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Diameter composition bound for a properly separated polytope gluing

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Hirsch.cap_gluing_diameter_composition

by elmismisimoxhunca · Sep 19, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

convex-geometryhirsch-conjecturepolytopes

Let P=Hpoly(a,b)P=\mathrm{Hpoly}(a,b)P=Hpoly(a,b) have a simple vertex vvv, let Q=Hpoly(a′,b′)Q=\mathrm{Hpoly}(a',b')Q=Hpoly(a′,b′) be glued onto PPP at vvv via a properly separated gluing (ProperlySeparatedGluing\mathrm{ProperlySeparatedGluing}ProperlySeparatedGluing), and let R=P∩QR=P\cap QR=P∩Q. If DiamLE(P,Δ)\mathrm{DiamLE}(P,\Delta)DiamLE(P,Δ), DiamLE(Q,bcap)\mathrm{DiamLE}(Q,b_{\mathrm{cap}})DiamLE(Q,bcap​), and every extreme point of RRR that is not a retained extreme point of PPP (i.e. every "new"/seam vertex) reaches some extreme point of QQQ within rrr steps inside RRR's own vertex-edge graph, then DiamLE(R, Δ+2r+bcap)\mathrm{DiamLE}(R,\ \Delta+2r+b_{\mathrm{cap}})DiamLE(R, Δ+2r+bcap​).

This is the flagship covering-diameter campaign's top-priority general result: a completely general fact about gluing any polyhedron onto any polyhedron at a simple vertex under proper separation, independently re-derived and verified correct by five separate research lanes across two rounds, with no Black–Xue-, Goldfarb-, or covering-specific hypothesis anywhere. The routing hypothesis is scoped precisely to seam vertices (not all of RRR), matching the source's own proved scope (Theorem 15/Lemma 4) — a stronger "every vertex of RRR reaches the cap within rrr steps" hypothesis would be false in general and would make Δ\DeltaΔ redundant in the conclusion, which it is not.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_Hirsch_model
import Definitions.Def_Hirsch_simple_vertex
import Definitions.Def_Hirsch_properly_separated_gluing
import Definitions.Def_Hirsch_walk

/-!
# Cap-gluing diameter composition lemma

Source: `hirsch-campaign/route1/shortcut_astra/attempt.md` Lemma 16 ("Sol's
diameter overhead, with all seams included"), the top-priority general result
of the flagship triage report (Part A1, "PROVED-GENERAL, all D — TOP
PRIORITY"), independently re-derived by five lanes (`shortcut_sol`,
`shortcut_kimi`, `shortcut_astra`, refereed PROVED by `shortcut_astra_review`,
and reconfirmed general-purpose by `flagship_decomposition` §4).

**Exact source statement** (Lemma 16): "For a properly separated gluing, let
`Δ` be the finite graph diameter of the old polyhedron, `b` the finite cap
graph diameter, and `r` an all-seam-to-cap routing bound. Then
`diam(P ∩ Q) ≤ Δ + 2r + b`."

**Frame audit, hypothesis by hypothesis.**

* `v` "its simple top": §2's definition of properly separated gluing opens
  "Let `P` be the current pointed full-dimensional polyhedron, `v` its simple
  top" — `v` being simple (`IsSimpleVertex a b v`) is a *standing* assumption
  of the whole section, not just of the gluing definition itself, and is kept
  as an explicit hypothesis here for that reason (Phase 2's
  `Def_Hirsch_properly_separated_gluing.lean` deliberately does *not* bake
  simplicity into `ProperlySeparatedGluing` itself — its own docstring notes
  "this definition does not assume `v` is a simple vertex of `P`... supplied
  separately as a hypothesis wherever this definition is used" — so Phase 3
  must supply it here, and does).
* "properly separated gluing": `ProperlySeparatedGluing a b a' b' v`, reused
  unchanged from Phase 2 (frame-audited there clause-by-clause against this
  same source file).
* "`Δ` the finite graph diameter of the old polyhedron": `DiamLE (Hpoly a b) Δ`.
* "`b` the finite cap graph diameter": `DiamLE (Hpoly a' b') bcap` (renamed to
  avoid clashing with the ambient RHS-vector variable `b`).
* "`r` an all-seam-to-cap routing bound": Theorem 15 (which supplies `r` in
  every application of Lemma 16 in this corpus) proves the routing bound for
  **every finite local vertex**, i.e. every vertex of `R = P ∩ Q` that is
  *not* a retained old vertex other than `v` — Lemma 4's exact
  characterization is "the entire new finite vertex set is the retained old
  set (old vertices minus `v`) together with `V(W)`" (the local model). This
  is intentionally **not** strengthened to "every vertex of `R`": that
  stronger statement is false in general (a retained old vertex arbitrarily
  far from `v` inside a large `P` need not be within `r` steps of the cap,
  and indeed Lemma 16's own conclusion `Δ + 2r + b` only makes sense because
  `Δ` — not `r` — accounts for old-to-old travel). The hypothesis `hr` below
  is exactly this scope: it quantifies only over `x ∈ extremePoints R` with
  `x ∉ extremePoints (Hpoly a b)` (a "new" vertex of `R`), matching Lemma
  4/Theorem 15's scope precisely, and represented via `Hirsch.Reach` from
  `Def_Hirsch_walk.lean` (a length-`r` walk in `R`'s own vertex-edge graph),
  reusing existing vocabulary rather than introducing a new access predicate.
-/

open scoped RealInnerProductSpace
Formal statement
namespace Hirsch

/-- Composing a properly separated gluing: if `P = Hpoly a b` has diameter at
most `Δ`, the cap `Q = Hpoly a' b'` has diameter at most `bcap`, and every
"new" vertex of `R = P ∩ Q` (one that is not a retained old vertex of `P`)
reaches some vertex of `Q` within `r` steps inside `R`'s own graph, then
`R`'s diameter is at most `Δ + 2r + bcap`. -/
theorem cap_gluing_diameter_composition
    {d n n' : ℕ}
    (a : Fin n → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)) (b : Fin n → ℝ)
    (a' : Fin n' → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)) (b' : Fin n' → ℝ)
    (v : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d))
    (hv : IsSimpleVertex a b v)
    (hglue : ProperlySeparatedGluing a b a' b' v)
    (Δ bcap r : ℕ)
    (hΔ : DiamLE (Hpoly a b) Δ)
    (hbcap : DiamLE (Hpoly a' b') bcap)
    (hr : ∀ x ∈ Set.extremePoints ℝ (Hpoly a b ∩ Hpoly a' b'),
            x ∉ Set.extremePoints ℝ (Hpoly a b) →
            ∃ q ∈ Set.extremePoints ℝ (Hpoly a' b'),
              Reach (Hpoly a b ∩ Hpoly a' b') r x q) :
    DiamLE (Hpoly a b ∩ Hpoly a' b') (Δ + 2 * r + bcap) := by sorry

end Hirsch
Source
hirsch-campaign/route1/flagship_triage_report.md, Part A1/A2/A3; hirsch-campaign/route1/shortcut_astra/attempt.md §5, Lemma 16 ("For a properly separated gluing, let Delta be the finite graph diameter of the old polyhedron, b the finite cap graph diameter, and r an all-seam-to-cap routing bound. Then diam(P cap Q) <= Delta + 2r + b"), refereed PROVED in hirsch-campaign/route1/shortcut_astra_review/review.md, independently re-derived in shortcut_sol/attempt.md and shortcut_kimi/attempt.md and reconfirmed general-purpose in hirsch-campaign/route1/flagship_decomposition/attempt.md §4

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