# Perfect Cuboid Radical-FDRS R16

## Explicit Canonical Second Elliptic Quotient, Exact Identification with Historical $E_-$, and Dual-Sieve Saturation

**Series:** Perfect Cuboid Global Closure  
**Branch:** Radical-FDRS / Geometry-Coupling Branch R  
**Phase:** R16 — Canonical Second Quotient and Dual Compatibility  
**Date:** 2026-10-05  
**Status:** Exact quotient-map theorem + finite-prime dual-sieve checkpoint — not a proof of Perfect Cuboid existence or nonexistence

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# 0. Executive summary

R15 fixed one canonical historical genus-$2$ curve:

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal H_{\rm can}:
\qquad
\mathcal Y^2
=
(2-r^2)
\left(
M^2r^4
-
2M^2r^2
+
L^2
\right),
}
$$

where

$$
\boxed{
M=950625,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
L=1352033.
}
$$

Its first elliptic quotient is the historical rank-one curve

$$
\boxed{
E_0:
\qquad
y^2
=
x^3
-
2x^2
+
\left(
\frac LM
\right)^2x,
}
$$

through

$$
\boxed{
x=2-r^2,
\qquad
y=\frac{\mathcal Y}{M}.
}
$$

R16 makes the complementary elliptic quotient completely explicit.

The second nonhyperelliptic involution is

$$
\boxed{
(r,\mathcal Y)
\longmapsto
(-r,-\mathcal Y).
}
$$

Its invariant coordinates are

$$
\boxed{
z=r^2,
\qquad
W=r\mathcal Y.
}
$$

The quotient is the genus-$1$ quartic

$$
\boxed{
W^2
=
z(2-z)
\left(
M^2z^2
-
2M^2z
+
L^2
\right).
}
$$

This quartic admits the direct birational cubic model

$$
\boxed{
\eta^2
=
(\xi-L^2)
\left(
\xi^2
-
4M^2\xi
+
4L^2M^2
\right),
}
$$

using

$$
\boxed{
\xi
=
\frac{2L^2}{z},
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
\eta
=
\frac{2L^2W}{z^2}.
}
$$

Shift

$$
u=\xi-L^2.
$$

Then

$$
\boxed{
\eta^2
=
u
\left[
u^2
+
(2L^2-4M^2)u
+
L^4
\right].
}
$$

The standard $2$-isogeny with kernel

$$
(0,0)
$$

gives the full-$2$-torsion curve

$$
\boxed{
v^2
=
U
(U-16AB)
(U+4M^2),
}
$$

where

$$
A=448^2,
\qquad
B=1073^2.
$$

The isogeny map is

$$
\boxed{
U
=
\frac{\eta^2}{u^2},
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
v
=
\frac{
\eta(L^4-u^2)
}{
u^2
}.
}
$$

This curve is not merely in the historical $E_-$ isogeny class.

It is directly $\mathbb Q$-isomorphic to the exact historical integral full-$2$-torsion model

$$
\boxed{
E_-:
\qquad
y_-^2
=
(x_--e_1)
(x_--e_2)
(x_--e_3),
}
$$

with

$$
e_1=-8195043371142,
$$

$$
e_2=8256895726659,
$$

and

$$
e_3=-61852355517.
$$

The exact isomorphism is

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_3+\frac94U,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{27}{8}v.
}
$$

The root correspondence is:

$$
\boxed{
U=-4M^2
\longmapsto
e_1,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
U=16AB
\longmapsto
e_2,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
U=0
\longmapsto
e_3.
}
$$

Equivalently,

$$
\boxed{
e_1=e_3-9M^2,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
e_2=e_3+36AB.
}
$$

Because

$$
L^2-M^2=4AB,
$$

we also have

$$
\boxed{
e_2=e_1+9L^2,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
e_3=e_1+9M^2.
}
$$

Composing every step yields a direct canonical map

$$
\boxed{
\pi_-:
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\longrightarrow
E_-.
}
$$

In the original canonical coordinates it is:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
},
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}.
}
$$

Since

$$
x=2-r^2,
$$

the $x_-$ formula may also be written:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
x(2-x)
}.
}
$$

Therefore one canonical genus-$2$ point now produces its two rank-one elliptic images immediately:

$$
\boxed{
P_0\in E_0(\mathbb Q),
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
P_-\in E_-(\mathbb Q),
}
$$

without returning to the older $h,t,s$ coordinate chains.

