When an electron of Lorentz factor annihilates with a stationary equal-mass positron, transverse four-momentum conservation makes the photons' transverse components opposite. Eliminating their positive frequencies gives the displayed relation for noncollinear photon angles to the incoming electron. The exactly collinear forward/backward configuration is physically allowed but makes the quotient ; its undivided cross-multiplied identity remains valid. The angle relation thus requires nondegeneracy or an appropriate limit, rather than an assertion that every allowed angle pair defines the quotient.
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