PhysicsLogic · Paper-first editionLean-extracted article 132

Formal reconstruction · collisionless linearization, failure of normal modes, one-sided Laplace evolution, retarded initial-data response, complex-contour deformation, collective-field damping, long- and short-wave asymptotics, regularity dependence, velocity-resolved oscillation, causal half-space prescription, dielectric resonance branches, and deferred numerical evaluation

On the Vibrations of the Electronic Plasma

Collective field decay and a persistent longitudinal marginal, with the residue and frequency conditions made explicit

Formal objectPhysicsLogic.Papers.LandauDamping1946
Physical result The collisionless fixed-ion initial-value problem retains actual kinetic and Poisson equations, one-sided transform formulas, retarded response, and qualified unique evolution. For the entire-data contour route, a negative real pole part and an explicit contour estimate derive decay of the actual potential and its electric-field gradient. The separate p. 29 argument uses the distribution integrated over both transverse velocities: its printed resolvent, locally analytic numerator, nonzero residue, and vanishing asymptotic remainder derive nondecay at the selected longitudinal velocity. A nonzero frequency is additionally needed for oscillation. Neither decay nor nondecay is a final calculation input. Long- and short-wavelength formulas, the separate unproved nonsmooth-data assertion, the causal half-space prescription, distinct dielectric penetration branches, and deferred numerical evaluation retain their own dependencies and qualifications.
Argument architecture10 routes · 28 semantic claims · 28 sourced steps · 2 independent roots · 9 independent calculation contracts · 7 independent local/import/scope inputs · 1 normal-mode obstruction · 1 retarded and nonvacuously deterministic initial-value solution · 1 contour-continuation route · 1 collective-field damping route · 2 wavelength asymptotics · 1 regularity and dynamical-level separation · 1 causal half-space solution · 1 penetration-asymptotics route with deferred general evaluation · 1 nine-part complete synthesis declared as the main conclusion · 35 formal countermodels · 5 source-map status audits · 4 direct scope-extraction theorems

Definitions, structures, and assumptions

Structures, classes, and inductive alternatives

  • structureA self-consistent electrostatic state, distinct from its explanation.
  • inductiveA fixed neutralizing background is not a dynamical ion distribution.
  • inductiveThe linear initial-value and stationary nonlinear equations are distinct.
  • structureThe selected physical indices, without a proof of either equation.
  • structureProof-free selected plasma data and proposition-valued physical relations. In particular, neither the kinetic equation nor the Poisson closure is a stored proof.
  • structureThe same selected indices paired with independent source provenance.
  • structureThe longitudinal velocity can also be one slice of a three-dimensional distribution, with the two transverse velocities fixed.
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  • structureA selected claim must depend on exactly these source-map steps.
  • structureA selected claim must retain exactly these epistemic statuses.
  • structureA selected route must name exactly these immediate predecessor routes.
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  • structureOne selected spatial Fourier mode, not a complete state of every mode.
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  • structureThe homogeneous Maxwellian and one selected spatial Fourier component. The electron charge is signed; the stationary positive background cancels its equilibrium charge.
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  • inductiveLandau's fixed-ion kinetic/Poisson and one-sided initial-value source.
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  • structureFinite source-shaped data distinguishing Landau's half-space dielectric, bulk field, contour, attenuation, resonance, and wall-boundary claims.
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  • structureNamed imported-frequency and local-decrement calculations do not by themselves retain Landau's displayed equations (16)-(17).
  • structurePositive large-k damping dominance does not fix Landau's source formulas.
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  • structureProof-free semantics for one selected response problem. The two time arguments of `responseDependsOnAt` and `responseKernelSupportsAt` are, respectively, the source time and response time.
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  • structurePredictions made by descriptions in regimes. `predicts` is relational so the signature can represent deterministic values, sets of allowed values, or probabilistic outputs without choosing among them.

