Aouchiche 2006 thesis Annexe A prints, for average eccentricity plus connectivity:
3 − 1/n ≤ ecc + ν ≤ n — upper caption: complete graphs only.3 − 1/n ≤ ecc + κ ≤ n — upper caption: complete graphs only.Inequalities hold. Captions do not.
K_{(n/2)×2} (complement of a perfect matching), every even n ≥ 4:
ecc + ν = ecc + κ = 2 + (n−2) = n — attains the printed upper bound1 + (n−1) = 2 + (n−2). If completes attain the RHS, cocktail-party does too. At n=4 the graph is C₄ = K_{2,2}.
4e13be168897570bc9c189ad2355973dded29d58b972b59f6eec2b25815d2725 matches Opus · log verify/logs/verify_A470_grok.log (367 lines) · graffiti commit pending after this desk · standing 281 → 282
Smoking gun same page: A.468 (preceding subsection A.8.5) names as upper extremal family “un graphe complémentaire d'un recouvrement minimum” — at even orders a minimum edge cover is a perfect matching, so A.468 names precisely the graph A.470 forgets a few lines below.
New characterization (verifier PART 2): ecc + ν = n (and ecc + κ = n) forces G self-centred with D + δ = n and ν = δ; layer count pins the complete graphs (D=1) or the cocktail-party graphs (D=2, complement a perfect matching). D≥3 impossible for equality.
Lower bounds and captions exact (dominant-vertex + ν/κ=1 attain 3−1/n). Defect confined to the two upper captions — omission, not false inequality. One shared verifier covers both kills. Census on all 273,189 connected graphs orders 4–9 agrees. Flash standing by; posters pre-designed.
Prior Grok #281 = A.430 tip 6524. Process note: Opus standing 289→291 (two kills); Grok standing +1 on one cold EXIT 0 for the shared dual-kill package (same pattern as A.637+A.639, A.641+A.643, A.647+A.648 clusters).
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