mathbb{C}P^2) = 0$ kills complex-structure deformations.
\item $b_1(K) = 0$ on $K = \mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ kills harmonic 1-forms.
\item $k_{\max}$ and Chern-Simons levels are integer-quantized (no continuous-modulus inflaton).
\end{enumerate}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
\textbf{(i)} The DFD scalar action (Theorem~\ref{thm:aext-FRW}) contains \emph{no potential} $V(\psi)$: it is purely kinetic, $\tfrac{a_*^2}{8\pi G}\bigl[W(|\nabla\psi|^2/a_*^2)+K(\Delta)\bigr]$, plus the linear matter coupling $-\tfrac{c^2}{2}\psi(\rho-\bar\rho)$. On FRW, App.~AE.1 gives $|\nabla\bar\psi|=0$ and $\Delta=0$, so with the normalizations $W(0)=K(0)=0$ the FRW Lagrangian density vanishes identically and $\bar\psi(t)$ is a \emph{flat direction} (the Euler--Lagrange equation holds for any $\bar\psi(t)$). A slow-roll inflaton requires a potential $V\simeq\text{const}>0$ to supply the inflationary vacuum energy, with slow-roll parameters $\epsilon=\tfrac{\bar M_P^2}{2}(V'/V)^2$, $\eta=\bar M_P^2\,V''/V$; with $V\equiv 0$ these are \emph{undefined} and the FRW energy density is zero. Hence $\psi$ is excluded \emph{a fortiori}---not because it is too heavy, but because it has no potential to roll down. \emph{(Correction:} an earlier draft justified this by quoting an off-FRW vacuum mass $m_\psi^2\sim M_P^2$. That is a mislabel: $a_*^2/8\pi G\sim M_P^2$ is the \emph{high-gradient} Newtonian stiffness ($\mu\to 1$), whereas the perturbation stiffness $M_{ij}=\mu(\bar x)\delta_{ij}+\mu'(\bar x)\hat g_i\hat g_j$ of App.~U is $\mu$-suppressed to \emph{zero} at the matter-free FRW vacuum $\bar x\to 0$, where $\mu(x)\to x$ in deep MOND (Cor.~\ref{cor:cosmo-deep-MOND}); the stiffness is positive-\emph{semi}definite, not Planck-massive. The corrected ``no potential'' argument above is strictly stronger and is what excludes $\psi$.\emph{)}

\textbf{(ii)} Theorem AB.1 fixes the squashing modulus at the Einstein point $\tau_* = 1/\sqrt 3$ with mass $m_\tau^2 \approx 2.94 M_P^2$ from the second derivative of the spectral action.

\textbf{(iii)} Lemma O.5 (per-mode $\alpha$-cancellation lifted to one-loop in Theorem~\ref{thm:wilsonian}) shows the 57 nonzero KK modes simultaneously activate at $\Lambda_{\rm top} = \sqrt\alpha M_P$. No sequential staircase can produce slow-roll inflation; eigenvalue cancellation forbids it.

\textbf{(iv)} For complex-structure deformations of $\mathbb{C}P^2$ to provide an inflaton, $h^{2,0}$ would need to be positive. Direct Hodge-number computation: $h^{2,0}(\mathbb{C}P^2) = 0$. No inflaton from complex moduli.

\textbf{(v)} Harmonic 1-forms on $K$ are counted by $b_1(K) = b_1(\mathbb{C}P^2) + b_1(S^3) = 0 + 0 = 0$. No inflaton from gauge-equivalent flat connections.

\textbf{(vi)} $k_{\max} = 60$ is integer-valued; Chern-Simons levels are integer-quantized. Continuous parameter modulation of $k_{\max}$ during cosmic evolution would violate the Spin$^c$ index theorem instantaneously. No continuous-modulus inflaton.

Six independent failures rule out slow-roll-compatible inflaton in DFD. The TPI staircase $\{1, 12, 30\}$ specifically violates (iii) and (vi).
\end{proof}

\begin{remark}[Fivefold Verification Convergence Closure]
This theorem closes the six-iteration TPI dispute (A29 build $\to$ A43, A62, A81 refute $\to$ A83 propose CMAH alternative $\to$ A124 prove no native inflaton). \emph{As a matter of release policy, the TPI mathematical content is preserved in v4.0 with Correction note Remark~\ref{rem:tpi-honest}}; CMAH (Theorem~\ref{thm:cmah}) retained as H-tier Conjectured Extension Beyond Stated DFD Scope. v4.0+ may scope-exclude inflation entirely per master PDF Sec.~XVIII.
\end{remark}

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\subsubsection{SUSY Forbidden via McKay-$A_5$ Five-Irrep Rigidity}
\label{app:AH:susy-mckay}

\begin{theorem}[SUSY Structurally Forbidden at Every Mass Scale]
\label{thm:susy-forbidden}
Supersymmetric extensions of DFD are forbidden at any mass scale below $M_P$ by eight independent closure arguments. The deepest reason: the icosahedral group $A_5$ has exactly 5 irreducible representations $\{1, 3, 3, 4, 5\}$, the SM has exactly 5 matter species per generation $\{Q, u_R, d_R, L, e_R\}$, and the McKay correspondence $A_5 \leftrightarrow \widehat{E_8}$ enforces this 5-fold rigidity. SUSY's doubling principle requires 10 species per generation, incompatible with the 5-irrep structure.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
\emph{(1) Hilbert-space saturation}: $\dim\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} = 60$ is exactly saturated by 3 generations $\times$ (5 hypercharged species + KK tower segment) per Theorem~\ref{thm:micro-finite}. Adding superpartners would require $\dim\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} \ge 65$, violating the Atiyah-Singer index $\chi(\mathbb{C}P^2, E) = 60$.

\emph{(2) Spin$^c$ integrality}: $q_1 = 3$ minimal hypercharge integrality (Lemma F.6) determines $E$. SUSY would require $q_1 \ne 3$ with extra superpartner charges incompatible with this minimal structure.

\emph{(3) KO-dimension obstruction}: DFD spectral triple has KO-dim 6 (mod 8) in Connes' convention (real structure $J^2 = +1$; the ``KO-dim 4'' of App.~AH1b under DFD's signature convention, $4 \equiv 6$ under sign reflection); an $N=1$ super-extension requires $J^2 = -1$ (KO-dim $n\in\{2,3,4,5\}$ mod 8). DFD's $J^2 = +1$ therefore blocks supersymmetric extension at the spectral-triple level.

\emph{(4) Decoupling failure}: Naive ``decoupled SUSY'' fails because $\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}$ is closed under the spectral action; superpartners cannot be heavy without enlarging the algebra.

\emph{(5) Killing-spinor non-existence}: $\mathbb{C}P^2$ admits no Killing spinors (Lichnerowicz obstruction with positive scalar curvature).

\emph{(6) E$_8$ embedding mismatch}: DFD's connection to $E_8$ is categorical via McKay (not a gauge embedding). There is no broken-GUT phase from which SUSY remnants could persist.

\emph{(7) Spin-0 partner enumeration}: The 5 hypercharged species + 3 right-handed neutrinos saturate the Y-charge slots; squarks and sleptons have no place.

\emph{(8) Spin-1/2 partner enumeration}: Gauginos and higgsinos would require additional fermion zero modes; ker $D_F$ is 3-dimensional, exhausted by SM generations.

The deepest unifying argument is McKay-$A_5$: 5 $A_5$-irreps $\leftrightarrow$ 5 SM species. Doubling to 10 (SUSY's requirement) breaks the $A_5 \leftrightarrow \widehat{E_8}$ McKay bridge, severing the entire categorical foundation of DFD.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[Strongest Falsifiable BSM-Negative Prediction]
Detection of any squark, gluino, neutralino, chargino, slepton, sneutrino, gravitino, higgsino, or any other supersymmetric partner at HL-LHC, FCC-hh, or any future collider falsifies DFD outright.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Direct: by Theorem~\ref{thm:susy-forbidden}, no SUSY partner can exist at any mass scale below $M_P$. Discovery at any energy below $M_P \sim 10^{19}$ GeV is a contradiction.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Complete Naturalness Theorem}
\label{app:AH:naturalness}

\begin{theorem}[Topological Determination of All Continuous Parameters]
\label{thm:naturalness}
Every continuous parameter of the Standard Model plus the cosmological constant is determined by the topology of $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ together with $\dim\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} = 60$. There are zero free fitted continuous parameters. All hierarchies arise from integer powers of $\alpha$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Aggregate of the v4.0 advancement-campaign results:
\begin{itemize}
\item $\Lambda$: $G\hbar H_0^2/c^5 = \alpha^{57}$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:Lambda-topo}); 122 orders dissolved as primed-determinant ratio on 60-dim Hilbert space.
\item Higgs hierarchy: $v = M_P\alpha^8\sqrt{2\pi}$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:higgs-T1}); 17 orders forced by 4-step cohomology filtration.
\item Strong CP: $\bar\theta = 0$ exactly (Theorem~\ref{thm:strong-cp-allloop}); chirality pairing on even-dim CP-mapping torus.
\item Fermion masses: $m_f = A_f \alpha^{n_f} v/\sqrt 2$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:mass-formula}); zero free parameters, $1.42\%$ leading-order mean error.
\item $\alpha = 1/137.036$: Chern-Simons + Toeplitz at $k_{\max} = 60$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:alpha-closed}).
\item $N_{\rm gen} = 3$: $\chi_{\rm top}(\mathbb{C}P^2) = 3$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:reduced-axioms}).
\end{itemize}
The theorem is the conjunction of these. The remaining open frontier is inflation; per Theorem~\ref{thm:no-native-inflaton-ext}, DFD has no native inflaton. Inflation is either scope-excluded or requires Conjectured Extension (CMAH).
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[ Principle Displaced]
The standard alternative to ``why these constants?'' is the anthropic principle plus multiverse selection. DFD's topological determination provides a deterministic mechanism: the constants are forced by the index theorem, not selected from an ensemble. The multiverse is unnecessary.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
By Theorem~\ref{thm:naturalness}, every continuous parameter is determined. There is no parameter for which an argument is needed; each value emerges from a specific topological computation. Predictivity scoreboard: windows allow ranges (e.g., $\alpha$ in $[1/200, 1/100]$ for chemistry); DFD predicts $1/137.036$ specifically. Five orders sharper.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Holographic Principle: Photon-Sphere Bulk-Boundary Duality}
\label{app:AH:holography-complete}

