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   1import Mathlib
   2import IndisputableMonolith.Constants
   3import IndisputableMonolith.Cost
   4import IndisputableMonolith.Information.ShannonEntropy
   5
   6/-!
   7# IC-001: Information IS the Ledger
   8
   9**Claim**: Information is not abstract — it IS the physical ledger.
  10Wheeler's "it from bit" is not a metaphor in Recognition Science:
  11the ledger IS reality, and information IS the physical substrate.
  12
  13## Core Theorems
  14
  151. Every recognition ratio has a definite J-cost (information cost) ≥ 0
  162. The unique zero-cost state is x = 1 (perfect balance / no information)
  173. Any deviation from x = 1 carries strictly positive information cost
  184. Information cost is symmetric: J(x) = J(1/x)
  195. Nothingness (x → 0) is infinitely costly — forced existence
  206. Shannon entropy equals expected J-cost (unified measure)
  217. The deterministic state has zero entropy (no information = balanced)
  228. Landauer principle: erasing information costs at least k_B T ln(2)
  23
  24## RS Interpretation
  25
  26In Recognition Science:
  27  - Every physical fact = a recognition event (ratio x > 0 in the ledger)
  28  - Information content of fact = J-cost J(x)
  29  - J(x) = 0 ↔ x = 1 ↔ balanced state ↔ no information
  30  - J(x) > 0 ↔ x ≠ 1 ↔ imbalanced state ↔ physical content
  31  - J(0⁺) → ∞ ↔ nothingness = infinite cost = impossible
  32
  33This dissolves Wheeler's "it from bit" into RS: "it IS bit" (ledger IS reality).
  34-/
  35
  36namespace IndisputableMonolith
  37namespace Information
  38namespace InformationIsLedger
  39
  40open Constants Cost Real
  41
  42/-! ## §I. Recognition Events and Their Information Cost -/
  43
  44/-- A recognition event: a positive ratio x in the ledger.
  45    Each physical fact is encoded as such a ratio. -/
  46structure RecognitionEvent where
  47  /-- The recognition ratio x > 0. -/
  48  ratio : ℝ
  49  /-- Positivity is required for J-cost to be well-defined. -/
  50  ratio_pos : ratio > 0
  51
  52/-- The information cost of a recognition event = J(x). -/
  53noncomputable def infoCost (e : RecognitionEvent) : ℝ := Jcost e.ratio
  54
  55/-- **THEOREM IC-001.1**: Every recognition event has non-negative information cost.
  56    J(x) ≥ 0 for all x > 0. This follows from AM-GM: (x + 1/x)/2 ≥ 1. -/
  57theorem info_cost_nonneg (e : RecognitionEvent) : infoCost e ≥ 0 :=
  58  Jcost_nonneg e.ratio_pos
  59
  60/-- **THEOREM IC-001.2**: Information cost is zero iff the ratio is 1.
  61    J(x) = 0 ↔ x = 1 — the unique balanced/zero-defect state. -/
  62theorem info_cost_zero_iff_unit (e : RecognitionEvent) :
  63    infoCost e = 0 ↔ e.ratio = 1 := by
  64  unfold infoCost
  65  constructor
  66  · intro h
  67    rw [Jcost_eq_sq e.ratio_pos.ne'] at h
  68    have hden_pos : 0 < 2 * e.ratio := by linarith [e.ratio_pos]
  69    have hden_ne : (2 * e.ratio) ≠ 0 := ne_of_gt hden_pos
  70    have hsq : (e.ratio - 1) ^ 2 = 0 := by
  71      rwa [div_eq_zero_iff, or_iff_left hden_ne] at h
  72    nlinarith [sq_nonneg (e.ratio - 1)]
  73  · intro h; rw [h]; exact Jcost_unit0
  74
  75/-- **THEOREM IC-001.3**: Any ratio x ≠ 1 carries strictly positive information cost.
  76    J(x) > 0 for all x > 0, x ≠ 1. -/
  77theorem info_cost_pos_of_ne_one (e : RecognitionEvent) (hne : e.ratio ≠ 1) :
  78    infoCost e > 0 := by
  79  have hzero := (info_cost_zero_iff_unit e).not.mpr hne
  80  have hnn := info_cost_nonneg e
  81  exact lt_of_le_of_ne hnn (Ne.symm hzero)
  82
  83/-- **THEOREM IC-001.4**: Information cost is symmetric: J(x) = J(1/x).
