Reader materials for arXiv:2608.19455
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Canonical paper
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manuscript-strengthened-v1.0.pdf
The 15-page strengthened author version corresponding to the public
arXiv v2, whose version record is dated 21 August 2026.

Explanatory materials
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plain-language-guide-cn.pdf
An eight-page Chinese introduction using a road-camera analogy.

coursebook-cn-volume-1.pdf
Zero-baseline foundations and the first counterexample block.

coursebook-cn-volume-2.pdf
Loaded-tree transfer and fixed-degree unbounded failure.

coursebook-cn-volume-3.pdf
Computer-assisted minimality, the universal upper bound, and the
sharp first-order asymptotic.

The Chinese guide and coursebook are explanatory aids. They are not
part of the manuscript and have not been peer reviewed. For exact
definitions, theorem statements, proofs, and citations, use the
English manuscript.

Reproducibility
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supplement-v0.3-reproducible.zip
Sanitized reproducibility archive under the MIT License. Its computer
checks support only the minimum-order statement; the main infinite
families and asymptotic theorems are symbolic.

Integrity
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SHA256SUMS.txt records the SHA-256 digest of every distributed file.