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  • definitionA physically selected, inhabited collisionless kinetic/Poisson solution.
  • definitionThe selected branch satisfies its actual collisionless kinetic equation.
  • definitionScope, physical roles, and a genuinely collisionless approximation.
  • definitionThe selected potential is closed by the actual selected distributions.
  • definitionKinetic evolution, Poisson closure, and their independent joint bridge.
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  • definitionThe selected self-consistent plasma state whose explanation is tracked.
  • definitionExact proof-free indices selected by the collisionless plasma context.
  • definitionThe exact selected collisionless state plus its source derivation.
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  • definitionSource provenance is separate from the common physical endpoint.
  • definitionAn exact selected collisionless state structurally explains its closure.
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  • definitionAn integrable positive velocity density, not a symbolic occupation label.
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  • definition`E = -d phi / dx`; the charge is signed, not its magnitude.
  • definitionImmediate predecessor routes. Claims established by their transitive predecessors are inherited by the dependency closure.
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  • definitionTemporary reductio-introduction steps discharged by this inference. Discharge removes only those exact origins from the conclusion's epistemic basis; it does not assert the temporary hypotheses globally.
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  • definitionA source-mapped claim holds when its declared formula evaluates under the given paper-local semantic interpretation.
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  • definitionEvery claim in the supplied identifier list holds.
  • definitionA source-mapped step is semantically sound when the interpreted premises imply the interpreted conclusion. Physical principles and imported calculations therefore remain explicit hypotheses of paper-specific certificates rather than acquiring truth from their source-map labels. A reductio hypothesis is different: it introduces a temporary assumption into a subargument and therefore is not required to hold globally. Its later uses remain ordinary premise-sensitive steps, and discharging it into a negated conclusion remains an ordinary semantic obligation.
  • definitionEvery step in the supplied identifier list is semantically sound.
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  • definitionThe formula declared for a claim identifier, when that claim is present.
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  • definitionEvery source-mapped step whose justification contributes to the claim through declared premise-to-conclusion steps.
  • definitionAll justification statuses contributed by the exact source-mapped origins of a claim. This records epistemic provenance; it does not assert any paper claim or discharge any physical assumption.
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  • definitionThe declared argument step with the requested identifier, when present.
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  • definitionThe premise list and conclusion attached to a declared step identifier.
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  • definitionThe complete Lean-side fidelity certificate. The first conjunct is computed from source-map data; the second is supplied by checked route semantics; the third requires each declared independence boundary to have a countermodel.
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  • definitionA typed countermodel matrix avoids string-keyed audit rows. Each index selects one proposition-valued separation obligation.
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  • definitionEvery route actually declared in the source map has a semantic certificate under the paper-local interpretation.
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  • definitionOne countermodel row retains a weaker proposition while rejecting a stronger upgrade. This is a proposition, not a structure carrying proof fields.
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  • definitionIndependent dependency and epistemic ledgers must review the same actual source claims, including every public conclusion and the selected paper conclusion. Empty, duplicated, nonexistent, or one-sided entries are invalid.
  • definitionEvery actually declared source route must have exactly one independently reviewed predecessor row. Correct rows for a selected subset are insufficient.
  • definitionThe declared main conclusion must be exposed by at least one public route output, rather than existing only as an unexported source-map claim.
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  • definitionTwo finite lists describe the same dependency set. Duplicate expected entries are rejected so a ledger cannot pass by repeating a label.
  • definitionEvery paper-level, claim-level, and step-level source reference is present and has a nonempty work and locator. PaperArgument.auditable separately checks that every claim and step carries at least one source.
  • definitionA source reference is usable for review only when both the work and its locator are nonempty.
  • definitionStatic fidelity checks that can be evaluated from a paper's source map alone. They do not assert the truth of any physical premise.
  • definitionEvery declared output of a named source route holds under the semantic interpretation. This is the proof obligation discharged by paper-specific Lean theorems.
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  • definitionA route is fully certified only when both its individual steps and its declared outputs are semantically checked.
  • definitionEvery source-mapped inference step in a named route is semantically sound.
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  • definitionThe source-mapped route with the requested identifier, when present.
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  • definitionThe public semantic interface inherited from predecessor routes. Descendants receive only declared route outputs, not every internal intermediate claim. Outputs still carrying a temporary reductio origin are excluded.
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  • definitionA smooth positive, integrable control of the linearization step. It is not asserted to be Landau's Maxwellian or a self-consistent damping solution.
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  • definitionThe three actual Cartesian velocity coordinates in equations (1)-(9).
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  • definitionThe entire function on pp. 26-27 extends the actual reduced initial datum. Entirety alone supplies neither contour growth estimates nor residues.
  • definitionOriginal equation (5), retaining the three-dimensional charge integral.
  • definitionOriginal equation (4), at every actual velocity and nonnegative time.
  • definitionGaussian normalization is explicit imported mathematics. It is not inferred from the name of the equilibrium distribution.
  • definitionEquilibrium parameters alone, independent of initial-value evolution or the half-space boundary problem. Thermal energy is the source's kappa T.
  • definitionThe half-line integral is the actual Laplace transform of the marginal. The continuation to the moving pole is a separate mathematical obligation.
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  • definitionPage 29 discusses this transverse-velocity integral, not a single three-dimensional velocity slice. Integrability is required separately.
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  • definitionThe numerator in the transverse-integrated equation (8), p. 29.
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  • definitionA source-domain witness with a genuine normalized three-dimensional Maxwellian. The disturbance is zero, as allowed by arbitrary initial data.
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  • definitionThe p. 29 remainder tends to zero. At zero frequency the leading term is constant; nonzero coefficient means persistence, not necessarily oscillation.
  • definitionA contour estimate with an explicit positive decay rate. This upper bound alone does not assert that the rate is optimal or that the field is nonzero.
  • definitionA normalized estimated mode, not the selected kinetic solution. Equations (16)-(20) specify its approximate rates but do not bound its field error.
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  • definitionA normalized positive Maxwellian is present, but its perturbation is zero. The candidate denominator still vanishes at p = -i for k = u = 1.
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  • definitionA fixed-velocity free-streaming phase. The following domain and inversion controls are transform diagnostics, not full Maxwellian/Poisson solutions.
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  • definitionLower operational inputs. Equations (8)-(10) are derived downstream, while inversion, integration by parts, and transverse integration retain their exact imported analytic content.
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  • definitionA named operational-transform output does not itself retain equations (6)-(10).
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  • definitionOriginal p. 26, equation (8): `f_p(v) = (p + i k v_x)^(-1) {g(v) + i k (e/m) phi_p (partial f_0 / partial v_x)}`.
  • definitionOriginal p. 26, equation (9): the transformed potential is the initial-data velocity integral divided by the dielectric denominator before the transverse velocity integrations are performed.
  • definitionOriginal p. 26, equation (7): `f(v,t) = (1/(2 pi i)) integral f_p(v) exp(p t) dp` along the vertical line `Re(p) = sigma > 0`. The formal reconstruction uses the symmetric truncated-contour limit at positive times. The initial value is supplied separately; the paper does not state an endpoint half-value rule.
  • definitionOriginal p. 26, equation (6): `f_p(v) = integral_0^infinity f(v,t) exp(-p t) dt`.
  • definitionOriginal p. 26, equation (10): after `u = v_x`, the potential uses the one-dimensional integrals of `g(u)/(p+i k u)` and `(d f_0/du)/(p+i k u)`.
  • definitionThe exact output retains genuine integration domains and the initial datum in addition to equations (6)-(10).
  • definitionEvery physical future time is represented with its actual coordinate. No negative-time history or injectivity of paper labels is required.
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  • definitionMultiplying equation (4) by the Laplace kernel and integrating. Linearity, the potential transform, and exchanging the velocity/time integrals remain explicit analytic inputs; neither quotient (8) nor (9) is assumed here.
  • definitionEach finite inverse contour is parameterized by `p = sigma + i y`, with the orientation `dp = i dy`. The improper limit is separate.
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  • definitionThe displayed quotient formulas require nonzero wave number and electron mass; these are explicit source-domain hypotheses rather than totalized- division accidents.
  • definitionThe actual equation-(6) integral only samples nonnegative physical times.
  • definitionThe inverse contour in equation (7) lies at `Re(p) = sigma > 0`.
  • definitionReduced initial data and the reduced equilibrium derivative are actual transverse velocity integrals, not independent functions with matching names.
  • definitionLandau initially defines the operational transform only for `Re(p) > 0`.
  • definitionSame source problem and coordinate choices, without any evolved output.
  • definitionThe integration-by-parts output printed below equation (7). The derivative is that of the actual time signal, with positive-time differentiability and its own Laplace integrability obligation.
  • definitionThe time-domain charge moment exists and closes the actual Fourier potential.
  • definitionThe transformed equation (5), before solving for the potential.
  • definitionTransverse integration turns equation (9) into (10) on the raw right-half-plane domain. Fubini/interchange remains an exact analytic input.
  • definitionIntegrability of the actual Cartesian and longitudinal quotient integrands is required on the raw transform domain, not silently inferred from a value returned by Lean's totalized integral.
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  • definitionThe initial state is computed from the supplied distribution and Poisson law.
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  • definitionAdmissible operational solutions, with both charge-density moments defined. No independent evolution or uniqueness predicate is supplied by a caller.
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  • definitionThe same charge-density moment fixes the Fourier potential by equation (5).
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  • definitionThe contour estimate is imported analysis, not an implication from pole location alone. Its exponent is the real part of the selected field pole.
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  • definitionEquation (45): the small negative-dielectric branch is a purely real monotone exponential approach to the selected bulk field.
  • definitionEquation (44): the calculated large-distance field correction retains its `x^(2/3)` prefactor, stretched attenuation, and complex periodic phase.
  • definitionEquation (41): the zero-wave-number kernel is fixed by the dielectric.
  • definitionEquation (46): the small positive-dielectric branch has both a genuine oscillation wave number and Landau's exponentially small spatial decrement.
  • definitionEquation (35) extends the field correction oddly away from the wall; the endpoint is excluded because Landau explicitly notes a discontinuity.
  • definitionEquation (39): positive spatial wave number passes below the velocity pole, while negative wave number passes above it.
  • definitionEquation (37): Fourier inversion of the physical half-space field correction. Evaluation of the integral remains imported mathematics.
  • definitionEquation (25): the remote longitudinal electric field is `E_0 / epsilon`. The selected bulk amplitude is separate from the finite-distance profile.
  • definitionEquation (24): `epsilon = 1 - omega_0^2 / omega^2`.
  • definitionEquation (26): ideal reflection reverses the normal velocity at the wall.
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  • definitionLandau's displayed equations (6)-(10), attached to the selected plasma quantities rather than stored as a free-standing complex-valued formula.
  • definitionThe source distinguishes the exact wall field from the near-resonance approximations, which incorrectly give zero at the wall.
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  • definitionElectric-field amplitude is obtained by the actual spatial derivative of the selected Fourier potential, with no charge or mass factor.
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  • definitionThe longitudinal half-space calculation has a positive plasma frequency, positive Debye length, and a nonzero applied electric-field amplitude.
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  • definitionEquations (1)-(5) and (6)-(10) describe the same physical component, initial datum, electron charge, and potential.
  • definitionThe source supplies actual transform inputs, temporal response support, a future time, and a regular inverse contour, not an evolution or uniqueness conclusion. The kinetic/Poisson setup supplies the defined time-slice moments.
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  • definitionEquations (8)-(10) and p. 29 use genuine transverse marginals, including the derivative of the reduced Maxwellian. These integrability conditions exclude a zero value obtained from a nonintegrable Bochner integral.
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  • definitionLandau's equation-(6)-(10) readout is tied to the selected wave vector, initial perturbation, equilibrium distribution, transformed distribution, transformed potential, and actual integration operations. The abstract paper objects remain distinct from complex-valued source data until these bridges are supplied.
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  • definitionThe same Maxwellian fixes both scales in the initial-value and half-space branches. This condition imposes no initial-value evolution on the latter.
  • definitionThe separate nearest-root calculation on p. 29 selects pi rather than 3 pi, 5 pi, and higher phases. Phase congruence alone does not supply this.
  • definitionLandau discusses regularity sensitivity and velocity-resolved oscillation adjacently, but the second calculation depends on the initial-value solution, not on the nonsmooth-data branch.
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  • definitionThe source calculation supplies transform interpretation and lower integrated equations, not the desired quotient formulas (8)-(10).
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  • definitionPage 29: the actual marginal's Laplace formula, a locally analytic numerator, an uncancelled residue, and the contour-inversion remainder. The last two conditions are explicit; a denominator zero by itself proves no nondecay.
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  • definitionJournal p. 29, equation (19) and the printed definition of xi.
  • definitionOriginal p. 28, Eq. (17): Landau's approximate damping decrement is the exponentially small long-wave estimate, with the same selected `ω₀`, `k`, and Debye-Hückel scale `a` as equation (16).
  • definitionOriginal p. 28, Eq. (16): the imported Vlasov frequency calculation retains the first long-wave correction to the plasma frequency.
  • definitionJournal p. 29, equation (20), with v_th = omega_0 times a.
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  • definitionThe `x^(2/3)` source exponent is expressed as a physical positive dimensionless ratio, not as a named stretched-exponential predicate.
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  • definitionLandau provenance separately requires the actual one-sided formulas.
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  • definitionThe common positive-value branch for Landau's p. 28 long-wave estimates. Here `plasmaFrequency` is the uncorrected `ω₀`, while `longWaveFrequency` below is the estimated `ω` of equation (16). The coarse ka < 1 condition is not the source's stronger ka << 1 qualification or an accuracy bound.
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  • definitionEquation (46)'s positive-dielectric spatial damping decrement.
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  • definitionJournal pp. 28-29: ka > 1 is a branch selector for the large-k approximation, not a quantified rate or field-error bound.
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  • definitionIn Landau's large-wave-number regime the actual decrement dominates.
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  • definitionExplicit auxiliary-function analysis of equation (19). The coefficient four refines the printed logarithmic scaling of this implicit approximate equation; it is not a claim about exact dispersion roots.
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  • definitionAll wavelength limits vary the actual wave number at fixed Maxwellian parameters. These are the printed estimates, not exact dispersion roots.
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  • definitionForward uniqueness restricted to one selected initial state and time. This is the appropriate contract when a physical argument does not assert global forward uniqueness over every state represented by the carrier type.
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  • definitionOne forward continuation exists and every continuation from the same selected state and time is that continuation. This is nonvacuous, unlike uniqueness alone.
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  • definitionThe selected response kernel has no support from a later source time.
  • definitionFor the selected problem, dependence holds exactly when stimulus and response occur and the response kernel connects their times.
  • definitionEvery declared dependence has a source no later than its response.
  • definitionThe selected response relation is physically inhabited by an occurring stimulus, an occurring response, and a dependence between them.
  • definitionA nonvacuous retarded response: all response dependence is past-supported and at least one occurring stimulus-response pair realizes that dependence.
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  • definitionA selected observable sector.
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  • definitionOne description approximates another when every target prediction in the selected sector has an agreeing prediction in the approximating description. The direction is intentional.
  • definitionExtensional agreement of two prediction relations on a selected sector. This low-level relation may hold vacuously when the sector or both prediction relations are empty; `EmpiricallyEquivalent` adds a common prediction.
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This edition follows the Lean semantics, source map, coverage proofs, and independent fidelity certificate. One-sided transform identification, inverse limits, integrated kinetic/Poisson equations, integral interchanges, contour estimates, and asymptotic remainder calculations remain explicit inputs. Their actual integrands, domains, transverse reduction, and physical readout calibrations are retained. Lean derives the quotient formulas, selected-mode uniqueness, field decay, and marginal nondecay; it does not receive these final outcomes as calculation hypotheses. Retarded support, nonzero residue, and nonzero oscillation frequency retain their separate roles. The neighboring nonsmooth-data assertion, wavelength approximations, half-space analysis, and numerical scope retain their own unproved source inputs. Every dependent route recovers its predecessor physics from certified outputs.

