Proposition. Different domains for the form, elimination and trace ratio [fdip-000W]

On the arithmetic family, a nondegenerate full form need not permit a chosen elimination, and an invertible effective form need not give a regular trace ratio. With \(s=t+2\), \(f=t+1\) and \(\Delta =3(2t+1)(2t+3)\), the exact regular loci in \(X_q\) are \[\begin {aligned} \text {Schur matrix:}&\quad X_{\mathrm {elim}}=D_{X_q}(s),\\ \text {trace ratio:}&\quad U_R=D_{X_q}(f). \end {aligned}\] Their common domain is \(X_{\mathrm {obs}}=D_{X_q}(sf)\). These claims follow from the calculations below, extending the real Schur example and trace-ratio calculation over the declared rings. The intrinsic trace ratio requires a unit trace: \(\operatorname {tr}L=4f\) is a unit exactly when \(f\) is, since \(2\) is already inverted.

The half-turn restricts to \(J=\left (\begin {smallmatrix}0&1\\1&0\end {smallmatrix}\right )\) on both coordinate blocks. The equal diagonal and equal off-diagonal entries of \(S\) give \(J^TSJ=S\). Retained projection \(\pi \) satisfies \(\pi P=J\pi \), but is not an isometry: \(q(\delta _1)=s\) is a unit on \(R_{\mathrm {elim}}\), whereas \(\pi \delta _1=0\). Thus Clifford functoriality supplies no map induced by this projection. The effective rank-two Clifford algebra and the full rank-4 algebra are different constructions.

Three rational specializations separate the domains:

  • At \(t=-2\), \(\det Q=9\) and \(R=3/2\), but \(C_{\mathrm {block}}=0\). This point belongs to \(U_R\) inside \(X_q\) and lies outside \(X_{\mathrm {elim}}\).
  • At \(t=-1\), \(\det Q=-3\), \(C_{\mathrm {block}}=I_2\), and \[\begin {aligned} S&=\begin {pmatrix}-1&2\\2&-1\end {pmatrix},\\ \det S&=-3. \end {aligned}\] This point belongs to \(X_{\mathrm {elim}}\), but the trace ratio has a pole, so it lies outside \(X_{\mathrm {obs}}\).
  • At \(t=1\), \(\det Q=45\), \(C_{\mathrm {block}}=3I_2\), and \[\begin {aligned} S&=\frac 13\begin {pmatrix}7&-2\\-2&7\end {pmatrix},\\ \det S&=5,\qquad R=\frac 38. \end {aligned}\] This point belongs to \(X_{\mathrm {obs}}\).

For real \(t=\tau \), the matrix \(H/2\) is orthogonal, and the 4 eigenvalues of \(Q(\tau )\) are \(1,3,2\tau +1,2\tau +3\). They are all positive exactly when \(\tau >-1/2\). The running weighted graph assumes the smaller domain \(\tau >0\). Each such evaluation sends \(2,\Delta ,s,f\) to nonzero reals and extends uniquely to \[R_{\mathrm {obs}}\longrightarrow \mathbb R,\qquad t\longmapsto \tau .\] It gives \(\operatorname {Spec}\mathbb R\to X_{\mathrm {obs}}\) and recovers \(Q(\tau ),S(\tau ),P,J,R(\tau )\). The Clifford base-change isomorphism transports their full-form algebra and symmetry; it does not require evaluation to be injective. Gaussian integration and the normalized marginal apply on this positive real locus. Algebraic invertibility alone gives neither positivity nor a probability measure over the arithmetic base.

This family retains a parameter, residue characteristics, and distinct regularity domains. It does not select a unique arithmetic realization. For example, at \(t=1\) modulo \(11\), \(\Delta =45\), \(s=3\), and \(f=2\) are all nonzero. The point therefore lies in \(X_{\mathrm {obs}}\), but disappears after further inverting \(11\). Every real specialization survives that extra inversion. Thus the same real family admits different arithmetic opens. The construction predicts neither a real parameter nor a physical observable from arithmetic alone; an L-value comparison needs additional structure.