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For homogeneous corrections at the square boundary, integration by parts gives $⟨{\psi }_0\Delta {\psi }_1⟩=⟨{\psi }_1\Delta {\psi }_0⟩$ and $⟨{\theta }_0\Delta {\theta }_1⟩=⟨{\theta }_1\Delta {\theta }_0⟩$. The first-derivative cross terms give $⟨{\psi }_0{\theta }_{1x}⟩=-⟨{\psi }_{0x}{\theta }_1⟩$ and $⟨{\theta }_0{\psi }_{1x}⟩=-⟨{\theta }_{0x}{\psi }_1⟩$. Using $\Delta {\psi }_0=q_c^2{\theta }_{0x}$ and $\Delta {\theta }_0=-{\psi }_{0x}$, these four contributions cancel in pairs. This proves exactly the supplied solvability condition, including the weight $q_c^2$ on its second row. Equivalently $({\psi }_0,q_c^2{\theta }_0)$ is the relevant adjoint eigenfunction for this coupled system.

At first order in the detuning, the inhomogeneous equations areInsert these right-hand sides into the verified solvability condition. One obtainsA further integration by parts, using the leading heat equation, givesHence the growth-rate solvability for conducting-square Darcy convection yieldsThe PDF prints the reciprocal of the required integral ratio. With its declared ${\theta }_t=ϵ\lambda \theta$, the displayed reciprocal does not follow and is false for $q_1\ne 0$. Both integrals are positive for these nonzero modes. The square's Poincare inequality gives their ratio at least $2{\pi }^2$, so it cannot equal its reciprocal. For $q_1=1$, the two explicit parities give approximately $\lambda =11.34770$ for odd $\theta$ and $\lambda =7.30164$ for even $\theta$; the printed expression instead gives about $0.00446439$ and $0.00693825$. These values provide direct mode-based counterexamples.

The corrected growth rate is positive for $q_1>0$ and negative for $q_1<0$, as expected at a convection threshold. Because the critical eigenspace is two-dimensional, an arbitrary superposition generally splits into two different first-order growth rates. The specified parity modes remain independent under the detuning: the temperature linear operator preserves reflection parity, so the cross-parity projection vanishes. This justifies applying the scalar solvability condition to either listed eigenfunction; it should not be applied as a single common eigenvalue to an arbitrary mixture.