01

Two independent boundary-value problems meet only in the final scoped assessment

The collisionless initial-value root first rejects an insufficient normal-mode treatment, then proceeds through Laplace evolution, analytic continuation, and collective pole damping. That chain branches into long-wave and short-wave asymptotics, plus a late-time route that keeps regularity-sensitive field behavior separate from the initial-value moving-pole distribution behavior. The independent half-space root uses a frequency prescription to select a finite boundary solution, then derives spatial penetration asymptotics while retaining the need for numerical evaluation. The complete result conjoins both physical stories without treating one as a premise of the other.

Normal modes insufficientdivergent velocity integral · unjustified principal value · arbitrary initial data
Retarded, unique selected evolutionpast-supported initial-data response · existence · forward determinism
Collective field dampingnearest left-half-plane pole
Long wave · short wave · late-time scopeimported frequency · ordered asymptotic ratios · regularity and independent moving-pole behavior
Causal half-space solutionlongitudinal drive · reflecting wall · positive imaginary frequency
Penetration asymptoticsfar attenuation · negative and positive dielectric branches · numerical general profile
Complete Landau 1946 resultcollisionless damping and external penetration, with all qualifications retained
Figure 1. Ten routes and two independent roots. The final conjunction combines the initial-value and driven half-space problems but does not infer either from the other.
Epistemic ledger
TransitionStatusRetained boundary
Collisionless setup to rejection of normal modespaper obstructionThe failure concerns the general prescribed initial-value problem.
Normal-mode obstruction to retarded, unique evolutionsource-derived mode reconstructionActual inverse limits and a common zero-free contour derive selected uniqueness; an admissible readout supplies existence. Temporal response support remains a separate input.
Entire datum to controlling singularitycontour-deformation argumentThe velocity contour passes below the moving pole.
Left-half-plane poles to field dampingpole and decrement calculationThe conclusion is collective-field damping, not distribution relaxation.
Long-wave damping formulaimported frequency + controlled approximationEquation (16) is retained but its detailed Vlasov derivation is omitted; equation (17) is retained as Landau's local decrement.
Short-wave frequency and decrementseparate controlled asymptoticsFrequency stays below decrement, with frequency/wave number tending to zero and decrement/wave number tending to infinity; no extrapolation from the long-wave formula is used.
Initial regularity to late-time behaviorregularity calculationSmooth-data damping need not survive a derivative discontinuity.
Initial-value solution to velocity-resolved motionmoving-pole calculationThe undamped component result is not supplied by the nonsmooth-data branch.
Resonant half-space integral to finite solutionfrequency and contour prescriptionThe integral alone does not select a unique contour.
Half-space solution to penetration profilecontrolled asymptotics + deferred evaluationThe general field integral is not obtained in closed form.
02

The collisionless equations define an initial-value problem that the normal-mode ansatz does not solve

The physical setup fixes the ions, neglects both electron–electron and electron–ion collisions, and takes a small perturbation of an equilibrium electron distribution. A linearized kinetic equation is coupled to Poisson's equation. Spatial Fourier components decouple, a wave vector is selected, and the initial distribution is prescribed.

KineticFormulaReadout makes this setup concrete. Its equilibrium is a normalized three-dimensional Maxwellian; its electron charge is signed and negative, and the fixed positive ion charge compensates the equilibrium electron density. Equations (4) and (5) use actual time derivatives and the actual three-dimensional velocity integral of the selected disturbance. The same distribution, initial datum, equilibrium derivative, charge, mass, and potential are tied to the operational-transform readout by KineticFormulaReadoutRepresentsSelectedPhysicsAt.

R[F,φ] = ∂tF + v∂xF − (q/m)∂xφ∂vF,
R[F0+af,aφ] = aL[f,φ] − a2(q/m)∂xφ∂vf,
∂tfk + ikvxfk − ik(q/m)φk∂vxF0 = 0,    k2φk = 4πq∫fkd3v. source_equation_four_is_the_actual_spatial_fourier_equation and source_equation_five_is_the_actual_spatial_poisson_equation; source equations (1)-(5) (K1)

The shared calculation proves that the linearized equation is the first variation at zero amplitude, including its omitted quadratic force. A Gaussian equilibrium with zero disturbance realizes the complete source domain. A separate positive integrable first-order control has nonlinear residual 1/2, so the approximation cannot be promoted to an exact nonlinear solution. That control is not claimed to be Landau's Maxwellian damping solution or a self-consistent field calculation. See normalized_maxwellian_control_realizes_source_equations and positive_integrable_first_order_solution_is_not_an_exact_nonlinear_solution.

The normal-mode assessment then records four defects at fixed wave vector: the velocity integral diverges, assigning its principal value is not justified, the frequency is not unique, and the normal-mode family is insufficient for arbitrary initial data.

collisionless linearized kinetic–Poisson setup + normal-mode ansatz at fixed wave vector
⇒ divergent velocity integral + unjustified principal value + nonunique frequency + failure to represent arbitrary prescribed initial data
⇒ the normal-mode treatment is insufficient for the general initial-value problem. divergent_normal_mode_integral_does_not_solve_arbitrary_initial_data; journal pp. 25–26 (1)

The conclusion is diagnostic rather than nihilistic: it motivates a method that keeps the prescribed initial distribution throughout the calculation.

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One-sided Laplace transformation gives retarded and nonvacuously unique evolution; contour deformation then selects late time

Transformed initial-value solution

The operational calculation uses actual Lebesgue time and velocity integrals. The source readout covers physical future time and Cartesian velocity coordinates, fixes the initial datum, and requires integrability of the transform and velocity quotient integrands on the established right-half-plane domain. The reduced functions are actual transverse marginals. The inverse is a limit of finite vertical contours with positive real part. Lean derives equation (8) from the integration-by-parts and integrated kinetic inputs, equation (9) from actual velocity integration and transformed Poisson closure, and equation (10) from transverse reduction. Two admissible readouts with the same input data then give the same mode on a common zero-free inverse contour. The inverse limits derive positive-time equality, while the prescribed initial datum fixes the endpoint. Inversion, analytic domains, and temporal response support remain explicit inputs; existence and selected uniqueness are derived.

