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The exact region between Chatterjee's ξ and Blomqvist's β

Jacob Israel Orenday Lares · Marcus Rockel

arXiv preprint

Complete for stated scope

Theorems 1.1 and 1.2, Lemmas 2.1, 5.1 and 5.2, Propositions 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 5.3, Corollary 4.3, Remarks 3.3 and 5.4, the identities (2.2)-(2.4), (5.1)-(5.5), and the quantitative claims of the Introduction and Figure 1 are checked. This includes both exact regions (all copulas and stochastically increasing/decreasing copulas), the explicit interval-exchange copulas D_b and two-branch copulas R_b, all listed tent-copula properties, and density TP2/RR2 under arbitrary nonnegative measurable versions.

Verification map

Status: complete for stated scope. Theorems 1.1 and 1.2, Lemmas 2.1, 5.1 and 5.2, Propositions 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 5.3, Corollary 4.3, Remarks 3.3 and 5.4, the identities (2.2)-(2.4), (5.1)-(5.5), and the quantitative claims of the Introduction and Figure 1 are checked. This includes both exact regions (all copulas and stochastically increasing/decreasing copulas), the explicit interval-exchange copulas D_b and two-branch copulas R_b, all listed tent-copula properties, and density TP2/RR2 under arbitrary nonnegative measurable versions.

Source and conventions

Source: arXiv:2606.30033v2, 29 September 2026 (numbering as in v2; v1 numbered the same results differently, e.g. v1 Theorem 1 is now Theorem 1.1).

Beta is 4 C(1/2,1/2)-1, and xi conditions coordinate 1 on coordinate 0. Bounds are proved with regular conditional distributions, without a density assumption, so singular copulas are included. The left boundary is the signed tent family L_b of Section 3. The right boundary D_b of Proposition 4.2 is the copula of (U, T_b(U)) for the exact interval exchange T_b of the source; the alternative witnesses of the v1 supplement are kept as extra rows. The set S of median sections is encoded by a nonincreasing slope function p with integral 1/2; the convex function w of Lemma 5.2 is encoded by its nondecreasing slope d with |d| <= 1 (every use in the paper goes through d = 1-2p). Both parameter endpoints are included wherever the source allows them.

Result map

Proofs are in the .lean files of this folder, imported by Main.lean. Axioms.lean prints and enforces the standard transitive axiom allowlist for every declaration below.

