s(3) in [[1.05126995479423663626079492997487946409381834557750750736156934023179942983006185386329889297485351562499999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 +/- 1.11e-270], [1.05126995479423663626079492997488735270287055569556162464722216809409616189441294409334659576416015625000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 +/- 2.97e-270]] P_3(s) = 2.23756642787 h_1 = c_1 = P_3(s) - 3 = -0.762433572130 (negative: this is the defect) h_j(s(3)) for j <= 8: 1.00000 -0.762434 0.376884 -0.125985 0.0353111 -0.00770917 0.00159346 -0.000247136 4.61279e-5 k A_k*3^k S_k*3^k A_k/S_k (S_k = P_k^odd(s(3))) 1 11.287301 6.7126993 1.6814846 |S-P|<=2.92e-268 2 64.477660 23.306247 2.7665398 |S-P|<=8.91e-268 3 248.06486 55.990303 4.4304969 |S-P|<=1.47e-267 4 722.13076 105.08787 6.8716849 |S-P|<=1.73e-267 5 1694.8681 165.01014 10.271297 |S-P|<=1.60e-267 6 3338.0653 226.70948 14.723978 |S-P|<=1.24e-267 7 5670.6741 281.45784 20.147508 |S-P|<=8.27e-268 8 8477.4943 323.55658 26.200964 |S-P|<=4.88e-268 9 11324.727 351.05403 32.259215 |S-P|<=2.59e-268 10 13681.543 364.94931 37.488886 |S-P|<=1.26e-268 11 15093.967 367.84350 41.033664 |S-P|<=5.76e-269 12 15328.840 362.76158 42.255963 |S-P|<=2.48e-269 20 1771.5665 248.21857 7.1371232 |S-P|<=1.45e-271 30 142.41435 141.49812 1.0064752 |S-P|<=6.38e-272 50 45.868392 45.868392 1.0000000 |S-P|<=3.53e-272 75 11.219252 11.219252 1.0000000 |S-P|<=2.79e-272 80 8.4655263 8.4655263 1.0000000 |S-P|<=2.38e-272 largest A_k/S_k over the k sampled: 42.25596339 a single all-k constant would be about 15543.58147 in place of C_N = 367.8435 A_k*3^k <= C_N for all k >= 24 (and A_23*3^23 = 472.26966 exceeds it) max of A_k*3^k over 59 <= k <= 80: 27.628395, i.e. C_N has 13.3x slack there => the sign repair changes no certified constant; it changes the RANGE of Proposition 3.5, whose only use downstream is k >= 59.