Establish uniform integrability for the fixed-filling character ensemble
Establish uniform integrability of the $2\alpha$-th character moments for the discrete fixed-filling $C_N$ ensemble in the unlocked phase, so that the proposed Gaussian character central-limit law rigorously implies the thermodynamic ratio $\mathcal R_\alpha^{(\eta)}$.
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A central-limit theorem alone is insufficient for Eq.~eq:Gaussian: uniform tail bounds are needed to interchange the thermodynamic limit and the $2\alpha$th absolute moment. Continuous and discrete $\beta$-ensemble fluctuation results motivate the hypothesis, but the required uniform integrability has not been established for the present fixed-filling grid; see Sec.~\ref{sec:S11} of the SM.
For $N\ge2$, Eqs.~eq:S9-Reta4-candidate and~eq:S9-P5 are a strongly constrained conjectural finite-rank reconstruction, independently verified through N=15.
Whether this reflects a genuinely different limiting law or a failure of uniform integrability remains open.
For fixed finite $\alpha>4$, the thermodynamic ratios are not determined by counting the exact maximizers of the $\alpha\to\infty$ problem and are left open; see Sec.~\ref{sec:S11} of the SM.