\section{The quadratic maps and their coefficients}\label{app:quadrics} Apart from Appendices~\ref{app:normalization}--\ref{app:calculus}, this appendix is needed only to repeat the verification. \subsection{The maps in matrix form} The map $H$ and the first component of $T$ have a short description in the coordinates $(a,B)$ of Section~\ref{sec:families}. From the twelve numbers $u_{ia}$ form the pair \[ a=\begin{pmatrix}0&\bar u_{01}&u_{02}\\u_{01}&0&\bar u_{00}\\ \bar u_{02}&u_{00}&0\end{pmatrix},\qquad B=\begin{pmatrix}u_{21}&u_{32}&u_{10}\\-u_{11}&u_{22}&-u_{30}\\u_{31}&u_{12}&u_{20}\end{pmatrix}, \] and put \[ a'=a^2-BB^*,\qquad B'=-aB+\operatorname{adj}(B)^*. \] Since $\operatorname{tr}a=0$, the square formula \eqref{eq:titssquare} shows that $B'$ is the second component of $(a,B)^2$ and that $a'$ agrees with the first component off the diagonal. With $\sigma$ as in Section~\ref{sec:exhaustion}, \begin{equation}\label{eq:Hmatrix} \begin{aligned} H_0(u)+\sigma(u_0)&=\bigl(a'_{12},\ a'_{01},\ a'_{20}\bigr),\\ H_1(u)+\sigma(u_1)&=\bigl(-\overline{B'_{02}},\ \overline{B'_{10}},\ -\overline{B'_{21}}\bigr),\\ H_2(u)+\sigma(u_2)&=\bigl(\overline{B'_{22}},\ \overline{B'_{00}},\ \overline{B'_{11}}\bigr),\\ H_3(u)+\sigma(u_3)&=\bigl(\overline{B'_{12}},\ -\overline{B'_{20}},\ -\overline{B'_{01}}\bigr),\\ T_0(u)&=\bigl(-(B^*B)_{12},\ -(B^*B)_{02},\ (B^*B)_{10}\bigr), \end{aligned} \end{equation} with matrix indices running over $0,1,2$. The equations \eqref{eq:Hmatrix} were verified by expansion in computer algebra against the formulas written out below, which are the definition used in the formal development. The pair $(a,B)$ is an element of $J$ with zero diagonal, so $\sigma+H$ is, up to signs and conjugations, the off-diagonal part of its square. It is not claimed to be the first-order deformation with coordinates $u$. For $T_1$, $T_2$, $T_3$ we give only the written-out formulas. \subsection{The identities in the proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:array}}\label{app:array-proof} Identity \eqref{eq:counting} counts pairs of entries of the array: pairs in different rows on the left; on the right, pairs in different columns, less those in one row, plus those in one column. For \eqref{eq:second} we have only the expansion. Identity \eqref{eq:composition} is the multiplicativity of the octonion norm. By \eqref{eq:Hmatrix} the twelve components of $\sigma+H$ are, up to signs and conjugations, the off-diagonal coordinates of the square of an element of $J$ with zero diagonal. In the coordinates of Appendix~\ref{app:coordinates} the three octonion entries of that element have the columns $x_1,x_2,x_3$ as coordinates, again up to signs and conjugations, and the off-diagonal entries of its square are the conjugates of their pairwise products. \subsection{The maps written out} The formulas below \leannote{quadratic maps}{Proofs/BookHTQuartic.lean}{31}fix all signs and conjugations in \eqref{eq:quartic}. \begin{align*} H_0={}&\bigl(u_{30}\bar u_{20}+u_{11}\bar u_{31}-u_{22}\bar u_{12},\quad u_{10}\bar u_{30}+u_{21}\bar u_{11}-u_{32}\bar u_{22},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}-u_{20}\bar u_{10}-u_{31}\bar u_{21}-u_{12}\bar u_{32}\bigr),\\ H_1={}&\bigl(-u_{01}\bar u_{30}+\bar u_{02}\bar u_{20}+u_{31}u_{22},\quad -u_{00}\bar u_{31}-\bar u_{01}\bar u_{21}-u_{20}u_{32},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}\bar u_{00}\bar u_{22}+u_{02}\bar u_{32}-u_{30}u_{21}\bigr),\\ H_2={}&\bigl(\bar u_{00}\bar u_{30}-u_{02}\bar u_{10}+u_{32}u_{11},\quad u_{01}\bar u_{11}-\bar u_{02}\bar u_{31}+u_{30}u_{12},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}-u_{00}\bar u_{12}-\bar u_{01}\bar u_{32}-u_{10}u_{31}\bigr),\\ H_3={}&\bigl(-u_{00}\bar u_{20}-\bar u_{01}\bar u_{10}-u_{21}u_{12},\quad -\bar u_{00}\bar u_{11}+u_{02}\bar u_{21}+u_{10}u_{22},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}u_{01}\bar u_{22}+\bar u_{02}\bar u_{12}-u_{20}u_{11}\bigr). \end{align*} \begin{align*} T_0={}&\bigl(-u_{10}\bar u_{32}+u_{30}\bar u_{22}-u_{20}\bar u_{12},\quad -u_{10}\bar u_{21}-u_{30}\bar u_{11}-u_{20}\bar u_{31},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}-u_{11}\bar u_{22}+u_{31}\bar u_{12}+u_{21}\bar u_{32}\bigr),\\ T_1={}&\bigl(u_{00}u_{21}+\bar u_{01}u_{31}-\bar u_{30}\bar u_{22},\quad -u_{00}\bar u_{32}-\bar u_{02}\bar u_{22}-u_{20}u_{31},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}u_{01}u_{20}-\bar u_{02}u_{30}+\bar u_{32}\bar u_{21}\bigr),\\ T_2={}&\bigl(u_{00}u_{32}+\bar u_{01}u_{12}+\bar u_{30}\bar u_{11},\quad -u_{00}\bar u_{10}+\bar u_{02}\bar u_{30}-u_{31}u_{12},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}u_{01}u_{31}-\bar u_{02}u_{11}+\bar u_{10}\bar u_{32}\bigr),\\ T_3={}&\bigl(u_{00}u_{10}+\bar u_{01}u_{20}-\bar u_{22}\bar u_{11},\quad -u_{00}\bar u_{21}+\bar u_{02}\bar u_{11}-u_{20}u_{12},\\[-2pt] &\hspace{30mm}u_{01}u_{12}+\bar u_{02}u_{22}+\bar u_{10}\bar u_{21}\bigr). \end{align*} \subsection{Normalizing the transverse coordinates}\label{app:normalization} Use the anti-Hermitian generators $\sqrt{-1}\,(E_{rs}+E_{sr})$ and $E_{rs}-E_{sr}$, in pair order $01,02,12$. For quartet $i$, the infinitesimal simultaneous conjugation with parameter $u_i$ has zero diagonal coordinates. Writing $u_{ia}=x_a+\sqrt{-1}\,y_a$ in row $i$, its six off-diagonal coordinates are \[ \begin{array}{c|rrrrrr} i&01\text{ imaginary}&01\text{ real}&02\text{ imaginary}&02\text{ real}&12\text{ imaginary}&12\text{ real}\\\hline 0&y_0&-x_0&y_2&x_2&y_1&-x_1\\ 1&y_0&x_0&y_1&-x_1&y_2&x_2\\ 2&y_1&-x_1&y_2&x_2&y_0&-x_0\\ 3&y_2&x_2&y_0&-x_0&y_1&x_1 \end{array} \] By Section~\ref{sec:exhaustion}, $V_\xi u$ is the sum over $i$ of the velocities of \eqref{eq:anchored-family} with equal left and right parameters $g=h=e^{t\mathfrak n_i(u_i)}$, transported back to the original coordinates. A motion of the right parameter alone is tangent to the $F_4$-orbit (Lemma~\ref{lem:stabilizer}), so the projection to $\mathcal O^\perp$ is that of the derivative in the left parameter. Each row of the table maps $u_i$ invertibly and real-linearly onto the six off-diagonal parameters. In the family of quartet $i$ the tangent space of $M_*$ has only diagonal left parameters and parameters $d$ (proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:families}(b), Appendix~\ref{app:inclusion}), and the parametrization of $M_i$ has injective derivative, so the image of row $i$ meets the tangent space of $M_*$ only at zero. Hence the projected image of row $i$ is a complement of the tangent space of $M_*$ in that of $M_i$. At nonresonant parameters these are $\overline{\mathcal T}^K$ and $\overline{\mathcal T}^{K_i}$ (Lemma~\ref{lem:families}(c)), and by \eqref{eq:Qsplit} ($4+4\cdot6=28$) the four images and $\overline{\mathcal T}^K$ span $\overline{\mathcal T}$. At nonresonant parameters the image of row $i$ is the isotypic part $W_i$ itself, although the proofs use only that it is a complement. For $j\ne i$, in the coordinates of quartet $i$, the map $\theta_j$ is $(a,B)\mapsto(g'ag'^*,g'Bh'^*)$ with $g'$ and $h'$ diagonal and the entries of $g'$ distinct, as for $\theta_1$ in the proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:TK}. As in that proof, $\tilde\theta_j$ replaces the left parameter $\dot g$ by $g'\dot gg'^*$ modulo $\mathcal O$, and this multiplies each off-diagonal entry by a cube root of unity other than one. So the image, which lies in $\overline{\mathcal T}^{K_i}$, has average zero over $K$; hence it lies in $W_i$, and both have dimension six. \subsection{Proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:reduction}}\label{app:reduction} \emph{Normalizing the chart.} Let $\Pi$ be the orthogonal projection of $J^{39}$ onto $\mathcal O^\perp$. By the preceding subsection and Lemma~\ref{lem:families}(c), $\Pi V_\xi$ maps the $i$th factor $\mathbb C^3$ of $\mathbb C^{12}$ isomorphically onto a complement of the tangent space of $M_*$ in the tangent space of $M_i$ at $P$. A linear change of the parameters $(\lambda,u_i)$ fixing the points with $u_i=0$ makes the derivative in $u_i$ of the parametrization of $M_i$ in Proposition~\ref{prop:simultaneous} equal to this map. The transverse coordinates of the chart are then the $u_i$ of \eqref{eq:array}, with the norm of $\mathbb C^{12}$ on $E=\bigoplus_iW_i$. \emph{Solving for $\eta$.} Let $\Phi(\lambda,u,\eta)$ be the point of the slice with coordinates $(\lambda,u,\eta)$ in this chart, and let $\pi_{\operatorname{im}DF_P}$ be the orthogonal projection of the residual space onto the image of $DF_P$. The map \[ (\lambda,u,\eta)\longmapsto \bigl(\lambda,u,\pi_{\operatorname{im}DF_P}F(\Phi(\lambda,u,\eta))\bigr) \] has invertible derivative at the origin, since the directions $(\lambda,u)$ span the kernel of $DF_P$ in the slice and $DF_P$ maps the $973$ directions $\eta$ isomorphically onto its image. By the inverse function theorem the equation $\pi_{\operatorname{im}DF_P}F(\Phi(\lambda,u,\eta))=0$ is solved near the origin by $\eta=\hat\eta(\lambda,u)$, with $\hat\eta$ analytic. Put \[ b(\lambda,u)=\Phi(\lambda,u,\hat\eta(\lambda,u))-P,\qquad f(\lambda,u)=F(P+b(\lambda,u)), \] Then $b$ is analytic with values in $\mathcal O^\perp$, and $b(0)=0$. (i) A zero of $F$ near $P$ in the slice is a point $\Phi(\lambda,u,\eta)$ at which the last component of the map above vanishes. So $\eta=\hat\eta(\lambda,u)$, the point is $P+b(\lambda,u)$, and $f(\lambda,u)=0$. The converse holds by the definition of $f$. (ii) For $u\in W_i$ the point $\Phi(\lambda,u,0)$ lies in $M_i$ and is a zero of $F$, so $\hat\eta(\lambda,u)=0$ by uniqueness. Thus $P+b(\lambda,u)$ is the point of $M_i$ with coordinates $(\lambda,u)$, and $f$ vanishes on $\Lambda\times\bigcup_iW_i$. (iii) $D\hat\eta(0)=0$, because the directions $(\lambda,u)$ lie in the kernel of $DF_P$. Hence $D_ub(0)$ is the derivative of the chart in $u$ at the origin, which is $\Pi V_\xi$ by the normalization. \subsection{Proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:stress-calculus}}\label{app:calculus} (a) Apply $\ell$ to $F(x+v)=DF_xv+\mathcal Q(v)$. (b) Differentiate $F(gy)=\rho_gF(y)$ in $g$, and then in $y$ at $x$ in the direction $v$: \begin{align*} DF_y(\delta y)&=\rho_\delta F(y),\\ 2\mathcal B(v,\delta x)+DF_x(\delta v)&=\rho_\delta DF_xv=0. \end{align*} Apply $\ell$ to the second line. For the last assertion, the first line at $y=x$ shows that $\delta x$ lies in $\ker DF_x$ as well; so the first assertion applies to the cross term and to the square of $\delta x$. (c) The first assertion follows from $DF_{gx}\circ g=\rho_g\circ DF_x$, the second from $DF_{x'}=DF_x+2\mathcal B(x'-x,\cdot\,)$. (d) Let $\gamma$ be the curve, with $\gamma(0)=x$ and $\gamma'(0)=v$. Differentiating $F(\gamma(t))=0$ twice at $t=0$ gives $DF_x\gamma''(0)+2\mathcal Q(\gamma'(0))=0$; apply $\ell$. A quadratic form that vanishes on a linear subspace has vanishing polar form there. \subsection{Exact coefficient data} The ancillary file \texttt{native-data.json} holds the coefficients of $V_\xi$, $h_{ia}$ and $t_{ia}$ as exact integer tuples. All indices start at zero. The explanatory strings inside the file use an earlier notation: there a coefficient is written $[A,B,C,D,N]$, the parameters $\xi_1,\ldots,\xi_4$ are called $A,B,C,D$, and the file's $z$, $y_j$, $u_j$, $K_j$, $R$, $S$, $d_i(u)$, $\lambda$ and $d_0,d_1,d_2$ are our $u$, $\tilde u_j$, $U_j$, $V^{(j)}$, $V'^{(j)}$, $V''^{(j)}$, $\tau_i(U)$, $h^*$ and $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\alpha_3$; the matrices $V'^{(j)}$ and $V''^{(j)}$ are stored under the keys \texttt{real\_difference} and \texttt{imaginary\_sum}, and ``phase'', ``anchor'' and ``sheet'' there mean parameter, quartet and family. \paragraph{Encoding.} A coefficient $[n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4,N]$ means \[ \bigl(n_1+n_2\sqrt{-1}+n_3\sqrt3+n_4\sqrt{-1}\sqrt3\bigr)/N . \] A sparse matrix entry $[r,s,n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4,N]$ adds this coefficient in row $r$, column $s$; unspecified entries are zero. An entry of a list for $h$ is $[r,n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4,N]$, the coefficient of residual row $r$; apply its list's \texttt{conjugated} and \texttt{negated} flags to the coefficient, not its row index, before summing. An entry of a list for $t$ appends four integer exponents to this six-tuple. \paragraph{Coordinates and residual rows.} A point of $J$ has the $27$ real coordinates $(\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\alpha_3,o_{01},o_{02},o_{12})$: the diagonal, then the three octonions above it, each in basis $(1,i,j,k,\ell,i\ell,j\ell,k\ell)$. The cyclic coordinates of Appendix~\ref{app:coordinates} satisfy $o_{01}=x_3$, $o_{02}=\bar x_2$, $o_{12}=x_1$, and $n=j\ell$, $in=-k\ell$. Point $p=3f+t$ has coordinates $27p+k$, $0\le k<27$. The rows of $F$ are \[ \begin{array}{c|l} \text{row}&\text{equation}\\\hline 27p+k &(P_p^2-P_p)_k\\ 1053+p&\operatorname{tr}P_p-1\\ 1092+27f+k &(\sum_t P_{3f+t}-e)_k\\ 1443+p(77-p)/2+q-p-1&\langle P_p,P_q\rangle-\gamma_{pq}\quad(p