/- Copyright (c) 2026 Terence Tao. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Terence Tao -/ import Sendov.Reduction.Alpha17 import Sendov.Main /-! # The polar and origin inequalities are incompatible This is the top of the development. The blog post's argument, after the complex-analytic part that is not formalized here, produces two inequalities about a degree `n`, a zero `0 < a < 1` and the real part `x` of the mean of the reciprocal critical-point data: * the **raw polar inequality** `(1Q)`, `1 ≤ ∫₀¹ P(t)^((n-1)/2) dt`; * the **raw origin inequality** `(origin-exact)`. `Sendov.polar_origin_incompatible` says they cannot both hold for `n ≥ 5`. Neither statement mentions a polynomial or a complex number, so the theorem is a self-contained assertion about two real numbers. ## The chain ``` polar_exp beta_le (1Q) ─────────────────────▶ (lt) ─────────────────▶ β(1) ≤ α/(3+α) │ │ │ log_le_alpha_mul │ ▼ │ log α ≤ α(1-β(1)) │ │ │ (origin-exact) ─────────────────┴──────────────────▶ α ≤ 17 │ │ alpha_le_seventeen │ │ one_le_of_origin │ ▼ ▼ (1le) ───────────────────────────────────────────▶ 1 ≤ R n α stat_of_one_le │ │ stat_lt_one ▼ False ``` Both halves of `(beta-bound)` are needed, and each is used exactly once: the rational half `β(1) ≤ α/(3+α)` by `Sendov.stat_of_one_le`, to substitute for `β(1)` in `(1le)`, and the logarithmic half by `Sendov.alpha_le_seventeen`, to bound `1/x²`. ## Main statements * `Sendov.polar_origin_incompatible`: the two raw inequalities have no common solution. -/ namespace Sendov open MeasureTheory /-- **The polar and origin inequalities are incompatible.** For `n ≥ 5` there is no `0 < a < 1` and `|x| ≤ 1` satisfying both the raw polar inequality `(1Q)` and the raw origin inequality `(origin-exact)`. -/ theorem polar_origin_incompatible {n : ℕ} (hn : 5 ≤ n) {a x α : ℝ} (ha : 0 < a) (ha1 : a < 1) (hx : x ^ 2 ≤ 1) (hα : α = M n * (1 - a ^ 2) / 2) (hpolar : 1 ≤ ∫ t in (0 : ℝ)..1, Ppolar a x t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 1) / 2)) (horigin : 2 * α + a * x ≤ (1 - x ^ 2) / (2 * M n) + a ^ 2 * n * M n * ∫ t in (0 : ℝ)..1, t * QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) t ^ (((n : ℝ) - 2) / 2)) : False := by have hn2 : 2 ≤ n := by omega have hα0 : 0 < α := alpha_pos hn2 ha1 ha.le hα have h3 : (0 : ℝ) < 3 + α := by linarith have hfeas : (a * x) ^ 2 ≤ a ^ 2 := by nlinarith [sq_nonneg a, sq_nonneg x] have hB0 : 0 ≤ QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1 := QQ_nonneg hfeas 1 -- `(1Q) ⟹ (lt) ⟹ (beta-bound)`, both halves have hlt := polar_exp hn2 hx hα hpolar have hbeta : QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1 ≤ α / (3 + α) := beta_le hα0 hB0 hlt have hB1lt : QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1 < 1 := by have : α / (3 + α) < 1 := by rw [div_lt_one h3]; linarith linarith have hlogb : Real.log α ≤ α * (1 - QQ (a * x) (a ^ 2) 1) := log_le_alpha_mul hα0 hB1lt.le hlt -- `α ≤ 17` have h17 : α ≤ 17 := alpha_le_seventeen hn ha ha1 hx hα hbeta hlogb horigin -- `(origin-exact) ⟹ (1le) ⟹ stat` have h1le := one_le_of_origin hn ha ha1 hx hα hα0 hB1lt horigin have hstat : 1 ≤ R n α := stat_of_one_le hn hx hα hα0 hbeta h1le -- but `stat` is false exact absurd hstat (not_le.2 (stat_lt_one hn hα0.le h17 (feasible_of_beta hn2 hx hα hα0 hbeta))) end Sendov