2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148911Arguments are presented for the odderon intercept being exactly equal to unity. A variational method is presented based on a complete system of one-gluon functions. For the odderon, the highest intercept calculated by this method is $1-(3α_{s}/π)\,0.45$.LaTeX, 19 pages plus 1 postscript figure; some small change in the introductionHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext