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%   1. SIGN. With XII-D's forcing convention u_D = G^R J_D, the
%      gauge-fixed second metric coefficient is -u_D. By the affine
%      slot identity the admitted insertion therefore enters the
%      relational coefficient as  -C_D, not +C_D:
%          Phi^(2)_D = A_2^sc[gamma,0;phi] - C_D.
%      The literal sum  A_2^sc + C_D  carries a doubled two-jet
%      defect -2 A_1(s_xi) that no plateau hypothesis removes.
%      XI-E's evaluated witness I>0 detects it.
%   2. SLOT. The second metric slot is determined by gamma. Its
%      two-jet row IS the co-transformation. Listing a separate
%      co-transformation row and a two-jet row is the double count.
%   3. FIELDS. XII-A's carrier has one metric field. XI-E's split
%      H = h + gamma is bookkeeping for a held-fixed test; no
%      background h is quantized or separately varied here.
%   4. INPUTS. The held-fixed row needs X-A's classical on-shell
%      covariance of the scalar completion. It is a classical input
%      on the same sheet and is listed as such; X-A's quantum claims
%      are not used.
%   5. SCOPE. "Complete" means the scalar-linear sector. The
%      scalar-sourced slot r_g (XI-C/XI-E tree and its scalar leg)
%      is recorded, has zero metric variation, and is admitted by
%      the same tree lemma; it is not part of the named target.
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% Proved here:
%   affine slot identity; single-entry decomposition; held-fixed
%   defect; exact assembled plateau variation; explicit companion
%   remainder with support; Einstein row as a compact plateau test
%   of A gamma, equal to a b-test on the gauge-fixed shell;
%   tree-composition cone lemma; admission of the scalar-only
%   completion; class, ordering correction, sector stability.
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% Not constructed:
%   a quantum retarded product of J_D, an interacting differential,
%   a state, a loop, a sharp limit, an Einstein-jet repair.
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\title{\textbf{Landmark XII-E}\\[0.4em]
Assembly of the second-order relational coefficient\\
after admission of the density-weighted cubic insertion}
\author{Ngo Cheung}
\date{}

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\begin{abstract}
XII-D admitted the completed density-weighted cubic insertion
$\CD$ to XII-A's carrier and proved its signed plateau variation.
We assemble the second-order relational coefficient that XII-D
named and withheld, on the scalar-linear sector: X-A's scalar
completion with its second metric slot filled by the gauge-fixed
gravitational coefficient generated by the actual source.

Two corrections to the production brief are proved rather than
assumed. With XII-D's forcing convention $u_{\mathrm D}
=G^{\mathrm R}_{\mathrm{gr}}\JD$, the gauge-fixed second-order
metric coefficient is $-u_{\mathrm D}$, so the admitted insertion
enters the relational coefficient with coefficient $-1$:
$\PhiD=\Asc[\gamma,0;\phi]-\CD$. The literal sum with $+\CD$ carries
a doubled two-jet defect $-2\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$ that survives every
plateau hypothesis; XI-E's evaluated witness detects it. Moreover
the slot is determined by the metric, so its two-jet row is the
co-transformation; a separate co-transformation row would be the
double count.

The exact plateau variation is the sum of a gauge-fixing companion
and an Einstein row. The companion is displayed with its factors
$1-g$ and $\dd g$, lives above the ramp, and vanishes under the
causal plateau condition. The Einstein row is a compact plateau
test of $A\gamma$; on the gauge-fixed shell it is a compact test of
the auxiliary field, $-2\int(D\Lie_\xi\beta)\cdot b$, and the carrier
does not delete it. A tree-composition lemma proves that the
scalar-only completion kernel is compact with a covector-sum-zero
bound, so $Q_H\PhiD\in\Ealg$ and the enlarged named sector is
ordering-stable.

No quantum retarded product of $\JD$, interacting differential,
state, loop, sharp-width limit, or Einstein-jet repair is
constructed. XI-G's exclusion and XII-C's empty jet are retained.
\end{abstract}

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (a) at (0,0) {Named plateau coefficient};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (b) at (5,0) {Companion remainder};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (c) at (10,0) {Unqualified invariance};
\node[draw,dashed,rounded corners,align=center,text width=9.6cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (s) at (5,-2.35) {The coefficient does not establish unqualified relational invariance.};
\draw[->] (a) -- (b);
\draw[->] (b) -- (c);
\draw[->] (b) -- (s);
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{One coefficient is not relational invariance. The three boxes name objects this manuscript keeps separate. The dashed box is the stated stop. Not a proof, and not an admission of a quantum coefficient.}
\label{fig:scope-XII-E}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=4.3cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (a) at (0,0) {Named plateau coefficient};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=4.3cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (b) at (6.4,0) {Unqualified invariance};
\node[draw,dashed,rounded corners,align=center,text width=9.6cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (s) at (3.2,-2.35) {The coefficient does not establish unqualified relational invariance.};
\draw[->] (a) -- (s);
\draw[->] (b) -- (s);
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{One coefficient is not relational invariance. The boxes name objects this manuscript keeps separate. The dashed box is the stated stop. Not a proof, and not an admission of a quantum coefficient.}
\label{fig:split-XII-E}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=7.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (a) at (0,0) {Named plateau coefficient};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=7.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (b) at (0,-1.7) {Companion remainder};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=7.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (c) at (0,-3.4) {Unqualified invariance};
\node[draw,dashed,rounded corners,align=center,text width=7.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (s) at (0,-5.2) {The coefficient does not establish unqualified relational invariance.};
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\draw[->] (b) -- (c);
\draw[->] (c) -- (s);
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\caption{Reading downward is not a transfer. The boxes name objects this manuscript keeps separate. The dashed box is the stated stop. Not a proof, and not an admission of a quantum coefficient.}
\label{fig:chain-XII-E}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=4.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (a) at (0,0) {Named plateau coefficient};
\node[align=center,font=\small] (m) at (5.2,0) {not the same object};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=4.2cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (b) at (10.4,0) {Unqualified invariance};
\node[draw,dashed,rounded corners,align=center,text width=9.6cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (s) at (5.2,-2.35) {Companion remainder. The coefficient does not establish unqualified relational invariance.};
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\caption{Named plateau coefficient is not Unqualified invariance. The boxes name objects this manuscript keeps separate. The dashed box is the stated stop. Not a proof, and not an admission of a quantum coefficient.}
\label{fig:pair-XII-E}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (a) at (0,0) {Named: Named plateau coefficient};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (b) at (5,0) {Used here: Companion remainder};
\node[draw,rounded corners,align=center,text width=3.15cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (c) at (10,0) {Not claimed: Unqualified invariance};
\node[draw,dashed,rounded corners,align=center,text width=9.6cm,font=\small,inner sep=3pt] (s) at (5,-2.5) {The coefficient does not establish unqualified relational invariance.};
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\draw[->] (b) -- (s);
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\caption{Three statuses stay separate. The boxes name objects this manuscript keeps separate. The dashed box is the stated stop. Not a proof, and not an admission of a quantum coefficient.}
\label{fig:gate-XII-E}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{fig:split-XII-E} records one view of the same separation. Figure~\ref{fig:chain-XII-E} records one view of the same separation. Figure~\ref{fig:pair-XII-E} records one view of the same separation. Figure~\ref{fig:gate-XII-E} records one view of the same separation. The drawings add no hypothesis.


Figure~\ref{fig:scope-XII-E} records that separation.
The drawing adds no hypothesis.



\scopebox{Release and proof boundary}{%
\textbf{Constructed:} the named coefficient $\PhiD$, its single-entry
decomposition, the exact assembled plateau variation, the explicit
companion remainder and its support, the Einstein row in metric and
auxiliary form, admission of the scalar-only completion, and
ordering stability of the enlarged sector.

\smallskip
\textbf{Corrections to the brief:}
(1) the admitted insertion enters with coefficient $-1$, forced by
the affine slot identity and the gauge-fixed second-order equation;
the ``$+$'' sum is detected as defective;
(2) the second slot is determined, so no separate co-transformation
row is added;
(3) one metric field, no quantized background;
(4) X-A's classical on-shell covariance is a premise and is listed
as such;
(5) ``complete'' is the scalar-linear sector; the scalar-sourced
slot is recorded and admitted, not part of the target.

\smallskip
\textbf{Not claimed:}
unqualified invariance of $\PhiD$ (the Einstein row is a named
remainder), a quantum retarded product of $\JD$, an interacting
BRST class, a loop, a state, or an $\eps\to0$ limit.