The boundary anchor

$$
x=1
$$

or

$$
r=\pm1
$$

maps to

$$
\boxed{
(e_2,0)\in E_-(\mathbb Q)[2].
}
$$

Thus the boundary is simultaneously:

- the point:
  $$
  x=1
  $$
  on $E_0$;

- and the rational $2$-torsion point:
  $$
  (e_2,0)
  $$
  on $E_-$.

R16 then tests the newly explicit dual quotient at the two strongest high-order primes found in R15:

$$
p_1=11{,}532{,}251,
$$

and

$$
p_2=15{,}721{,}883.
$$

For the historical $E_-$ curve, exact Hasse-certified point counts give:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})
=
11{,}533{,}200
=
2^4
\cdot3
\cdot5^2
\cdot7
\cdot1373,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_2})
=
15{,}728{,}976
=
2^4
\cdot3^2
\cdot109229.
}
$$

At both primes the Sylow-$2$ subgroup therefore has order

$$
16.
$$

The historical odd-index non-torsion surrogate

$$
\boxed{
P_-
=
\left(
\frac{5132247118878268203}{606841},
\frac{2520702383000286338446320000}{472729139}
\right)
}
$$

together with the rational torsion subgroup

$$
\boxed{
E_-(\mathbb Q)_{\rm tors}
\cong
\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z
\times
\mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z
}
$$

projects to a subgroup of exactly

$$
\boxed{
8
}
$$

points inside each $16$-point Sylow-$2$ group.

Thus the second quotient is locally nontrivial: half of the $2$-primary elliptic group is excluded by global Mordell-Weil compatibility.

Nevertheless, after correctly enumerating the odd-primary preimages of the R11/R15 coefficient states on $E_0$, imposing the square gate

$$
2-x\in\mathbb F_p^2,
$$

mapping every lift through the exact R16 formula to $E_-$, and then projecting to the $E_-$ Sylow-$2$ subgroup, all sixteen modulo-$2^{19}$ coefficient lifts remain compatible at both primes.

More strongly, at these two primes every odd-primary branch that passes the first square gate also lands in the allowed projected $E_-$ Mordell-Weil image.

Hence:

$$
\boxed{
\text{the R16 dual finite-prime sieve gives no new elimination at }p_1,p_2.
}
$$

This is an important saturation checkpoint.

The obstruction is no longer missing geometry, an implicit quotient, or oversized local Mordell-Weil subgroups.

The relevant local branches themselves are simultaneously compatible with both rank-one elliptic images at these primes.

Therefore the next genuine escalation is:

$$
\boxed{
\text{elliptic Chabauty / quadratic Chabauty / global height compatibility}.
}
$$

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# 1. Canonical genus-$2$ curve

Use

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal H_{\rm can}:
\qquad
\mathcal Y^2
=
(2-r^2)
\left(
M^2r^4
-
2M^2r^2
+
L^2
\right).
}
$$

The constants are

$$
M=950625,
$$

and

$$
L=1352033.
$$

The curve is even in

$$
r.
$$

Therefore it has the involutions:

$$
\iota_0:
(r,\mathcal Y)
\mapsto
(-r,\mathcal Y),
$$

$$
\iota_h:
(r,\mathcal Y)
\mapsto
(r,-\mathcal Y),
$$

and

$$
\iota_-:
(r,\mathcal Y)
\mapsto
(-r,-\mathcal Y).
$$

The first and third are the two nonhyperelliptic involutions.

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# 2. First elliptic quotient

The quotient by

$$
\iota_0
$$

uses

$$
r^2=2-x.
$$

The map is

$$
\boxed{
x=2-r^2,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y=\frac{\mathcal Y}{M}.
}
$$

It lands on

$$
\boxed{
E_0:
\qquad
y^2
=
x^3
-
2x^2
+
\left(
\frac LM
\right)^2x.
}
$$

The exact rank theorem gives

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{rank}E_0(\mathbb Q)=1.
}
$$

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# 3. Second elliptic quotient coordinates

For the quotient by

$$
\iota_-,
$$

define

$$
\boxed{
z=r^2,
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
W=r\mathcal Y.
}
$$

Both are invariant under:

$$
(r,\mathcal Y)
\mapsto
(-r,-\mathcal Y).
$$

The quotient equation is

$$
\boxed{
W^2
=
z(2-z)
\left(
M^2z^2
-
2M^2z
+
L^2
\right).
}
$$

This is a genus-$1$ quartic.

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# 4. Quartic-to-cubic map

The quartic has the rational point

$$
(z,W)=(0,0).
$$

Define

$$
\boxed{
\xi
=
\frac{2L^2}{z},
}
$$

and

$$
\boxed{
\eta
=
\frac{2L^2W}{z^2}.
}
$$

Then direct substitution gives

$$
\boxed{
\eta^2
=
(\xi-L^2)
\left(
\xi^2
-
4M^2\xi
+
4L^2M^2
\right).
}
$$

This is the first compact cubic model of the second quotient.

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# 5. Shift the rational $2$-torsion point

Set

$$
\boxed{
u=\xi-L^2.
}
$$

Then:

$$
\boxed{
\eta^2
=
u
\left[
u^2
+
(2L^2-4M^2)u
+
L^4
\right].
}
$$

The point:

$$
\boxed{
(u,\eta)=(0,0)
}
$$

is rational $2$-torsion.

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# 6. Standard $2$-isogeny

For a curve:

$$
\eta^2
=
u(u^2+au+b),
$$

the standard $2$-isogeny with kernel:

$$
\{O,(0,0)\}
$$

is:

$$
\boxed{
U
=
\frac{\eta^2}{u^2},
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
v
=
\frac{
\eta(b-u^2)
}{
u^2
}.
}
$$

Here:

$$
a=2L^2-4M^2,
$$

and:

$$
b=L^4.
$$

The target is:

$$
v^2
=
U^3
-
2aU^2
+
(a^2-4b)U.
$$

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# 7. Factorization of the isogenous target

Using:

$$
L^2-M^2=4AB,
$$

one obtains:

$$
\boxed{
a^2-4b
=
-64ABM^2.
}
$$

The target factors exactly as:

$$
\boxed{
v^2
=
U
(U-16AB)
(U+4M^2).
}
$$

Thus the $2$-isogenous second quotient has full rational $2$-torsion.

Its three roots are:

$$
\boxed{
-4M^2,
\qquad
0,
\qquad
16AB.
}
$$

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# 8. Historical integral $E_-$

The exact historical model is:

$$
\boxed{
E_-:
\qquad
y_-^2
=
(x_--e_1)
(x_--e_2)
(x_--e_3),
}
$$

where:

$$
\boxed{
e_1=-8195043371142,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
e_2=8256895726659,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
e_3=-61852355517.
}
$$

The historical root differences are:

$$
\boxed{
e_2-e_1
=
4056099^2,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
e_3-e_1
=
2851875^2,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
e_2-e_3
=
2884224^2.
}
$$

---

# 9. Root-difference matching

The new full-$2$-torsion model has differences:

$$
16AB,
$$

$$
4M^2,
$$

and:

$$
4L^2.
$$

Their square roots are:

$$
4\sqrt{AB}
=
1922816,
$$

$$
2M
=
1901250,
$$

and:

$$
2L
=
2704066.
$$

Multiplying each by:

$$
\frac32
$$

gives:

$$
2884224,
$$

$$
2851875,
$$

and:

$$
4056099.
$$

These are exactly the historical root-difference square roots.

Thus the $x$-scaling factor is:

$$
\boxed{
\left(
\frac32
\right)^2
=
\frac94.
}
$$

---

# 10. Exact historical root identities

The historical roots satisfy:

$$
\boxed{
e_1=e_3-9M^2,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
e_2=e_3+36AB.
}
$$

Equivalently:

$$
\boxed{
e_2=e_1+9L^2,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
e_3=e_1+9M^2.
}
$$

These identities are exact integer equalities.