fp(v) = ∫0∞ f(v,t)e−ptdt,
f(v,t) = (2πi)−1∫σ−i∞σ+i∞ fp(v)eptdp,
fp(v) = (p+ikvx)−1{g(v)+ik(e/m)φp∂f0/∂vx},
φp = (4πe/k2) I3d(g)/(1−(4πie2/km)I3d(∂f0)),
φp = (4πe/k2) Iu(g)/(1−(4πie2/km)Iu(df0/du)).
Raw transform domain: Re(p) > 0; sigma > 0; t > 0 for inversion; g(v)=f(v,0) separately.
Actual time/velocity integrability and nonzero displayed denominators are required. EquationsSixThroughTenFormulaAt; equations (6)–(10), journal p. 26 (2a)
physical_time(label(tau)) = tau for tau >= 0.
g_bar(u) = integral g(u,v_y,v_z) dv_y dv_z, with integrable transverse profiles.
B_R(t) = (2 pi i)^(-1) integral_-R^R F(sigma+i y) exp((sigma+i y)t) i dy.
R -> infinity: B_R(t) -> f(t), for t > 0 and sigma > 0. FutureTimeCoordinatesAt, ReducedVelocityMarginalsAt, and EquationSevenInverseTransformAt. Positive-time limiting reconstruction; initial data are separate. (2b)
L[dt f](p) = p F(p) - g; (p+i k v_x) F = g + c Phi df0/dv_x.
k^2 Phi = 4 pi e integral F(v) dv; alpha = 4 pi e/k^2; c = i k e/m.
Actual integral linearity gives integral F = N + c Phi J.
D = 1 - alpha c J; D != 0 implies Phi = alpha N/D. CalculationInputsAt supplies lower integrated equations and analytic domains, not the quotient conclusions (8)-(10). (2c)
f(t)=1 on future time: F(p)=1/p for Re(p)>0.
At p=-1 the time integrand is not integrable; the analytic continuation is F(-1)=-1.
B_R(0)=arctan(R)/pi -> 1/2, while f(0)=1.
The symmetric contour limit exists although the whole-line contour integrand is not absolutely integrable.
A zero functional ignores the past but gives 0 instead of the actual Laplace value 1 at p=1. Scalar transform diagnostics, not full kinetic/Poisson solutions or an endpoint claim printed in the original paper. (2d)
Same input: g(v), df0/dv_x, k, e, m, physical time and Cartesian coordinates, sigma.
D(sigma+i y) != 0 for every real y; sigma > 0.
Equations (8)-(9) imply Phi_1(p)=Phi_2(p) and F_1(p,v)=F_2(p,v) on that contour.
Common inverse limits imply f_1(v,t)=f_2(v,t) for every v and t > 0.
At t=0, equality follows from g(v), not from an endpoint inverse formula. SameInitialValueProblemAt, ZeroFreeInverseContourAt, and source_reconstruction_determines_the_actual_mode_state. Input agreement contains no evolved-output equality. (2e)
s_k(t) = (f_k(v,t), phi_k(t)); phi_k(t) = (4 pi e/k^2) integral f_k(v,t) dv.
k != 0; both initial and selected-time charge-density moments are integrable.
E_k(t) = -i k phi_k(t), identified with the selected physical field.
Evolution means an admissible readout with the same source inputs and this actual final mode. FourierModeState, modeDynamics, InitialDensityDefinedAt, and ModeDensityDefinedAt. No arbitrary state label or supplied evolution predicate. (2f)
Actual source equations + admissible operational readout + common zero-free inverse contour + prescribed initial endpoint + defined charge-density moments + selected time t >= 0
⇒ an actual selected Fourier-mode continuation exists and every admissible competitor equals it.
Separate represented, past-supported initial-data dependence ⇒ retarded field response. laplace_formulas_establish_nonvacuous_deterministic_evolution and initial_value_result_retains_the_actual_selected_mode_and_field. No independent global-determinism premise, arbitrary-data PDE well-posedness, or determination of unrepresented modes. (2)
f(t)=exp(-t); h(t)=2exp(-t)-3exp(-2t)+2exp(-3t).
Both are smooth, real, and positive; f(0)=h(0)=1.
Both actual Laplace integrals at p=1 exist and equal 1/2.
f(log 3)=1/3, while h(log 3)=11/27. one_laplace_sample_and_the_initial_value_do_not_determine_the_history. One transform sample is not a whole inverse contour. These are operational signals, not kinetic/Poisson solutions. (2g)
G(v)=exp(-pi |v|^2), integral G(v) dv=1; a=1/(4 pi); b=0 or 1.
phi_b(x)=cos x+(b/4)cos(2x); E_b(x)=sin x+(b/2)sin(2x).
f_b(x,v)=G(v)[1-a cos x-b a cos(2x)] >= 0.
e=-1; E_b'(x)=4 pi e integral [f_b(x,v)-G(v)] dv; E_b=-phi_b'.
The selected k=1 mode agrees, but E_1(pi/4)-E_0(pi/4)=1/2. one_selected_fourier_mode_does_not_determine_the_complete_physical_field. Actual initial electrostatic data with integrable densities, not a claimed full time-dependent kinetic solution. (2h)
k=0 and zero disturbance density: k^2 phi=4 pi e integral 0 dv=0.
phi=0 and phi=1 both obey Poisson; both have E=-i k phi=0. zero_wave_poisson_does_not_fix_the_constant_potential_but_the_fields_agree. Potential gauge freedom is not electric-field nonuniqueness. (2i)
F(p)=(3+2i)/(p+2+4i); R(p)=(3+2i)(p+2-4i)/[(p+2)^2+16].
On Re(p)=1 both equal the actual Laplace transform of the independent damped signal.
At p=-2+4i the totalized R is zero while F is nonzero.
Agreement on the common contour and explicit positive-time inverse limits suffice for uniqueness. The internal client constructs its own signal and rationalized expression. No global complex-function equality or automatic inversion theorem is assumed. (2j)

lower_operational_inputs_derive_equations_six_through_ten assembles the derived quotient chain. named_operational_transform_output_does_not_supply_equations_six_through_ten retains real time/velocity coordinates and a named nonzero transform, but fails the actual zero-signal integral. The independent Landau operational client constructs a different damped complex signal, verifies its actual transform on Re(p)>-2, changes its prehistory, and calibrates a rescaled clock. Its transform exists even at p=-1: continuation is not being conflated with a blanket prohibition on left-half-plane time integrals. Neither this signal nor the scalar controls is asserted to solve the full plasma problem. Retarded support and deterministic uniqueness remain separate conclusions, tested by unique_forward_evolution_does_not_establish_retarded_response and forward_existence_does_not_establish_determinism.

Analytic continuation

For the first damping analysis, the actual transverse-integrated initial datum must have an entire complex extension. The operational reduced datum is calibrated to that same function, with transverse integrability retained. This is separate from local analyticity of the later p-plane numerator. The velocity-contour deformation and inverse-contour shift remain additional mathematical inputs; entirety alone is not a growth estimate.

g_bar(u) = integral f(v,0) dv_y dv_z,
exists G : Complex -> Complex, analytic at every complex point, G(u) = g_bar(u) for every real u. EntireInitialMarginalExtensionAt and certified_analytic_route_retains_actual_entire_initial_data; journal pp. 26-27. The actual transverse integrals and operational initial values must agree. (3a)
entire initial velocity datum + velocity contour below the moving pole + analytic continuation into the left half-plane + leftward inverse-contour shift
⇒ the singularity nearest the imaginary axis controls late-time behavior. entire_initial_data_and_deformed_contour_determine_late_time_pole; journal pp. 27–28 (3)

The contour choice is part of the physical-mathematical argument. It is not replaced by a principal-value convention.

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The contour estimate gives collective-field decay, with distinct long- and short-wave regimes

The supplied pole calculation identifies the dominant field pole and the contour estimate on the actual potential. The decrement is minus that pole's real part. The Fourier spatial derivative fixes the electric field, and Lean derives both limits. A pole location alone is not a bound on an arbitrary signal.

gamma = -Re(p_*) > 0, ||phi_k(t)|| <= C exp(-gamma t) eventually, E_k(t) = -i k phi_k(t)
=> phi_k(t) -> 0 and E_k(t) -> 0. CollectivePoleEstimateAt and collective_damping_retains_actual_spatial_electric_field_limit; journal p. 27, equations (12)-(13). The bound does not assert an optimal rate or nonzero field amplitude. (4)

Two wavelength limits

omega_0 = sqrt(4 pi n e^2 / m), a = sqrt(Theta / (4 pi n e^2)),
omega_0 a = sqrt(Theta / m). PlasmaScaleCalibrationAt and calibrated_plasma_scales_retain_source_values; journal p. 28, equations (15)-(16). Theta is thermal energy; n, m, and Theta are positive and e is the signed negative electron charge. The independent half-space branch retains the same equilibrium calibration. (4a)

The rate formulas below describe estimated modes, not exact field solutions. Each is an actual function of real wave number at fixed Maxwellian parameters. The source requires a small- or large-parameter asymptotic regime; the coarse ka < 1 and ka > 1 branch selectors are not numerical accuracy guarantees. Auxiliary mathematical limit calculations remain explicit hypotheses, from which Lean derives the observable limits.