Source result Lean declarations Status Hypotheses and scope
Section 2, (2.2): ξ formula via h=∂₁C Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_derivative_formula; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.one_sub_xi_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.one_sub_xi_eq_deriv verified All copulas; 1−ξ(C)=6∫∫h(1−h) with the derivative convention of the source.
Section 2, (2.3): ξ(Č)=ξ(C), β(Č)=−β(C) Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.check_cdf; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_check; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.beta_check; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.check_kernel verified Č(u,v)=u−C(u,1−v), every copula.
Section 2, class convexity, SI⇒PQD, SD⇒NQD Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_univ; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_pqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_nqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_si; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_sd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_rs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_cls; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.convex_interSet; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.IsConvexClass.inter; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isNQD_mix; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isSD_mix; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.classSI_subset_classPQD; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.classSD_subset_classNQD verified All five classes and their intersections are convex.
Section 2, kernel forms of SI/SD Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isSI_iff_antitone_version; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isSD_iff_monotone_version; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.transpose_isSI_iff_concave verified Per-v kernel versions; transpose SI iff u-concavity of C(u,·).
Section 2, (2.4): reflection of the regions Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isPQD_reflect_second_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isNQD_reflect_second_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.isRadiallySymmetric_reflect_second_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_pqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_nqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_si; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_sd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_rs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_univ; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_inter; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_cls; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.checkClass_interSet; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_checkClass; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_nqd_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_sd_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_rs_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_interSet_check; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_sd_rs_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_sd_eq_sd_rs verified R^Ǎ = {(x,−y)} for the five classes and every intersection.
Lemma 2.1: interpolation Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.interpolation_lemma; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.fixed_beta_intermediate_in_class; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_mixture_continuous; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.beta_mixture_fixed; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.fixed_beta_intermediate verified Convex subclass, equal β, target ξ between; continuity of ξ along mixtures.
Proposition 3.1: L_b is a copula with the stated density and kernel; β, ξ Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf_paper; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf_left_strip; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf_right_strip; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tent_distribution_functions; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentG_eq_zero; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentG_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentG_one_sub; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentG_neg; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.integral_tentG; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.integral_tentG_sq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.hasDerivAt_tentG; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.hasDerivAt_ellFun; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.hasDerivAt_tent_formula; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.hasDerivAt_tent_formula_second; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_kernel_paper; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_deriv_paper; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.signedTentSlope_eq_tentGDeriv; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDisplacement_eq_tentG; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_ae_eq_paper; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_density_paper; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_values_ae; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_left; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_right; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_cdf_eq_integral_density; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tent_kernel_sq_integral; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_leftBoundary_from_kernel; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.left_boundary_attained; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_conditionalCDF; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_density; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_absolutelyContinuous; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_values verified Every b∈[−1,1]; density c_b=1+σ(u)g_b′(v)∈{0,1,2} a.e.; kernel ∂₁L_b=v+σ(u)g_b(v); β(L_b)=b, ξ(L_b)=
Proposition 3.2(i): symmetries, exchangeability, special cases Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_check; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_survival; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_asymmetry; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_exchangeable_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_zero; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_zero_eq_independence; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_one_cdf; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_neg_one_cdf; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_one_eq_ordinalSum; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_neg_one_eq_check; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_quadrant_masses; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_reflect_first; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_reflect_second; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_radiallySymmetric verified Ľ_b=L_{−b}, L̂_b=L_b, exchangeable iff b∈{−1,0,1}, L_0=Π, L_1 the ordinal sum of Π and Π at 1/2, L_{−1}=Ľ_1.
Proposition 3.2(ii)–(iii): monotonicity, quadrant dependence, reverse direction Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_si_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_sd_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_pqd_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_nqd_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_transpose_isSI_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_transpose_isSD_iff verified SI/PQD iff b≥0, SD/NQD iff b≤0; transpose SI iff b∈{0,1}, SD iff b∈{0,−1}.
