frobeniusNormSq_axisTTCross
plain-language theorem explainer
The unnormalized TT cross polarization (only H_{23}=H_{32}=1 nonzero) has Frobenius squared norm exactly 2. Anyone normalizing continuum TT data for the 4D Regge preflight cites this pin. The proof unfolds the double sum over Fin 4 and evaluates by arithmetic.
Claim. Let $E$ be the $4\times 4$ real matrix with $E_{23}=E_{32}=1$ and all other entries zero. Then $\sum_{i,j=0}^{3} E_{ij}^{2} = 2$.
background
This module freezes independent continuum targets for the 4D Regge gravity campaign before any continuum-limit proof: canonical Freudenthal 4-torus mesh, Frobenius-normalized Euclidean TT polarizations, and an independently defined linearized Einstein-Hilbert quadratic. Nothing here proves continuum recovery.
The matrix axisTTCross is the unnormalized cross TT polarization: only the symmetric off-diagonal pair $H_{23}=H_{32}=1$ is nonzero. The local Frobenius squared norm is the entrywise sum of squares $\sum_{i,j},E_{ij}^{2}$ on Mat4 (real $4\times 4$ matrices indexed by Fin 4). Without a fixed Frobenius pin, a continuum TT coefficient is ill-posed; Gate A0-style normalization depends on knowing this raw norm first.
proof idea
Term-mode proof by direct evaluation. Unfold the Frobenius sum and the piecewise definition of the cross matrix, reduce the double sum over Fin 4 with Fin.sum_univ_four, then close by norm_num. Only the two unit entries contribute, each squaring to 1, so the total is 2.
why it matters
Feeds the immediate parent frobeniusNormSq_axisTTCrossNormalized, which scales the cross polarization by $1/\sqrt{2}$ and obtains unit Frobenius norm. That normalized witness is part of the frozen TT data contract in the Regge 4D continuum preflight: Frobenius-normalized Euclidean TT polarizations (Gate A0 analog) must be fixed before comparing the exact flat cross-term symbol to the independently frozen EH quadratic.
In the module tiering this is a THEOREM-class Frobenius pin lemma. It does not touch continuum Tendsto goals (Regge4DContinuumEHTarget, S_RS_converges_EH_4d) or gap-action recovery; it only banks the algebraic norm needed so later symbol comparisons are well-posed and not reverse-engineered from the EH answer.
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