A finite geometry of low-rank three-list Weyl probes in ternary dimensions
In cyclic Weyl dimension d=3^k, k at least two, we classify every reduced pure-probe state of rank strictly below 7d/9 permitting exact channel discrimination with lists of at most three labels. The low-rank stratum consists of 150 relative interiors indexed by affine lines over the field of three elements, with explicit ranks, spectra, unique positive decompositions and minimum factor counts. Exactly twelve states permit lists of two. We obtain exact-rank list minima at ranks 4d/9 and 5d/9, and show that the structural cutoff 7d/9 is sharp. The result concerns a fixed cyclic Weyl basis and exact zeros; higher-rank and approximate classifications remain open. Exact finite-geometry and matrix certificates accompany the written proofs.
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