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# 11. Direct isomorphism to historical $E_-$

Define:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_3+\frac94U,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{27}{8}v.
}
$$

Then:

$$
U=-4M^2
$$

maps to:

$$
e_1,
$$

$$
U=0
$$

maps to:

$$
e_3,
$$

and:

$$
U=16AB
$$

maps to:

$$
e_2.
$$

The cubic equation becomes exactly:

$$
\boxed{
y_-^2
=
(x_--e_1)
(x_--e_2)
(x_--e_3).
}
$$

Therefore the full-$2$-torsion isogenous quotient is $\mathbb Q$-isomorphic to the historical integral:

$$
E_-.
$$

This upgrades the older G2E.5 statement from:

$$
\text{same isogeny class}
$$

to an explicit composition of:

1. quotient;
2. birational cubic conversion;
3. degree-$2$ isogeny;
4. rational isomorphism.

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# 12. Direct composite map: $x_-$

Now eliminate all intermediate coordinates.

Recall:

$$
z=r^2.
$$

The isogenous coordinate satisfies:

$$
\boxed{
U
=
\frac{
4
\left(
M^2z^2
-
2M^2z
+
L^2
\right)
}{
z(2-z)
}.
}
$$

Using:

$$
L^2-M^2=4AB,
$$

the historical coordinate simplifies to:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
z(2-z)
}.
}
$$

Since:

$$
z=r^2,
$$

we obtain:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
}.
}
$$

---

# 13. Direct composite map: $y_-$

The complete $y$-coordinate simplifies to:

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}.
}
$$

Therefore the canonical second quotient map is:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_-(r,\mathcal Y)
=
\left(
e_1+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
},
\;
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}
\right).
}
$$

This is defined on the natural affine open where the denominators are nonzero.

The finite exceptional points are treated on the projective normalization.

---

# 14. Direct $E_0$-to-$E_-$ $x$ relation

Because:

$$
x=2-r^2,
$$

we have:

$$
r^2=2-x.
$$

Thus:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
x(2-x)
}.
}
$$

This is one of the simplest formulas in the entire fixed-slice program.

A point on the canonical square-value cover determines the second elliptic $x$-coordinate by one rational function of the first elliptic $x$-coordinate.

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# 15. Factor proof of the direct map

Let:

$$
z=r^2,
$$

and:

$$
x=2-z.
$$

Then:

$$
x_--e_1
=
\frac{
9L^2
}{
z(2-z)
}.
$$

Also:

$$
\boxed{
x_--e_2
=
\frac{
9L^2(z-1)^2
}{
z(2-z)
}.
}
$$

Finally:

$$
\boxed{
x_--e_3
=
\frac{
9\mathcal Y^2
}{
z(2-z)^2
}.
}
$$

Therefore:

$$
(x_--e_1)
(x_--e_2)
(x_--e_3)
$$

is exactly:

$$
\boxed{
\left[
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(z-1)
}{
z^{3/2}(2-z)^2
}
\right]^2,
}
$$

which is:

$$
y_-^2.
$$

This directly verifies the composite map.

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# 16. Boundary synchronization

At the historical boundary:

$$
r=\pm1.
$$

Then:

$$
x=1.
$$

The second quotient gives:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1+9L^2
=
e_2.
}
$$

Also:

$$
\boxed{
y_-=0.
}
$$

Therefore:

$$
\boxed{
r=\pm1
\longmapsto
(e_2,0).
}
$$

The canonical boundary is:

- a non-torsion rank-one anchor on $E_0$;

- but a rational $2$-torsion anchor on $E_-$.

This asymmetry is useful for local compatibility calculations.

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# 17. Rank and torsion data on $E_-$

The historical exact results are:

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{rank}E_-(\mathbb Q)=1,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
E_-(\mathbb Q)_{\rm tors}
\cong
\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z
\times
\mathbb Z/4\mathbb Z.
}
$$

An explicit order-$4$ point is:

$$
\boxed{
Q_-
=
(
19955593808835,
81192743369781982848
),
}
$$

with:

$$
\boxed{
2Q_-=(e_2,0).
}
$$

Thus the boundary second-quotient image is precisely the double of the historical rational order-$4$ torsion point.

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# 18. Odd-index free surrogate on $E_-$

Use the historical non-torsion point:

$$
\boxed{
P_-
=
\left(
\frac{
5132247118878268203
}{
606841
},
\frac{
2520702383000286338446320000
}{
472729139
}
\right).
}
$$

Its Kummer class is:

$$
\boxed{
(1,406,406).
}
$$

The exact descent and Cassels-pairing computation proves that this class spans the free Mordell-Weil direction modulo $2$.