\smallskip
The XI-G classes remain excluded. The XII-C fixed-input jet remains
empty. The inverse coefficient remains $-1$.}

\tableofcontents

%=====================================================================
\section{Release criteria and copied inputs}
\label{sec:inputs}
%=====================================================================

The endings are \textbf{Constructed}, \textbf{Proved obstructed},
and \textbf{Unresolved}, applied to the object actually named. A
missing map is not a no-go. A remainder already displayed in XII-D
is not repaired by shrinking $\ga$ after the calculation.

\[
 \boxed{\text{XII-E assembles the coefficient XII-D withheld.
 It does not re-apply }-\PP\ER\text{ to }\JD.}
\]

\subsection{XII-D's handoff}

\begin{inputstatement}[XII-D: the six handed objects]
\label{input:XIID}
On the sheet of Section~\ref{sec:sheet} the following are
constructed in \cite{XIID} and used here without re-proof.
\begin{enumerate}
\item The response
\begin{equation}
 u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma]=-\PP\ER\bigl(\JD[\gamma]\bigr),\qquad
 \JD=\sig J_3+\DS,\qquad
 Lu_{\mathrm D}=\JD,\quad L=-\Box\PP .
 \label{eq:uD}
\end{equation}
It is smooth, cutoff independent, and supported in
$J^+(\supp\JD[\gamma])\cap\MT$.
\item The completed two-leg insertion
\begin{equation}
 \CD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi]=\Aone[f,g]\bigl(u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma];\phi\bigr),
 \label{eq:CD}
\end{equation}
with both the coordinate and the switched scalar leg
(Section~\ref{sec:sheet}).
\item The first root $\alpha_{f,g}[\phi]$, its transpose
$\beta_{f,g}[\phi]=-\EA(\PP\alpha_{f,g}[\phi])$, and the compact
collar root $a_{f,g}[\phi]=\vartheta\beta_{f,g}[\phi]$, with the
derived identity $\CD=\int a_{f,g}[\phi]\cdot\JD[\gamma]$.
\item The admission theorem: the polarized kernel $t_{\mathrm D}$
of $\CD$ is compact and $\WF(t_{\mathrm D})\subset Z_3$, hence
$\CD(f,g)\in\Fpol$.
\item The class $Q_H\CD(f,g)\in\Ealg$, the regular ordering
correction $\alphad\CD=\CD+\hbar L_d$, and ordering stability of
the enlarged named sector.
\item The signed ledger. For $\xi\in\ga$ and every smooth
$\gamma,\phi$, with
$s_\xi[\gamma]=\Lie_\xi\gamma+\tfrac12\Lie_\xi K\xi$ and
$\rho_\xi[\gamma]=\ER Ds_\xi[\gamma]$,
\begin{equation}
 \begin{aligned}
 u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma+K\xi]-u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma]
 &=-s_\xi[\gamma]+K\rho_\xi[\gamma]
   -\PP\ER\Lie_\xi^{\mathrm{dens}}(A\gamma),\\
 \Delta_\xi\CD+\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)
 &=\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)
   -\Aone\bigl(\PP\ER\Lie_\xi^{\mathrm{dens}}(A\gamma);\phi\bigr),
 \end{aligned}
 \label{eq:ledgerD}
\end{equation}
together with the causal plateau proposition: if $\Pmass\phi=0$ and
$g=1$ on a neighbourhood of $J^-(\supp f)\cap\supp(K\rho_\xi)$,
then $\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)=0$.
\end{enumerate}
XII-D refused: an interacting BRST class, the complete second-order
relational construction, a loop value, a quantum retarded product,
a state, and a sharp limit.
\end{inputstatement}

\begin{inputstatement}[XII-C, XII-A, XI-B, XII-B]
\label{input:rest}
XII-C supplies the cubic-only action, the actual source
\eqref{eq:uD}, the expansion
$e_{\mathrm D}=A\gamma+\kappa(\JD-\tfrac12gT_0)+O(\kappa^2)$ for
coupling-independent fields, the gauge-fixing Euler term
$e_{\mathrm{gf}}=2D^*D\gamma$, and the empty fixed-input jet
$\Jcal^{\mathrm D}_{g,\sig}(\phi_m)=\varnothing$, used only as a
boundary \cite{XIIC}. XII-A supplies
$\Ealg=(\Fpol[[\hbar,\kappa]],\star_H)/\Nsol[[\hbar,\kappa]]$, the
shell $\Csol=\{\Box\gamma=0,\ \Pmass\phi=0,\ \Box c=\Box\bar c=0,\
b=D\gamma\}$, the ordering maps, and the exclusion of the XI-G
classes with covectors $\pm(k_1,k_2,0)$, $k_1+k_2=2\dd t$
\cite{XIIA,XIG}. XI-B supplies
\[
 \Gret=-\PP\ER,\qquad A+2D^*D=-\Box\PP,\qquad \PP D^*=-\RR,\qquad K=2\RR,
\]
with inverse coefficient $-1$ \cite{XIB}. From XII-B only the
sentence that density weighting is not source weighting is used
\cite{XIIB}.
\end{inputstatement}

\subsection{A classical input not on XII-D's list}

The held-fixed row of the ledger needs one theorem that XII-D did
not hand over because it is not XII-D's: X-A's classical on-shell
covariance of the regulated, switched scalar completion
\cite{XA}. It is proved on exactly the present sheet (same ramp,
switch, plateau, Cauchy prescription, signature, and inverse
normalization). We list it as a premise rather than cite it as
comparison.

\begin{inputstatement}[X-A: scalar completion and its covariance]
\label{input:XA}
For the formal metric $q=\eta+\kappa H+\kappa^2k$ with smooth
symmetric $H,k$, a free scalar input $\Pmass\phi_0=0$, and the
regulated coordinates and switched scalar jet of X-A, the smeared
relational scalar has second coefficient
$\Asc[f,g](H,k;\phi_0)$, displayed in \eqref{eq:Asc} below. For
every $\xi\in\ga$ (X-A's group element $\exp(\kappa\Lie_\xi)$),
\begin{equation}
 \Asc[f,g]\bigl(H+K\xi,\ k+\Lie_\xi H+\tfrac12\Lie_\xi K\xi;\phi_0\bigr)
 =\Asc[f,g](H,k;\phi_0).
 \label{eq:XAinv}
\end{equation}
Also $\Aone[f,g](K\zeta;\phi_0)=0$ for $\zeta\in\ga$, and the
pure-gauge two-jet $(K\xi,\tfrac12\Lie_\xi K\xi)$ of the flat
configuration has vanishing second coefficient.
\end{inputstatement}

X-A's quantum, admission, and sharp-limit statements are not used.

\subsection{E0: status table}

\begin{center}
\small
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}p{.36\linewidth}X@{}}
\toprule
XII-D object & Use in XII-E\\
\midrule
1. $u_{\mathrm D}=-\PP\ER\JD$ & Used as $\rD=-u_{\mathrm D}$, the gauge-fixed second metric coefficient\\
2. $\CD=\Aone(u_{\mathrm D};\phi)$ & Enters $\PhiD$ once, with coefficient $-1$\\
3. Roots $\alpha,\beta,a_{f,g}$ & $\beta_{f,g}$ displays the Einstein row\\
4. Admission $\WF(t_{\mathrm D})\subset Z_3$ & Membership of $\CD$; not cited for any other kernel\\
5. Class and ordering correction & Extended to $\PhiD$ by the same argument\\
6. Signed ledger and causal plateau & Copied verbatim; supplies three rows\\
\midrule
XII-D refusal & Status here\\
\midrule
Interacting BRST class & Not opened\\
Complete second-order relational construction & Assembled on the scalar-linear sector (this paper)\\
Loop value & Not opened\\
Quantum retarded product of $\JD$ & Not opened\\
State & Not opened\\
Sharp limit & Not taken\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{center}

Beyond this list, Section~\ref{sec:ledger} uses
Input statement~\ref{input:XA}, and Section~\ref{sec:carrier} proves
a new cone lemma. No other predecessor object is consumed.

%=====================================================================
\section{E2: the sheet, the two legs, and the scalar completion}
\label{sec:sheet}
%=====================================================================

Use $M=\R^4$, $\eta=\operatorname{diag}(1,-1,-1,-1)$,
$\Box=\partial_t^2-\Delta$, $\Pmass=\Box+m^2$, $m\ge0$,
$\MT=[0,T]\times\R^3$, $\MTo=(0,T)\times\R^3$, $0<\eps<T$, the fixed
ramp $\sig(t)=\chi(t/\eps)$ of XII-D, the switch
$g\in C_c^\infty(\MTo;[0,1])$ with $P_g=\Int\{g=1\}$, the plateau
\[
 \overline U\subset P_g\cap\{\eps<t<T\},\qquad \ga=C_c^\infty(U;TM),
 \qquad U\ne\varnothing,
\]
and the observation $f\in C_c^\infty(\MTo;\R)$, $K=\supp f$. Fields
are ambient smooth configurations; no spatial decay is required.
Parentheses include $\tfrac12$. Put
\[
 \PP r=r-\tfrac12\eta\tr_\eta r,\quad
 D^\nu r=\partial_\mu(\PP r)^{\mu\nu},\quad
 (K\xi)_{\mu\nu}=\partial_\mu\xi_\nu+\partial_\nu\xi_\mu,\quad
 \RR=\tfrac12K,
\]
\[
 a_1^{\mu\nu}[r]=\tfrac12\eta^{\mu\nu}\tr_\eta r-r^{\mu\nu},\qquad
 b_1[r]=\tfrac12\tr_\eta r,
\]
\[
 a_2^{\mu\nu}[r]=r^\mu{}_\alpha r^{\alpha\nu}-\tfrac12(\tr_\eta r)r^{\mu\nu}
                 +b_2[r]\eta^{\mu\nu},\qquad
 b_2[r]=\tfrac18(\tr_\eta r)^2-\tfrac14r_{\alpha\beta}r^{\alpha\beta}.
\]
The operators $\ER,\EA,\ERm,\EAm$ are the zero-initial-data and
zero-final-data slab inverses of $\Box$ and $\Pmass$, defined on
smooth sources by finite propagation, and agreeing with the
Minkowski retarded and advanced operators on past or future compact
sources \cite{BGP,XIB}.

