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An Unrestricted Half-Power Obstruction for the Specialized Vámos Quartic

Scott Schubr

  • Mathematics
  • Analysis and Spectral Theory
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Abstract

The inverse square root of the specialized four-variable Vámos quartic is shown not to be completely monotone. More generally, the obstruction holds for every interior stable member hλ = 4e₁e₃ + λa²b² with 0 < λ < 64/27. The proof computes a regular correction to a singular positive leading inverse, establishes distributional Laplace-inversion convergence through uniform complex estimates, and identifies a negative density outside the leading support. A smooth-section argument transfers this sign to the unrestricted inverse. For the original quartic an explicit interval and uniform negative bound are obtained. The result gives a qualitative strict exponent gap above 1/2, uniform on compact interior parameter sets. At λ = 64/27 the first correction is nonnegative outside the leading support; complete monotonicity at that endpoint remains open.

Keywords Vámos quartic · complete monotonicity · inverse Laplace transform · hyperbolic polynomials · admissible exponents

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Four-variable inverse-half-power obstruction for every interior stable parameter, with a qualitative exponent gap. Endpoint positivity at 64/27, all admissible exponents and a general large-exponent conjecture remain unresolved.

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Scott Schubr. (2026). An Unrestricted Half-Power Obstruction for the Specialized Vámos Quartic (Version 1). Luminary Research Archive. https://research.luminaryoddities.com/unrestricted-half-power-obstruction-specialized-vamos-quartic/v/1

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  title = {An Unrestricted Half-Power Obstruction for the Specialized Vámos Quartic},
  author = {Scott Schubr},
  year = {2026},
  institution = {Luminary Research Archive},
  type = {Research Article},
  note = {Version 1},
  url = {https://research.luminaryoddities.com/unrestricted-half-power-obstruction-specialized-vamos-quartic/v/1}
}

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