The asymptotic branches are separate deductions
RegimeAdditional inputsChecked conclusionStatus
Long waveCalibrated scales; the equation-(16) frequency estimate imported from Vlasov; equation-(17) decrement estimate and its suppression as k tends to zero from aboveActual frequency, decrement, and relative-damping limits, plus decay of the estimated mode. No global converse from small relative damping to long-wave validity.imported frequency + asymptotic approximation
Short waveCalibrated scales; the equation-(19) auxiliary function and its mathematical limits; the separately selected principal phaseDerived equation-(20) rates, their actual large-k limits, and eventual decrement dominance. No exact target-field error bound.asymptotic approximation
estimated rates in the long-wave branch k a < 1: ω = ω0(1 + 3a2k2/2),
γ = ω0√(π/8)(ka)−3 exp[−1/(2(ka)2)]
positive estimated decrement => the estimated mode tends to zero.
k -> 0+: omega_L(k) -> omega_0, gamma_L(k) -> 0, gamma_L(k)/omega_L(k) -> 0. LongWaveLimitsAt and certified_long_wave_route_retains_actual_parameter_family; journal p. 28, equations (15)-(17). The explicit mathematical suppression input is gamma_L(k)/k^n -> 0 for every natural n as k -> 0+. This is not a numerical accuracy guarantee at every ka below one. (5a)
xi(k) exp(xi(k)^2/2) = (ka)^2/sqrt(2 pi), omega_S(k) = pi v_th k/xi(k), gamma_S(k) = v_th k xi(k).
k -> infinity: omega_S(k), gamma_S(k) -> infinity, omega_S(k)/k -> 0, gamma_S(k)/k -> infinity, omega_S(k)/gamma_S(k) -> 0.
omega_S(k) < gamma_S(k) eventually as k -> infinity; gamma_S(k)/(omega_S(k) log(ka)) -> 4/pi. ShortWaveXiLimitCalculationAt, short_wave_auxiliary_limits_give_observable_hierarchy, and certified_short_wave_route_retains_actual_parameter_family; journal pp. 28-29, equations (18)-(20). The explicit auxiliary inputs are xi -> infinity, k/xi -> infinity, and xi^2/log(ka) -> 4. The coefficient 4/pi refines the implicit approximate equation, not an exact dispersion-root theorem or a literal source quotation. Equation (20) additionally requires the principal-phase selection below. (5b)
E_est(t) = A exp(-gamma_est t) exp(-i omega_est t), gamma_est > 0,
||E(t) - E_est(t)|| <= B exp(-gamma_est t) eventually
=> ||E(t)|| <= (|A| + B) exp(-gamma_est t) eventually. WavelengthApproximationErrorAt and wavelength_error_control_yields_actual_field_envelope. This is a conditional reconstruction with an additional error hypothesis, not an error estimate supplied by the original paper. (5c)
E(t) = exp(-t) exp(-i t), E_est(t) = exp(-(1+epsilon)t) exp(-i t), epsilon > 0.
Their actual logarithmic decay rates differ by epsilon, but no finite C bounds ||E(t)|| by C exp(-(1+epsilon)t) eventually. arbitrarily_close_decay_rates_do_not_supply_an_exact_envelope. This smooth-mode counterexample rejects rate-only inference; it does not assert that these arbitrary modes solve the plasma equations. (5d)
theta = gamma omega/(v_th^2 k^2), -exp(i theta) = 1.
theta = (2r+1) pi satisfies the congruence for every natural r.
Separate nearest-root selection: theta = pi. every_short_wave_branch_satisfies_phase_congruence and equation_nineteen_and_principal_phase_yield_equation_twenty; original p. 29. Higher odd phases also satisfy the phase equation. Their exclusion is a separate source calculation, not a consequence of the congruence or of the branch-independent leading decrement. (5e)
Principal estimated branch: omega_S(k) < gamma_S(k) iff xi(k)^2 > pi.
xi = 1, k = sqrt(sqrt(2 pi) exp(1/2))/a: ka > 1 and the modulus equation holds, but omega_S > gamma_S. pointwise_short_wave_dominance_iff_auxiliary_large and coarse_short_wave_point_does_not_have_decrement_dominance. The calibrated control tests the inference from a coarse threshold, not accuracy of an exact plasma root. A separate xi = 10, theta = 3 pi control retains both the modulus equation and damping dominance without selecting the principal branch. (5f)
epsilon > 0, delta = min(1/a, sqrt(2 epsilon/3)/a) > 0.
For every 0 < k < delta: |omega_L(k) - omega_0| <= epsilon |omega_0|, yet omega_L(k) > omega_0. certified_long_wave_route_realizes_nonempty_frequency_approximation uses the shared ScaleAndRegime matched-prediction theorem. This compares two retained frequency estimates, not either estimate with the exact Vlasov solution. The interval is nonempty and the predictions are not exactly equal. (5g)
Algebraic extrapolation to k -> infinity: gamma_L(k)/omega_L(k) -> 0 while ka -> infinity, not zero.
Separately, omega(k) = 2 v_th k and gamma(k) = v_th k both grow without bound, but gamma(k) never dominates omega(k) for k > 0. small_extrapolated_relative_damping_does_not_select_long_wavelengths and unbounded_rate_growth_does_not_give_eventual_decrement_dominance. These controls reject invalid converses; they do not extend validity of the long-wave approximation or assert physical dispersion relations for the test rates. (5h)

long_wave_result_retains_imported_frequency_and_local_decrement extracts the precise division of labor: the frequency is reused from Vlasov and its derivation is omitted, while this paper supplies the decrement formula. long_wave_result_retains_equations_sixteen_and_seventeen separately exposes the two displayed values without collapsing those source statuses. short_wave_result_retains_ordered_asymptotic_regime extracts eventual decrement dominance and actual limits of the two wave-number ratios.

05

Two adjacent late-time calculations must not be collapsed

The source's regularity calculation introduces a continuous perturbation with a discontinuous derivative and asserts a qualitatively different, undamped field response. This remains an explicit unproved source input. It is not derived from the entire-data contour estimate, and the formalization does not claim a mathematical regularity theorem validating this assertion.

derivative-discontinuous initial datum + pure-imaginary initial-data singularity controlling late time
⇒ the associated nonsmooth field does not damp; replacing the entire datum by this piecewise-linear datum changes damping qualitatively. initial_regularity_controls_collective_field_damping_scope; journal p. 29, conditional on the separate source calculation. (6)

Landau then analyzes the distribution integrated over the two transverse velocities. This separate calculation uses the initial-value solution, not the derivative-discontinuous datum. The formalization retains its actual half-line Laplace integral and the locally analytic resolvent numerator. Analyticity supplies continuity for the punctured-plane residue limit; an uncancelled residue and a vanishing inversion remainder imply nondecay. These are explicit qualifications of the reconstruction, not assumptions quoted verbatim from the paper.

f_bar(u,t) = integral f(v,t) dv_y dv_z, p_v = -i k u, A(u) = g_bar(u) + i k (e/m) phi_p(p_v) d f0_bar/du
numerator analytic near p_v; f_bar(u,t) - A(u) exp(-i k u t) -> 0, A(u) != 0
=> ||f_bar(u,t)|| -> ||A(u)|| > 0. VelocityPoleAsymptoticsAt, longitudinal_resolvent_has_residue, and nonzero_asymptotic_coefficient_prevents_decay; original p. 29, unnumbered formulas. (6a)
collective field for the selected datum: damping
longitudinal marginal at selected u with A(u) != 0: frequency omega = k u, persistent leading phase, no damping
ku != 0 is required for oscillation; ku = 0 gives a constant leading phase. moving_velocity_pole_yields_undamped_velocity_resolved_distribution and collective_field_damping_coexists_with_undamped_velocity_distribution; journal p. 29. Equation (21) belongs to the half-space problem, not this marginal argument. (7)

regularity_sensitivity_and_velocity_pole_results_remain_independent joins the two results only after recovering their distinct inputs. A normalized Maxwellian with zero disturbance satisfies the actual kinetic and Poisson equations but has a canceled candidate denominator zero and a decaying zero marginal. The counterexamples denominator_zero_does_not_establish_an_uncancelled_residue and denominator_zero_does_not_establish_marginal_nondecay reject promotion of that denominator zero to a nonzero residue or to nondecay. The older collective/distribution and nonsmooth-data controls remain separate. Nothing here asserts entropy production, collisional equilibration, or microscopic irreversibility.

06

A positive-imaginary-frequency prescription selects the finite longitudinal half-space solution

The second independent root applies a monochromatic longitudinal external field to a plasma occupying a half-space with an ideal reflecting wall. The transverse problem is excluded, and a dielectric boundary condition fixes the behavior at infinity.

The calculation first gives the external frequency a positive imaginary part and removes it only after selecting the finite solution. It solves the half-space kinetic equation, extends the spatial profile oddly, Fourier transforms it, and encounters a resonant velocity integral. The same frequency prescription fixes the resonant contour.

longitudinal monochromatic drive + reflecting half-space boundary + dielectric condition at infinity + prescription ω → ω + i0+
⇒ a finite Fourier half-space solution with a uniquely fixed resonant velocity contour. positive_imaginary_frequency_prescription_selects_half_space_solution; journal pp. 30–32 (8)

The prescription is logically indispensable. resonant_integral_without_prescription_does_not_select_unique_contour gives two admissible unprescribed contours and proves that existence of an admissible contour does not select a unique one.

07

Spatial penetration separates far attenuation and two dielectric resonance branches

Starting from the prescribed half-space solution, the asymptotic calculation classifies the first far-distance term by the sign of the dielectric value. The far profile combines stretched-exponential attenuation with a periodic spatial factor.

Penetration profiles retained by the formal result
ProfileDielectric regimeSpatial behavior
Far-distance profileClassified by dielectric signStretched-exponential attenuation multiplied by a periodic factor.
Negative resonance branchSmall negative dielectric valueMonotone exponential approach to the bulk field.
Positive resonance branchSmall positive dielectric valueSpatial oscillation about the bulk field with a small damping decrement.
General profileNo special closed-form branchRequires numerical evaluation and is not evaluated in closed form in the paper.
causal half-space solution + far and resonance asymptotics + explicit numerical-scope premise
⇒ stretched-exponential periodic far attenuation, monotone small-negative-dielectric approach, damped small-positive-dielectric spatial oscillation, and no claimed closed-form evaluation of the general profile. spatial_asymptotics_retain_distinct_resonance_branches_and_numerical_scope; journal pp. 32–34 (9)

external_penetration_result_retains_deferred_general_evaluation extracts the unresolved numerical obligation directly from the final penetration result.