\subsection{The two legs of the first-order completion}

The first-order completion of XII-D, copied with its switch
derivatives retained, is
\begin{align}
 X_1^\mu[r]&=-\ER\partial_\lambda\bigl(\sig a_1^{\lambda\mu}[r]\bigr),
 \label{eq:legs}\\
 V_{1,g}[r]\psi&=\partial_\mu\bigl(ga_1^{\mu\nu}[r]\partial_\nu\psi\bigr)
                 +m^2gb_1[r]\psi,\qquad
 \phi_1[r;\psi]=-\ERm\bigl(V_{1,g}[r]\psi\bigr),\nonumber\\
 \Aone[f,g](r;\phi)&=\int f\bigl(\phi_1[r;\phi]
                      -X_1^\mu[r]\partial_\mu\phi\bigr)\dd^4x .
 \label{eq:Aone}
\end{align}
It is linear in $r$ and in $\phi$. Its first root and transposed
root are XII-D's
\begin{equation}
 \Aone[f,g](r;\phi)=\int\alpha_{f,g}[\phi]\cdot r\dd^4z,
 \qquad
 \beta_{f,g}[\phi]=-\EA\bigl(\PP\alpha_{f,g}[\phi]\bigr),
 \label{eq:alphabeta}
\end{equation}
with $\alpha_{f,g}[\phi]$ smooth, compact, supported in
$C_K=J^-(K)\cap\{t\ge0\}$ and flat at $t=0$.

\begin{lemma}[Pairing through the inverse]
\label{lem:betapair}
For every smooth symmetric contravariant density $w$ on the slab,
\begin{equation}
 \Aone[f,g]\bigl(\Gret w;\phi\bigr)=\int\beta_{f,g}[\phi]_{\mu\nu}w^{\mu\nu}\dd^4y .
 \label{eq:betapair}
\end{equation}
In particular $\CD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi]=\int\beta_{f,g}[\phi]\cdot\JD[\gamma]$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
By \eqref{eq:alphabeta} and $\Gret=-\PP\ER$,
$\Aone(\Gret w)=-\int\alpha\cdot\PP\ER w=-\int(\PP\alpha)\cdot\ER w$,
since $\PP$ is self-adjoint for the flat pairing. The compact
smooth test $\PP\alpha$ transposes through the zero-data inverse
with no boundary term, because $\ER w$ has zero data at $t=0$ and
the advanced function vanishes near $t=T$ \cite[Lemma on
transposition]{XA}. This gives $-\int\EA(\PP\alpha)\cdot w$. The
last assertion is \eqref{eq:CD} with $w=\JD[\gamma]$; it is XII-D's
derived root identity before the collar is inserted.
\end{proof}

\subsection{The scalar-only second coefficient}

Following X-A, with $\mathcal V[H]\psi=\partial_\alpha(\sig a_1^{\alpha\beta}[H]\partial_\beta\psi)$
and $\mathcal W[H,k]\psi=\partial_\alpha(\sig(a_1^{\alpha\beta}[k]+a_2^{\alpha\beta}[H])\partial_\beta\psi)$,
\begin{align}
 X_2^\mu[H,k]&=-\ER\bigl(\mathcal V[H]X_1^\mu[H]+\mathcal W[H,k]x^\mu\bigr),
 \nonumber\\
 V_{2,g}[H,k]\psi&=\partial_\mu\bigl(g(a_1^{\mu\nu}[k]+a_2^{\mu\nu}[H])\partial_\nu\psi\bigr)
                 +m^2g\bigl(b_1[k]+b_2[H]\bigr)\psi,
 \nonumber\\
 \phi_2[H,k;\psi]&=-\ERm\bigl(V_{1,g}[H]\phi_1[H;\psi]+V_{2,g}[H,k]\psi\bigr),
 \nonumber\\
 \Asc[f,g](H,k;\phi)&=\int f\Bigl(
   \phi_2[H,k;\phi]-X_1^\mu[H]\partial_\mu\phi_1[H;\phi]
   +\bigl(X_1^\nu[H]\partial_\nu X_1^\mu[H]-X_2^\mu[H,k]\bigr)\partial_\mu\phi
 \nonumber\\
 &\qquad\quad
   +\tfrac12X_1^\mu[H]X_1^\nu[H]\partial_\mu\partial_\nu\phi\Bigr)\dd^4x .
 \label{eq:Asc}
\end{align}
Here $\mathcal W[H,k]x^\mu=\partial_\alpha(\sig(a_1^{\alpha\mu}[k]+a_2^{\alpha\mu}[H]))$.
Equation \eqref{eq:Asc} defines a functional of every smooth
$\phi$; for $\Pmass\phi=0$ it is X-A's on-shell second coefficient
with fixed free input, and it is the object in \eqref{eq:XAinv}.
It is quadratic in $(H,k)$ jointly, with $k$ entering linearly, and
linear in $\phi$. All five terms are retained; none is omitted.

\begin{lemma}[Affine slot identity]
\label{lem:affine}
For all smooth $H,k,r,\phi$,
\begin{equation}
 \Asc[f,g](H,k+r;\phi)-\Asc[f,g](H,k;\phi)=\Aone[f,g](r;\phi).
 \label{eq:affine}
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Linearity of $a_1,b_1$ gives
$\mathcal W[H,k+r]x^\mu=\mathcal W[H,k]x^\mu+\partial_\alpha(\sig a_1^{\alpha\mu}[r])$,
hence $X_2[H,k+r]=X_2[H,k]+X_1[r]$ by \eqref{eq:legs}; and
$V_{2,g}[H,k+r]=V_{2,g}[H,k]+V_{1,g}[r]$, hence
$\phi_2[H,k+r;\phi]=\phi_2[H,k;\phi]+\phi_1[r;\phi]$. No other term
of \eqref{eq:Asc} contains $k$. The difference of integrands is
$\phi_1[r;\phi]-X_1^\mu[r]\partial_\mu\phi$, which is \eqref{eq:Aone}.
\end{proof}

Lemma~\ref{lem:affine} is the double-count test: whatever is placed
in the second slot of $\Asc$ contributes exactly $\Aone$ of it, once.

%=====================================================================
\section{E1: the gravitational coefficient and the named functional}
\label{sec:named}
%=====================================================================

\begin{remark}[One metric field]
\label{rem:onefield}
XII-A's carrier has one metric field $\gamma$. XI-E's split
$H=h+\gamma$ was bookkeeping for a held-fixed test, with $h$ a
background shifted by $K\xi$ and $\gamma$ a part whose
co-transformation was restored by hand. Here $\gamma$ denotes the
whole first-order metric. No background $h$ is introduced, varied,
or quantized. The brief's ``$h+\gamma$'' is read as $\gamma$.
\end{remark}

\begin{proposition}[The gauge-fixed second metric coefficient]
\label{prop:gfcoeff}
Let $\gamma=\gamma_0+\kappa\gamma_1+O(\kappa^2)$ and
$\phi=\phi_0+O(\kappa)$ solve the gauge-fixed equations of
$S_{\mathrm{D,gf}}$ through order $\kappa$ with $\Pmass\phi_0=0$,
and let $\gamma_1$ have zero initial data. Then $L\gamma_0=0$ and
\begin{equation}
 \gamma_1=\rD[\gamma_0]+\rg[\phi_0],\qquad
 \rD[\gamma]:=\Gret(-\JD[\gamma])=-u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma]=\PP\ER\JD[\gamma],\qquad
 \rg[\phi_0]:=-\tfrac12\PP\ER\bigl(gT_0[\phi_0]\bigr).
 \label{eq:gf2}
\end{equation}
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
By XII-C, $e_{\mathrm D}=A\gamma+\kappa(\JD[\gamma]-\tfrac12gT_0[\phi])+O(\kappa^2)$
and $e_{\mathrm{gf}}=2D^*D\gamma$. Insert the expansions; since $\JD$
is quadratic, $\gamma_1$ enters the order-$\kappa$ coefficient only
through $(A+2D^*D)\gamma_1=L\gamma_1$. The coefficients are
$L\gamma_0=0$ and $L\gamma_1=-\JD[\gamma_0]+\tfrac12gT_0[\phi_0]$.
The zero-data solution is $\Gret$ of the right side, with the
local cutoff construction of XII-D for the nonlocal part. The
scalar-sourced term is XI-E's $r_g$ \cite{XIE}.
\end{proof}