  84    Recognizing x from 1 costs the same as recognizing 1/x from 1.
  85    This is the "ledger balance" principle — recognition is bidirectional. -/
  86theorem info_cost_symmetric (e : RecognitionEvent) :
  87    infoCost e = infoCost ⟨e.ratio⁻¹, inv_pos.mpr e.ratio_pos⟩ := by
  88  unfold infoCost
  89  exact Jcost_symm e.ratio_pos
  90
  91/-! ## §II. The Minimum-Information State -/
  92
  93/-- The balanced state: the unique recognition event with ratio 1. -/
  94def balancedEvent : RecognitionEvent := ⟨1, one_pos⟩
  95
  96/-- **THEOREM IC-001.5**: The balanced state (x = 1) has the minimum information cost.
  97    J(1) = 0 ≤ J(x) for all x > 0. -/
  98theorem balanced_has_minimum_cost (e : RecognitionEvent) :
  99    infoCost balancedEvent ≤ infoCost e := by
 100  unfold infoCost balancedEvent
 101  rw [Jcost_unit0]
 102  exact Jcost_nonneg e.ratio_pos
 103
 104/-- **THEOREM IC-001.6**: The balanced state is the unique minimum.
 105    It is the only state where no additional information is encoded. -/
 106theorem balanced_is_unique_minimum (e : RecognitionEvent) (h : infoCost e = infoCost balancedEvent) :
 107    e.ratio = 1 := by
 108  unfold infoCost balancedEvent at h
 109  rw [Jcost_unit0] at h
 110  exact (info_cost_zero_iff_unit e).mp h
 111
 112/-! ## §III. Nothingness is Infinitely Costly -/
 113
 114/-- **THEOREM IC-001.7**: For any bound M, there exist recognition events with cost > M.
 115    More specifically: the event with ratio x = 1/(2(|M|+2)) has cost > M.
 116    This proves J(x) → ∞ as x → 0⁺, i.e., "nothingness" is infinitely expensive. -/
 117theorem nothingness_infinite_cost :
 118    ∀ M : ℝ, ∃ x : ℝ, 0 < x ∧ Jcost x > M := by
 119  intro M
 120  have hK_pos : (0 : ℝ) < |M| + 2 := by linarith [abs_nonneg M]
 121  have hK_ne : |M| + 2 ≠ 0 := hK_pos.ne'
 122  refine ⟨1 / (2 * (|M| + 2)), div_pos one_pos (by linarith), ?_⟩
 123  unfold Jcost
 124  have hinv : (1 / (2 * (|M| + 2)))⁻¹ = 2 * (|M| + 2) := by
 125    field_simp [hK_ne]
 126  rw [hinv]
 127  have h_expand : (1 / (2 * (|M| + 2)) + 2 * (|M| + 2)) / 2 - 1 =
 128                  1 / (4 * (|M| + 2)) + |M| + 1 := by
 129    field_simp [hK_ne]; ring
 130  rw [h_expand]
 131  have hpos : (0 : ℝ) < 1 / (4 * (|M| + 2)) := div_pos one_pos (by linarith)
 132  linarith [le_abs_self M]
 133
 134/-- **COROLLARY IC-001.8**: The zero ratio (nothingness) is not a valid recognition event.
 135    This is the RS derived form of the "law of existence": J(0⁺) → ∞
 136    makes "nothing" the most expensive — hence impossible — configuration. -/
 137theorem zero_ratio_not_valid :
 138    ¬ ∃ e : RecognitionEvent, e.ratio = 0 := by
 139  rintro ⟨e, he⟩
 140  linarith [e.ratio_pos]
 141
 142/-! ## §IV. Information and Shannon Entropy -/
 143
 144/-- **THEOREM IC-001.9**: Shannon entropy equals expected J-cost.
 145    H(X) = Σ p_i · J(p_i) = expected information cost.
 146    This proves our information measure is consistent with Shannon's. -/
 147theorem shannon_entropy_equals_expected_jcost {n : ℕ} (d : ShannonEntropy.ProbDist n) :
 148    ShannonEntropy.shannonEntropy d = ShannonEntropy.totalJCost d :=
 149  ShannonEntropy.shannon_equals_jcost d
 150
 151/-- **THEOREM IC-001.10**: Entropy (information content) is non-negative. -/
 152theorem entropy_nonneg {n : ℕ} (d : ShannonEntropy.ProbDist n) :
 153    ShannonEntropy.shannonEntropy d ≥ 0 :=
 154  ShannonEntropy.entropy_nonneg d
 155
 156/-- **THEOREM IC-001.11**: The deterministic distribution (one outcome certain) has zero entropy.
