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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Hopf Ingest Bridge — Automated problem classification via the Hopf Portability Criterion.
+
+Accepts problem metadata as JSON, runs the 6-condition check (A-F from
+hopf_portability_criterion.md), and emits a classification receipt.
+
+Uses the Cartan-DNA bridge (cartan_dna_bridge.py) as the computation engine
+for conditions B-F when the problem is quaternionic (n=8).
+"""
+import json, sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+
+SILVER = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+# ── Condition A: Strand Decomposition ───────────────────────────────
+def check_strand_decomposition(meta: dict) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Check if problem admits n independent Sidon-labelable channels."""
+    n = meta.get("channel_count", 0)
+    sidon = meta.get("sidon_labels", [])
+    yb = meta.get("yang_baxter_holds", False)
+    eig = meta.get("eigensolid_exists", False)
+    
+    if n not in (2, 4, 8, 16):
+        return False, f"channel_count {n} not in valid Hopf dimensions (2,4,8,16)"
+    if len(sidon) != n:
+        return False, f"sidon_labels has {len(sidon)} labels, expected {n}"
+    if not all(sidon[i] == 2**i for i in range(n)):
+        return False, "sidon_labels not powers of 2"
+    if not yb:
+        return False, "Yang-Baxter not verified"
+    if not eig:
+        return False, "eigensolid convergence not verified"
+    return True, f"n={n} channels, Sidon-valid, YB-OK, eigensolid-OK"
+
+# ── Condition B: Cartan Spectrum ─────────────────────────────────────
+def check_cartan_spectrum(meta: dict, n: int) -> tuple[bool, float, str]:
+    """Compute σ = tr(Cartan)/2ⁿ. Returns (pass, sigma, msg)."""
+    a = meta.get("cartan_integer", 0)
+    if a <= 0:
+        return False, 0, "cartan_integer not provided"
+    
+    denom = 2**n
+    sigma = a / denom
+    return True, sigma, f"σ = {a}/{denom} = {sigma:.6f}"
+
+# ── Condition C: Sidon Threshold ─────────────────────────────────────
+def check_sidon_threshold(n: int) -> tuple[float, str]:
+    """τ = 1/(n-1)."""
+    tau = 1 / (n-1)
+    return tau, f"τ = 1/{n-1} = {tau:.6f}"
+
+# ── Condition D: Spectral Gap ────────────────────────────────────────
+def check_spectral_gap(sigma: float, tau: float, n: int) -> tuple[bool, int, int, float, str]:
+    """∆ = σ - τ > 0, expressible as p/D where D = lcm(2ⁿ, n-1)."""
+    gap = sigma - tau
+    D = 2**n * (n-1)  # lcm for odd n-1
+    p = round(gap * D)
+    
+    if gap <= 0:
+        return False, 0, D, gap, f"gap = {gap:.6f} ≤ 0 (not positive)"
+    return True, p, D, gap, f"∆ = {p}/{D} = {gap:.6f}"
+
+# ── Condition E: Hopf Fibration Fit ───────────────────────────────────
+def check_hopf_fit(n: int) -> tuple[int, str, str]:
+    """n = 2f+2 for fiber dimension f. Returns (f, hopf_map, structure_group)."""
+    f = (n - 2) // 2
+    maps = {0: ("S¹→S¹", "ℤ₂"), 1: ("S³→S²", "U(1)"), 
+            3: ("S⁷→S⁴", "SU(2)≅Sp(1)"), 7: ("S¹⁵→S⁸", "none (non-associative)")}
+    hopf = maps.get(f, (f"S^(2*{f}+1)→S^{f+1}", "unknown"))
+    is_ceiling = (f == 3)
+    return f, hopf[0], f"{hopf[1]}{' (CEILING — maximal group encoding)' if is_ceiling else ''}"
+
+# ── Condition F: Regime Bound ─────────────────────────────────────────
+def check_regime_bound(n: int, f: int) -> tuple[int, str]:
+    """R = (n-1) × c where c = fiber_representation_classes(f)."""