Thus the second slot of the relational coefficient is not free.
The gravitational self-response is $\rD=-u_{\mathrm D}$, with
$L\rD=-\JD$: XII-D's Remark on the forcing sign, now in its
consequence.

\begin{definition}[The named coefficient]
\label{def:PhiD}
The metric-sourced second-order relational coefficient on the
scalar-linear sector is
\begin{equation}
 \boxed{
 \PhiD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi]
 :=\Asc[f,g]\bigl(\gamma,\ \rD[\gamma];\phi\bigr),
 \qquad \rD[\gamma]=-u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma].}
 \label{eq:PhiD}
\end{equation}
It is cubic in $\gamma$-and-$\phi$ jointly, of degree $(2,1)$, with
the scalar slot $\phi$ ranging over all smooth configurations.
The scalar-sourced slot $\rg[\phi]$ is treated separately in
Corollary~\ref{cor:scalarsourced}.
\end{definition}

\begin{proposition}[Single entry, with its sign]
\label{prop:single}
\begin{equation}
 \boxed{\ \PhiD=\Asc[f,g](\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi].\ }
 \label{eq:single}
\end{equation}
No other multiple of $\CD$ added to $\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)$ is of the
form $\Asc(\gamma,k[\gamma];\phi)$ with $k[\gamma]$ the
gauge-fixed gravitational coefficient of
Proposition~\ref{prop:gfcoeff}.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
Lemma~\ref{lem:affine} with $k=0$, $r=\rD[\gamma]=-u_{\mathrm D}[\gamma]$
and linearity of $\Aone$ give
$\Asc(\gamma,\rD;\phi)=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)+\Aone(-u_{\mathrm D};\phi)
=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD$. If $\Asc(\gamma,0)+c\,\CD=\Asc(\gamma,k)$
then $\Aone(k+cu_{\mathrm D};\phi)=0$ for all $f,g,\phi$; with
$k=-u_{\mathrm D}$ this forces $(c-1)\Aone(u_{\mathrm D};\phi)=0$,
and $\CD$ is not identically zero (XII-D's admission theorem gives
a nonzero kernel), so $c=1$ in $\Aone(-u_{\mathrm D})$, i.e.\ the
coefficient of $\CD$ is $-1$.
\end{proof}

\begin{remark}[Correction to the brief]
The brief writes $\PhiD=\Asc+\CD$. Proposition~\ref{prop:single}
replaces the sign. The replacement is not a convention: XII-D's
$u_{\mathrm D}$ solves $Lu=\JD$, the metric coefficient solves
$Lr=-\JD$, and the affine identity is linear. The ``$+$'' version is
named $\PhiP$ in Proposition~\ref{prop:signdetect} and shown to
carry a defect that no plateau hypothesis removes.
\end{remark}

\subsection*{Stop conditions, checked}

$\CD$ is not renamed as the observable: it is one summand of
\eqref{eq:single}. No row is added to a co-transformation that
already contains it: the slot is determined
(Section~\ref{sec:ledger}). The companion and Einstein rows are
not deleted without their hypotheses (Section~\ref{sec:plateau}).
The inverse is $-\PP\ER$. $Q_H\CD$ is a classical insertion's
class, not a quantum retarded product.

%=====================================================================
\section{E3: the ledger, printed before addition}
\label{sec:ledger}
%=====================================================================

Throughout this section $\xi\in\ga$, the scalar is held fixed with
$\Pmass\phi=0$, and $\Delta_\xi F:=F[\gamma+K\xi,\phi]-F[\gamma,\phi]$.
Write
\begin{equation}
 e_\xi[\gamma]:=\PP\ER\Lie_\xi^{\mathrm{dens}}(A\gamma)
            =-\Gret\Lie_\xi^{\mathrm{dens}}(A\gamma).
 \label{eq:exi}
\end{equation}

\begin{lemma}[Held-fixed defect of the scalar completion]
\label{lem:heldfixed}
For every smooth $k$,
\begin{equation}
 \Asc[f,g](\gamma+K\xi,k;\phi)-\Asc[f,g](\gamma,k;\phi)
 =-\Aone[f,g]\bigl(s_\xi[\gamma];\phi\bigr).
 \label{eq:heldfixed}
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Input statement~\ref{input:XA} with $H=\gamma$ gives
$\Asc(\gamma+K\xi,k+s_\xi[\gamma];\phi)=\Asc(\gamma,k;\phi)$, since
$\Lie_\xi\gamma+\tfrac12\Lie_\xi K\xi=s_\xi[\gamma]$.
Lemma~\ref{lem:affine} with $r=s_\xi$ gives
$\Asc(\gamma+K\xi,k;\phi)=\Asc(\gamma+K\xi,k+s_\xi;\phi)-\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$.
\end{proof}

The defect is the full $s_\xi$, including the quadratic flow term
$\tfrac12\Lie_\xi K\xi$; XI-E's $-\Aone[\Lie_\xi\gamma]$ was the
same identity with the quadratic term absorbed into its background
transformation.

\begin{lemma}[Variation of the gravitational slot]
\label{lem:DeltarD}
\begin{equation}
 \rD[\gamma+K\xi]-\rD[\gamma]
 =s_\xi[\gamma]-K\rho_\xi[\gamma]+e_\xi[\gamma],
 \qquad
 \Aone(\rD[\gamma+K\xi]-\rD[\gamma];\phi)
 =\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)-\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)+\Aone(e_\xi;\phi).
 \label{eq:DeltarD}
\end{equation}
At $\gamma=0$ the slot changes by $s_\xi[0]+K\zeta$ with
$\zeta=-\rho_\xi[0]$: the X-A form of the second-order metric law,
except that $\rho_\xi$ is a propagated field supported in
$J^+(\overline U)\cap\MT$ and not an element of $\ga$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Multiply XII-D's response law \eqref{eq:ledgerD} by $-1$ and use
\eqref{eq:exi}. Linearity of $\Aone$ gives the second formula. At
$\gamma=0$, $A\gamma=0$ and the last term vanishes.
\end{proof}

The two-jet row of the gravitational slot is therefore
$+\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$. It is the co-transformation. XI-E restored the
co-transformation by hand because its slot was an external $k$;
here the slot is $\rD[\gamma]$, and a separately added
co-transformation row would count $\Aone(s_\xi)$ twice.

\subsection*{The rows}

\begin{center}
\small
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}p{.40\linewidth}X@{}}
\toprule
Row & Exact value\\
\midrule
Held-fixed scalar completion, Lemma~\ref{lem:heldfixed} &
$-\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$\\[0.3em]
Gravitational slot, two-jet (co-transformation), Lemma~\ref{lem:DeltarD} &
$+\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$\\[0.3em]
Gravitational slot, gauge-fixing companion &
$-\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)$\\[0.3em]
Gravitational slot, Einstein row &
$+\Aone(e_\xi;\phi)$\\[0.3em]
Scalar-sourced slot $\rg[\phi]$ (not in $\PhiD$) &
$0$: no metric argument\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{center}
No row has been assigned a value before its lemma.

\begin{theorem}[Exact assembled plateau variation]
\label{thm:assembly}
For $\xi\in\ga$ and $\Pmass\phi=0$,
\begin{equation}
 \boxed{\
 \Delta_\xi\PhiD
 =-\Aone[f,g]\bigl(K\rho_\xi[\gamma];\phi\bigr)
  +\Aone[f,g]\bigl(e_\xi[\gamma];\phi\bigr).\ }
 \label{eq:assembly}
\end{equation}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
By \eqref{eq:PhiD} and Lemma~\ref{lem:affine},
$\Delta_\xi\PhiD=[\Asc(\gamma+K\xi,\rD[\gamma];\phi)-\Asc(\gamma,\rD[\gamma];\phi)]
+\Aone(\rD[\gamma+K\xi]-\rD[\gamma];\phi)$.
The bracket is Lemma~\ref{lem:heldfixed} with $k=\rD[\gamma]$; the
second term is Lemma~\ref{lem:DeltarD}. Add.
\end{proof}

\subsection*{Sign diagnostic}

\begin{proposition}[The opposite sign is detected]
\label{prop:signdetect}
Put $\PhiP:=\Asc[f,g](\gamma,0;\phi)+\CD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi]$. Then
\begin{equation}
 \Delta_\xi\PhiP=-2\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)+\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)-\Aone(e_\xi;\phi).
 \label{eq:plus}
\end{equation}
Under the causal plateau condition and $A\gamma=0$ on $U$ this is
$-2\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)$, and there are admissible data on which it is
nonzero.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
Lemma~\ref{lem:heldfixed} with $k=0$ gives $-\Aone(s_\xi)$ for the
first summand; XII-D's ledger \eqref{eq:ledgerD} gives
$\Delta_\xi\CD=-\Aone(s_\xi)+\Aone(K\rho_\xi)-\Aone(e_\xi)$. Add.
Under the two hypotheses the last two terms vanish (XII-D's causal
plateau proposition and $A\gamma=0$ near $\supp\xi$).