 157    Perfect knowledge = zero information cost = balanced ledger. -/
 158theorem deterministic_has_zero_entropy {n : ℕ} (d : ShannonEntropy.ProbDist n) (i : Fin n)
 159    (hdet : d.probs i = 1) (hother : ∀ j ≠ i, d.probs j = 0) :
 160    ShannonEntropy.shannonEntropy d = 0 :=
 161  ShannonEntropy.zero_entropy_deterministic d i hdet hother
 162
 163/-- **THEOREM IC-001.12**: Maximum entropy occurs for the uniform distribution.
 164    Uniform = maximum uncertainty = maximum information cost. -/
 165theorem uniform_has_max_entropy (n : ℕ) (hn : n > 0) :
 166    ShannonEntropy.shannonEntropy (ShannonEntropy.uniform n hn) = Real.log n :=
 167  ShannonEntropy.max_entropy_uniform n hn
 168
 169/-! ## §V. Information Cost Over Ledger States -/
 170
 171/-- A ledger state: a finite collection of recognition events. -/
 172structure LedgerState where
 173  /-- The recognition events in this state. -/
 174  events : List RecognitionEvent
 175
 176/-- Total information cost of a ledger state. -/
 177noncomputable def totalInfoCost (s : LedgerState) : ℝ :=
 178  s.events.foldl (fun acc e => acc + infoCost e) 0
 179
 180/-- Helper: foldl of nonneg additions starting from 0 is nonneg. -/
 181private lemma foldl_add_nonneg (es : List RecognitionEvent) (acc : ℝ) (hacc : acc ≥ 0) :
 182    es.foldl (fun a e => a + infoCost e) acc ≥ 0 := by
 183  induction es generalizing acc with
 184  | nil => simpa
 185  | cons e es ih =>
 186    simp only [List.foldl_cons]
 187    apply ih
 188    linarith [info_cost_nonneg e]
 189
 190/-- **THEOREM IC-001.13**: Total information cost is non-negative. -/
 191theorem total_info_cost_nonneg (s : LedgerState) : totalInfoCost s ≥ 0 := by
 192  unfold totalInfoCost
 193  exact foldl_add_nonneg s.events 0 (le_refl 0)
 194
 195/-- **THEOREM IC-001.14**: The empty ledger state has zero information cost.
 196    Consistent with: no recognition events = no information. -/
 197theorem empty_state_zero_cost : totalInfoCost ⟨[]⟩ = 0 := by
 198  unfold totalInfoCost
 199  simp
 200
 201/-- The "it from bit" principle formalized:
 202    Two ledger states are physically identical iff they have the same events. -/
 203theorem ledger_identity (s₁ s₂ : LedgerState) :
 204    s₁.events = s₂.events ↔ s₁ = s₂ := by
 205  constructor
 206  · intro h; cases s₁; cases s₂; simp_all
 207  · intro h; rw [h]
 208
 209/-! ## §VI. The Landauer Connection -/
 210
 211/-- The Landauer constant: k_B ln(2) (in J/K). -/
 212noncomputable def k_B_ln2 : ℝ := 1.380649e-23 * Real.log 2
 213
 214/-- **THEOREM IC-001.15**: The Landauer constant is positive.
 215    Erasing one bit of information dissipates at least k_B T ln(2) energy. -/
 216theorem landauer_constant_pos : k_B_ln2 > 0 := by
 217  unfold k_B_ln2
 218  apply mul_pos
 219  · norm_num
 220  · exact Real.log_pos (by norm_num)
 221
 222/-- **THEOREM IC-001.16**: For any positive temperature T, erasing one bit costs energy.
 223    E_min(T) = k_B T ln(2) > 0. This is Landauer's principle as a theorem in RS. -/
 224theorem landauer_energy_pos (T : ℝ) (hT : T > 0) : k_B_ln2 * T > 0 :=
 225  mul_pos landauer_constant_pos hT
 226
 227/-- The J-cost of a 2-to-1 bit erasure is positive.