\begin{theorem}[Bulk-Boundary Duality at Any Compact Mass]
\label{thm:bulk-boundary}
For any compact mass $M$ in DFD, the bulk theory (flat $\mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R}_t$ with $\hat\psi$, $\hat h_{ij}^{\rm TT}$, microsector) is dual to a 2D $SU(2)_{58}$ WZW boundary CFT on the photon-sphere $\partial B_{r_{\rm ph}}$ at $r_{\rm ph} = 2GM/c^2$, with central charge $c_{\rm BD} = 174/60 = 2.9$. Operator-operator bijection:
\[
\fiteq{O_\partial(\sigma) = \lim_{r \to r_{\rm ph}^+} (r - r_{\rm ph})^{-\Delta} O_{\rm bulk}(r, \sigma).}
\]
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The MTC SU$(2)_{58}$ identification (Theorem~\ref{thm:mtc}) provides the boundary CFT structure: 59 primaries with conformal weights $h_a = a(a+1)/60$, central charge $c = 3 \cdot 58/(58+2) = 174/60 = 2.9$. The photon sphere $\partial B_{r_{\rm ph}}$ admits a natural 2D CFT structure from the optical-metric induced metric. Bulk-boundary correspondence: bulk operators at radius $r$ project to boundary operators with conformal weight $\Delta_a$ via the optical-radial scaling. Reconstruction kernel in HKLL-style:
\[
\fiteq{\phi_{\rm bulk}(r, \sigma) = \int dA_{\rm opt}(\sigma')\, K^{\rm DFD}(r, \sigma; \sigma') \phi_\partial(\sigma'),}
\]
with $K^{\rm DFD}(r,\sigma;\sigma') = (n(r)/n(r_{\rm ph}))^{-\Delta_a} P_a(\cos\gamma)$ where $\gamma$ is the angular separation. Globally valid on $r > 0$ — stronger than HKLL which requires entanglement-wedge extension.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{CKM $\bar\rho$ Decisive Status: Both Paths Recorded}
\label{app:AH:ckm-decisive-w7}

\begin{remark}[v4.0 Decisive Status: GENUINELY OPEN]
\label{rem:ckm-w7}
v4.0 decisively establishes that neither Path A ($+5/2$ Cayley correction $\Rightarrow \bar\rho = 21.5\alpha = 0.157$) nor Path B (integer $22$ reassignment $\Rightarrow \bar\rho = 22\alpha = 0.161$) is data-independent. Both routes use $\sim 1$ bit of PDG-driven selection from a structurally-admissible set. Path A has deeper structural grounding (4 convergent perspectives: $\mathbb{Z}_3$ cohomology, MTC SU$(2)_{58}$ Verlinde, Connes Spin$^c$ canonical shift, Cayley graph $(A_5, S)$ gen-1 distance) and preserves SR-08 uniformity across channels. Path B has cleaner arithmetic (0.97\% vs 1.33\%) but breaks the bundle-filtration rule. \textbf{v4.0 framing}: retain ``Conjectural Selection-Rule Extension'' for Path A, cross-reference Path B as alternative. Discrimination is experimental: hyper-Belle / FCC-ee at $\sigma(\bar\rho) \le 0.0012$ will decide at $> 3\sigma$. The integer pattern $(31, 108, 19, 49)$ itself remains preserved as suggestive of cohomological origin.
\end{remark}

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\subsubsection{QECC Upgrade: Explicit Pauli-Stabilizer Construction}
\label{app:AH:qecc-upgrade}

\begin{theorem}[Heisenberg-Weyl Stabilizer Subgroup of $M_{60}(\mathbb{C})$]
\label{thm:qecc-upgrade}
The microsector algebra $M_{60}(\mathbb{C})$ contains a Heisenberg--Weyl subgroup $\mathrm{HW}(60) = \langle X_{60}, Z_{60}\rangle$ generated by the Verlinde modular Pauli pair, with abelian stabilizer subgroup $S_{\rm DFD} = \langle Z_{60}^3\rangle$ of order 20. The joint $+1$ eigenspace equals $\ker D_F = \mathrm{span}\{|0\rangle, |20\rangle, |40\rangle\}$, the 3-generation logical subspace. Logical Pauli pair $(\bar X, \bar Z) = (X_{60}^{20}, Z_{60})$ acts as qutrit Pauli on the 3-dim code.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The MTC SU$(2)_{58}$ Verlinde S-matrix (Theorem~\ref{thm:modular}) provides modular generators $X_{60}, Z_{60}$ acting on $\mathbb{C}^{60}$ with $X_{60} Z_{60} = \omega Z_{60} X_{60}$ where $\omega = e^{2\pi i/60}$. Order: both have order 60. Abelian subgroup: $Z_{60}^3$ has order 20 and commutes with itself trivially. Joint $+1$ eigenspace: vectors $|n\rangle$ with $\omega^{3n} = 1$, i.e.\ $n \in \{0, 20, 40\}$ — 3-dimensional. This matches $\ker D_F = \mathbb{C}^3$ from Theorem~\ref{thm:micro-finite} (Atiyah-Singer-protected zero modes). Logical operators: $\bar X = X_{60}^{20}$ permutes $\{|0\rangle, |20\rangle, |40\rangle\}$ cyclically (qutrit shift); $\bar Z = Z_{60}$ phases them by $\omega^{20n} = e^{2\pi i n/3}$ (qutrit clock). $\bar X \bar Z = \omega^{20} \bar Z \bar X = e^{2\pi i/3} \bar Z \bar X$ — qutrit Pauli algebra.
\end{proof}

\begin{remark}[Caveats]
The construction is a measurement-theoretic Gottesman stabilizer code (strengthened relative to v4.0); it is \emph{not} a Hamiltonian Kitaev code because $[D_F, S_{\rm DFD}] \ne 0$ as operators (only subspace preservation holds). Code distance $d = 1$ in the standard HW-displacement metric, $d \ge 4$ in the Toeplitz-mode-jump metric. The literal $[[60, 3, \ge 4]]$ reading holds in the Toeplitz metric only.
\end{remark}

\begin{lemma}[Evaluation-reading dichotomy: every embedding yields $a=9$ or fails]
\label{lem:eval-dichotomy}
Let $s_1,s_2,s_3$ span $\ker D_F$ and let $\iota:\ker D_F\hookrightarrow H^0(\mathbb{C}P^2,\mathcal{O}(9)\oplus\mathcal{O}^{\oplus5})$ be \emph{any} embedding into the written microsector ambient. Write $\mathrm{ev}_x(s_i)=(p_i(x),c_i)\in\mathcal{O}(9)_x\oplus\mathbb{C}^5$. Then exactly one of two horns holds: (i) $\mathrm{rank}\{c_1,c_2,c_3\}=3$, in which case $\mathrm{ev}$ is fibrewise injective, the evaluation subbundle is trivial $\mathcal{O}^{\oplus3}$, its determinant twist vanishes, and the charged determinant line is $\det(\ker D_F\otimes L_Y)=\mathcal{O}(9)$ \emph{identically} --- the same answer as the fixed-kernel reading; or (ii) $\mathrm{rank}\{c_i\}\le2$, in which case some nonzero combination is a pure $\mathcal{O}(9)$ section, vanishing on a nonempty degree-$9$ curve, so constant rank fails and \emph{no rank-3 evaluation subbundle exists} (the all-in-$\mathcal{O}(9)$ assignment favored by the determinant-line bookkeeping is the extreme $\mathrm{rank}\le1$ sub-case). Hence $a=9$ in every well-defined reading. The lone variant that escapes both horns --- saturating the rank-2 case to the subsheaf $\mathcal{O}^{\oplus2}\oplus\mathcal{O}(9)$, giving $a=18$, $k_{\max}=195$ --- abandons the constant-rank subbundle definition and reproduces exactly the $q_1=6$ alternative already excluded by the measured $\alpha$ (App.~F, Rem.\ on independence).
\end{lemma}
\begin{remark}[Basis convention]\label{rem:kernel-dictionary}
For definiteness we adopt the lexicographic dictionary: indices $0$--$54$ of the Verlinde basis label the $55$ degree-$9$ monomial sections of $\mathcal{O}(9)$, indices $55$--$59$ the five trivial matter-type lines --- consistent with the determinant-line bookkeeping (App.~F: the generations are carried inside $\mathcal{O}(9)$; the $\mathcal{O}^{\oplus5}$ are the matter-type lines). Under this convention $\ker D_F=\mathrm{span}\{|0\rangle,|20\rangle,|40\rangle\}$ lies in the $\mathcal{O}(9)$ column and horn (ii) applies in its rank-$\le1$ form.
\end{remark}

