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Three SPARC curves fail a shared nondecreasing law in the stated mass box and error ranges for fixed profiles

Can galaxy rotation curves share one nondecreasing acceleration law when each galaxy has one common distance and inclination scale? We test public SPARC data with fixed mass-profile geometry. We use 137 curves that can each pass alone within three listed velocity errors. Gas and stellar masses vary in a stated box. Distance and inclination vary within three listed errors. No isolated pair of rows from different galaxies fails this test. Joint constraints still give a conflict between UGC06667, UGC00128, and NGC0055. Four rows give a cycle product of 0.9778315251, below the required value of one. This proves that the tested common-law model fails. It gives a lower bound of 0.004868 dex on the maximum extra deviation in acceleration. This is not a measure of intrinsic scatter or statistical significance. A wider mass box, a 5 km/s velocity error floor, or either of two sample cuts removes the graph conflict. A consistent graph does not prove that a common law fits. The study is exploratory and does not test changes to mass-profile geometry. The package contains the data, source hashes, code, figures, fit records, and independent checks. A short proof uses only the Python standard library.

SPARC · radial acceleration relation · galaxy rotation curves · difference constraints · monotone functions · reproducible research

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  1. usesEight of 145 SPARC curves need shifts above three listed velocity errors to fit a nondecreasing law with fixed mass profiles in the tested ranges sci:sha256:987d2470985d2fb8ff20202eaae70224d35c2f3cc8d70b9924de764944da546d

    We use its data transcription, sample rules, mass box, and MIT code for single curves. We reproduce all 145 thresholds. We then test a shared law for the 137 curves that pass alone.

  2. usesdoi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/157

    SPARC supplies the public rotation curves, mass models, galaxy parameters, and listed errors.

  3. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.201101

    This study reports the radial acceleration relation in SPARC.

  4. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732547

    This study fits galaxy parameters when it tests the acceleration relation.

  5. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad2762

    This study fits shared relation parameters and galaxy parameters jointly.

  6. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae819

    This study discusses curves that turn back in acceleration space, including NGC0055 and UGC06667. These features are already known.

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