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82.40Level 19 — dominant ♭9 connection

G7♭9:

G-B-D-F-A♭.

Remove root G.

Remaining:

B-D-F-A♭.

That's:

B°7.

Therefore:

a dominant ♭9 contains a diminished seventh chord built on its 3rd.

You already know this.

Now symmetry explains why it is so flexible.