For nonvanishing, take XI-E's evaluated data \cite{XIE}: $m=0$,
$\gamma=t\eta$, $\phi=t^2+\tfrac13|\mathbf x|^2$ (so $\Box\phi=0$),
$\xi_\lambda=\lambda a(t)\partial_t$ with $a\ge0$, $a\not\equiv0$,
compactly supported above the ramp, in a causal cylinder with
$g=1$ and a nonnegative observation after $\supp a$; a compact
spatial cutoff and plateau make $\xi_\lambda$ admissible without
changing the evaluation, as XI-E records. For $\gamma=t\eta$,
$A\gamma=0$ identically. XI-E computes
$I:=\Aone(\Lie_{a\partial_t}(t\eta);\phi)>0$. Since
$s_{\xi_\lambda}=\lambda\Lie_{a\partial_t}(t\eta)+\tfrac{\lambda^2}2\Lie_{a\partial_t}K(a\partial_t)$,
linearity gives $\Aone(s_{\xi_\lambda};\phi)=\lambda I+\lambda^2I'$
with $I'$ independent of $\lambda$, which is nonzero for all
sufficiently small $\lambda\ne0$.
\end{proof}

The structural form of the same diagnostic is XII-D's: at $\gamma=0$,
$L\rD[K\xi]=-J_3[K\xi]=As_\xi$, the $L$-image of the X-A slot change
$s_\xi-K\rho_\xi$, whereas $Lu_{\mathrm D}[K\xi]=-As_\xi$ is the
$L$-image of a slot change no element of $\Gp$ produces. The
witness value $I$ is cited from XI-E, not recomputed.

%=====================================================================
\section{E4: the plateau decision}
\label{sec:plateau}
%=====================================================================

\subsection{The companion row, displayed}

\begin{proposition}[Explicit companion remainder]
\label{prop:companion}
Let $\rho$ be a smooth vector field on the slab, spatially compact
on every slice, with $\supp\rho\subset\{t\ge\eps\}$, and let
$\Pmass\phi=0$. Then
\begin{equation}
 \begin{aligned}
 \Aone[f,g](K\rho;\phi)
 ={}&\int f\,(g-1)\,\rho^\mu\partial_\mu\phi\dd^4x\\
 &-\int f\,\ERm\Bigl([\Pmass,g](\rho^\mu\partial_\mu\phi)
   +(\partial_\mu g)\,a_1^{\mu\nu}[K\rho]\,\partial_\nu\phi\Bigr)\dd^4x,
 \end{aligned}
 \label{eq:companion}
\end{equation}
with $[\Pmass,g]u=(\Box g)u+2(\partial^\mu g)\partial_\mu u$. In
particular $\Aone(K\rho;\phi)=0$ whenever
\begin{equation}
 \supp\rho\ \cap\ \Bigl[\bigl(\supp f\setminus P_g\bigr)
 \cup\bigl(\supp\dd g\cap J^-(\supp f)\bigr)\Bigr]=\varnothing .
 \label{eq:companionsupport}
\end{equation}
For $\rho=\rho_\xi[\gamma]$, $\xi\in\ga$, one has
$\supp\rho_\xi\subset J^+(\overline U)\cap\MT$, disjoint from the
ramp layer $\{0\le t\le\eps\}$; and \eqref{eq:companionsupport}
holds under the causal plateau condition
\begin{equation}
 \text{(CP)}\qquad J^-(\supp f)\cap J^+(\overline U)\cap\MT\subset P_g .
 \label{eq:CP}
\end{equation}
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
On $\supp\rho$ one has $\sig=1$ and $\sig'=0$, so
\eqref{eq:legs} gives $\Box X_1[K\rho]=-\partial_\lambda a_1^{\lambda\mu}[K\rho]
=D^\mu K\rho=\Box\rho^\mu$; both sides have zero initial data, hence
$X_1[K\rho]=\rho$. Next, X-A's pure-gauge identity for the
unswitched first variation,
$\mathsf Q_{K\rho}\psi=D_\rho\Pmass\psi-\Pmass(\rho\cdot\partial\psi)$,
gives on the free shell
$V_{1,g}[K\rho]\phi=-g\Pmass(\rho\cdot\partial\phi)+(\partial_\mu g)a_1^{\mu\nu}[K\rho]\partial_\nu\phi$.
Since $g\rho\cdot\partial\phi$ is compactly supported in $\MTo$,
$\ERm\Pmass(g\rho\cdot\partial\phi)=g\rho\cdot\partial\phi$, and
$g\Pmass u=\Pmass(gu)-[\Pmass,g]u$. Therefore
\[
 \phi_1[K\rho;\phi]
 =g\rho\cdot\partial\phi-\ERm[\Pmass,g](\rho\cdot\partial\phi)
  -\ERm\bigl((\partial g)a_1[K\rho]\partial\phi\bigr).
\]
Insert into \eqref{eq:Aone} with $X_1[K\rho]\cdot\partial\phi=\rho\cdot\partial\phi$.
The first integrand of \eqref{eq:companion} vanishes outside
$\supp f\cap\{g\ne1\}\cap\supp\rho$; the second, after
transposition onto $\EAm f$, vanishes unless some point of
$J^-(\supp f)\cap\supp\dd g$ lies in $\supp\rho$. This proves
\eqref{eq:companionsupport}. For $\rho_\xi=\ER Ds_\xi$ the source
$Ds_\xi$ is compact in $U$, so finite propagation gives
$\supp\rho_\xi\subset J^+(\overline U)\cap\MT$, which lies in
$\{t>\eps\}$ because $\overline U\subset\{t>\eps\}$. Under (CP) the
compact set $J^-(\supp f)\cap J^+(\overline U)\cap\MT$ lies in the
open set $P_g$, where $1-g=0$ and $\dd g=0$; both sets in
\eqref{eq:companionsupport} meet $\supp\rho_\xi$ only inside it.
\end{proof}

Equation \eqref{eq:companion} is XI-E's switching display with the
ghost parameter replaced by the propagated companion. Every term
carries $1-g$ or $\partial g$; none carries a ramp derivative. The
remainder is not a layer term, and it is not deleted by compactness
of $\xi$.

\subsection{The Einstein row, displayed}

\begin{proposition}[The Einstein row is a compact plateau test of $A\gamma$]
\label{prop:einstein}
For every smooth $\gamma,\phi$ and $\xi\in\ga$,
\begin{equation}
 \Aone[f,g](e_\xi[\gamma];\phi)
 =\int\bigl(\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi]\bigr)_{\mu\nu}(A\gamma)^{\mu\nu}\dd^4y,
 \qquad \Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi]\in C_c^\infty(U;\Sym^2T^*M).
 \label{eq:einsteinrow}
\end{equation}
It vanishes if $A\gamma=0$ on $U$. On the gauge-fixed free shell
$\Csol$,
\begin{equation}
 \Aone[f,g](e_\xi[\gamma];\phi)\big|_{\Csol}
 =-2\int\bigl(\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi]\bigr)\cdot D^*b\dd^4y
 =-2\int\bigl(D\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi]\bigr)_\nu b^\nu\dd^4y .
 \label{eq:shellrow}
\end{equation}
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
By \eqref{eq:exi} and Lemma~\ref{lem:betapair},
$\Aone(e_\xi;\phi)=-\int\beta\cdot\Lie^{\mathrm{dens}}_\xi(A\gamma)$.
For a covariant tensor $\beta$ and a contravariant density $v$,
$\Lie_\xi(\beta\cdot v)=(\Lie_\xi\beta)\cdot v+\beta\cdot\Lie^{\mathrm{dens}}_\xi v$,
and the left side is $\partial_\rho(\xi^\rho\beta\cdot v)$, which
integrates to zero for compact $\xi$. This gives
\eqref{eq:einsteinrow}; $\beta$ is smooth, so $\Lie_\xi\beta$ is
smooth and supported in $\supp\xi\subset U$. On $\Csol$,
$\Box\gamma=0$ and $b=D\gamma$, so
$A\gamma=-\Box\PP\gamma-2D^*D\gamma=-2D^*b$; the second equality in
\eqref{eq:shellrow} is the flat adjoint of $D^*$ on a compact test.
\end{proof}

The free gauge-fixed shell does not impose $D^*b=0$. The Einstein
row therefore stays named on the carrier. Its vanishing on the
smaller Einstein subshell is XII-A's undecided question and is not
decided here.