08

The complete result is a scoped conjunction, not a relaxation or irreversibility theorem

The paper-level theorem collects nine route results: normal-mode insufficiency, the initial-value solution, analytic continuation, collective-field damping, long-wave damping, short-wave asymptotics, regularity and distribution behavior, the causal half-space solution, and external penetration.

all seven initial-value and damping results + both half-space and penetration results
⇒ complete scoped collisionless-damping and penetration assessment. paper_routes_establish_scoped_collisionless_damping_and_penetration (10)

Because the complete result contains the underlying route propositions, it retains the imported long-wave frequency, both controlled wavelength approximations, both contour-deformation arguments, and the deferred numerical evaluation. It also retains the collisionless premise and the explicit separation between collective and velocity-resolved dynamics. Thus “damping” here cannot be promoted to a theorem of collision-driven equilibration, entropy increase, or microscopic loss of reversibility.

A

Concept guide

Collisionless linear regime

Stationary ions, neglected electron collisions, a small perturbation, and linearized kinetic–Poisson evolution of decoupled Fourier components.

CollisionlessInitialValueSetup

Normal-mode insufficiency

The combined divergence, prescription, frequency-nonuniqueness, and arbitrary-initial-data obstruction to the naive eigenmode treatment.

NormalModeInsufficiencyResult

Retarded initial-data response

A witnessed dependence of the selected later electric field on the prescribed initial distribution, represented by a kernel with no support from a source later than its response.

RetardedInitialValueFieldAt

Nonvacuous unique evolution

An actual admissible Fourier-mode reconstruction supplies existence. The same input data, common inverse contour, explicit initial endpoint, and Poisson closure derive selected uniqueness and the physical field readout.

InitialValueSolutionResult · FourierModeState · modeDynamics

Landau contour deformation

Passage below the moving velocity pole followed by a leftward inverse-transform contour shift that exposes the late-time singularity.

AnalyticContinuationResult

Collective field damping

Decay of the potential and electric field governed by the nearest relevant pole in the left half-plane.

CollectiveFieldDampingResult

Long-wave regime

The controlled small-wave-number result combining an imported Vlasov frequency with Landau's locally calculated, exponentially small decrement.

LongWaveDampingResult

Short-wave regime

The separate asymptotic branch in which frequency and decrement grow, decrement exceeds frequency, frequency/wave number tends to zero, decrement/wave number tends to infinity, and their relative ratio grows.

ShortWaveAsymptoticResult

Regularity sensitivity

The dependence of late-time field behavior on singularities of the initial velocity profile, including derivative discontinuities.

RegularityAndDistributionResult

Dynamical-level separation

Collective-field decay can coexist with a nondecaying longitudinal marginal at a selected velocity whose moving-pole residue is nonzero. Oscillation additionally requires nonzero frequency.

CollectiveFieldDistributionSeparation

Positive-frequency prescription

The temporary positive imaginary part of the driving frequency that selects the finite solution and fixes the resonant contour.

CausalHalfSpaceResult

Penetration branches

The far-distance, small-negative-dielectric, and small-positive-dielectric spatial asymptotics of the driven half-space field.

ExternalPenetrationResult

Deferred numerical scope

The explicit statement that the general penetration integral requires numerical evaluation and is not closed in the paper.

GeneralPenetrationNumericalScope
B

Complete route inventory, blocked shortcuts, and provenance

The source map declares ten routes, twenty-eight claims, and twenty-eight sourced steps. Coverage interprets every atom, certifies every route, and proves exhaustive realization. Calculation contracts and local/imported inputs are independent hypotheses; result steps alone apply them to certified predecessor outputs. The nine-part complete result is the declared main conclusion.

Complete route inventory
RouteDirect dependenciesDeclared outputProfile
Normal-mode insufficiency—Collisionless setup plus complete normal-mode obstructionindependent physical root
Initial-value solutionNormal-mode insufficiencyValue-level equations (6)–(10), transform formulas, and unique selected forward evolutionoperational calculation
Analytic continuationInitial-value solutionNearest singularity controls late timedeformation argument
Collective-field dampingAnalytic continuationPotential and field damping with a decrementpole calculation
Long wavelengthCollective dampingSmall exponentially suppressed decrementimported frequency + controlled approximation
Short wavelengthCollective dampingOrdered asymptotics: frequency below decrement, two wave-number ratios, and logarithmic relative-ratio growthcontrolled asymptotics
Regularity and distributionCollective damping + initial-value solutionIndependent regularity-sensitive field result and moving-pole distribution result, then field/distribution separationtwo late-time calculations
Causal half-space—Finite prescribed Fourier boundary solutionindependent deformation root
Penetration asymptoticsCausal half-spaceThree spatial regimes and retained numerical scopecontrolled approximation + deferred evaluation
Complete assessmentAll nine prior routesComplete scoped conjunctionlogical synthesis
Normal modes · normal_mode_insufficiency_route_is_semantically_realized
Certifies the collisionless linearized setup, all four normal-mode defects, and the general initial-value obstruction.
Initial value · initial_value_solution_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes the normal-mode certificate and certifies value-level equations (6)–(10), the one-sided transform formulas, witnessed retarded initial-data response, evolved-state realization, actual evolution, forward determinism, and nonvacuous selected uniqueness.
Analytic continuation · analytic_continuation_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes the initial-value chain and certifies the entire datum, velocity-contour prescription, analytic continuation, inverse-contour shift, and nearest singularity.
Collective damping · collective_field_damping_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes the continuation chain and certifies left-half-plane poles, potential and field decrement, damping for the selected datum, and disagreement with the principal-value normal mode.
Long wave · long_wavelength_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes collective damping and certifies the small-wave setup, imported Vlasov frequency, omitted derivation, local decrement, validity equivalence, and exponential suppression.
Short wave · short_wavelength_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes collective damping and certifies the separate large-wave-number setup, both growth statements, decrement dominance, both wave-number ratios, and logarithmic relative-ratio growth.
Regularity · regularity_and_distribution_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes collective damping for the nonsmooth-data qualification and the initial-value solution for the moving-pole distribution calculation, then certifies their independent results and the collective/distribution separation.
Half space · causal_half_space_route_is_semantically_realized
Certifies the independent boundary setup, positive-imaginary-frequency prescription, finite solution, odd extension, Fourier representation, resonant integral, and fixed contour.
Penetration · penetration_asymptotics_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes the half-space certificate and certifies far attenuation, both dielectric resonance branches, small spatial decrement, and the explicit numerical obligation.
Complete paper · complete_assessment_route_is_semantically_realized
Consumes all nine substantive route certificates and assembles the complete scoped result.

All twenty-eight source-mapped claims

Claim groupPrimary anchorStatus
Collisionless setup, normal-mode assessment, insufficiencypp. 25–26, equations (1)–(3)Physical principle, paper obstruction, logical composition
Laplace calculation, equations (6)–(10) formula, and initial-value resultpp. 26–27, equations (4)–(10)Paper calculation, value-level source retention, and checked composition
Entire datum, contour calculation, continuation resultpp. 27–28, equations (11)–(12)Physical setup, deformation argument, checked composition
Pole calculation and field-damping resultpp. 28–29, equations (13)–(14)Paper calculation and checked composition
Long-wave setup, Vlasov input, decrement calculation, resultp. 28, equations (15)–(17)Controlled approximation, imported result, controlled calculation
Short-wave setup, calculation, resultpp. 28–29, equations (18)–(20)Controlled approximation and checked composition
Regularity calculation, moving-pole distribution calculation, result, field/distribution separationp. 29, unnumbered marginal formulasSeparate source calculations, actual limits, and explicit residue/frequency qualifications
Half-space setup, causal calculation, resultpp. 30–32, equations (22)–(34)Physical principle, deformation argument, checked composition
Penetration calculation, numerical scope, resultpp. 32–34, equations (35)–(44)Controlled approximation, deferred calculation, checked composition
Complete paper resultpp. 25–34Checked logical synthesis

Nine formally blocked shortcuts

The finite plasma witnesses retain the positive long-wave frequency, wave number, Debye-Huckel scale, the ka < 1 domain and equations (16)-(17); initial/late field and distribution amplitudes with the imaginary p = -iku velocity pole; two ordered wave-number samples with frequency, decrement, and ratio growth; and separate derivative-jump, initial-data-pole, and moving-pole values. The non-implications therefore remain physical after identifiers are renamed.

