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Constant scale is not an arbitrary fitting parameter

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A physical source has its own units and scaling convention. Those must be transformed consistently before a physical comparison is made. Positive constant normalization cannot create curvature in a flat representative, remove a nonconservation defect, or determine the comparison coupling.

Position-dependent conformal rescaling is not covered by (eq:scale): it has derivative terms, as Proposition prop:conformal demonstrates.

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