§16 propagation core for Mix (Lambda, Pi) Branch A Case 1. #
This is the hard inequality engine of §16: the hprop_even output consumed by
exists_mutation_le_caseA_branchA_case1. Kept in a light file (imports only
Prelim + Drops) so build iteration is fast.
Telescoped: the rank-drop at level i is at most the rank-drop at level 0.
KEY_Y: the §16 bound on Y's a-component 2-step drop by r_0 - r_1 - 1.
b-component analogue of twostep: the 2-step drop of the second sigma component
equals the gene count, when all genes survive both steps.
Even-level integrality: at even level, the first signature component of a
Mix (Lambda, Pi) element is an integer (Pi part integral; even part has even
ranks so r/2 ∈ ℤ).
Generalized §16 drop-chain telescoping (gk-free). Given only the minimal
nonpolarized gene gm of rank 2m'+2 with multiplicity one (hgm1), X minimal-rank
≥ 2m'+2 (hmin), and X - gm rank ≥ 2n'+2 (h2nd), the §16 chain propagates the
strict start a_X(m) < a_Y(m) to a full-unit gap at every even level of [2m'+2, 2n'+2].
The proof never inspects the second gene, so it is reused (via sign-duality) for the
b-component in Case 2 with a polarized second gene.
§16 drop-chain telescoping for Branch A Case 1 (gk nonpolarized of rank 2n'+2).
Derives mult(gm)=1 from disjointness of the two genes, then defers to gen.