Binary Veblen φ_α(β) + the diagonal Γ₀ (BH climb rung 4)

[hyperpolymath]

What & why

Next rung of the target-side climb toward ψ₀(Ω_ω) (BH order-type fidelity, open problem D-2026-06-14). Builds on OrdinalExp (ω^^ = φ₀) and VeblenPhi/VeblenPhiNormal (φ₁ = the ε-number enumeration, now a normal function — #244).

The tractability move

The two-argument Veblen function is defined by structural recursion on the first argument, returning a function Ord → Ord — the second-argument recursion lives entirely inside a generic fixed-point enumerator deriv (independent of φ). Agda therefore accepts termination with no TERMINATING pragma:

φ oz       = ω^^_                                 -- φ₀ = ω-exponentiation
φ (osuc α) = deriv (φ α)                          -- fixed points of φ_α
φ (olim f) = deriv (commonStep (n ↦ φ (f n)))     -- common fixed points

New module Ordinal/Brouwer/VeblenBinary.agda

--safe --without-K, zero postulates, structural recursion:

Group	Theorems
Generic engine	g-tower, nextFix g x = olim (g-tower g (osuc x)) (least fixed point of g strictly above x — generalises next-ε), deriv (generalises φ₁), commonStep
Binary φ	φ, recurrences φ-oz/φ-osuc/φ-olim, φ-cont (continuous in 2nd arg — a normal-function property)
Engine correctness	nextFix-above; nextFix-fixed-≤ (continuous g), nextFix-fixed-≥ (monotone + inflationary g) — bi-≤′ fixed point
Subsumes ε-numbers	ω^^-nextFix-fixed-≤/≥ — the engine at g = ω^^ reproves ω^^ (nextFix ω^^ x) ≃ nextFix ω^^ x (continuity definitional, monotone via ω^^-mono-≤′, inflationary via ω^^-infl)
Γ₀	Γ₀ = olim Γ-tower (Feferman–Schütte), Γ₀-pos, Γ-tower-below-Γ₀, φ-diagonal-step

Honest scope

Γ₀ is defined with basic properties; the full theorem that Γ₀ is the least fixed point of the diagonal α ↦ φ_α(0) is not proved (needs commonStep common-fixed-point correctness + monotonicity of every φ level) — the next slice. ψ₀(Ω_ω) sits far above Γ₀ behind the ordinal-collapsing layer; order-type fidelity REMAINS OPEN (D-2026-06-14). No postulate is closed.

Wiring

All.agda import; Smoke.agda pin block (14 headlines).

Verification

• agda proofs/agda/All.agda → exit 0
• agda proofs/agda/Smoke.agda → exit 0
• scripts/kernel-guard.sh → PASS
• zero postulates; --safe --without-K; no TERMINATING

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