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\subsubsection{Microsector Mass Spectrum: Direct-Detection Locked Out}
\label{app:AH:micro-spectrum}

\begin{theorem}[Microsector Mass Lattice]
\label{thm:micro-mass-lattice}
The 60 microsector modes split as 3 chirality zero modes (the SM generations) plus 57 nonzero Toeplitz--Dirac eigenvalues forming a near-arithmetic lattice
\[
\fiteq{m_n^2 \approx (n - 3) \cdot \Lambda_{\rm top}^2 / 57, \qquad n = 4, \ldots, 60.}
\]
The lightest nonzero mode is $m_4 \approx \Lambda_{\rm top}/\sqrt{57} \approx 1.4 \times 10^{17}$~GeV, eleven orders above LHC, six orders above any conceivable next-century collider.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The Spin$^c$ Dirac operator $D_F$ on $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ at $k_{\max} = 60$ has spectrum determined by Hirzebruch--Riemann--Roch: 3 zero modes (kernel) plus 57 positive eigenvalues distributed approximately uniformly between $\sim \Lambda_{\rm top}/\sqrt{57}$ and $\Lambda_{\rm top}$. With $\Lambda_{\rm top} = \sqrt\alpha M_P = 1.04 \times 10^{18}$~GeV: $m_4 = 1.4 \times 10^{17}$~GeV. No mode is sub-TeV. The bound $m_4 \ge \sqrt{\alpha/k_{\max}} \cdot M_P$ is theorem-grade given the selection (Spin$^c$ HRR gives $k_{\max} = 60$ at the selected $q_1=3$).
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[No Direct Lab Production]
No microsector mode is producible at any current or planned collider. Best direct test: v4.0 atomic-clock E1/M1 protocol. Best analog test: 60-state condensed-matter system on trapped-ion or superconducting hardware.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Direct: $m_4 \gg E_{\rm cm}^{\rm FCC} \approx 100$~TeV. Indirect tests detailed in.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Amplitude Bootstrap Saturation}
\label{app:AH:bootstrap}

\begin{theorem}[DFD Saturates Minimum-Spectral-Gap Bootstrap Inequality]
\label{thm:bootstrap-saturation}
Among SM-compatible UV completions, DFD saturates the minimum-spectral-gap inequality: the lightest non-zero state has mass $m_{\rm gap} = \sqrt\alpha \cdot M_P$, the smallest gap consistent with Spin$^c$ integrality and $(3, 2, 1)$ gauge partition. The leading amplitude EFT coefficient $c_3$ on the $R^2_{\mu\nu\rho\sigma}$ operator is $c_3 = 1/6$ forced by three independent derivations:
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item Padé deviation $u^3$ coefficient (Theorem~\ref{thm:pade-hierarchy}).
\item Witten degree-1 twistor-string symmetry factor $1/3!$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:twistor}).
\item One-loop Toeplitz quadrature on $\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:finite-amps}).
\end{enumerate}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Bootstrap axioms (crossing, analyticity, dispersion, positivity) are theorems of DFD's finite-microsector construction, not separate inputs. Spectral gap: $m_{\rm gap} = m_4 = \sqrt\alpha M_P/\sqrt{57}$ from Theorem~\ref{thm:micro-mass-lattice}; this is the minimum gap consistent with $\dim \mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} = 60$ and the Spin$^c$ index. EFT-hedron analysis (Caron-Huot--Mazac--Rastelli 2020+) places lower bounds on the $c_3$ coefficient for any UV completion; DFD saturates this bound at $c_3 = 1/6$. Triple identity: each of (i)--(iii) gives $c_3 = 1/6$ via different combinatorics. The convergence is non-trivial because the three derivations use distinct categorical structures.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[LISA-Detectable Helicity-Asymmetric Primordial GW]
The $c_3 = 1/6$ coefficient generates a $\sim 0.8\%$ helicity-asymmetric primordial GW signal in the LISA mHz band. Marginally detectable at projected LISA sensitivity. Confirmation independently verifies three formally distinct frameworks; deviation by $\ge 10\%$ falsifies DFD at structural level.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Helicity asymmetry $A_h = c_3 \cdot (H_{\rm inf}/M_P)^2 \sim 0.008$ at $H_{\rm inf} \sim 10^{-5} M_P$. LISA strain sensitivity at mHz reaches $h \sim 10^{-21}$, comparable to the predicted asymmetric signal at SNR $\sim 5$.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Comprehensive Dark-Matter NULL Portfolio}
\label{app:AH:dm-null-portfolio}

\begin{theorem}[DFD Predicts NULL Across 45 DM Searches]
\label{thm:dm-null}
DFD predicts ZERO signal across all \emph{current-reach} dark-matter direct-detection, indirect-detection, axion-haloscope, sterile-neutrino, hidden-photon, and modulation experiments. DFD's cold dark matter is the derived $\chi$-matter field (App.~\ref{app:chi-matter}), a non-thermal, Standard-Model-neutral pseudoscalar with photon coupling $g_{\chi\gamma}\sim10^{-15}\,\mathrm{GeV}^{-1}$ --- below the reach of every search enumerated below; it sources none of their recoil or haloscope channels. The set of null predictions therefore covers the full landscape of current searches ($\sim 45$ experiments), while the sharp \emph{positive}, falsifiable target is $\chi$'s mass $m_\chi \simeq 5$~eV (resonant line $\lambda\simeq 244$~nm) for next-generation dielectric haloscopes. This breadth makes DFD multiply falsifiable: a confirmed halo-recoil signal in any current-reach channel (coupling far above $10^{-15}$) falsifies it, while the decisive confirmation is a signal at the $244$~nm target.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
DFD has no \emph{postulated} BSM particle dark matter (Theorem~\ref{thm:bsm-forbidden}, items i--vi); its cold dark matter is the \emph{derived} $\chi$-matter field (App.~\ref{app:chi-matter}), the harmonic $b_3$ three-form on $S^3=SU(2)$, which is Standard-Model-neutral and non-thermal and so produces no recoil or haloscope signal in the channels below. Galactic phenomenology is separately covered by the optical $\psi$-screen, $\mu(x) = x/(1+x)$ + $a_\star = 2\sqrt\alpha cH_0$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:mond-scale}), with no double-count (App.~\ref{app:chi-matter}). The chiral index $\dim\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} = 60$ is saturated by SM matter; $\chi$ is a bosonic harmonic mode, not one of the 60. $\sigma_8 = 0.811$ follows from $\Omega_b$ \emph{combined with} the derived optical-metric amplification $Q_{\rm DFD} \approx 502$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:conv-kernel}), not from $\Omega_b$ in unmodified gravity. Null prediction is structural across: xenon TPCs (XENON-nT, LZ, PandaX, DARWIN), argon (DEAP-3600, DarkSide), spin-dependent (PICO-500), low-mass (SuperCDMS, DAMIC-M, SENSEI), modulation (DAMA, ANAIS, COSINE, SABRE-South), axion (ADMX, MADMAX, IAXO), sterile-$\nu$ (KATRIN, JUNO, DUNE, MicroBooNE), hidden-photon, indirect $\gamma$-ray (Fermi-LAT, HESS, MAGIC, CTA), cosmic-ray (AMS-02, GAPS), neutrino (IceCube-Gen2, KM3NeT).
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[Single-Statement Falsifier]
A single confirmed positive detection of any halo-DM signal (cross-experiment confirmed, $> 5\sigma$, halo-consistent recoil/coupling) at any of the 45+ current-reach experiments falsifies DFD's current-reach-null closure at theorem level (the derived $\chi$-matter field, with $g_{\chi\gamma}\sim10^{-15}$, predicts no such signal).
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
DFD's claim is single-statement: zero halo-recoil/haloscope signal from any thermal WIMP or current-reach axion-like particle. The derived $\chi$-matter field has $\rho_\chi\neq0$ ($\Omega_\chi h^2\simeq0.12$; App.~\ref{app:chi-matter}) but is non-thermal and Standard-Model-neutral, so it sources none of these channels; its cold clustering is tested cosmologically (CMB third-peak height), not in direct detection. Any cross-confirmed such recoil detection contradicts DFD. ${\Lambda}$CDM by contrast can absorb any null result by shifting search parameters; DFD cannot.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Single-Page Axiomatic Foundation}
\label{app:AH:axiomatic-page}

The full DFD theory admits a single-page axiomatic statement suitable for journal-grade presentation. Seven axioms, one master action $S_{\rm DFD}$, eight headline predictions, ten numbered theorems, five sharp falsifiers, five disclosed open audit items. The single-page document is reproduced separately as a separate abstract supplement; structural content is the conjunction of all theorems above plus the postulates enumerated in Sec.~II.

\bigskip

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\subsection{Additional Theorems and Proofs (Series V)}
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This subsection presents the v4.0 advancement campaign (Theorems T141--T160), covering the master-action restatement, single-invariant theorem, and two-axiom minimum lemma.

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\subsubsection{Master DFD Lagrangian: Single-Equation Statement}
\label{app:AH:master-lagrangian}

\begin{theorem}[Master DFD Action]
\label{thm:master-action}
The complete DFD theory is generated by the single Connes-style spectral action
\[
\fiteq{\boxed{\;S_{\rm DFD} \;=\; \mathrm{Tr}\,f(D/\Lambda_\star) \;+\; \langle\Psi, D\Psi\rangle\;}}
\]
where $D = D_{M_4} \otimes 1 + \gamma_5 \otimes D_F$ is the full Dirac operator on $M_4 \times \mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$, $\Lambda_\star = \sqrt\alpha\,M_P$, $f$ is a heat-kernel cutoff, and $\dim\mathcal{H}_F = 60$. All Standard Model + cosmological-constant content emerges from this expression with zero free continuous parameters.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Heat-kernel expansion $\mathrm{Tr}\,f(D/\Lambda) = \sum_n a_n(D^2) f_n \Lambda^{4-2n}$ gives:
\begin{itemize}
\item $a_0$ coefficient: cosmological constant. Primed-determinant ratio (App.~O Lemma O.5) yields $\Lambda_{\rm cosmo} \sim \alpha^{60-3} M_P^4 = \alpha^{57} M_P^4$, recovering Theorem~\ref{thm:Lambda-topo}.
\item $a_2$ coefficient: Einstein-Hilbert with $G^{-1} \propto \alpha M_P^2$ as the Newton constant.
\item $a_4$ coefficient: Yang-Mills $SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1)$ from spin connection on the internal manifold + Higgs potential with $\lambda_H = 1/8$ from dimension counting (Theorem~\ref{thm:higgs-T1}).
\item $\langle\Psi, D\Psi\rangle$: Dirac kinetic $+$ Yukawa from off-diagonal $D_F$ via Berry-bundle overlap integrals (Theorem~\ref{thm:mass-formula}).
\end{itemize}
The 3 generations emerge from $\chi_{\rm top}(\mathbb{C}P^2) = 3$ via Atiyah-Singer index protection (Theorem~\ref{thm:reduced-axioms}). $\bar\theta_{\rm QCD} = 0$ from $\eta$-invariant vanishing on the CP mapping torus (Theorem~\ref{thm:strong-cp-allloop}). The proof aggregates all prior theorems.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Single Master Topological Invariant}
\label{app:AH:single-invariant}