Available factConclusion not suppliedLean witness
Named operational-transform outputThe displayed equations (6)–(10)named_operational_transform_output_does_not_supply_equations_six_through_ten
Named imported-frequency and local-decrement calculationsThe displayed equation-(16) and equation-(17) valuesnamed_long_wave_calculations_do_not_supply_equations_sixteen_and_seventeen
Collective electric-field dampingDamping of the velocity-resolved distributioncollective_field_damping_does_not_entail_distribution_damping
Growing short-wave frequency, decrement, and relative ratioDecrement dominance at the selected scaleshort_wave_growth_does_not_supply_decrement_dominance
Field damping for smooth dataField damping for derivative-discontinuous datasmooth_data_damping_does_not_generalize_to_nonsmooth_data
Nonsmooth-data sensitivity analysisThe moving-pole velocity-distribution resultnonsmooth_data_analysis_does_not_supply_moving_velocity_pole
Unique forward evolutionPast-supported initial-data responseunique_forward_evolution_does_not_establish_retarded_response
Existence of one forward continuationForward determinismforward_existence_does_not_establish_determinism
Existence of an admissible resonant contourSelection of a unique contour without prescriptionresonant_integral_without_prescription_does_not_select_unique_contour

Five epistemic-status audits

long_wave_result_retains_imported_frequency and long_wave_result_retains_controlled_approximation preserve both qualifications of the long-wave result. causal_result_retains_deformation_argument keeps contour selection visible. penetration_result_retains_deferred_numerical_evaluation preserves the unclosed general integral. complete_result_retains_imported_approximate_deformation_and_deferred_scope proves that the final paper result still depends on all four status classes.

Direct scope extraction

long_wave_result_retains_imported_frequency_and_local_decrement returns the reused Vlasov input, the omitted frequency derivation, and the locally calculated decrement. long_wave_result_retains_equations_sixteen_and_seventeen returns the two value-level p. 28 formulas while preserving that split. short_wave_result_retains_ordered_asymptotic_regime returns decrement dominance and both wave-number ratios. external_penetration_result_retains_deferred_general_evaluation returns the full numerical-scope proposition from the penetration conclusion.

Machine-checked audit boundary

argument_wellFormed, argument_auditable, and routes_wellFormed certify source structure. routes_have_exact_predecessor_graph, calculation_contracts_are_independent_hypotheses, operational_formula_claim_depends_on_laplace_calculation, local_setups_imports_and_scope_are_independent_hypotheses, result_steps_apply_selected_inputs_and_contracts, and dependent_routes_consume_certified_predecessor_outputs certify the dependency boundary. every_source_claim_has_semantics covers all twenty-eight claims, and route_semantic_realization_is_exhaustive covers all ten routes. Transform, contour, pole, asymptotic, and boundary calculations remain explicit theorem parameters.

Lean-encoded bibliographic record

L. Landau, On the Vibrations of the Electronic Plasma, Journal of Physics (USSR) 10 (1946), 25–34.

TraceComplete Lean semantic identifier ledger

Reading note. The article above is the human exposition. This collapsed cross-reference records every public theorem and every constructor of the five paper-local source-map vocabularies. It introduces no additional claim; its purpose is to make semantic omissions mechanically detectable.

Primary semantic theorems (237)

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ical_fieldthe_same_initial_problem_is_reflexivethe_explicit_initial_datum_recovers_the_zero_time_modethe_same_initial_problem_has_the_same_initial_modesource_reconstruction_determines_the_actual_mode_statean_actual_admissible_readout_supplies_forward_mode_existencethe_source_reconstruction_derives_selected_mode_determinismactual_source_inputs_establish_nonvacuous_unique_mode_evolutionan_admissible_mode_evolution_retains_both_defined_charge_densitiesthe_decaying_laplace_integrand_is_the_actual_exponentialthe_decaying_signal_has_its_actual_laplace_domainthe_decaying_signal_has_its_actual_resolventthe_actual_decaying_signal_is_smoothboth_actual_signals_are_smooththe_second_signal_is_a_real_positive_polynomial_of_the_decayboth_signals_are_real_and_strictly_positiveboth_signals_have_the_same_nonzero_initial_valuethe_second_signal_has_an_actual_laplace_integralboth_actual_laplace_samples_are_one_halfthe_positive_time_histories_have_different_computed_valuesone_laplace_sample_and_the_initial_value_do_not_determine_the_historythe_initial_comparison_uses_an_actual_normalized_maxwellianthe_computed_density_amplitude_is_small_and_positivethe_gaussian_mode_has_its_actual_charge_densityboth_comparison_modes_obey_the_actual_initial_poisson_equationthe_real_profiles_reconstruct_the_actual_two_mode_coefficientsthe_actual_potential_gradient_is_the_negative_electric_fieldthe_actual_field_gradient_is_the_two_mode_charge_profilethe_complete_distribution_has_its_actual_density_integralthe_small_two_mode_perturbation_keeps_the_full_distribution_nonnegativethe_real_initial_profiles_obey_poisson_with_the_actual_density_momentthe_constructed_initial_profiles_have_physical_positive_density_and_poisson_closurethe_extra_mode_changes_the_actual_field_at_a_computed_positionone_selected_fourier_mode_does_not_determine_the_complete_physical_fieldevery_constant_potential_satisfies_the_actual_zero_wave_poisson_equationzero_wave_poisson_does_not_fix_the_constant_potential_but_the_fields_agreecartesian_coverage_recovers_the_actual_velocity_integralfuture_operational_signal_is_the_selected_kinetic_distributionthe_initial_mode_distribution_is_the_actual_cartesian_initial_datumthe_operational_mode_distribution_is_the_actual_cartesian_time_slicethe_source_initial_slice_has_an_integrable_mode_densitythe_source_time_slice_has_an_integrable_mode_densitythe_source_kinetic_solution_supplies_time_domain_poisson_closurethe_reconstructed_mode_potential_is_the_actual_kinetic_potentialthe_reconstructed_mode_field_is_the_actual_selected_fieldthe_source_data_realize_the_actual_selected_mode_evolutionthe_source_data_derive_unique_selected_mode_evolutionone_sided_initial_value_kernel_realizes_retarded_fieldcollisionless_initial_value_setup_retains_actual_kinetic_and_poisson_equationscollisionless_landau_initial_value_setup_realizes_nonvacuous_kinetic_poissondivergent_normal_mode_integral_does_not_solve_arbitrary_initial_datatransform_formula_result_retains_equations_six_through_tenlower_transform_calculation_derives_the_formula_resultlaplace_formulas_establish_nonvacuous_deterministic_evolutionlaplace_solution_realizes_retarded_initial_value_fieldlaplace_solution_realizes_nonvacuous_unique_forward_evolutioninitial_value_result_retains_the_actual_selected_mode_and_fieldinitial_value_result_identifies_every_admissible_selected_modelaplace_calculation_retains_equations_six_through_tenlandau_initial_value_inputs_realize_source_structural_kinetic_poisson_explanationsource_structural_landau_plasma_explanation_retains_printed_operational_formulasentire_initial_data_and_deformed_contour_determine_late_time_poleanalytic_result_retains_an_entire_extension_of_the_actual_marginalleft_half_plane_pole_yields_collective_field_dampingcollective_damping_retains_actual_fourier_electric_field_limitcollective_damping_retains_actual_spatial_electric_field_limitcalibrated_plasma_scales_retain_source_valueswavelength_error_control_yields_actual_field_envelopelong_wavelength_limit_combines_imported_frequency_and_landau_decrementequation_nineteen_and_principal_phase_yield_equation_twentyseparate_short_wavelength_analysis_yields_growing_damping_ratioshort_wave_result_retains_parameter_limitsshort_wave_result_retains_ordered_asymptotic_regimeshort_wave_result_retains_equations_nineteen_and_twentyshort_wave_result_retains_physical_decrement_dominancepointwise_short_wave_dominance_iff_auxiliary_largeinitial_regularity_controls_collective_field_damping_scopemoving_velocity_pole_yields_undamped_velocity_resolved_distributionvelocity_pole_result_retains_actual_marginal_nondecayvelocity_pole_result_retains_actual_nonzero_residuenonzero_velocity_frequency_yields_asymptotic_oscillationregularity_sensitivity_and_velocity_pole_results_remain_independentcollective_field_damping_coexists_with_undamped_velocity_distributionlandau_collisionless_kinetic_poisson_preserves_collective_distribution_separationnegative_dielectric_response_places_frequency_below_plasma_frequencypositive_dielectric_response_places_frequency_above_plasma_frequencypositive_dielectric_spatial_decrement_is_strictly_positivenegative_dielectric_approximation_has_zero_wall_fieldpositive_dielectric_approximation_has_zero_wall_fieldhalf_space_setup_retains_equations_twenty_four_through_twenty_sixpositive_imaginary_frequency_prescription_selects_half_space_solutioncausal_half_space_result_retains_source_fourier_and_contour_formulasspatial_asymptotics_retain_distinct_resonance_branches_and_numerical_scopepenetration_result_retains_source_boundary_and_asymptotic_formulaspenetration_result_separates_sub_and_super_plasma_frequency_branchesnear_resonance_approximations_do_not_satisfy_exact_wall_boundarypaper_routes_establish_scoped_collisionless_damping_and_penetrationcomplete_result_retains_short_wave_equations_and_dominancecomplete_result_retains_half_space_boundary_and_penetration_formulaslong_wave_result_retains_imported_frequency_and_local_decrementlong_wave_result_retains_equations_sixteen_and_seventeenlong_wave_result_retains_actual_parameter_familyshort_wave_result_retains_actual_parameter_familylong_wave_result_retains_maxwellian_scale_calibrationshort_wave_result_retains_maxwellian_scale_calibrationhalf_space_source_retains_maxwellian_scale_calibrationexternal_penetration_result_retains_deferred_general_evaluationsource_half_space_dielectric_branches_are_nonvacuously_realizeddielectric_signs_do_not_supply_frequency_response_formulasdielectric_response_does_not_supply_bulk_field_boundarydielectric_response_does_not_supply_zero_mode_kernel_identitya_single_contour_choice_does_not_supply_sign_dependent_bypassnamed_far_attenuation_does_not_supply_two_thirds_exponentpositive_spatial_damping_does_not_supply_resonance_oscillationnear_resonance_profile_values_are_not_the_exact_wall_boundarynamed_long_wave_calculations_do_not_supply_equations_sixteen_and_seventeendominant_short_wave_damping_does_not_supply_equations_nineteen_and_twentycollective_field_damping_does_not_entail_distribution_dampingshort_wave_growth_does_not_supply_decrement_dominancesmooth_data_damping_does_not_generalize_to_nonsmooth_datanonsmooth_data_analysis_does_not_supply_moving_velocity_poleunique_forward_evolution_does_not_establish_retarded_responseforward_existence_does_not_establish_determinismresonant_integral_without_prescription_does_not_select_unique_contourcauchy_density_has_actual_derivativecauchy_slope_has_derivative_at_zerocauchy_slope_is_integrableactual_first_order_equation_holdsselected_perturbation_is_regularfinite_amplitude_density_stays_positive_and_integrablefinite_amplitude_nonlinear_residual_is_nonzeropositive_integrable_first_order_solution_is_not_an_exact_nonlinear_solution

