Exhaustive analysis reveals the uniqueness of the truncated octahedron among Fedorov parallelohedra, indicating distinct mathematical properties.
The face adjacency Laplacian is computed for all five Fedorov parallelohedra. The truncated octahedron is proved unique in having prime discriminant (Δ=17), integer eigenvalue products (r₁r₂=16=Δ−1), and perfect square eigenvalue sum (r₁+r₂=9=3²). Pure mathematics — no physics assumptions required. Changes in this version - Criterion (iii) of the §5 Theorem sharpened from "a perfect square" to "= C_A²", tying the test to the framework's colour number rather than an arbitrary perfect square.- New §6 "Scope and Axiomatic Exclusions" added, addressing the Weaire-Phelan structure as outside the theorem's scope (excluded by UFFT's single-cell parallelohedral axiom, not by spectral criterion). Stereohedra and multi-cell tilings also flagged.- §7 Implications softened to reflect the restricted scope.- Abstract amended to mirror §6.- Reference [6] added pointing to D3_Uniqueness_Restriction.md.- Status line updated; "of 63" → "of 72" tail.- Corrects file-attachment error on v1 (wrong file was attached to this concept DOI).
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