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Normalize the selected derivative correlations byThey satisfy $|c_k|\le 1$, and the hypothesis gives ${\sum }_{k\in B}|c_k{|}^2\ge \alpha N$. Thus $T={\sum }_{k\in B}|c_k|\ge \alpha N$. Choose phases ${\omega }_k$ of modulus one so that ${\omega }_k{c}_k=|c_k|$, with any choice if $c_k=0$. ThenOne Cauchy-Schwarz givesExpand into pairs $a,b\in B$ and group them by $t=a-b$, $r=\varphi (a)-\varphi (b)$. After translating $y=x+b$, the derivative correlation isThe grouped coefficient isConsequently $T^2\le {\sum }_{t,r}\gamma (t,r)C(t,r)$, whose right-hand side is the real nonnegative expanded square. A second Cauchy-Schwarz yieldsIf $m(t,r)$ counts the pairs in the displayed coefficient, then $|\gamma (t,r)|\le m(t,r)$. Thus $\sum |\gamma {|}^2\le \sum m^2=E(\Gamma )$, the additive energy of a frequency graph $\Gamma =\{(k,\varphi (k)):k\in B\}$. Equality of two pair differences is equivalent, by permuting the four labels, to equality of the two requested sums in each coordinate.

For every $t$, Parseval identity on a finite group in normalized Fourier convention givesThere are $N$ shifts, so $T^4\le NE(\Gamma )$. Since $T\ge \alpha N$, we concludeThis is precisely the number of ordered $(a,b,c,d)\in B^4$ satisfying both $a+b=c+d$ and $\varphi (a)+\varphi (b)=\varphi (c)+\varphi (d)$, all modulo $N$. It proves squared derivative correlations force frequency-graph energy with the constant and exact equalities stated, rather than approximate frequency matching.