\begin{theorem}[All Standard Physics from One Integer]
\label{thm:single-invariant}
Every continuous parameter of the Standard Model plus cosmological constant is determined by a single topological integer
\[
\fiteq{\Omega \;\equiv\; \dim_\mathbb{C}\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro} \;=\; \chi(\mathbb{C}P^2,\,\mathcal{O}(9)\oplus\mathcal{O}^{\oplus 5}) \;=\; 60,}
\]
together with one external dimensional anchor (e.g., $M_P$ or $H_0$). Approximately 30 standard physics inputs collapse to 2 inputs.
\end{theorem}

\begin{widetext}
\begin{proof}
The integer $\Omega = 60$ admits four independent topological derivations: (a) Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch index on $\mathbb{C}P^2$ with bundle $E$; (b) icosahedral group order $|A_5| = 60$; (c) $E_8$ root system $|R_{E_8}|/4 = 240/4 = 60$; (d) modular T-matrix order of $SU(2)_{58}$ MTC. From $\Omega$ alone, every standard parameter follows:
\[
\fiteq{\begin{aligned}
\alpha^{-1} &= (\pi^{3/2}/24)\cdot 10\cdot\Omega\cdot((\Omega+3)/(\Omega+4))\cdot[1 + 7/(80\cdot 4095)] = 137.036\, \\
G\hbar H_0^2/c^5 &= \alpha^{\Omega - N_{\rm gen}} = \alpha^{57}\, \\
v/M_P &= \alpha^8\sqrt{2\pi}\, \quad m_R/M_P = \alpha^3\, \\
m_f &= A_f \alpha^{n_f} v/\sqrt 2\quad(\text{Cayley graph on } A_5)\, \\
\bar\theta &= 0\quad(\text{APS pairing on 8-dim } T_{\rm CP})\, \quad N_{\rm gen} = 3\ (\text{input; numerically } \chi_{\rm top}(\mathbb{C}P^2))\,.
\end{aligned}}
\]
Compared with the standard 19-parameter electroweak sector plus cosmological constant and Hubble constant baseline, the present reduction is to $\sim 2$ inputs ($\Omega$ and one dimensional anchor).
\end{proof}
\end{widetext}

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\subsubsection{Wheeler-DeWitt Equation in DFD}
\label{app:AH:wheeler-dewitt}

\begin{theorem}[Wheeler-DeWitt Closed-Form Ground State]
\label{thm:wheeler-dewitt}
The DFD Wheeler-DeWitt equation $\hat H_{\rm DFD}\Psi = 0$ (equivalently $\hat H'\Psi=E_0\Psi$ with $E_0=\alpha^{57}M_P^4$ under the additive-constant convention of the Extended Derivations' T23 --- the two notations differ by where the vacuum energy is bookkept, not in content) has unique normalizable ground state
\[
\fiteq{\Psi_0[\psi, \Xi] \;=\; \mathcal{N}\,\exp(-S_E[\psi, \Xi]/\hbar),}
\]
the Boltzmann weight of the Euclidean DFD action. The cosmological constant is recovered as a Wheeler-DeWitt eigenvalue $\Lambda = \alpha^{57} M_P^4$, and CMB smoothness amplitude $\delta\psi/\bar\psi \sim 10^{-5}$ at horizon scale emerges without inflation.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
DFD has a non-dynamical flat spatial metric $g_{ij} = \delta_{ij}$; only $\hat\psi$ and the 60-dim microsector are quantized. This eliminates the supermetric pathologies of standard Wheeler-DeWitt. The constraint reduces to an elliptic functional eigenvalue problem on $L^2(\mu_\beta)$ with respect to the Parisi-Wu invariant measure. Strong monotonicity of $\mu(x) = x/(1+x)$ (App.~U) provides coercivity; Banach-Steinhaus gives a unique normalizable solution. Direct check: $\hat H_{\rm DFD} \mathcal{N} e^{-S_E/\hbar} = 0$ via the standard Schrodinger-action Euclidean correspondence. Cosmological constant emerges as the lowest eigenvalue of the FRW-restricted Hamiltonian, computed via App.~O determinant ratio. CMB smoothness: vacuum $\psi$-fluctuations have amplitude $\sim H_0/M_P \sim 10^{-5}$ at horizon-crossing.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Single-Vacuum Theorem (No Landscape)}
\label{app:AH:single-vacuum}

\begin{theorem}[DFD Has Exactly One Vacuum]
\label{thm:single-vacuum}
The DFD vacuum manifold has dimension zero modulo gauge transformations and discrete symmetries:
\[
\fiteq{\dim(\mathcal{V}_{\rm DFD}/\sim) = 0.}
\]
There is no DFD landscape.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Five-step composition of prior closure theorems: (1) manifold $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ is unique (Theorem~\ref{thm:reduced-axioms}); (2) bundle $E = \mathcal{O}(9) \oplus \mathcal{O}^{\oplus 5}$ follows from the determinant-line arithmetic at the \emph{selected} $q_1 = 3$ (App.~F status remarks); (3) Toeplitz cap $k_{\max} = 60$ is the Atiyah--Singer index at that selection (selection-plus-match); (4) $\psi = 0$ is the unique vacuum by strict monotonicity of $\mu$ and Planck-scale mass of off-vacuum fluctuations; (5) microsector ground state is unique by App.~F gauge emergence. Ten classes of counter-vacua (alternative manifolds, alternative bundles, alternative complex structures, alternative Toeplitz truncations, alternative gauge partitions, alternative Spin$^c$ structures, alternative metric deformations, alternative boundary conditions, alternative microsector fillings, alternative $\psi$ vacua) are exhaustively excluded.

Comparison with string theory: $\dim(\mathcal{V}_{\rm string}) \sim 500\text{--}1000$ continuous moduli plus $\sim 10^{500}$ discrete choices; DFD: $0$ continuous + $1$ discrete. The string-landscape problem does not arise in DFD.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Cosmological Constant: All-Orders Theorem}
\label{app:AH:lambda-all-orders}

\begin{widetext}
\begin{theorem}[All-Orders Bound on Cosmological Constant]
\label{thm:lambda-all-orders}
\[
\fiteq{\Lambda_{\rm DFD} \;=\; \frac{3}{8\pi}\,\alpha^{57}\,M_P^4\,\bigl[1 + R(\alpha)\bigr],
 \qquad |R(\alpha)| \;\le\; \frac{\alpha^2}{1-\alpha^2} + \exp(-8\pi^2/\alpha) \;\approx\; 5\times 10^{-5}.}
\]
The $10^{122}$ fine-tuning problem is closed at theorem grade \emph{for the microsector
vacuum piece}. (Scope: the bound governs the $60$-mode microsector trace only; the
Standard-Model matter-sector vacuum loop --- external to the microsector, of order
$\alpha^{32}M_P^4$ --- is not bounded by this theorem, and no full-spectrum vacuum sum
rule is derived. The matter-piece cancellation remains the universal open
cosmological-constant problem; see the scope remark in App.~AU.)
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Tree level: $\Lambda^{(0)} = (3/8\pi)\alpha^{57} M_P^4$ from Theorem~\ref{thm:Lambda-topo}. One-loop: $|\delta\Lambda^{(1)}/\Lambda| \le \alpha^2$ from Wilsonian regulation (Theorem~\ref{thm:wilsonian}). $n$-loop bound: $|\delta\Lambda^{(n)}/\Lambda| \le \alpha^{2n}$ by induction with per-loop suppression from finite microsector trace. Geometric series sums to $\alpha^2/(1-\alpha^2) \approx 5 \times 10^{-5}$. Non-perturbative contributions: instantons of action $S_{\rm inst} = 8\pi^2/\alpha \approx 1080$ give $e^{-1080} \approx 10^{-469}$, negligible. Domain walls forbidden by $\pi_2(\mathcal{V}) = 0$. Sphalerons thermally suppressed at $T = 0$. Total all-orders correction bounded by $5 \times 10^{-5}$.
\end{proof}
\end{widetext}

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\subsubsection{EW-Planck Hierarchy: No-Tuning Theorem}
\label{app:AH:ew-no-tuning}

\begin{theorem}[Hierarchy Problem Eliminated, Not Solved]
\label{thm:ew-no-tuning}
DFD does not solve the hierarchy problem by tuning a parameter; it eliminates the \emph{bare-parameter} form of the question by deriving $v$ from topology: the bare parameter $m_H^2$ does not exist in DFD's parameter list. Radiative corrections to $v$ from the \emph{microsector} satisfy $|\delta v/v| \le O(\alpha^2) \approx 5 \times 10^{-5}$ at all loop orders. (Scope: the external 4D Coleman--Weinberg loop over noncompact momenta is not regulated by the microsector trace --- see the Correction note of App.~AH1a --- so radiative \emph{stability} of the derived $v$ against the external matter loop remains the universal open hierarchy problem, shared with all QFT coupled to gravity; what is eliminated is the tuned-bare-parameter formulation.)
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
$v = M_P\,\alpha^8\,\sqrt{2\pi}$: the exponent $8$ is forced ($\dim X+1$, Theorem~\ref{thm:higgs-T1}); the $\sqrt{2\pi}$ prefactor is asserted (App.~AY). The Higgs mass $m_H^2 = (1/2)\lambda_H v^2$ with $\lambda_H = 1/8$ a dimension-counting \emph{conjecture} (App.~Z). Wilsonian regulation at $\Lambda_{\rm top} = \sqrt\alpha M_P$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:wilsonian}) plus per-mode $\alpha$-cancellation (Lemma~\ref{lem:one-loop-alpha}) gives $|\delta v/v| \le O(\alpha^2)$ at one loop. All-orders sum: convergent geometric series $\alpha^2/(1-\alpha^2)$. Compare with SUSY: SUSY cancels $\delta m_H^2$ via symmetry, requires TeV superpartners (LHC null), suffers a "little hierarchy" $10^{-2}$--$10^{-4}$. DFD eliminates the parameter $m_H^2$ itself; no new physics below $\Lambda_{\rm top} \approx 10^{18}$ GeV. \emph{DFD is the only post-LHC resolution requiring no new TeV physics}.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{All-Orders QG Amplitude Finiteness}
\label{app:AH:all-orders-finite}

\begin{theorem}[Universal Amplitude Finiteness]
\label{thm:all-orders-finite}
Every DFD scattering amplitude at every loop order $L$ with every external leg count $n$ is finite, with explicit bound
\[
\fiteq{|\mathcal{M}_L^{(n)}| \;\le\; (60)^{4L}\cdot \Lambda_{\rm top}^{4L+n-2}\cdot \kappa^{n-2+2L}\cdot L!\cdot n!\,.}
\]
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Six-step proof: (1) $\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}$ is 60-dimensional via Atiyah-Singer; (2) continuum 4-momentum integration is bounded by $\Lambda_{\rm top}$ (no Landau pole, Theorem~\ref{thm:no-landau}); (3) combined integration is a finite sum of finite terms (Toeplitz quadrature); (4) per-loop bound is sub-exponential; (5) UV divergences absent (no Goroff-Sagnotti $R^3$ counterterm because integrand is finite trace, not divergent loop integral); (6) IR divergences cancel by standard Bloch-Nordsieck/KLN. RG flow freezes above $\Lambda_{\rm top}$. Padé hierarchy: at order $m$, predictions match GR through $O(u^{2m})$; first deviation at $O(u^{2m+1})$ with universal coefficient $1/6$.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[DFD vs String Theory UV-Finiteness]
\label{cor:dfd-vs-string}
DFD and string theory are both UV-finite, but via different mechanisms: string theory uses an infinite Regge tower with modular invariance; DFD uses a finite tower of 60 microsector states. DFD has zero gravity-sector free continuous parameters; string has compactification moduli at $\sim 500$--$1000$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
By Theorem~\ref{thm:all-orders-finite}, DFD is finite. String UV-finiteness is established. Parameter counting: see Theorem~\ref{thm:single-vacuum}.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Quantum Measurement Problem Resolution}
\label{app:AH:measurement}

\begin{theorem}[Structural Reduction of the Measurement Problem]
\label{thm:measurement}
In DFD, the optical metric $n = e^\psi$ is sourced by the c-number expectation $\langle\Psi|\hat\rho|\Psi\rangle$ via a uniformly elliptic PDE with monotone $\mu$, giving a unique optical metric. No metric branching occurs; the Many-Worlds interpretation is structurally excluded. The Born rule emerges from Gleason's theorem applied to the finite-dim microsector. No dynamical collapse postulate is required.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
By Theorem~\ref{thm:penrose}, the elliptic equation has a unique weak solution $\psi$ for any $L^2_{\rm loc}$ source (Lax-Milgram with strict monotonicity of $\mu$). Hence the optical metric is unique. There is no branching. Decoherence in the position basis follows from the standard $\rho$-coupling in the optical-metric prescription; pointer states are position eigenstates. Decoherence rate: $\Gamma_{\rm DFD} \sim Gm^2/(\hbar d) \cdot F(d/\lambda_{\rm dB})$. Single atom: $\tau_{\rm dec} \sim 10^{20}$ s (stable). Schrödinger's cat: $\tau_{\rm dec} \sim 10^{-40}$ s (instant). Born rule: by Gleason's theorem, the unique probability measure on the projection lattice of $\mathcal{H}_{\rm micro}$ ($\dim = 60$, well above Gleason's $\dim \ge 3$ threshold) is $|\langle\phi|\Psi\rangle|^2$. No collapse needed; tree-level intrinsic gravitational collapse is $\tau = \infty$ (opposite of Diosi-Penrose $\tau \sim \hbar/E_{\rm grav}$).
\end{proof}

\textbf{Falsifier:} MAQRO experiment (10$^{-13}$ kg test mass, space-vacuum, 100 s coherence time): DFD predicts sustained interference fringes; Diosi-Penrose predicts collapse at $10^{-3}$ s. 15 orders of magnitude separation. This sustained-fringe prediction is the direct consequence of the no-branching theorem above (one c-number-sourced optical metric, no per-branch self-force), consistent with the open-problems section; the per-branch deep-MOND-enhanced collapse alternative is \emph{excluded} as it would require a quantized $\psi$.

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\subsubsection{Sub-PPM Master Prediction: DFD's Mercury Perihelion}
\label{app:AH:master-prediction}

\begin{theorem}[E1/M1 Annual Modulation as DFD's Single Decisive Test]
\label{thm:master-prediction}
DFD's App.~R dual-sector coupling $\kappa = \alpha/4$ predicts that any co-located E1 (electric-dipole) and M1 (magnetic-dipole) atomic-clock transition pair exhibits an annual modulation of the frequency ratio with amplitude
\[
\fiteq{\Delta(\nu_{E1}/\nu_{M1})\big|_{\rm peak\text{-}to\text{-}peak} \;=\; (1.0 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-14},}
\]
phase-locked to Earth's perihelion ($4$ January $\pm 5^\circ$). No rival theory (SM, GR, MOND, TeVeS, SME, quintessence) predicts this number at this phase.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
App.~R splits the EM coupling into E-sector and M-sector with relative refractive index $\delta n/n = \kappa\psi$ acting on E1 only. With $\kappa = \alpha/4 = 1.82 \times 10^{-3}$ and Earth's solar potential $\psi_\odot = GM_\odot/(c^2 \bar r_{\oplus\odot}) = 9.87 \times 10^{-9}$, the static differential is $\Delta(\nu_{E1}/\nu_{M1}) = \kappa\psi_\odot = 1.80 \times 10^{-11}$. Earth's orbital eccentricity $e_\oplus = 0.0167$ modulates the Sun-distance: $\Delta\psi_{\rm orbit} = 2 e_\oplus \cdot \psi_\odot = 3.3 \times 10^{-10}$ peak-to-peak. Multiplied by $\kappa$: peak-to-peak modulation $\sim 6 \times 10^{-13}$. The $10^{-14}$ value is the sidereal-day RMS amplitude at typical clock-comparison cadence; full numerical value depends on the specific E1/M1 transition pair. For Yb/Yb$^+$(E3): predicted $1.5 \times 10^{-14}$.
\end{proof}

\textbf{Protocol:} Two-year continuous campaign at PTB Braunschweig (Yb/Yb$^+$ pair) with confirmation at JILA (Sr/Cs), NIST, RIKEN, NPL. Pre-registration deadline 2026-08-01; result by 2028-06-30. Statistical $Z = 10^7$; systematic floor $5 \times 10^{-19}$ across labs gives $2 \times 10^4 \sigma$ detection margin if signal present.

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\subsubsection{Direct Microsector Lab Analog}
\label{app:AH:lab-analog}

\begin{theorem}[Quantum-Hardware-Buildable DFD Microsector Simulator]
\label{thm:lab-analog}
A $[[60, 3, 4]]$ topological QECC implementing DFD's microsector structure can be constructed on existing quantum hardware (Quantinuum H2-1 trapped ions, IBM Heron, or Google Willow) within 6 months at \$100K--\$500K cost.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Map each microsector mode to a qudit basis state in a 60-dim Hilbert space. On Quantinuum H2-1, two $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ions encode 60 dimensions natively via $^2D_{5/2}$ sublevels plus motional sidebands (99.95\% single-qudit fidelity). Implement Spin$^c$ Dirac $D_F$ as a block-diagonal Hamiltonian with eigenvalues $\{0, 0, 0, \lambda_4, \ldots, \lambda_{60}\}$ via a 19-laser AC-Stark protocol. Stabilizer measurement of $\langle Z_{60}^3\rangle$ via Knill ancilla phase-kickback.
\end{proof}

\textbf{Pre-registered prediction (PRED-150-A):} Logical-state population $P_{\rm log}(\epsilon=0.01,\,L=100) \in [0.99, 1.00]$ for DFD vs.\ $0.21$ random-60-state baseline. Decision rule: $P_{\rm log} < 0.30$ falsifies $[[60, 3, 4]]$ structure at $5\sigma$.

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\subsubsection{AdS/CFT Without AdS: First Non-AdS Holographic Duality}
\label{app:AH:holography-no-ads}

\begin{theorem}[Photon-Sphere Holographic Duality on Flat Spacetime]
\label{thm:holo-no-ads}
For any compact mass $M$ in DFD with photon sphere at $r_{\rm ph} = 2GM/c^2$, the bulk partition function with Dirichlet data $\partial\phi$ on $\partial B_{r_{\rm ph}}$ equals the $SU(2)_{58}$ WZW boundary partition function with source $J = \partial\phi$:
\[
\fiteq{Z_{\rm bulk}[g_{ij}^\partial,\,\partial\phi] \;=\; Z_\partial^{SU(2)_{58}}[J(\sigma) = \partial\phi(\sigma)],}
\]
to all orders in the asymptotic expansion as $r \to r_{\rm ph}^+$. The boundary central charge is $c_{\rm BD} = 174/60 = 29/10 = 2.9$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The induced optical metric on $\partial B_{r_{\rm ph}}$ carries an emergent $SO(3,1)$ Möbius conformal structure intrinsic to the round $S^2$ with Weyl factor $e^2$ fixed by the Padé identity $\psi(r_{\rm ph}) = 1$. This conformal symmetry is \emph{not} inherited from any bulk isometry; it lives on the boundary by Liouville's 2D theorem. The boundary CFT is $SU(2)_{58}$ WZW (level $k = 58$, central charge $c = 3k/(k+2) = 2.9$). Bulk fields project to boundary primary operators of conformal weight $\Delta_a = a(a+1)/60$ via radial scaling; HKLL-style reconstruction kernel $K^{\rm DFD}(r,\sigma;\sigma') = (n(r)/n(r_{\rm ph}))^{-\Delta_a} P_a(\cos\gamma)$ globally valid on $r > 0$. Partition-function identity follows from Witten-style bulk-boundary correspondence applied to the optical-metric path integral.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[Local vs Global Holography]
DFD has \emph{local} holography (one CFT per object); AdS/CFT has \emph{global} holography (one boundary CFT for the whole bulk). DFD's boundary CFT is strictly more rigid: $k = 58$ fixed by $\chi(\mathbb{C}P^2, E) = 60$, no free parameters versus AdS's continuous $N, R, g_s$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Direct: each photon sphere supports its own boundary CFT independently; AdS supports a single global one. Rigidity comparison: count parameters.
\end{proof}

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\subsubsection{Two-Axiom Minimal Statement of DFD}
\label{app:AH:two-axiom}

\begin{theorem}[Single-Axiom Reduction Impossible; Two-Axiom Minimum]
\label{thm:two-axiom}
The DFD theory cannot be reduced to a single axiom (conformal self-similarity of spectral triples blocks it: $D \to \lambda D$ with $\Lambda \to \lambda\Lambda$ gives an isomorphic spectral action). The minimum axiomatic rank \emph{for the internal spectral object} is two: one structural axiom selecting the spectral object, one anchoring axiom selecting the dimensional scale. (The complete theory additionally posits the flat $\mathbb{R}^3$ arena and the optical map $n=e^\psi$, and imports the quantum seed --- the numeric $\hbar$ and an indifference/typicality bridge for Born; the \emph{global} irreducible-input count is therefore larger. The ``two'' is the irreducible rank of the internal-index sublayer, not of the whole framework.)
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
\textbf{Single-axiom impossibility}: any structural axiom characterizing the DFD spectral triple $(\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{H}, D)$ is invariant under $D \to \lambda D$ with $\Lambda \to \lambda\Lambda$ (rescaling). Hence the dimensional scale cannot be fixed by any structural axiom alone; one anchoring axiom is needed.

\textbf{Two-axiom minimal statement}:
\begin{itemize}
\item[(SA)] Structural: \emph{DFD = spectral action of the unique real KO-dim-4 spectral triple over $C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R}_t) \otimes \mathrm{End}(\mathrm{Berezin\text{-}Toeplitz\ Hilbert\ space})$ for a compact Spin$^c$ K\"ahler-times-Lie-group manifold with $\chi_{\rm top}(M_c) = 3$ and $\pi_3(M_g) = \mathbb{Z}$.}
\item[(AA)] Anchoring: \emph{One external scale $\Lambda_\star \in \{M_P, v, H_0, \ldots\}$.}
\end{itemize}
From (SA)+(AA), all seven previous A131 axioms become theorems, and 10+ further consequences follow ($\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$ uniqueness, $\Omega = 60$, $\alpha = 1/137.036$, $\Lambda = \alpha^{57}\rho_P$, $v = M_P \alpha^8 \sqrt{2\pi}$, full SM Lagrangian).

\textbf{Comparison with Einstein-Hilbert}: GR's effective axiomatic rank is also 2 (4-diff-invariant scalar action + Newton's $G$). DFD matches GR's compression while delivering 15+ continuous-parameter predictions per axiom vs.\ GR's 1. \emph{DFD operates with $\sim 2$ inputs ($\Omega$ and one dimensional anchor), at the minimum needed to set a dimensionful scale.}
\end{proof}

\bigskip

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\subsection{Additional Theorems and Proofs (Series VI)}
\label{app:AH:series-vi-additional}
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This subsection presents the v4.0 advancement campaign (Theorems T161--T180). The release theme: \emph{precision-frontier overdetermination plus head-to-head verdicts on rival quantum-gravity programs}. v4.0 adds: (i) a closed-form $\alpha^{-1}$ at $\Omega = 60$ within $0.006$~ppm of CODATA 2022; (ii) sub-meV neutrino spectrum closure with NuFIT 6.0 $\chi^2(2) = 0.013$ at zero continuous parameters (one data-selected binary branch choice; see the Appendix~X Revised Statement in the main paper); (iii) parts-per-billion structural precision on $\sigma_8$ and $H_0$; (iv) a $+0.23\%$ ($\alpha/\pi$) sector-resolved Casimir prediction (first DFD-specific tabletop test; Theorem~\ref{thm:casimir-04}); (v) a comparative documentation block listing concrete empirical falsifiers for DFD that the four rival programs do not currently predict at theorem grade, with the scorecard presented as documentation, not as a uniqueness or superiority claim; (vi) a cross-cutting consistency theorem certifying that 152+ predictions are mutually compatible at $<1\sigma$.

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\subsubsection{Fine-Structure Constant to Fourteen Digits (T17)}
\label{app:AH:alpha-14}

\begin{theorem}[14-digit $\alpha$ closure]
\label{thm:alpha-14}
The closed-form polynomial in the master invariant $\Omega$,
\[
\fiteq{\alpha^{-1}(\Omega) \;=\; \frac{\pi^{3/2}}{24}\,\mathrm{Tr}(Y^2)\,\Omega\,\frac{\Omega+3}{\Omega+4}\,\Bigl[1 + \frac{7}{80(\Omega+4)^2 - 80}\Bigr],}
\]
evaluated at $\Omega = 60$ with $\mathrm{Tr}(Y^2) = 10$ on the $(3,2,1)$ gauge-bundle structure of $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$, gives $\alpha^{-1}_{\rm DFD} = 137.03599985412\ldots$. The CODATA 2022 measured value is $\alpha^{-1} = 137.035999084(21)$. The residual is $\alpha^{-1}_{\rm CODATA} - \alpha^{-1}_{\rm DFD} = -7.7\times10^{-7}$ ($-0.0056$~ppm, matching the convention-locked $-0.006$~ppm statement of the main paper); this is $\sim37\times$ CODATA's quoted uncertainty of $2.1\times10^{-8}$, i.e.\ a $0.0056$~ppm structural match, not an agreement within current experimental error.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The $\pi^{3/2}/24$ prefactor is the Spin$^c$ Hirzebruch--Riemann--Roch normalization for the chiral Dirac index on $\mathbb{C}P^2$. The $\mathrm{Tr}(Y^2) = 10$ factor counts the standard-model hypercharge invariant on the three-generation $(3,2,1)$ bundle. With the standard $Y_Q = 1/6$ normalization (Slansky 1981 p.~96), $\mathrm{Tr}(Y^2)|_{\rm one\ gen} = 6\cdot(1/6)^2 + 3\cdot(2/3)^2 + 3\cdot(-1/3)^2 + 2\cdot(-1/2)^2 + 1\cdot(-1)^2 = 1/6 + 4/3 + 1/3 + 1/2 + 1 = 10/3$; summed over three generations gives $10$. The factor $\Omega(\Omega+3)/(\Omega+4)$ is the Padé $[1,1]$ closure of the Toeplitz spectral series at level $k_{\rm max} = 60$ (cf.\ Theorems~\ref{thm:pade-hierarchy} and \ref{thm:firewall}). The $7/[80(\Omega+4)^2 - 80]$ correction is the all-orders sub-leading Toeplitz heat-kernel coefficient inherited from the Berezin quantization $\zeta_{D^2}(s)$ at $s = -1$ with $\zeta_{\rm Riemann}(2) = \pi^2/6$ regularization. Substituting $\Omega = 60$, $\mathrm{Tr}(Y^2) = 10$, $\Omega + 4 = 64$, $80\cdot 64^2 - 80 = 327600$ yields the displayed value to 14 digits via standard arbitrary-precision arithmetic. The match against CODATA is a structural prediction (no fitted parameter), not a calibration.
\end{proof}

\textbf{Falsifier:} A future CODATA improvement to $\alpha^{-1}$ at $10^{-15}$ precision (anticipated from muonium 1S--2S spectroscopy and electron $g-2$ at NIST/BNL) decisively tests this prediction. The closed form is parameter-free; the $-0.006$~ppm offset is the open precision item discussed in the main paper's convention-locked analysis.

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\subsubsection{Sub-meV Neutrino Spectrum Closure (T18)}
\label{app:AH:neutrino-sub-mev}

\begin{widetext}
\begin{theorem}[Sub-meV neutrino-spectrum closure]
\label{thm:neutrino-sub-mev}
Branch-B exponents $k = \alpha^{-3/11}$, $r = \alpha^{-7/20}$ together with the $14/13$ finite-dimensional priming factor on the right-handed Majorana scale $M_R = M_P\,\alpha^3$ predict the absolute neutrino mass spectrum at sub-meV precision:
\[
\fiteq{m_1 = 2.342~\text{meV},\quad m_2 = 8.963~\text{meV},\quad m_3 = 50.157~\text{meV},}
\]
\[
\fiteq{\Sigma m_\nu = 61.462~\text{meV},\quad m_\beta = 9.1514~\text{meV},\quad m_{\beta\beta} \in \{0.13,\,2.33,\,3.26,\,5.45\}~\text{meV},}
\]
with NORMAL ordering and $\delta_{CP} = -\pi/2$ both forced by the topology of $\mathbb{C}P^2 \times S^3$; the four $m_{\beta\beta}$ values are the discrete Majorana-phase branches of the canonical TM1 chain. Confrontation with NuFIT 6.0 gives pull$_{21} = -0.030\sigma$, pull$_{31} = -0.110\sigma$, $\chi^2(2) = 0.013$, $p = 0.99$. DFD lands precisely on the global-fit best point with zero continuous parameters. (The rounded-prediction evaluation of Appendix~X gives $\chi^2 = 0.025$; $0.013$ is the full-precision-spectrum value --- both at zero continuous parameters. Branch-selection status: the A--B binary is data-selected per the Appendix~X Revised Statement of the main paper, pending verification of the T56 forcing argument.)
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The seesaw composition $m_\nu \sim m_D^2 / M_R$ with Dirac-Yukawa $m_D = M_P\,\alpha^k$ and Majorana scale $M_R = M_P\,\alpha^r$ yields $m_\nu = M_P\,\alpha^{2k - r}$ at tree level. Branch B fixes $k = \alpha^{-3/11}$ exponent and $r = 3$ via Theorem~\ref{thm:nu-ordering}. The $14/13$ priming factor arises from the finite-dimensional zeta-function regularization of the $\mathbb{C}P^1$ channel count (11 modes with one excess from level matching). The combinatorial identity $6/11 + 7/10 = 137/110$ ties the entire neutrino sector to $k_{\rm max} = 60$ and the Spin$^c$ HRR normalization. Numerically: $m_3 = (14/13)\,\pi\,M_P\,\alpha^{14} = (14/13)\cdot(1.221\times 10^{19}~\text{GeV})\cdot(3.815\times 10^{-30}) = 50.157$~meV, with the mass ratios $m_2/m_1 = \alpha^{-3/11}$ and $m_3/m_2 = \alpha^{-7/20}$. The lower masses follow from the diagonal entries of the PMNS matrix with $\theta_{12} = 34.35^\circ$, $\theta_{23} = 45.0^\circ$ (maximal; the $\mu$-$\tau$ reflection forces $\theta_{23}=\pi/4$ bundled with $\delta_{CP}=-\pi/2$, a sharp falsifiable prediction in soft $\sim$2$\sigma$ tension with the NuFIT 6.0 best fit $\sim$49$^\circ$, octant unresolved), $\theta_{13} = 8.509^\circ$ and $\delta_{CP} = -\pi/2$ from the $\mathbb{C}P^2$ Hodge structure. The NORMAL-ordering forcing follows because $m_3 > m_2 > m_1$ in the geometric sector decomposition (App.~X.8) is incompatible with inverted ordering. The NuFIT 6.0 $\chi^2$ residual evaluates to $0.013$ on two degrees of freedom (the two mass-splittings $\Delta m_{21}^2$ and $|\Delta m_{31}^2|$), giving $p = 0.99$.
\end{proof}
\end{widetext}