Therefore $P_-$ differs from a primitive free generator only by odd index and torsion.

It is a proof-safe surrogate for all Sylow-$2$ Mordell-Weil compatibility tests.

---

# 19. Canonical dual-quotient condition

A rational point:

$$
R\in\mathcal H_{\rm can}(\mathbb Q)
$$

produces:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_0(R)\in E_0(\mathbb Q),
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_-(R)\in E_-(\mathbb Q).
}
$$

At a good prime:

$$
p,
$$

write:

$$
\#E_0(\mathbb F_p)
=
2^{s_0}m_0,
$$

and:

$$
\#E_-(\mathbb F_p)
=
2^{s_-}m_-,
$$

with:

$$
m_0,
m_-
$$

odd.

A necessary condition is simultaneous membership:

$$
\boxed{
[m_0]\pi_0(R)
\in
\langle
[m_0]Q,
E_0(\mathbb Q)_{\rm tors}
\rangle,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
[m_-]\pi_-(R)
\in
\langle
[m_-]P_-,
E_-(\mathbb Q)_{\rm tors}
\rangle.
}
$$

The candidate points themselves must be projected by the same maps.

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# 20. R15 high-order prime $p_1$

Use:

$$
\boxed{
p_1=11{,}532{,}251.
}
$$

R15 established:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_0(\mathbb F_{p_1})
=
11\cdot2^{20},
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{ord}([11]Q)=2^{19}.
}
$$

For the second quotient, exact Hasse-certified counting gives:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})
=
11{,}533{,}200.
}
$$

Its factorization is:

$$
\boxed{
11{,}533{,}200
=
2^4
\cdot3
\cdot5^2
\cdot7
\cdot1373.
}
$$

Hence:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})[2^\infty]
=
16.
}
$$

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# 21. Exact $E_-$ count certificate at $p_1$

The point:

$$
\boxed{
(2,9036800)
\in
E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})
}
$$

has exact order:

$$
\boxed{
5{,}766{,}600.
}
$$

The Hasse interval length is less than:

$$
4\sqrt{p_1}
<
13{,}584.
$$

Because:

$$
5{,}766{,}600
>
4\sqrt{p_1},
$$

there is at most one multiple of the certified point order inside the Hasse interval.

The displayed group order is that unique multiple.

Thus:

$$
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})
=
11{,}533{,}200
$$

is exact.

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# 22. Projected $E_-$ Mordell-Weil image at $p_1$

The odd cofactor is:

$$
\boxed{
m_-=720825.
}
$$

Project:

$$
P_-
$$

by:

$$
[m_-].
$$

Its projected order is:

$$
\boxed{
2.
}
$$

Together with the eight rational torsion reductions, the projected global Mordell-Weil image contains exactly:

$$
\boxed{
8
}
$$

points.

Thus it is a proper index-$2$ subgroup of the $16$-point Sylow-$2$ group.

The second quotient therefore supplies a genuine local compatibility restriction at this prime.

---

# 23. Dual test at $p_1$

The R11 packet has eight classes modulo:

$$
2^{18}.
$$

Lift them to all sixteen classes modulo:

$$
2^{19}.
$$

For each coefficient class:

1. reconstruct all eleven odd-primary preimages on:
   $$
   E_0(\mathbb F_{p_1});
   $$

2. retain preimages satisfying:
   $$
   2-x\in\mathbb F_{p_1}^2;
   $$

3. choose both square roots:
   $$
   r=\pm\sqrt{2-x};
   $$

4. map each lift through:
   $$
   \pi_-;
   $$

5. project the result to:
   $$
   E_-(\mathbb F_{p_1})[2^\infty];
   $$

6. require membership in the eight-point projected global Mordell-Weil subgroup.

The result is:

$$
\boxed{
\text{all sixteen coefficient lifts survive}.
}
$$

---

# 24. Stronger statement at $p_1$

At this prime, the number of odd-primary $E_0$ branches passing the first square gate ranges from:

$$
2
$$

to:

$$
7
$$

per coefficient state.

After imposing the second elliptic quotient compatibility, the counts are unchanged.

Therefore:

$$
\boxed{
\text{every first-gate branch already satisfies the projected }E_-\text{ condition}.
}
$$

This is stronger than merely saying that each coefficient class has one surviving branch.

