
We prove a trichotomy theorem for integer convergence in the polynomial family xⁿ = x + 1 at the Pisot boundary. For n = 2 (golden ratio), convergence to integers is monotonic. For n = 3 (plastic constant), convergence is oscillatory — the unique dimension where damped ringing and integer approach coexist. For n ≥ 4, conjugate roots escape the unit disk and convergence fails. The decay is governed by a survival partition expressing the Perrin recurrence as a probability constraint, with a universal half-life of exactly one bit in entropy units. Vieta's formulas prove that the convergence margin λ₃ = 1 − |σ|² is exact, identifying the decay fraction with the self-coupling coefficient of the companion Lagrangian (Pisot Dimensional Theory). A recursion budget mechanism explains the asymmetry: the cubic reabsorbs its surplus because conjugate roots lie inside the unit disk; the quartic cannot, because its conjugates escape. The Barbero–Immirzi parameter of loop quantum gravity is identified as γ = λ₄ρ — the four-dimensional self-coupling measured on the three-dimensional convergent scale — matching the LQG value to 0.9%. A previously unnoticed near-invariant of the polynomial family is established: the product nπ²λₙ converges to approximately 7 cycles per Hubble time across all dimensions n ≥ 2, with the physical spacetime dimensions n = 3 and n = 4 bracketing the value. This universal resonance matches the damped cosmological oscillation observed independently by Ringermacher and Mead (AJ 2015, MNRAS 2020) in Type Ia supernova data at 7.15 ± 1.0 HHz, to 0.16% accuracy with zero free parameters. The composite damping rate — Hubble friction times the Pisot conjugate modulus — matches the observed decay to 4.2%. The dark matter density parameter λ₃(1 + λ₄/2) = 0.267 matches Planck to 0.9%. These results establish the Pisot boundary as a phase transition between algebraic self-sufficiency and algebraic dependence, with the first independent observational confirmation from published astronomical data.
integer sequences, Vieta's formula, algebraic number theory, convergence, conjugate roots, classical-quantum boundary, polynomial roots, Pisot numbers, quasi-crystals, Vieta, Perrin sequence, Pisot, dimensional physics, phase transition, damped oscillation, topological entropy, recursion, Pisot Dimensional Theory, Vieta's formulas, golden ratio, unit disk, survival partition
integer sequences, Vieta's formula, algebraic number theory, convergence, conjugate roots, classical-quantum boundary, polynomial roots, Pisot numbers, quasi-crystals, Vieta, Perrin sequence, Pisot, dimensional physics, phase transition, damped oscillation, topological entropy, recursion, Pisot Dimensional Theory, Vieta's formulas, golden ratio, unit disk, survival partition
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