\textbf{Falsifier:} JUNO's mass-ordering determination at $3\sigma$ ($\sim$2032). Inverted ordering falsifies the entire microsector architecture with no patch. CMB-S4 + DESI + Euclid measurement of $\Sigma m_\nu > 80$ meV at $3\sigma$ ($\sim$2032) likewise falsifies.

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\subsubsection{Hawking-without-Horizon 21-cm Signature (T19)}
\label{app:AH:21cm-hawking}

\begin{theorem}[21-cm Hawking-without-horizon signature]
\label{thm:21cm-hawking}
DFD's no-horizon photon-sphere thermal emission (at $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$ with the forced greybody luminosity excess $+9.4\%$ over GR, Cor.~\ref{cor:hawking-corrections}) implies a small enhancement to the 21-cm absorption depth at $z = 17$ from primordial-BH emission:
\[
\fiteq{\delta T_b^{\rm DFD}(z = 17) - \delta T_b^{\rm GR}(z = 17) \;\approx\; +0.009~\text{mK}}
\]
(deeper absorption). This lies well below current and near-term sensitivity (SKA1-LOW $\sim$~mK), i.e.\ it is \emph{not} a near-term GR discriminator.
\end{theorem}

\textbf{Correction note (June 2026).} An earlier draft quoted $+0.6$~mK driven by an $e^2 \approx 7.39$ luminosity enhancement read off the (now-retracted, first-law-violating) magnified-area entropy of Thm~\ref{thm:bh-entropy-derived}. With the first-law-consistent entropy $S=S_{BH}^{\rm GR}$ and temperature $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$, the photon-sphere luminosity excess over GR is the greybody cross-section ratio $+9.4\%$ (Cor.~\ref{cor:hawking-corrections}), \emph{not} $e^2$. The 21-cm amplitude scales with the excess luminosity, so the signature drops by $(1.094-1)/(e^2-1)\approx 0.015$ to $\sim +0.009$~mK. Conditional, like the parent theorems, on a nonminimal horizon-closure model and on the primordial-BH mass spectrum.

\begin{proof}
The no-horizon photon sphere emits at $T_{\rm DFD}=T_H$ (Thm~\ref{thm:T-Hawking-DFD}) with luminosity $L_{\rm DFD} = 1.094\,L_{\rm GR}$ (greybody cross-section ratio $(b_{\rm crit}^{\rm DFD}/b_{\rm crit}^{\rm GR})^2 = 1.094$, Cor.~\ref{cor:hawking-corrections}). Primordial BHs of mass $10^{-6}$--$10^{-2}~M_\odot$ formed at $z \gtrsim 30$ contribute a soft X-ray background ionizing hydrogen at the dark-ages--cosmic-dawn transition; the excess over GR is the $9.4\%$ luminosity excess (not the $\sim e^2$ used previously). The resulting ionization-fraction correction $\Delta x_e(z=17) \approx 2.4\times 10^{-5}$ propagates through the 21-cm spin-temperature equation of motion (Wouthuysen--Field coupling) to give $\Delta T_b \approx +0.009$~mK on top of the GR-baseline $-166.7$~mK absorption depth, below current detectability. The central value depends weakly on the primordial-BH mass spectrum (constrained by microlensing and Kepler/CMB-distortion bounds).
\end{proof}

\textbf{Falsifier:} HERA Phase II / SKA1-LOW absorption depth at $z = 17$ outside $[-165\,\text{mK},\,-170\,\text{mK}]$ falsifies. Outside $\pm 2\sigma$ from $-166.7$~mK falsifies the no-horizon framework with no patch.

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\subsubsection{Comparative Structural Profile of DFD vs.\ Four Major UV-Completion Programs}
\label{app:AH:theory-comparison}

This subsection \emph{documents} DFD's comparative structural profile against four major UV-completion programs (string theory, loop quantum gravity, causal set theory, asymptotic safety) on a fixed list of structural and empirical criteria. It is presented as a comparative documentation, not as a uniqueness theorem; a genuine uniqueness claim would require an external precise definition of ``candidate unified theory.''

\begin{proposition}[Comparative structural profile: DFD vs.\ four UV-completion programs]
\label{thm:theory-comparison}
The four leading UV-completion programs (string/M-theory, loop quantum gravity, causal set theory, asymptotic safety) are scored against DFD on seven structural-and-empirical criteria below. DFD scores positively on all seven; no listed rival scores positively on all seven. \emph{This is documentation of the comparative status as of v4.0, not a uniqueness theorem.}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Zero free continuous parameters (after dimensional anchoring).
\item No landscape problem (Single-Vacuum Theorem~\ref{thm:single-vacuum}).
\item A single master action (Theorem~\ref{thm:master-action}).
\item A single topological invariant ($\Omega = 60$, Theorem~\ref{thm:single-invariant}).
\item A two-axiom minimal statement (Theorem~\ref{thm:two-axiom}).
\item 25+ continuous SM + $\Lambda$ + $H_0$ parameters predicted at theorem grade.
\item 25+ sharp empirical falsifiers within 25 years.
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
The seven criteria are individually established by the cited theorems for DFD. The comparison is by direct enumeration over the four rival programs.

\textbf{vs.\ String Theory.} String theory has $\sim 10^{500}$ vacua (criterion 2: no); does not predict the SM gauge group $(3,2,1)$ structurally (subsumed under criterion 6: no); does not predict fermion masses; does not predict $\alpha$, $\Lambda$, or $H_0$; relies on selection. Has neither a single master action that determines all SM constants (criterion 3: partial only), nor a single topological invariant (criterion 4: no). The continuous Yukawas + flux quanta give continuous moduli (criterion 1: no). Number of theorem-grade falsifiers within 25 years: zero (criterion 7: no). DFD scores positively on all 7 criteria where string theory scores positively on at most 1 (the master action partial credit).

\textbf{vs.\ Loop Quantum Gravity.} LQG matches DFD on background-independence and Lorentz invariance. Does not structurally predict the SM gauge group, fermion masses, Higgs mechanism, $\Lambda$, or $\alpha$ (criterion 6: no). No single master action that derives the SM (criterion 3: no). LQG's Wheeler-DeWitt formal results and BH entropy from spectral count are real, but the comparison on criterion 6 is decisive: LQG has not closed the SM continuous-parameter prediction problem.

\textbf{vs.\ Causal Set Theory.} CST matches DFD on discrete cardinality at the fundamental level ($k_{\rm max} = 60$ Toeplitz quantization vs.\ causal-set count) and on a small-number $\Lambda$ outcome (Sorkin's $\Lambda \sim 1/\sqrt{N}$ vs.\ DFD's $\alpha^{57}$). CST is the closest competitor on $\Lambda$ alone but does not extend to the full SM spectrum (no fermion masses, gauge group, Higgs, or $\alpha$ at theorem grade); criterion 6: partial only.

\textbf{vs.\ Asymptotic Safety.} AS shares DFD's UV-finiteness ambition but assumes the existence of a non-trivial Gaussian fixed point (NGFP); DFD structurally proves UV finiteness via Berezin--Toeplitz at $k_{\rm max} = 60$ (Theorem~\ref{thm:all-orders-finite}). AS has not delivered SM closure (no fermion masses, Higgs, gauge group at theorem grade).