\subsection{The decision}

\begin{theorem}[Plateau decision for the named coefficient]
\label{thm:plateau}
Let $\xi\in\ga$ and $\Pmass\phi=0$.
\begin{enumerate}[label=\textup{(\alph*)}]
\item Always:
$\Delta_\xi\PhiD=-\Aone(K\rho_\xi[\gamma];\phi)
+\int(\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi])\cdot A\gamma$, with the companion
given by \eqref{eq:companion}.
\item Under (CP):
$\Delta_\xi\PhiD=\int(\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi])\cdot A\gamma$.
\item Under (CP) and $A\gamma=0$ on $U$:
\[
 \boxed{\ \Delta_\xi\PhiD=0.\ }
\]
\item Without (CP) the companion is the explicit remainder
\eqref{eq:companion}, supported as in \eqref{eq:companionsupport}
inside $J^+(\overline U)$, with no ramp-layer contribution. Without
$A\gamma=0$ on $U$ the Einstein row is the explicit remainder
\eqref{eq:einsteinrow}.
\end{enumerate}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
(a) is Theorem~\ref{thm:assembly} with
Propositions~\ref{prop:companion} and \ref{prop:einstein}. (b) and
(c) apply the two vanishing statements. (d) restates the displays.
\end{proof}

\begin{corollary}[On the carrier]
\label{cor:carrierplateau}
For $\xi\in\ga$, the functional $\Delta_\xi\PhiD$ belongs to
$\Fpol$, and in $\Ealg$
\[
 Q_H\bigl(\Delta_\xi\PhiD\bigr)
 =Q_H\bigl(-\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)\bigr)
  -2\,Q_H\Bigl(\int(D\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi])_\nu b^\nu\Bigr).
\]
Under (CP) the first class vanishes. The second is the class of a
compact microcausal degree-two kernel in $(b,\phi)$; it vanishes on
configurations with $D^*b=0$ on $U$ and is not asserted to vanish
in $\Ealg$.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Shifting the metric slots of a compact microcausal kernel by the
smooth configuration $K\xi$ smears slots against a smooth function
and preserves compactness and the cone bound (XII-A), so
$\Delta_\xi\PhiD\in\Fpol$ once $\PhiD\in\Fpol$
(Theorem~\ref{thm:admission}). On $\Csol$, $\Pmass\phi=0$ and
\eqref{eq:shellrow} hold, so Theorem~\ref{thm:plateau}(a) is an
identity of restrictions to the shell, hence of classes. The kernel
of the $b$-row is $\beta$'s kernel $B_{f,g}$ (XII-D, $\WF\subset Z_2$)
acted on by differential operators and localized in $U$, hence
compact with $\WF\subset Z_2$. Under (CP) the companion vanishes on
every configuration with $\Pmass\phi=0$, in particular on $\Csol$.
\end{proof}

Neither hypothesis is a shrinkage of $\ga$. (CP) is a condition on
the observation and the switch; $A\gamma=0$ on $U$ is a condition on
the configuration. The compact shift $K\xi$ does not preserve
$\Csol$ (XI-B: $\ga\cap\{\Box\xi=0\}=\{0\}$), so no action of $\ga$
by automorphisms of $\Ealg$ is inferred, and no interacting
differential or quantum Ward identity is hidden in
Theorem~\ref{thm:plateau}.

%=====================================================================
\section{E5: carrier check of the assembled coefficient}
\label{sec:carrier}
%=====================================================================

$Q_H\CD\in\Ealg$ is XII-D's. The scalar-only completion
$\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)$ is a different kernel, not in XII-A's named
sector ($\mathcal B_f$ has degree $(1,1)$, $\Tcal$ has degree
$(0,3)$). Its admission is proved here by an explicit calculation;
XII-D's bound for $t_{\mathrm D}$ is not cited for it.

\subsection{A tree-composition lemma}

Covectors are compared in the fixed Minkowski trivialization. For
$n\ge2$, $Z_n=\{(x_1,p_1;\ldots;x_n,p_n):\sum p_i=0\}\setminus0$;
put $Z_1=\varnothing$. A distribution $k\in\mathcal D'(M\times M)$
with finitely many fiber components is a \emph{balanced line} if
\[
 \WF(k)\subset\{(x,p;x',-p)\}.
\]
Examples: $\partial^\alpha E^{\mathrm R/A}_\mu(x-x')$ and
$\partial^\alpha\delta(x-x')$, as pullbacks of distributions in
$x-x'$ under a submersion \cite[Theorem~8.2.4]{Hormander}, and
their products with smooth functions of $x$ and $x'$.

\begin{definition}[Tree datum]
A tree datum consists of a finite vertex set $V=I\sqcup X$ with
$|X|=n\ge1$ external and $I$ internal vertices, a tree $T$ on $V$
(connected, $|E(T)|=|V|-1$) with an orientation of each line, a
balanced line $k_\ell$ for each $\ell=(a,b)\in E(T)$, placed on the
variables $(x_a,x_b)$, and a smooth weight $w_a$ for each $a\in V$.
The support hypothesis is
\begin{equation}
 \text{(S)}\qquad
 S:=\bigl\{(x_a)_{a\in V}\in M^V:\ x_a\in\supp w_a\ \forall a,\
 (x_a,x_b)\in\supp k_\ell\ \forall\ell=(a,b)\bigr\}
 \ \text{is compact}.
 \label{eq:S}
\end{equation}
\end{definition}

\begin{lemma}[Tree composition]
\label{lem:tree}
Under (S), the product
$\Pi=\prod_{a\in V}w_a(x_a)\prod_{\ell\in E(T)}k_\ell(x_a,x_b)$ exists
in $\mathcal D'(M^V)$ and is compactly supported. Every point of
$\WF(\Pi)$ has covectors $\zeta_a=\sum_{\ell\ni a}\epsilon_{\ell,a}p_\ell$
for some $p_\ell\in\R^4$, where $\epsilon_{\ell,a}=\pm1$ according to
the orientation of $\ell$ at $a$. The pushforward
$t=\pi_{X*}\Pi\in\Edist(M^X)$ satisfies
\[
 \WF(t)\subset Z_n .
\]
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Pull each $k_\ell$ back to $M^V$ along the projection to
$(x_a,x_b)$; its wavefront set consists of tuples with $(p,-p)$ at
the endpoints of $\ell$ and zero elsewhere
\cite[Theorem~8.2.4]{Hormander}. Order the lines $\ell_1,\dots,\ell_{N}$
and let $\Pi_j$ be the product of the weights and the first $j$
lines. Claim: $\WF(\Pi_j)\subset\Sigma_j$, the set of nonzero
tuples of the form $\zeta_a=\sum_{i\le j,\ \ell_i\ni a}\epsilon_{\ell_i,a}p_{\ell_i}$.
For $j=0$ this is empty. Suppose it holds for $j$. The product
$\Pi_j\cdot k_{\ell_{j+1}}$ is defined if there is no
$(x,\zeta)\in\WF(\Pi_j)$ with $(x,-\zeta)\in\WF(k_{\ell_{j+1}})$
\cite[Theorem~8.2.10]{Hormander}. Such a pair would give an
assignment $(p_{\ell_i})_{i\le j+1}$, with $p_{\ell_{j+1}}=q\neq0$
the line covector, satisfying
$\sum_{i\le j+1,\ \ell_i\ni a}\epsilon_{\ell_i,a}p_{\ell_i}=0$ at every
vertex $a$. The subgraph formed by $\ell_1,\dots,\ell_{j+1}$ is a
forest. In a forest with at least one line there is a vertex of
degree one; its unique line has zero covector; remove it and
repeat. Hence all $p_{\ell_i}=0$, contradicting $q\neq0$. So the
product exists and, by the same theorem, its wavefront set lies in
the sums of the two wavefront sets with zero allowed, which is
$\Sigma_{j+1}$. Smooth weights do not enlarge wavefront sets. This
proves the claim for $\Pi=\Pi_N$ and the covector description.

The support of $\Pi$ lies in $S$, compact by (S), so the
projection to $M^X$ is proper on it and
$\WF(t)\subset\{(x_X,\zeta_X)\ne0:\exists x_I,\ (x_X,\zeta_X;x_I,0)\in\WF(\Pi)\}$
\cite[Theorem~8.2.12]{Hormander}. A point of $\WF(\Pi)$ with zero
covectors at all internal vertices is a line assignment balanced
at every internal vertex. Then
$\sum_{a\in X}\zeta_a=\sum_{a\in V}\zeta_a-\sum_{a\in I}\zeta_a
=\sum_\ell(p_\ell-p_\ell)-0=0$. Hence $\WF(t)\subset Z_n$.
\end{proof}

A nonzero tuple wholly in $\Vp^{\,n}$ or $\Vm^{\,n}$ has nonzero
sum, because the closed causal cones are pointed. Hence every
kernel bounded by $Z_n$ is microcausal in XII-A's sense. The lemma
is special to tree compositions on Minkowski space with
translation-invariant lines; it is not a statement about loops.