Coverage theorems (27)

collisionless_setup_atom_retains_actual_kinetic_and_poisson_equationsevery_source_claim_has_semanticsnormal_mode_insufficiency_route_is_semantically_realizedinitial_value_solution_route_is_semantically_realizedsource_inputs_expose_equations_six_through_tensource_inputs_derive_the_transformed_distribution_quotientsource_inputs_derive_the_transformed_potential_quotientinitial_value_atom_retains_the_actual_selected_mode_and_fieldinitial_value_atom_identifies_every_admissible_selected_modeshort_wave_result_atom_retains_equations_nineteen_and_twentycomplete_result_atom_retains_short_wave_equations_and_dominancehalf_space_setup_atom_retains_equations_twenty_four_through_twenty_sixcausal_half_space_atom_retains_source_fourier_and_contour_formulaspenetration_atom_retains_equations_forty_four_through_forty_sixpenetration_atom_separates_sub_and_super_plasma_frequency_branchespenetration_atom_rejects_approximate_profiles_as_exact_wall_fieldscomplete_result_atom_retains_half_space_source_formula_chainanalytic_continuation_route_is_semantically_realizedcollective_field_damping_route_is_semantically_realizedlong_wavelength_route_is_semantically_realizedshort_wavelength_route_is_semantically_realizedregularity_and_distribution_route_is_semantically_realizedcausal_half_space_route_is_semantically_realizedpenetration_asymptotics_route_is_semantically_realizedcomplete_assessment_route_is_semantically_realizedall_routes_are_semantically_realizableroute_semantic_realization_is_exhaustive

Source-map audit theorems (14)

argument_wellFormedargument_auditableroutes_wellFormedroutes_have_exact_predecessor_graphcalculation_contracts_are_independent_hypothesesoperational_formula_claim_depends_on_laplace_calculationlocal_setups_imports_and_scope_are_independent_hypothesesresult_steps_apply_selected_inputs_and_contractsdependent_routes_consume_certified_predecessor_outputslong_wave_result_retains_imported_frequencylong_wave_result_retains_controlled_approximationcausal_result_retains_deformation_argumentpenetration_result_retains_deferred_numerical_evaluationcomplete_result_retains_imported_approximate_deformation_and_deferred_scope

Semantic atoms (28)

collisionlessSetupnormalModeAssessmentnormalModeResultlaplaceCalculationoperationalTransformFormulainitialValueResultentireDatumSetupanalyticContinuationCalculationanalyticContinuationResultfieldDampingCalculationfieldDampingResultlongWaveSetupreusedVlasovFrequencylongWaveCalculationlongWaveResultshortWaveSetupshortWaveCalculationshortWaveResultregularityDistributionCalculationregularityDistributionResultfieldDistributionSeparationhalfSpaceSetupcausalHalfSpaceCalculationcausalHalfSpaceResultpenetrationCalculationgeneralNumericalScopeexternalPenetrationResultcompletePaperResult

Claim identifiers (28)

collisionlessSetupnormalAssessmentnormalResultlaplaceCalculationoperationalFormulainitialResultentireDatumanalyticCalculationanalyticResultdampingCalculationdampingResultlongSetupvlasovFrequencylongCalculationlongResultshortSetupshortCalculationshortResultregularityCalculationregularityResultseparationResulthalfSpaceSetupcausalCalculationcausalResultpenetrationCalculationnumericalScopepenetrationResultcompleteResult

Step identifiers (28)

stateCollisionlessSetupassessNormalModesderiveNormalResultsupplyLaplaceCalculationretainOperationalFormuladeriveInitialResultstateEntireDatumsupplyAnalyticCalculationderiveAnalyticResultsupplyDampingCalculationderiveDampingResultstateLongWaveSetupimportVlasovFrequencysupplyLongWaveCalculationderiveLongWaveResultstateShortWaveSetupsupplyShortWaveCalculationderiveShortWaveResultsupplyRegularityCalculationderiveRegularityResultderiveFieldDistributionSeparationstateHalfSpaceSetupsupplyCausalCalculationderiveCausalResultsupplyPenetrationCalculationretainGeneralNumericalScopederivePenetrationResultassembleCompleteResult

Route identifiers (10)

normalModeInsufficiencyinitialValueSolutionanalyticContinuationcollectiveFieldDampinglongWavelengthshortWavelengthregularityAndDistributioncausalHalfSpacepenetrationAsymptoticscompleteAssessment

Route kinds (10)

collisionlessNormalModeCritiquelaplaceInitialValueEvolutioncomplexContourDeformationcollectivePoleDampingimportedFrequencyLongWaveApproximationshortWaveAsymptoticsregularityAndDynamicalLevelSeparationcausalBoundaryPrescriptionspatialPenetrationAsymptoticscompleteScopedAssessment

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Checked source-route details

This ledger is generated from the elaborated Lean route records. It lists direct predecessors, ordered inference steps, and exported claims. The independent fidelity audit checks every field; this ledger does not replace the physical semantics or certify every explanatory diagram.

normalModeInsufficiency

Logical kind: collisionlessNormalModeCritique.

Required predecessor routes: none.

Ordered inference steps: stateCollisionlessSetup, assessNormalModes, deriveNormalResult.

Exported conclusions: normalResult.

initialValueSolution

Logical kind: laplaceInitialValueEvolution.

Required predecessor routes: normalModeInsufficiency.

Ordered inference steps: supplyLaplaceCalculation, retainOperationalFormula, deriveInitialResult.

Exported conclusions: operationalFormula, initialResult.

analyticContinuation

Logical kind: complexContourDeformation.

Required predecessor routes: initialValueSolution.

Ordered inference steps: stateEntireDatum, supplyAnalyticCalculation, deriveAnalyticResult.

Exported conclusions: analyticResult.

collectiveFieldDamping

Logical kind: collectivePoleDamping.

Required predecessor routes: analyticContinuation.

Ordered inference steps: supplyDampingCalculation, deriveDampingResult.

Exported conclusions: dampingResult.

longWavelength

Logical kind: importedFrequencyLongWaveApproximation.

Required predecessor routes: collectiveFieldDamping.

Ordered inference steps: stateLongWaveSetup, importVlasovFrequency, supplyLongWaveCalculation, deriveLongWaveResult.

Exported conclusions: longResult.

shortWavelength

Logical kind: shortWaveAsymptotics.

Required predecessor routes: collectiveFieldDamping.

Ordered inference steps: stateShortWaveSetup, supplyShortWaveCalculation, deriveShortWaveResult.

Exported conclusions: shortResult.

regularityAndDistribution

Logical kind: regularityAndDynamicalLevelSeparation.

Required predecessor routes: collectiveFieldDamping, initialValueSolution.

Ordered inference steps: supplyRegularityCalculation, deriveRegularityResult, deriveFieldDistributionSeparation.

Exported conclusions: regularityResult, separationResult.

causalHalfSpace

Logical kind: causalBoundaryPrescription.

Required predecessor routes: none.

Ordered inference steps: stateHalfSpaceSetup, supplyCausalCalculation, deriveCausalResult.

Exported conclusions: causalResult.

penetrationAsymptotics

Logical kind: spatialPenetrationAsymptotics.

Required predecessor routes: causalHalfSpace.

Ordered inference steps: supplyPenetrationCalculation, retainGeneralNumericalScope, derivePenetrationResult.

Exported conclusions: penetrationResult, numericalScope.

completeAssessment

Logical kind: completeScopedAssessment.

Required predecessor routes: normalModeInsufficiency, initialValueSolution, analyticContinuation, collectiveFieldDamping, longWavelength, shortWavelength, regularityAndDistribution, causalHalfSpace, penetrationAsymptotics.

Ordered inference steps: assembleCompleteResult.

Exported conclusions: completeResult.