Actual ports and timestamps of blossom arms #
The displayed arms of Definition 39 of [KKR18], arXiv:1602.03124v6, printed p. 19, retain their actual original incidences and copied-step timestamps. The finite clock lookup below reads the supplied arc list; no graph or labeling oracle is introduced.
Forgetting orientations and timestamps gives exactly the original incidence list.
Both actual ports of a cycle step appear at its supplied timestamp and orientation.
Every actual blossom arc is one of the two supplied ports of a particular cycle step.
Incidence uniqueness makes the finite lookup agree with every actual certified arc.
Equal copied nodes identify the actual cycle step, including repeated original constraints.
At a specified copied cycle step there are exactly its two original incidences.
Distinct copied steps give the two-arc hypothesis needed by Corollary 36 and Lemma 40. The terminal meeting contributes two incoming arcs at its own single copy.
Copied-node distinctness is inherited by every variable-ended prefix.
Copied-node distinctness is inherited by every variable-ended suffix.
Prefixes retain their actual arc orientations, including a terminal two-input meeting.
Dropping whole steps retains actual arcs, with the meeting index shifted by their count.
The boundary step's copy is absent from every preceding whole step.
The boundary step's copy is absent from every following whole step.
Each variable-ended prefix is a supported subgraph with its actual copied steps.
Each variable-ended suffix is a supported subgraph, with its meeting index shifted.
Forgetting timestamps in a blossom graph gives the actual incidence flip.
Lemma 40 for all variable-ended prefixes, derived from the full six-invariant DAG and distinct actual copied steps. Repeated original constraints and odd local parity are allowed.