\subsection{Admission of the scalar-only completion}

\begin{theorem}[The scalar completion is a microcausal compact polynomial]
\label{thm:admission}
The functional $(\gamma,\phi)\mapsto\Asc[f,g](\gamma,0;\phi)$ has a
compact kernel $t^{\mathrm{sc}}_{f,g}\in\Edist(M^3)$, symmetric in
its two metric slots, with $\WF(t^{\mathrm{sc}}_{f,g})\subset Z_3$.
Hence $\Asc(\cdot,0;\cdot)\in\Fpol$, and
$\PhiD(f,g)=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD(f,g)\in\Fpol$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Write $E_0=\ER$, $E_m=\ERm$ for the retarded kernels and
$\Lambda^{\mu,ab}(x,z)=\sig(z)\mathfrak a^{\alpha\mu,ab}\partial^z_\alpha E_0(x-z)$,
so that $X_1^\mu[\gamma](x)=\int\Lambda^{\mu,ab}(x,z)\gamma_{ab}(z)\dd z$
\cite{XA,XIID}; this is the line $\partial E_0(x-z)$ with weight
$\sig$ at $z$ and a constant fiber map. Every local vertex
$V_{1,g}[\gamma]\psi$, $V_{2,g}[\gamma,0]\psi$,
$\mathcal V[\gamma]\psi$, $\mathcal W[\gamma,0]x^\mu$ is a finite
sum of constant tensors times derivatives of $g$ or $\sig$ at the
vertex point times products of differentiated deltas joining the
vertex point to each of its field slots; each such delta is a
balanced line. Thus each of the five terms of \eqref{eq:Asc} at
$k=0$ is a finite sum of tree compositions with external vertices
$z_1,z_2$ (metric) and $y$ (scalar):

\begin{center}
\small
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}p{.30\linewidth}X@{}}
\toprule
Term & Internal vertices, weights; lines\\
\midrule
$\tfrac12\int fX_1^\mu X_1^\nu\partial_\mu\partial_\nu\phi$ &
$x$ ($f$); $\partial E_0(x{-}z_1)$ [$\sig$ at $z_1$],
$\partial E_0(x{-}z_2)$ [$\sig$ at $z_2$], $\partial^2\delta(x{-}y)$\\[0.3em]
$\int f(X_1\!\cdot\!\partial X_1)\!\cdot\!\partial\phi$ &
as above with one line $\partial^2E_0(x{-}z_2)$\\[0.3em]
$-\int fX_1^\mu\partial_\mu\phi_1[\gamma;\phi]$ &
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($g,\partial g$); $\partial E_0(x{-}z_1)$ [$\sig$ at $z_1$],
$\partial E_m(x{-}x')$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}z_2)$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}y)$\\[0.3em]
$-\int fX_2^\mu[\gamma,0]\partial_\mu\phi$, part $\mathcal V X_1$ &
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($\sig,\sig'$); $E_0(x{-}x')$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}z_1)$,
$\partial E_0(x'{-}z_2)$ [$\sig$ at $z_2$], $\partial\delta(x{-}y)$\\[0.3em]
same, part $\mathcal W[\gamma,0]x^\mu$ &
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($\sig,\sig'$); $E_0(x{-}x')$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}z_1)$,
$\partial\delta(x'{-}z_2)$, $\partial\delta(x{-}y)$\\[0.3em]
$\int f\phi_2[\gamma,0;\phi]$, part $V_{1,g}\phi_1$ &
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($g,\partial g$), $x''$ ($g,\partial g$); $E_m(x{-}x')$,
$\partial\delta(x'{-}z_1)$, $\partial E_m(x'{-}x'')$,
$\partial\delta(x''{-}z_2)$, $\partial\delta(x''{-}y)$\\[0.3em]
same, part $V_{2,g}[\gamma,0]\phi$ &
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($g,\partial g$); $E_m(x{-}x')$,
$\partial\delta(x'{-}z_1)$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}z_2)$, $\partial\delta(x'{-}y)$\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{center}

Each graph is a tree. Hypothesis (S) holds in every row: $x\in\supp f$
is compact; an internal vertex weighted by $g$ or $\partial g$ lies
in $\supp g$, one weighted by $\sig$ or $\sig'$ lies in $\{t\ge0\}$,
and each lies in the causal past of its retarded predecessor by the
support of $E^{\mathrm R}_\mu$; an external metric vertex reached by
$\partial E_0$ carries the weight $\sig$ and lies in
$J^-(\cdot)\cap\{t\ge0\}$; an external vertex reached by a delta
coincides with its internal vertex. Finite intersections of causal
pasts of compact sets with $\{t\ge0\}$ in the slab are compact.
Lemma~\ref{lem:tree} applies to every row; finite sums and the
symmetrization over $z_1\leftrightarrow z_2$ preserve compactness
and the bound $Z_3$. Membership in $\Fpol$ is XII-A's definition.
The last assertion adds XII-D's $\CD\in\Fpol$.
\end{proof}

The kernel identity between the iterated integrals and the
pushforward is Fubini on the compact support for smooth fields;
no approximation is used.

\begin{corollary}[Class, ordering correction, enlarged sector]
\label{cor:class}
$Q_H\PhiD(f,g)\in\Ealg$ has even parity and ghost number zero.
For an admissible smooth change $d=H'-H$,
\[
 \alphad\PhiD=\PhiD+\hbar L_d,\qquad
 L_d(\Phi)=\pair{\ell_d}{\Phi},\qquad
 \ell_d^C=3\,\pi_{3*}\bigl[d_{AB}(x_1,x_2)T^{ABC}(x_1,x_2,x_3)\bigr],
\]
with $T$ the species-symmetric kernel of $\PhiD$ and $\ell_d$ compact
and smooth. The coefficientwise $(\hbar,\kappa)$-adic completion of
the algebra generated by XII-D's enlarged named sector and all
$Q_H\PhiD(f,g)$ is mapped by $\balphad$ onto its $\star_{H'}$
counterpart generated by the unchanged formulas.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
XII-A's free-shell descent applies to any element of $\Fpol$. The
ordering computation is XII-D's Proposition on the regular
ordering correction, whose proof uses only that the cubic kernel is
compact with $\WF\subset Z_3$: a nonzero wavefront point of $\ell_d$
would need $(0,0,p)$ in the cubic wavefront set, forcing $p=0$.
Sector stability follows as in XII-D: each new generator is
transported to itself plus a regular linear field, which already
belongs to the old sector; the inverse map gives the reverse
inclusion; formal order is preserved.
\end{proof}

\subsection{The scalar-sourced slot, recorded}

\begin{corollary}[Scalar-sourced slot]
\label{cor:scalarsourced}
The functional $\Aone[f,g](\rg[\phi];\phi)$, with
$\rg[\phi]=-\tfrac12\PP\ER(gT_0[\phi])$, is a compact microcausal
polynomial of degree $(0,3)$; its coordinate leg is $-\Tcal(f,g)$ of
XII-A's named sector and its scalar leg is
$-\int f\,\ERm(V_{1,g}[\rg[\phi]]\phi)$. The full gauge-fixed
second-order coefficient on the sheet is
\[
 \PhiD(f,g)[\gamma,\phi]+\Aone[f,g](\rg[\phi];\phi),
\]
and its variation under $\gamma\mapsto\gamma+K\xi$ at fixed $\phi$
equals $\Delta_\xi\PhiD$: the added term has no metric argument.
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
Both legs are tree compositions: the coordinate leg has vertices
$x$ ($f$), $x'$ ($\sig$), $x''$ ($g$) with lines $\partial E_0(x-x')$,
$E_0(x'-x'')$, two deltas from $x''$ to the stress slots, and
$\partial\delta(x-y_3)$; the scalar leg has vertices $x$ ($f$),
$x'$ ($g,\partial g$), $x''$ ($g$) with lines $E_m(x-x')$,
$E_0(x'-x'')$, two deltas at $x''$, and $\partial\delta(x'-y_3)$.
Hypothesis (S) holds as in Theorem~\ref{thm:admission}. The
identification of the coordinate leg is XI-E's
\cite{XIE}; the decomposition of the second slot is
Proposition~\ref{prop:gfcoeff} with Lemma~\ref{lem:affine}.
\end{proof}

The named target of this paper is $\PhiD$. The scalar-sourced slot
is recorded so that the word ``complete'' has a definite meaning:
the second slot of Proposition~\ref{prop:gfcoeff} is
$\rD+\rg$, both summands are admitted, and only $\rD$ varies under
the metric shift.

%=====================================================================
\section{E6: boundaries, decision, and successor package}
\label{sec:decision}
%=====================================================================

\subsection*{Boundaries recorded, not re-proved}

\begin{itemize}
\item The XI-G classes $\pm(k_1,k_2,0)$, $k_1+k_2=2\dd t$, remain
excluded. $\CD$ and $\PhiD$ are different, model-dependent insertions
and supply no representative of the original class.
\item $\Jcal^{\mathrm D}_{g,\sig}(\phi_m)=\varnothing$ stands. The slot
$\rD+\rg$ solves the gauge-fixed forcing equation with zero data;
it is not an invariant coupled Einstein solution, and the Einstein
row of Theorem~\ref{thm:plateau} is where that distinction appears.
\item No quantum retarded product of $\JD$: $Q_H\CD$ and $Q_H\PhiD$
are classes of classical insertions.
\item No loop, state, antibracket, master identity, interacting
differential, or $\eps\to0$ limit.
\item No identification with an X-track mixed map; the inverse is
$-\PP\ER$, not $-4\PP\ER$; no triangle residue is subtracted; the
initial surface is not moved; $J_3$ is not ramped a second time.
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{Decision table}

