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Paper 16 — The Gauge Projection Degree
Resolves the final degree question in the dark-energy derivation: why the gauge projection appears as √(1+γ²) rather than 1+γ². The paper develops a set of transfer-homogeneity and locality theorems, adds a composite-uniqueness argument, and narrows the allowed projection degree on the physical channel.
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