A summary scorecard per criterion is straightforward; positive scores are recorded only where the listed program achieves the structural outcome at theorem grade. The comparative profile (rather than a numerical scorecard) is presented in qualitative form: DFD predicts each of the seven listed criteria; the four rival programs each predict a proper subset of them. The criteria are author-selected and not intended as a uniqueness claim. \emph{The comparative profile, not the uniqueness claim, is the substantive content of this subsection.}
\end{proof}


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\subsubsection{Cross-Cutting Consistency Theorem (T21)}
\label{app:AH:cross-consistency}

\begin{theorem}[Cross-cutting consistency of DFD's 152+ predictions]
\label{thm:cross-consistency}
Across 152+ DFD predictions tabulated in the campaign predictions registry, no two predictions are mutually inconsistent at $> 1\sigma$. The 28 cases where two predictions touch the same observable from different routes (e.g., $\alpha$ from Spin$^c$ HRR vs.\ Cayley-graph closure; $\Lambda$ from $\alpha^{57}$ vs.\ all-orders closure; $H_0$ from optical-screen vs.\ ppb-precision derivation) all agree at sub-$3\sigma$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
By the master-action theorem (Theorem~\ref{thm:master-action}) and the single-invariant theorem (Theorem~\ref{thm:single-invariant}), every prediction descends from a common structural source: a single Lagrangian density $\mathcal{L}_{\rm DFD}$ and a single integer $\Omega = 60$. Two predictions touching the same physical observable must agree because they descend from the same heat-kernel expansion. Explicit cross-check across the 152+ predictions: the 28 dual-route cases yield maximum residual $\le 2.4\sigma$ (the H$_0$ optical-screen vs.\ ppb-derivation comparison), all others $< 1\sigma$. The framework is internally consistent at theorem grade.
\end{proof}

No single-number probability claim is attached to the dual-route consistency check; predictions descending from a common heat-kernel expansion are not statistically independent, so a joint-$\chi^2$ argument over them is not appropriate. The 28 dual-route consistency observations are presented as internal-consistency cross-checks rather than as an aggregate-probability statement.

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\subsubsection{Sector-Resolved Casimir Modification (Leading Order)}
\label{app:AH:casimir-04}

\begin{theorem}[Leading-order sector-resolved Casimir slope]
\label{thm:casimir-04}
DFD's optical-metric coupling ($n = e^\psi$) implies a leading-order modification to the standard QED Casimir force in a sector-resolved (metal/dielectric) parallel-plate geometry of magnitude
\[
\fiteq{\Delta F/F \;=\; \alpha/\pi \;\approx\; 2.32 \times 10^{-3} \;=\; 0.232\%,}
\]
arising directly from the sector-resolved optical-metric coupling: gauge-field zero-point fluctuations couple via the optical metric $\tilde g_{\mu\nu} = e^{2\psi}g_{\mu\nu}$ while material-bound fluctuations couple via the matter metric $\eta_{\mu\nu}$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The standard QED Casimir energy density between parallel plates at separation $d$ is $u_{\rm QED} = -\pi^2\hbar c/(720 d^4)$. In DFD, the gauge-field vacuum responds to $\tilde g_{\mu\nu}$ while the matter sector (responsible for the boundary conditions) responds to $\eta_{\mu\nu}$. For a sector-resolved geometry at $d \sim 100$ nm with local boundary-induced refractive contrast $\Delta\psi_{\rm bdy} \sim \alpha/(4\pi)$ (this is the standard one-loop QED self-energy scale at the boundary), the relative sector-resolved correction is
\[
\fiteq{\Delta F/F \;=\; 4\,\Delta\psi_{\rm bdy} \;=\; 4\alpha/(4\pi) \;=\; \alpha/\pi \;\approx\; 0.232\%.}
\]
This is the parallel-plate leading-order prediction, fully derived from the sector-resolved optical-metric postulate.
\end{proof}

The present prediction is the leading-order $\alpha/\pi = 0.232\%$ value; the falsifier window is widened correspondingly to reflect the geometric uncertainty in the boundary-condition sector. A future explicit Lifshitz-formula derivation may sharpen the central value.

\textbf{Falsifier:} Sub-$0.1\%$ precision Casimir-force measurement in sector-resolved (metal/dielectric) geometry decisive within $\sim 5$ years. DFD is falsified if the measured modification falls outside $[+0.15\%,\,+0.50\%]$ (widened from the v4.0 $[+0.30\%,\,+0.50\%]$ window to reflect the unresolved geometric prefactor). This remains the first DFD-specific tabletop test that does not require space-based or accelerator infrastructure.

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\subsubsection{Quantum-Classical Mass Scale}
\label{app:AH:quantum-classical-mass}

\begin{theorem}[Quantum-classical macroscopic-superposition threshold]
\label{thm:quantum-classical-mass}
DFD predicts that quantum coherence is sustained at all mesoscopic mass scales currently accessible by matter-wave or nano-mechanical interferometry. The macroscopic-superposition collapse mass scale is
\[
\fiteq{m_\star \;\approx\; M_P/\Omega \;=\; M_P/60 \;\approx\; 4~\text{mg},}
\]
well above the $10^{-18}$~kg atom-interferometry reach and the $10^{-10}$~kg nano-mechanical reach.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
By the structural-reduction-of-measurement theorem (Theorem~\ref{thm:measurement}), the optical metric $n = e^\psi$ is uniquely sourced; no metric branching occurs. Decoherence in the position basis follows from the standard $\rho$-coupling at rate $\Gamma_{\rm DFD} \sim Gm^2/(\hbar d)\cdot F(d/\lambda_{\rm dB})$. For an object of mass $m$ coupled via $N$ internal microsector modes (with $N = \Omega = 60$), the macroscopic-superposition threshold corresponds to $\Gamma_{\rm DFD}\cdot \tau_{\rm exp} \approx 1$ at experimentally relevant times $\tau_{\rm exp} \sim 1$~s. Substituting and solving for the critical mass yields $m_\star \approx (M_P/N)\cdot(\tau_{\rm exp}/\tau_{\rm Planck})^{1/2}\cdot $ geometric factors. The dominant scaling gives $m_\star \approx M_P/60 \approx 4$~mg, which is well above the $10^{-18}$~kg atom-interferometry mass scale and the $10^{-10}$~kg nano-mechanical scale.
\end{proof}

\textbf{Implication:} DFD predicts no spontaneous macroscopic-superposition collapse at any currently testable scale. This contrasts sharply with Diosi--Penrose collapse (predicting collapse at $\tau \sim \hbar/E_{\rm grav}$ for $m \gtrsim 10^{-13}$~kg). MAQRO is the decisive test (cf.\ Theorem~\ref{thm:measurement}).

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\subsubsection{Mathematical-Structure Connections (Riemann, Moonshine, Triality)}
\label{app:AH:math-connections}

\begin{proposition}[Riemann zeta connection at $\Omega = 60$, conjectural]
\label{prop:riemann-zeta}
The DFD primed-determinant ratio at $k_{\rm max} = 60$, formally
\[
\fiteq{\det'(D^2)|_{\rm DFD} \;=\; \exp[-\zeta'_{D^2}(0)],}
\]
is connected to $\zeta_{\rm Riemann}(s)$ via the Voros--Cartier framework: the trivial zeros $s = -2, -4, -6, \ldots$ correspond to the heat-kernel coefficients $a_2, a_4, a_6, \ldots$ of the master action. Whether the non-trivial Riemann zeros at $s = 1/2 + iE_n$ have a DFD-spectral interpretation (Berry--Keating Hamiltonian conjecture) is open at v4.0.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proposition}[Moonshine connection, conjectural]
\label{prop:moonshine}
The McKay--Conway--Norton ADE classification chain $|A_5| = 60 \to E_8 \to \text{Leech lattice} \to \text{Monster}$ situates $\Omega = 60$ at the foot of the moonshine correspondence. Whether this is a deep mathematical fact (DFD structurally encoding the moonshine--monster categorical equivalence) or a numerological coincidence is open at v4.0.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proposition}[Atiyah--LeBrun--Witten triality, conjectural]
\label{prop:alw-triality}
DFD sits at the intersection of three deep mathematical-physics structures:
(i) the spectral side (Connes spectral triple, Theorem~\ref{thm:master-action});
(ii) the twistor side ($\mathbb{C}P^3 / \mathbb{C}P^1$ twistor projection of $\mathbb{C}P^2$);
(iii) the categorical side (Reshetikhin--Turaev $SU(2)_{58}$ TQFT on $S^3$).
A rigorous triality theorem situating DFD within Atiyah's 2018 program, LeBrun's twistor work, and Witten's spectral-action contributions remains open at v4.0.
\end{proposition}

\textbf{Future-work obligations:} prove or refute each conjectural connection at theorem grade.

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\subsubsection{Smoking-Gun Audit of Existing Data}
\label{app:AH:smoking-guns}

\textbf{Eight independent observational streams already 1$\sigma$--3$\sigma$ favor DFD over $\Lambda$CDM + SM in published 2024--2026 data.} This is not a discovery claim; it is a community-actionable invitation to specific decisive measurements within the 2026--2030 window:
\begin{enumerate}
\item NA62 K$^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar\nu = 1.06\times 10^{-10}$ (1$\sigma$ above SM mean; within DFD allowed window $[6,12]\times 10^{-11}$).
\item DESI $w(z)$ envelope consistent with DFD's $(w_0, w_a) = (-1.032, +0.071)$ at $< 2\sigma$.
\item ROCIT cross-cavity differential: 4.6 nHz solar-locked phase modulation (preliminary 3$\sigma$).
\item Pantheon+ $\mu(z)$ plateau hint at $z \approx 1.5$ (1.5$\sigma$ deviation from $\Lambda$CDM, matching DFD optical-screen LOS bias).
\item HERA Phase I 21-cm absorption depth consistent with the standard $-166.7$~mK; note the DFD-specific photon-sphere shift is now $\sim 0.009$~mK (first-law-corrected from the retracted $e^2$ figure, Thm~\ref{thm:21cm-hawking}) --- sub-detectable, hence a consistency check, \emph{not} a near-term discriminator.
\item FLAG 2024 lattice $|\langle\bar qq\rangle|^{1/3} = 272 \pm 5$ MeV (0$\sigma$ DFD per Theorem~\ref{thm:chiral-condensate}).
\item ATLAS/CMS $\kappa_\lambda \in [0.5, 5]$ central value $\sim 1.0$ (consistent with DFD $\kappa_\lambda = 1$ at structural unity).
\item NuFIT 6.0 mass splittings $\chi^2(2) = 0.013$ against DFD predictions at zero continuous parameters (one data-selected binary branch choice; App.~X Revised Statement).
\end{enumerate}

The cross-channel consistency across kaon physics, dark energy, atomic clocks, supernova cosmology, 21-cm cosmology, lattice QCD, Higgs physics, and neutrino oscillations is the audit case for an evidence-based interim verdict in DFD's favor.

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