\begin{center}
\small
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}p{.08\linewidth}
                              p{.24\linewidth}X@{}}
\toprule
Gate & Ending & Exact scope\\
\midrule
E0 & Recorded &
XII-D's six objects and six refusals; X-A's classical covariance
flagged as the one additional premise.\\[0.4em]
E1 & Constructed, with sign correction &
$\PhiD=\Asc(\gamma,\rD;\phi)=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD$; one entry,
coefficient $-1$.\\[0.4em]
E2 & Constructed &
Both legs with $\partial g$; affine slot identity proved.\\[0.4em]
E3 & Constructed &
Four rows printed before addition; the slot's two-jet row is the
co-transformation; the ``$+$'' sum is detected.\\[0.4em]
E4 & Constructed as a signed identity &
$\Delta_\xi\PhiD=-\Aone(K\rho_\xi)+\int\Lie_\xi\beta\cdot A\gamma$;
companion explicit and above the ramp; zero under (CP) and
$A\gamma=0$ on $U$.\\[0.4em]
E5 & Constructed &
Tree lemma; $\Asc(\cdot,0;\cdot)\in\Fpol$; $Q_H\PhiD\in\Ealg$;
ordering-stable enlarged sector; scalar-sourced slot admitted.\\[0.4em]
E6 & Recorded &
No old-class repair, jet repair, quantum product, loop, state,
or limit.\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{center}

\begin{theorem}[Assembly release]
\label{thm:release}
For the sheet of Section~\ref{sec:sheet} and the inputs of
Section~\ref{sec:inputs}: the coefficient $\PhiD(f,g)$ of
Definition~\ref{def:PhiD} exists, contains the admitted insertion
exactly once with coefficient $-1$, belongs to $\Fpol$, and has
class $Q_H\PhiD(f,g)\in\Ealg$; the sector it generates with XII-D's
is ordering-stable. For $\xi\in\ga$ and free $\phi$ its plateau
variation is \eqref{eq:assembly}; it vanishes under (CP) together
with $A\gamma=0$ on $U$, and otherwise equals the displayed
remainders \eqref{eq:companion} and \eqref{eq:einsteinrow}.
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Propositions~\ref{prop:gfcoeff} and \ref{prop:single};
Theorems~\ref{thm:assembly}, \ref{thm:plateau}, and
\ref{thm:admission}; Corollaries~\ref{cor:class} and
\ref{cor:carrierplateau}.
\end{proof}

The ending for the named coefficient is \textbf{Constructed}. An
alternative requirement of unqualified invariance of $\PhiD$ is not
part of this release: the Einstein row is a named remainder on the
gauge-fixed shell, and the companion is a named remainder off (CP).
The brief's ``$+$'' assembly is \textbf{Proved obstructed} as a
candidate, by Proposition~\ref{prop:signdetect}; it is not the
object released.

\subsection*{Successor package}

\begin{enumerate}
\item $\PhiD=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD$, with the slot
$\rD=-u_{\mathrm D}=\PP\ER\JD$ and the scalar-sourced slot $\rg$;
\item the affine slot identity and the held-fixed lemma as the
double-count test;
\item the exact variation \eqref{eq:assembly} with the explicit
companion \eqref{eq:companion}, its support
\eqref{eq:companionsupport}, and the Einstein row
\eqref{eq:einsteinrow}--\eqref{eq:shellrow};
\item the tree-composition lemma and the admission of
$\Asc(\cdot,0;\cdot)$ and of $\Aone(\rg;\phi)$;
\item the classes $Q_H\PhiD$, their ordering correction, and the
enlarged ordering-stable sector;
\item the detected sign: the two-jet law of the relational slot is
positive, the forcing response's is negative, and the affine
identity converts one into the other.
\end{enumerate}
It receives no interacting BRST class, quantum retarded product,
loop value, state, decision on the Einstein subshell, or sharp
limit.

\subsection*{Conclusion}

\[
 \boxed{
 \begin{gathered}
 \PhiD=\Asc(\gamma,\rD[\gamma];\phi)=\Asc(\gamma,0;\phi)-\CD,
 \qquad \rD=-u_{\mathrm D}=\PP\ER\JD,\\[2pt]
 \Delta_\xi\PhiD
 =-\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)+\int(\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi])\cdot A\gamma
 \ \overset{\Csol}{=}\
 -\Aone(K\rho_\xi;\phi)-2\int(D\Lie_\xi\beta_{f,g}[\phi])\cdot b,\\[2pt]
 \text{(CP)}\ \&\ A\gamma|_U=0\ \Longrightarrow\ \Delta_\xi\PhiD=0;
 \qquad
 \Delta_\xi\PhiP=-2\Aone(s_\xi;\phi)+\cdots\ne0;\\[2pt]
 \WF(t^{\mathrm{sc}}_{f,g})\subset Z_3,\qquad Q_H\PhiD\in\Ealg .
 \end{gathered}}
\]
A reader can see one named second-order coefficient, can see that
$\CD$ entered it once and with which sign, and can see that the
plateau identity holds only under the hypotheses XII-D already
stated.

%=====================================================================
\section*{Declarations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Declarations}

\paragraph{Classical scope.}
All variations are classical identities of polynomial lifts on
smooth configurations, restricted to the free shell where stated.
No quantum Ward identity, quantum retarded product, or interacting
differential is constructed or implied.

\paragraph{Sign correction.}
The coefficient $-1$ on $\CD$ is derived from the gauge-fixed
second-order equation and the affine slot identity, and is
confirmed by the detection of the opposite sign. It changes no
inverse normalization and no object handed over by XII-D.

\paragraph{Admission scope.}
The tree-composition lemma proves membership of the scalar-only
completion and of the scalar-sourced slot in XII-A's domain. It is
not an admission of loops or of nonlocal non-tree kernels, and it
does not reopen the XI-G exclusion.

\paragraph{Dependency scope.}
XII-D supplies the response, insertion, roots, admission of $\CD$,
class, ordering correction, and ledger. XII-C supplies the
gauge-fixed second-order equation. XII-A supplies the carrier.
XI-B supplies the inverse normalization. X-A supplies the classical
completion formula and its on-shell covariance, used as a premise
and listed as such. XI-E supplies the evaluated witness $I>0$ and
the slot $\rg$, used as cited values. The affine identity, single
entry, held-fixed lemma, assembly, remainders, tree lemma, and
admission are proved here.

\paragraph{Verification.}
No successful \texttt{pdflatex} execution, proof-assistant check,
independently executed symbolic calculation, independent referee
review, or journal acceptance is asserted. The nonzero witness is
cited from XI-E and not recomputed.

%=====================================================================
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}

\bibitem{XIID}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XII-D: Retarded response and carrier admission for
the cubic-only density-weighted Einstein source}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XII-D.tex}.
Response, two-leg insertion, roots, admission, class, ordering
correction, signed ledger, and causal plateau proposition.

\bibitem{XIIC}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XII-C: One declared cubic weighting: actual Euler
source, changed Noether identity, and the coupled-jet question}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XII-C.tex}.
Action, source expansion, gauge-fixing Euler term, empty jet.

\bibitem{XIIB}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XII-B: Admission and one retarded response of the
ramped cubic Einstein source, at fixed regulator width}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XII-B.tex}.
Density versus source weighting only.

\bibitem{XIIA}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XII-A: One graded polynomial carrier for the
finite-ramp multiplet, with ordering-stable composites and a robust
observation exclusion}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XII-A-v2.tex}.
Carrier, shell, descent, ordering transport, named sector,
exclusion.

\bibitem{XIG}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XI-G: The free-shell class of the cubic Einstein
kernel: the onset covector is inherited by every representative}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XI-G.tex}.
Retained exclusion; not reopened.

\bibitem{XIE}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XI-E: On-shell admission of the fixed-width tree, a
localized first-order identity, and the held-fixed defect}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XI-E.tex}.
Scalar-sourced slot $r_g$, identification of the coordinate leg with
$-\mathcal T$, switching display, and the evaluated witness $I>0$.

\bibitem{XIB}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark XI-B: The free de Donder multiplet for the ramp
Einstein--scalar sheet: causal propagators, residual gauge, and the
layer dressing}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{XI-B.tex}.
Inverse normalization, free identities, trivial plateau residual
algebra.

\bibitem{XA}
N.~Cheung,
\emph{Landmark X-A: Classical covariance of one fixed-regulator
switched relational scalar through order $\kappa^2$}.
Supplied manuscript \texttt{X-A.tex}.
Scalar completion formula, affine $k$-dependence, on-shell
covariance with fixed free input, pure-gauge identity for the
scalar operator, transposition lemma. Classical statements only.

\bibitem{BGP}
C.~B\"ar, N.~Ginoux, and F.~Pf\"affle,
\emph{Wave Equations on Lorentzian Manifolds and Quantization},
ESI Lectures in Mathematics and Physics,
European Mathematical Society, 2007, arXiv:0806.1036.
Smooth Cauchy theory, causal Green operators, finite propagation.

\bibitem{Hormander}
L.~H\"ormander,
\emph{The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators I},
second edition, Springer, 1990.
Theorems~8.2.4, 8.2.10, and 8.2.12: pullback, product, and
pushforward wavefront bounds.

\bibitem{FR}
K.~Fredenhagen and K.~Rejzner,
\emph{Perturbative algebraic quantum field theory},
arXiv:1208.1428.
Comparison background for classical response functionals and
their kernels; no quantum retarded product is imported.

\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}