We study the rational kernel βₛ (N) of the Ramanujan–Berndt–Straub formula for odd zeta values as a rational function of the level parameter N. We prove an inter-weight identity β₃ − 42β₅ + 315β₇ = 0 from the cyclotomic factorisation of the denominators, and determine the Q-rank of the cross-weight system for low weights (s ≤ 9), conjecturing the general pattern. A reduction operator via alternating evaluation along full-absorption chains of a Fermat-quotient map eliminates Bernoulli-constant divisors and isolates cyclotomic factors ∏ (bᵢ² + 1). We prove that the approximation system is arithmetically incompatible with Q-linear isolation of ζ (s): each equation involves a transcendental Lambert tail whose multiplicative rigidity (rooted in the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic via σ-ₒ) and transcendental arguments (Lindemann–Weierstrass) jointly prevent rational elimination. This yields a demarcation between reductive Diophantine operators (fixed transcendental base; e. g. Ball–Rivoal–Zudilin) and additive operators (growing transcendental rank; e. g. Ramanujan–Lambert). Three negative results close the spectral and interpolation directions.
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