docs: correct refinement topology and diagnostics scope

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# Fixed three-level separated patches
# Fixed three-level rectangle unions
`FixedPatchStepper` supports exactly three static, blocked levels with separated
rectangle sets on either adjacent pair. This is not general AMR: there is no
per-region timestep, moving geometry, dynamic refinement or L1 body support.
This page describes the legacy three-level entry point of `FixedPatchStepper`,
with rectangle unions on either adjacent pair. The `refinements` level-list
entry point also supports arbitrary depth; three or more levels require
all-blocked storage and bodies/Jets only on the finest level. This is not
general AMR: there is no per-region timestep, moving geometry, automatic
dynamic refinement or L1 body support in the three-level form.
All regions share one current/spare buffer pair per level. The existing schedule
advances L0 once, L1 twice and L2 four times per base step, with aggregate transfers.
No CUDA kernel changes are involved.
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`[(8,8,16,16)]`. Reusing the same numbers after changing the parent frame can
move the physical region.
Both adjacent pairs require a Chebyshev gap of at least four in their own
parent-cell units. The whole child union must preserve inherited ACTIVE
coverage, uncovered ACTIVE donors/receivers, surviving pulls, and the upstream
Both adjacent pairs are built from their unions, without a fixed rectangle-gap
rule. Adjacent, overlapping and concave unions are accepted only when their
actual transfer dependencies close. The whole child union must preserve
inherited ACTIVE coverage, uncovered ACTIVE donors/receivers, surviving pulls, and the upstream
restriction footprint. Sparse holes remain unowned; inherited INNER remains
stream-only and OUTER remains invalid. Block sizes must align with every
support edge, including its four-cell ghost band.
stream-only and OUTER remains invalid. Block sizes must divide their allocated
level grids. Sparse storage owns every grid-aligned tile intersecting the union
plus its four-cell ghost band; rectangle and support edges need not align with
tile edges.
## Example
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PYTHONPATH=src python -m unittest discover -s tests/unit -p 'test_refinement*.py' -v
```
`tests/unit/test_union_refinement.py` covers union dependencies and tile
ownership; `tests/unit/test_hierarchy.py` covers composed geometry through four
levels. `tests/unit/test_raw_exchange.py` checks the four-level host schedule
with CUDA mocks. These establish topology/control-flow coverage, not numerical
qualification at every depth or interface shape.
Explicit GPU gates are in
`tests/validation/multigrid/test_refinement_three_level_multipatch_gpu.py`.
They cover physical-frame equivalence, twins, asymmetric refinement, multiple