Proposition 3.2(iv): total positivity Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_one; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_one_diagonal; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_one_antidiagonal; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_nonneg; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_ae_tp2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensityPaper_ae_rr2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_ae_tp2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_ae_rr2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_tp2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentDensity_rr2_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_density_version_ae_minors_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_hasMTP2Density_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_hasRR2Density_iff verified TP2 iff b∈{0,1}, RR2 iff b∈{0,−1}, for a.e. minors and for every nonnegative measurable density version.
Proposition 3.2(v): rank coefficients; Proposition 3.2 bundle Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_rho; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_tau; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_3_2 verified ρ(L_b)=3b
Remark 3.3: tent is the unique minimizer Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.abs_tentG_le_abs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tentG_sq_le; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tent_minimizes; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.tent_minimizer_unique verified Among 1-Lipschitz functions with value b/2 at 1/2, the tent minimizes ∫g² uniquely.
Proposition 4.1: sharp lower bound Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.medianDisplacement_lipschitz; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.median_strip_energy; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.median_energy_le_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.medianTent_le_abs_displacement; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.beta_cubic_le_two_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_eq_lower_iff verified
Proposition 4.2: explicit interval exchange D_b Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xchg_xchg; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xchg_symm; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.coe_intervalExchange; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.intervalExchange_measurePreserving; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_ae_graph; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_completelyDependent; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_cdf; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_cdf_low; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_cdf_mid; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_exchangeable; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_radiallySymmetric; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.dExchange_pqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_4_2 verified The exact map T_b of the source, s_b=(1+b)/4, every b∈[−1,1]; measure preserving, ξ=1, β=b, exchangeable, radially symmetric, PQD for b≥0.
Proposition 4.2 (alternative witnesses, from v1) Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_twoBlockFlip; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.rightBoundary_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.rightBoundary_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.right_boundary_attained; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetricRightBoundary_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetricRightBoundary_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetricRightBoundary_radiallySymmetric; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetricRightBoundary_exchangeable; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetricRightBoundary_pqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.symmetric_right_boundary_attained verified Also proved with two other deterministic witnesses (kept from the v1 supplement).
Theorem 1.1: exact ξ–β region Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exact_xi_beta_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_1_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_1_inequality; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_1_right_boundary verified R = {(x,y)∈[0,1]×[−1,1]:
Corollary 4.3: radially symmetric, PQD, NQD regions Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exactRegion_neg; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.region_of_witnesses; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.corollary_4_3_rs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.corollary_4_3_pqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.corollary_4_3_nqd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exact_radiallySymmetric_xi_beta_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exact_pqd_xi_beta_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exact_pqd_radiallySymmetric_xi_beta_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exact_nqd_xi_beta_region verified R^RS=R; R^PQD=R^{PQD,RS}=R∩[0,1]²; R^NQD=R^{NQD,RS}=R∩([0,1]×[−1,0]).
Section 5, median sections and gap function Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exists_medianSection_of_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.concaveOn_A; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.convexOn_gap; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.abs_le_gap; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.gap_eq_integral; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.abs_gap_sub_le verified The set S is encoded by a nonincreasing slope function; A concave, w convex, w≥
Lemma 5.1(i): Q_A is an SI copula with median section A, (5.1) Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.cdf_completion; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.cdf_completion_of_le_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.cdf_completion_of_half_le; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.conditionalCDF_completion; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.kernelMeasure_real_Iic; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.completion_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.cdf_completion_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.completion_congr verified Kernel mass p(u) at A(u) and 1−p(u) at B(u).
Lemma 5.1(ii)–(iii): maximal completion Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.cdf_le_completion; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_le_completion; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.eq_completion_of_xi_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.integral_antitone_mul_nonneg verified C≤Q_A for all copulas with C(·,1/2)=A; ξ(C)≤ξ(Q_A) for SI C, equality iff C=Q_A.
(5.2)–(5.3): 1−ξ(Q_A)=(3/2)J(w) Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.xi_completion; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.MedianSection.one_sub_xi_completion verified Also ξ(Q_A)=1−6∫p(1−p)w.
Lemma 5.2: sharp inequality for convex w Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.SlopeData.w_sub_le; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.SlopeData.two_q_le_one; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.SlopeData.q_nonneg; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.SlopeData.two_q_sq_le_J; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.SlopeData.J_eq_two_q_sq_iff verified Convex w encoded through its nondecreasing slope d with
(5.5): A_b and R_b Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.rightSection_A; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.rightSection_gap; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_cdf_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_cdf_of_le_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_cdf_of_half_le; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_zero_cdf_of_le_half; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_zero_cdf_of_half_le verified b∈[0,1]; gap function w_b=max(
Proposition 5.3: law of (U,V_b) Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.cdf_lawVb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.measure_eq_of_real_Iic_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_toMeasure_eq_lawVb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.kerR_rightSection; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.marginals_Xb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_eq_ofMap; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Vb_uniform; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_5_3_law verified R_b is the copula of (U,V_b) with the source construction, b∈[0,1].
Proposition 5.3(i): singular, SI, radially symmetric, not exchangeable, transpose not SI, R_1=M Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_singular; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_not_absolutelyContinuous; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.volume_supportGraphs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_isRadiallySymmetric; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_not_exchangeable; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_transpose_not_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_one_eq_comonotonic; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_5_3_i verified Exchangeability and transpose claims for 0≤b<1.
Proposition 5.3(ii): ordinal-sum structure Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_eq_finiteOrdinalSum; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_5_3_ii verified 0<b<1: R_b is the ordinal sum of M, R_0, M over 0, b/2, 1−b/2, 1.
Proposition 5.3(iii)–(iv): β, ξ, τ, ρ of R_b Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.Rb_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_Rb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.integral_Rb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.kendallTau_Rb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.spearmanRho_Rb; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.proposition_5_3_iii_iv verified β=b, ξ=1−(3/4)(1−b)², τ=1−(1/2)(1−b)², ρ=1−(1/2)(1−b)³.
Theorem 1.2: inequality (1.5) and equality case Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_beta_mem_Icc; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_le_of_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_eq_iff_of_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_2_inequality; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_2_inequality_alt; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_2_beta_lower verified Every SI copula: ξ≤1−(3/4)(1−β)², equivalently β≥1−2√((1−ξ)/3); equality iff C=R_{β(C)}.
Theorem 1.2: exact SI region; SD by reflection Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_classSI_subset; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.siRegion_subset_xiBetaRegion_classSI_rs; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_2_region; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.theorem_1_2_sd; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.siRegion_iff verified R^SI=R^{SI,RS}={y³≤2x, 3(1−y)²≤4(1−x)}; R^SD=R^{SD,RS} its mirror image.
Remark 5.4(a): β=0 and R_0 Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.siRegion_fibre_beta_zero; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xiBetaRegion_classSI_fibre_beta_zero; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.R0_upper_endpoint; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.V0_ae_eq; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.V0_floor_ae; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.R0_transpose_ae_graph; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_R0_transpose; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.R0_SI_transpose_not_SI verified SI fibre at β=0 is [0,1/4], ξ(R_0)=1/4, R_0^T completely dependent with ξ=1, R_0 SI but R_0^T not.
Remark 5.4(b): ξ≤τ≤ρ for R_b Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_le_tau_le_rho_Rb verified b∈[0,1].
Introduction and Figure 1: claims about the regions Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.leftBoundary_pm_one_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.exists_mixture_leftBoundary_dExchange; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.horizontal_edges_attained; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.pqd_rho_eq_zero_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.one_sub_sq_le_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.xi_gt_quarter_beta_pos; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.abs_beta_le_rpow; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.figure1_dots; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_xi_gt_quarter_beta_pos; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_beta_zero_compatible; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_beta_zero_xi_le; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.figure1_si_boundary; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.figure1_si_dots; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.figure1_sd_boundary verified L_{±1} attain ξ=1/2, mixtures fill the horizontal edges, ξ>1/4 forces β>0 for SI, β=0 compatible with every ξ∈[0,1/4], the dots Π, R_0, L_1, M and the boundary curves.
Remark 10 of v1 / Section 6: SI comparison family, inner intervals, rigidity at ξ=1 Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.stochasticUpper_isSI; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.stochasticUpper_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.stochasticUpper_xi; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_inner_region_attained; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.sd_inner_region_attained; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_region_outer_bound; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.sd_region_outer_bound; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_xi_one_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.sd_xi_one_iff; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.si_xi_one_beta; Papers.OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBeta.sd_xi_one_beta verified Kept from the v1 supplement: bM+(1−b)Π; SI/SD and ξ=1 force M/W.

There are no pending rows within the declared scope. Not certified here: results the source cites from the literature (Sklar's theorem, existence of Markov kernels, Chatterjee's characterization that xi=1 forces V=f(U), the inequality xi <= tau for SI copulas of reference [27]); the intermediate steps of the proofs of Propositions 3.2(iii),(v) and 4.1 beyond the final statements listed above; the open problems of Section 6; and numerical plots and figures, which are not formal proofs.

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@misc{OrendayLaresRockel2026XiBetaArxiv,
  author = {Orenday Lares, Jacob Israel and Rockel, Marcus},
  title = {The exact region between Chatterjee's $\xi$ and Blomqvist's $\beta$},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2606.30033},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {math.ST},
  note = {Version 1, 29 June 2026},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.30033v1}
}

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