Theorem. A conditional saturation certificate [ftip-00JS]

Let \(V_A\) be the nondecreasing frontier of Definition [ftip-00JJ], bounded above by a finite \(U\in \mathbb R\). If an intervention reaches a real target \(q<U\) at a finite cost \(C_q\geq 0\), then at every finite \(C\geq C_q\), \(q\leq V_A(C)\leq U\). In particular \(V_A(C)\) is real and \(0\leq U-V_A(C)\leq U-q\). This elementary certificate is conditional on the bound \(U\); it does not assert that real intelligence saturates.