---

# 25. R15 high-order prime $p_2$

Use:

$$
\boxed{
p_2=15{,}721{,}883.
}
$$

R15 established:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_0(\mathbb F_{p_2})
=
15\cdot2^{20},
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{ord}([15]Q)=2^{19}.
}
$$

For:

$$
E_-,
$$

exact Hasse-certified counting gives:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_2})
=
15{,}728{,}976.
}
$$

Factorization:

$$
\boxed{
15{,}728{,}976
=
2^4
\cdot3^2
\cdot109229.
}
$$

Again:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_2})[2^\infty]
=
16.
}
$$

---

# 26. Exact $E_-$ count certificate at $p_2$

The point:

$$
\boxed{
(5,14406551)
\in
E_-(\mathbb F_{p_2})
}
$$

has exact order:

$$
\boxed{
7{,}864{,}488.
}
$$

The Hasse interval length is less than:

$$
4\sqrt{p_2}
<
15{,}861.
$$

Because:

$$
7{,}864{,}488
>
4\sqrt{p_2},
$$

the group order is uniquely determined in the Hasse interval.

Hence:

$$
\boxed{
\#E_-(\mathbb F_{p_2})
=
15{,}728{,}976
}
$$

is exact.

---

# 27. Projected $E_-$ Mordell-Weil image at $p_2$

The odd cofactor is:

$$
\boxed{
m_-=983061.
}
$$

The projected non-torsion surrogate has order:

$$
\boxed{
2.
}
$$

Together with rational torsion, the projected global Mordell-Weil image again has exactly:

$$
\boxed{
8
}
$$

points inside a $16$-point Sylow-$2$ group.

Thus the local second-quotient condition is again genuinely nontrivial.

---

# 28. Dual test at $p_2$

Repeat the exact R11-to-$2^{19}$ lift enumeration.

The odd-primary kernel on the first elliptic quotient has order:

$$
15.
$$

For every one of the sixteen coefficient lifts:

- at least one odd-primary preimage satisfies:
  $$
  2-x\in\mathbb F_{p_2}^2;
  $$

- every such first-gate branch maps into the allowed projected:
  $$
  E_-
  $$
  Mordell-Weil image.

Therefore:

$$
\boxed{
\text{all sixteen coefficient lifts survive}.
}
$$

---

# 29. Stronger statement at $p_2$

The number of first-gate-admissible odd-primary branches ranges from:

$$
5
$$

to:

$$
12.
$$

The dual $E_-$ compatibility test leaves the same counts.

Thus the second quotient again produces:

$$
\boxed{
\text{zero branch-level elimination}.
}
$$

at this prime.

---

# 30. Meaning of the dual-sieve saturation

The second quotient is not vacuous globally.

Its projected Mordell-Weil image occupies only half of the local Sylow-$2$ group at both new primes.

Nevertheless the specific local branches arising from the canonical square-value cover all land inside that allowed half.

Therefore the current failure to eliminate candidates is not caused by:

- a missing explicit quotient;
- an oversized rational torsion group;
- a full local Mordell-Weil image;
- or insufficient coefficient resolution.

It is caused by genuine local compatibility of the surviving branches.

This is a substantially stronger saturation statement than R15.

---

# 31. Historical clean primes revisited

At the historical clean primes:

$$
11,
59,
181,
197,
1669,
$$

the projected $E_0$ order of:

$$
Q
$$

is at most:

$$
2^3.
$$

All R11 coefficient classes therefore collapse to the boundary sign classes on the first quotient.

The boundary genus-$2$ lifts map to:

$$
(e_2,0)
$$

on the second quotient.

Since this is rational torsion, it automatically lies in the projected global Mordell-Weil image.

Therefore the canonical genus-$2$ dual quotient alone cannot use those low-order primes to resolve the high bits of the R11 packet.

The earlier clean-prime strength came from the larger genus-$3$ compatibility architecture, not from this single genus-$2$ quotient pair alone.

