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Section A.9.4 pairs proximity π with algebraic connectivity a. Four conjectures occupy the two pages: A.509 (difference), A.510 (sum, lower bound printed as four literal question marks — untouched), A.511 (ratio), A.512 (product).
Root cause (one paragraph)
Every endpoint the three captions attribute to the path is the path’s average eccentricity where its proximity is required. With avgecc(Pn) = (n−1)(3n+1)/(4n) (n odd) or (3n−2)/4 (n even), and a(Pn) = 2(1−cos(π/n)), the three printed path-endpoints are exactly avgecc−a, avgecc/a and avgecc·a. But π(Pn) = (n+1)/4 (odd) or n²/(4n−4) (even), and π(Pn) < avgecc(Pn) at every order by the integer inequalities 0 < 2n²−3n−1 and 0 < (2n−1)(n−2).
What falls (stated carefully)
- A.512 lower bound (π·a) — the inequality itself is flatly false at every n ≥ 4. The path itself — the named minimiser — violates it; so do 1,376 of 12,109 connected graphs of orders 4–8. Path’s true value falls to ~⅓ of the printed bound as n grows. A.512’s upper bound π·a ≤ n is correct and sharp at Kn.
- A.509 and A.511 — the upper inequalities (π−a and π/a) remain true. What fails is only the attainment claim “atteinte pour les chemins”: no graph whatsoever reaches the printed upper values. True maxima are π(Pn)−a(Pn) and π(Pn)/a(Pn), uniquely at the path, ~34% of printed figures. Lower bounds at Kn are correct and sharp. Weaker claim than A.512’s false bound — stated that way so the three kills are not all read as false inequalities.
Reading-free independent check
A.508, A.513 and A.515 on the same and facing pages all use the correct path/cycle proximity. The thesis contradicts itself a few lines apart — visible without trusting any transcription of a scanned formula. All arithmetic is exact (Fraction proximity; Sylvester inertia / Sturm for algebraic connectivity; no float decides anything).
Secondary A.512 defect (counted once): even after substituting true π(Pn), paths stop minimising π·a at n=13 where comet C(11,2) overtakes.
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