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Elimination Is Safe

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Propagation deletes only values that appear in no solution — every deletion is a small proof, so nothing legal is ever lost.

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A value with no legal partner under some constraint cannot appear in any assignment that satisfies everything; striking it costs nothing.

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Safety belongs to the deletions, not the translation — a wrong constraint proves wrong things efficiently.