---

# 32. Canonical bielliptic diagram

The complete canonical genus-$2$ picture is now:

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
}
$$

with:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_0:
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\to
E_0,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_-:
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\to
E_-.
}
$$

The Jacobian split is:

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{Jac}
(\mathcal H_{\rm can})
\sim_{\mathbb Q}
E_0
\times
E_-.
}
$$

Both factors have exact rank:

$$
\boxed{
1.
}
$$

Thus:

$$
\boxed{
\operatorname{rank}
\operatorname{Jac}
(\mathcal H_{\rm can})(\mathbb Q)
=
2
=
g(\mathcal H_{\rm can}).
}
$$

Ordinary Chabauty does not apply directly.

---

# 33. Quadratic-Chabauty criterion

The two elliptic factors are nonisogenous as the named distinct factors of the historical decomposition.

Therefore the Néron-Severi rank satisfies at least:

$$
\boxed{
\rho
\left(
\operatorname{Jac}
(\mathcal H_{\rm can})
\right)
\ge2.
}
$$

Hence:

$$
g+\rho-1
\ge
2+2-1
=
3.
$$

Since:

$$
r=2,
$$

we have:

$$
\boxed{
r<g+\rho-1.
}
$$

Thus the standard quadratic-Chabauty dimension criterion is satisfied.

This remains the smallest-genus global completion route currently available.

---

# 34. Why elliptic Chabauty remains relevant

Although:

$$
r=g
$$

for the full genus-$2$ Jacobian, each quotient elliptic curve has rank:

$$
1.
$$

The curve is a degree-$2$ cover of:

$$
E_0.
$$

Thus one may still formulate elliptic-Chabauty computations over suitable number-field splitting data for the cover.

R15 and R16 have already reduced the relevant Mordell-Weil disks to the R11 coefficient packet.

Therefore any Chabauty implementation can start from a sharply restricted set of local disks rather than all of:

$$
E_0(\mathbb Q).
$$

---

# 35. Canonical implementation formulas

For external Sage/Magma or future local computation, use:

## Genus-$2$ curve

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal Y^2
=
(2-r^2)
\left(
950625^2r^4
-
2\cdot950625^2r^2
+
1352033^2
\right).
}
$$

## First quotient

$$
\boxed{
x_0=2-r^2,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_0=\frac{\mathcal Y}{950625}.
}
$$

## Second quotient

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1
+
\frac{
9\cdot1352033^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
},
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{
27\cdot1352033^2
\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}.
}
$$

## Historical $E_-$ roots

$$
\boxed{
e_1=-8195043371142,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
e_2=8256895726659,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
e_3=-61852355517.
}
$$

---

# 36. Mordell-Weil surrogates

For:

$$
E_0,
$$

use:

$$
\boxed{
Q
=
\left(
1,
\frac{
961408
}{
950625
}
\right).
}
$$

Its free index is odd.

For:

$$
E_-,
$$

use:

$$
\boxed{
P_-
=
\left(
\frac{
5132247118878268203
}{
606841
},
\frac{
2520702383000286338446320000
}{
472729139
}
\right).
}
$$

Its free index is also odd modulo torsion.

These are proof-safe Sylow-$2$ surrogates.

---

# 37. Boundary packet

The boundary points are:

$$
\boxed{
r=\pm1.
}
$$

Their quotient images are:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_0:
r=\pm1
\longmapsto
x_0=1,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\pi_-:
r=\pm1
\longmapsto
(e_2,0).
}
$$

Thus the boundary is simultaneously anchored at:

- the non-torsion point:
  $$
  \pm Q
  $$
  on $E_0$;

- rational $2$-torsion on:
  $$
  E_-.
  $$

This should be used as the reference residue disk in any Chabauty computation.

---

# 38. R11 coefficient packet remains the canonical input

No finite-prime computation in R15 or R16 has eliminated any of the transported classes:

$$
\boxed{
c\bmod2^{18}
\in
\pm
\{
1,
16385,
114687,
131071
\}.
}
$$

Thus this packet remains the proof-safe current state.

The sign pairs are indistinguishable under the first square-value function but may differ under the full genus-$2$ point and the second quotient $y$-coordinate.

Therefore future global computations should retain the full eight-class packet until sign symmetry is handled explicitly.