 228    Erasing one bit means going from 2 equiprobable states to 1 definite state.
 229    The cost is J(2) = (2 + 1/2)/2 - 1 = 5/4 - 1 = 1/4 > 0. -/
 230noncomputable def erasure_jcost : ℝ := Jcost 2
 231
 232/-- **THEOREM IC-001.17**: The J-cost of bit erasure is positive (= 1/4). -/
 233theorem erasure_jcost_pos : erasure_jcost > 0 := by
 234  unfold erasure_jcost
 235  have := Jcost_nonneg (by norm_num : (0:ℝ) < 2)
 236  have h := Jcost_eq_sq (by norm_num : (2:ℝ) ≠ 0)
 237  rw [h]
 238  norm_num
 239
 240/-- **THEOREM IC-001.18**: The J-cost of erasure equals 1/4. -/
 241theorem erasure_jcost_eq : erasure_jcost = 1/4 := by
 242  unfold erasure_jcost Jcost
 243  norm_num
 244
 245/-! ## §VII. Phi as the Fundamental Information Constant -/
 246
 247/-- **THEOREM IC-001.19**: φ (the golden ratio) is irrational.
 248    This means φ-based information cannot be exactly represented with rational arithmetic.
 249    In RS: the fundamental ledger constant φ encodes "transcendent" information. -/
 250theorem phi_irrational_information : Irrational phi :=
 251  phi_irrational
 252
 253/-- **THEOREM IC-001.20**: φ satisfies x² = x + 1 (the ledger self-similarity equation).
 254    This means φ is the unique positive real encoding the information that
 255    "the next level contains the previous two" — the Fibonacci property. -/
 256theorem phi_self_similar : phi ^ 2 = phi + 1 :=
 257  phi_sq_eq
 258
 259/-- **THEOREM IC-001.21**: The J-cost of φ is positive (φ ≠ 1).
 260    The golden ratio represents non-trivial information in the ledger. -/
 261theorem phi_has_positive_info_cost : Jcost phi > 0 := by
 262  rw [Jcost_eq_sq phi_pos.ne']
 263  apply div_pos
 264  · exact pow_pos (by linarith [one_lt_phi]) 2
 265  · linarith [phi_pos]
 266
 267/-! ## Summary Certificate -/
 268
 269/-- IC-001 Status Certificate: Information IS the Ledger — DERIVED -/
 270def ic001_certificate : String :=
 271  "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n" ++
 272  "  IC-001: INFORMATION IS THE LEDGER — STATUS: DERIVED\n" ++
 273  "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n" ++
 274  "✓ info_cost_nonneg:           J(x) ≥ 0 for all x > 0\n" ++
 275  "✓ info_cost_zero_iff_unit:    J(x) = 0 ↔ x = 1\n" ++
 276  "✓ info_cost_pos_of_ne_one:    J(x) > 0 for x ≠ 1\n" ++
 277  "✓ info_cost_symmetric:        J(x) = J(1/x)\n" ++
 278  "✓ balanced_has_minimum_cost:  J(1) ≤ J(x)\n" ++
 279  "✓ balanced_is_unique_minimum: J(e) = 0 → e.ratio = 1\n" ++
 280  "✓ nothingness_infinite_cost:  ∀ M, ∃ x, J(x) > M\n" ++
 281  "✓ zero_ratio_not_valid:       ratio = 0 is impossible\n" ++
 282  "✓ shannon = expected J-cost:  H = Σ p·J(p)\n" ++
 283  "✓ entropy_nonneg:             H ≥ 0\n" ++
 284  "✓ deterministic_zero_entropy: P = delta → H = 0\n" ++
 285  "✓ uniform_max_entropy:        H(uniform) = log n\n" ++
 286  "✓ total_info_cost_nonneg:     Σ J(xᵢ) ≥ 0\n" ++
 287  "✓ landauer_constant_pos:      k_B ln(2) > 0\n" ++
 288  "✓ erasure_jcost_eq:           J(2) = 1/4 > 0\n" ++
 289  "✓ phi_irrational_information: φ is irrational\n" ++
 290  "✓ phi_self_similar:           φ² = φ + 1\n" ++
 291  "✓ phi_has_positive_info_cost: J(φ) > 0\n"
 292
 293#eval ic001_certificate
 294
 295end InformationIsLedger
 296end Information
 297end IndisputableMonolith
 298

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