+    c = {0: 2, 1: 2, 3: 4, 7: 8}.get(f, 2)
+    R = (n-1) * c
+    return R, f"R = (n-1)×c = {n-1}×{c} = {R}"
+
+# ── Domain Matching ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+DOMAINS = {
+    (8, 3): ["topological_insulators", "anyons_tqc", "qubo_spin_glasses", 
+              "ads4_cft3", "exponential_sums", "elliptic_curves_qm",
+              "crystalline_cohomology", "spin_systems_o3", "class_field_theory"],
+    (4, 1): ["phase_dynamics", "complex_spin_systems"],
+    (2, 0): ["binary_decisions", "ising_basic"],
+    (16, 7): ["octonionic_limited"],
+}
+
+# ── Main Classifier ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def classify(problem: dict) -> dict:
+    """Run the full 6-condition Hopf portability check."""
+    n = problem.get("channel_count", 0)
+    fiber_hint = problem.get("hint_fiber_type", "")
+    domain = problem.get("domain", "unknown")
+    
+    results = {}
+    
+    # A
+    a_ok, a_msg = check_strand_decomposition(problem)
+    results["A"] = {"pass": a_ok, "detail": a_msg}
+    if not a_ok:
+        return _fail("A", a_msg, problem)
+    
+    # B
+    b_ok, sigma, b_msg = check_cartan_spectrum(problem, n)
+    results["B"] = {"pass": b_ok, "detail": b_msg}
+    if not b_ok:
+        return _fail("B", b_msg, problem)
+    
+    # C
+    tau, c_msg = check_sidon_threshold(n)
+    results["C"] = {"pass": True, "detail": c_msg}
+    
+    # D
+    d_ok, p, D, gap, d_msg = check_spectral_gap(sigma, tau, n)
+    results["D"] = {"pass": d_ok, "detail": d_msg}
+    if not d_ok:
+        return _fail("D", d_msg, problem)
+    
+    # E
+    f, hopf_map, structure = check_hopf_fit(n)
+    results["E"] = {"pass": True, "detail": f"fiber f={f}, {hopf_map}, group={structure}"}
+    
+    # F
+    R, f_msg = check_regime_bound(n, f)
+    results["F"] = {"pass": True, "detail": f_msg}
+    
+    # All conditions pass
+    at_ceiling = (n == 8 and f == 3)
+    matching_domains = DOMAINS.get((n, f), [])
+    port_quality = "strong" if (n, f) in DOMAINS else "moderate"
+    
+    return {
+        "schema": "hopf_ingest_receipt_v1",
+        "problem_id": problem.get("problem_id", "unknown"),
+        "hopf_portable": True,
+        "conditions_passed": [results[k]["pass"] for k in "ABCDEF"],
+        "fingerprint": {
+            "n": n, "sigma": f"{problem.get('cartan_integer',0)}/{2**n}",
+            "sigma_float": sigma, "tau": f"1/{n-1}", "tau_float": tau,
+            "denominator_D": D, "gap": f"{p}/{D}", "gap_float": gap,
+            "regimes_R": R, "fiber_type": {0:"real",1:"complex",3:"quaternionic",7:"octonionic"}.get(f),
+            "hopf_map": hopf_map
+        },
+        "classification": {
+            "regime_class": f"ℤ_{R}" if f in (0,1,3) else f"non-group (R={R})",
+            "port_quality": port_quality,
+            "domain_analogs": matching_domains,
+            "maximal_encoding": at_ceiling,
+            "at_ceiling": at_ceiling
+        },
+        "results": results
+    }
+
+def _fail(condition: str, reason: str, problem: dict) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "schema": "hopf_ingest_receipt_v1",
+        "problem_id": problem.get("problem_id", "unknown"),
+        "hopf_portable": False,
+        "failed_condition": condition,
+        "reason": reason
+    }
+
+# ── CLI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Example: classify a quaternionic problem
+    example = {
+        "problem_id": "braidstorm-8strand",
+        "domain": "braid_topology",
+        "channel_count": 8,
+        "sidon_labels": [1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128],
+        "yang_baxter_holds": True,
+        "eigensolid_exists": True,
+        "cartan_integer": 39,
+        "hint_fiber_type": "quaternionic"
+    }
+    
+    result = classify(example)
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))