Node preparation advances both code machines by the actual refinement code and preserves the incoming semantic incumbent.
Whole-call code comparisons retain the incoming path and monotonically increase the incumbent. A positive sweep comparison requires a first child.
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An off-path node settles its comparison at a leaf or through the first child of its sweep, then retains that result through its return.
A returned child either passes its settled comparison outward or recovers it before the next surviving sibling.
The actual off-path child settles both comparisons. Skipping an orbit representative is allowed only after a preceding child settled them.
The shared recursion settles both code machines and never decreases an installed incumbent on any sufficiently bounded off-path call.
An actual off-path node returns recoverable comparisons and a monotone incumbent, retaining its incoming code path through every exit.
An actual later-sibling sweep transports settled comparisons across nonlocal returns and composes incumbent growth across its visited children.