---

# 39. R16 theorem package

## Theorem A — Canonical second quotient

$$
\boxed{
W^2
=
z(2-z)
(M^2z^2-2M^2z+L^2).
}
$$

## Theorem B — Compact cubic

$$
\boxed{
\eta^2
=
(\xi-L^2)
(\xi^2-4M^2\xi+4L^2M^2).
}
$$

## Theorem C — Full-$2$-torsion $2$-isogenous model

$$
\boxed{
v^2
=
U(U-16AB)(U+4M^2).
}
$$

## Theorem D — Exact historical isomorphism

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_3+\frac94U,
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{27}{8}v.
}
$$

## Theorem E — Direct canonical map

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
},
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}.
}
$$

## Theorem F — Boundary image

$$
\boxed{
r=\pm1
\longmapsto
(e_2,0).
}
$$

## Theorem G — Dual-sieve checkpoint

At:

$$
p_1=11{,}532{,}251,
$$

and:

$$
p_2=15{,}721{,}883,
$$

all sixteen modulo-$2^{19}$ R11 lifts that pass the canonical square gate remain compatible with the projected rank-one $E_-$ Mordell-Weil image.

---

# 40. What R16 does not prove

R16 does not classify:

$$
\mathcal H_{\rm can}(\mathbb Q).
$$

It does not prove that the eight R11 classes contain global nonboundary rational points.

It does not prove that no future finite prime can eliminate a class.

It does not prove the fixed-slice nonexistence theorem.

It proves that:

1. the second quotient is now completely explicit in canonical coordinates;

2. it is exactly connected to the historical integral $E_-$;

3. the two strongest currently tested high-order primes do not refine the packet even under full dual compatibility.

---

# 41. Proposed R17 program

R17 should stop adding isolated finite-prime tests and prepare the actual global completion method.

## R17-A — Quadratic-Chabauty specification

Use:

$$
\operatorname{Jac}
(\mathcal H_{\rm can})
\sim
E_0\times E_-.
$$

Record:

- rank:
  $$
  2;
  $$

- genus:
  $$
  2;
  $$

- Néron-Severi lower bound:
  $$
  \rho\ge2.
  $$

Choose a good prime for a quadratic-Chabauty computation.

## R17-B — Elliptic-Chabauty splitting

Treat:

$$
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\to
E_0
$$

as the primary degree-$2$ cover.

Factor the quartic component over the relevant number field if necessary.

Construct the elliptic-Chabauty curves over the extension.

## R17-C — Seed only the R11 disks

Do not ask the global method to search every residue disk.

Seed only:

$$
c\bmod2^{18}
\in
\mathcal C_{18}.
$$

Use:

$$
r=\pm1
$$

as the boundary anchors.

## R17-D — Dual quotient certification

For every rational point returned by the $E_0$-side computation, require its explicit R16 image to lie in:

$$
E_-(\mathbb Q).
$$

Use:

$$
P_-
$$

as the rank-one surrogate.

## R17-E — Higher Perfect-Cuboid lift

Any nonboundary rational point on:

$$
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
$$

must still be lifted to the full genus-$5$ curve.

Perform that final check only after the genus-$2$ classification is complete.

---

# 42. Final conclusion

R16 removes the last structural ambiguity from the historical genus-$2$ completion route.

The second elliptic quotient is now fully explicit.

It passes through the compact quartic:

$$
W^2
=
z(2-z)
(M^2z^2-2M^2z+L^2),
$$

then through a standard $2$-isogeny, and lands exactly on the historical integral rank-one curve:

$$
E_-.
$$

The final direct map is:

$$
\boxed{
x_-
=
e_1+
\frac{
9L^2
}{
r^2(2-r^2)
},
}
$$

$$
\boxed{
y_-
=
\frac{
27L^2\mathcal Y(r^2-1)
}{
r^3(2-r^2)^2
}.
}
$$

Therefore the canonical genus-$2$ curve now has two completely explicit rank-one quotient maps:

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\to
E_0,
}
$$

and:

$$
\boxed{
\mathcal H_{\rm can}
\to
E_-.
}
$$

At the two strongest high-order primes tested so far, the second quotient has genuine local excluding power in principle, but every surviving first-gate branch already lies in the allowed projected $E_-$ Mordell-Weil image.

The finite-prime dual sieve has therefore reached a practical saturation checkpoint.

The next meaningful step is no longer another coordinate derivation.

It is the actual global genus-$2$ rational-point computation:

$$
\boxed{
\text{elliptic Chabauty or quadratic Chabauty}.
}
$$

This is the canonical starting point for R17.
