IndisputableMonolith.Foundation.PhiEmergence
The PhiEmergence module defines self-similarity for ratios and establishes basic properties of the golden ratio phi within Recognition Science. Model builders working on the forcing chain cite it to anchor phi as the unique positive fixed point. The module supplies definitions and elementary lemmas that rest on the imported Inequalities and Constants modules.
claimA ratio $r$ is self-similar when $r^2 = r + 1$. The unique positive solution is the golden ratio $phi = (1 + sqrt(5))/2$, with its conjugate, positivity, and closure properties under multiplication and division on the associated ladder.
background
The module occupies the Foundation layer and imports the RS time quantum tau_0 = 1 tick from Constants together with fundamental inequalities. Its central definition states that a ratio r is self-similar precisely when r squared equals r plus one. Sibling declarations then prove phi is positive and greater than one, confirm it satisfies the self-similarity equation, establish the conjugate is negative, and construct the phi-ladder with ratio and closure lemmas.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the self-similarity step that feeds Experiments.Protocols, where it enables the EEG phi-frequency predictions. It directly implements the T6 forcing step that selects phi as the self-similar fixed point of the J-cost function. The phi-ladder results are used downstream to organize mass rungs and the eight-tick octave.
scope and limits
- Does not derive the full forcing chain T0-T8.
- Does not address spatial dimensions or coupling constants.
- Does not contain numerical evaluations or experimental protocols.
- Does not treat the J-cost functional equation itself.
used by (1)
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (23)
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def
IsSelfSimilar -
theorem
phi_pos -
theorem
phi_gt_one -
theorem
phi_is_self_similar -
theorem
phi_conjugate_self_similar -
theorem
phi_conjugate_neg -
theorem
phi_unique_positive -
def
PhiLadder -
theorem
phi_pow_pos -
theorem
phi_ladder_ratio -
theorem
phi_ladder_mul_closed -
theorem
phi_ladder_div_closed -
theorem
J_at_phi -
def
J_at_phi_pow -
theorem
J_at_phi_approx -
def
H_ThresholdFromPhi -
theorem
phi_inv_eq -
theorem
phi_inv_pos -
theorem
phi_inv_lt_one -
theorem
phi_series_sum -
def
IsStablePosition -
theorem
phi_ladder_stable -
def
H_StableIffPhiLadder