IndisputableMonolith.Foundation.PrimitiveRecognitionCalculus.RealBoundednessModulus
Defines a fixed rational distance threshold (the PRC boundedness delta) small enough that any two points closer than this force the squared ordinary increment of the J-cost distance below one. Supplies the positivity and conversion lemmas, the square-difference bound, and a certificate that Cauchy sequences are eventually bounded. Downstream continuity and kernel modules cite it when controlling real multiplication and product limits in the primitive recognition calculus.
claimThere is a fixed positive rational $\delta_{\mathrm{bd}}>0$ such that if the PRC $J$-cost distance between two reals is strictly less than $\delta_{\mathrm{bd}}$, then the squared ordinary increment of that distance is strictly less than $1$. The module packages this threshold, its positivity, the square bound, and a certificate that PRC Cauchy sequences are eventually bounded.
background
Primitive Recognition Calculus (PRC) rebuilds real analysis from the Recognition Composition Law and the unique cost $J(x)=(x+x^{-1})/2-1$ (equivalently $\cosh(\log x)-1$). Distances are measured in the $J$-cost metric rather than the Euclidean metric; ordinary increments must still be controlled so that classical continuity and Cauchy arguments can be recovered.
The sibling module RealMulBoundedContinuity already treats multiplication under a boundedness hypothesis. This module isolates the numerical threshold that makes the squared increment of $J$-cost distance drop below one, which is the elementary comparison needed before one can pass from PRC Cauchy data to ordinary real boundedness.
The main named objects are the fixed rational $\delta_{\mathrm{bd}}$ (PRCBoundednessDelta), its positivity, the implication from distance $<\delta_{\mathrm{bd}}$ to squared increment $<1$, and a certificate packaging the eventual-boundedness target for Cauchy sequences.
proof idea
The module is a short foundation layer, not a single deep theorem. It fixes an explicit positive rational threshold, proves it is positive, and shows that $J$-cost distance below the threshold forces the squared ordinary increment below one by direct comparison with the algebraic form of $J$. A conversion-to-rational lemma and a packaged certificate then expose the bound to downstream continuity arguments. No long tactic script is required: the work is choosing the constant and discharging elementary real inequalities.
why it matters in Recognition Science
Eventual boundedness of PRC Cauchy sequences is a prerequisite for reconstructing real multiplication and product continuity inside the recognition calculus. Kernel and RealProductContinuity import this module precisely to obtain that control. In the broader RS forcing chain, $J$-uniqueness (T5) and the composition law fix the cost; this file turns that cost into a concrete modulus that classical analysis can use. Without the squared-increment bound below one, the passage from PRC Cauchy data to ordinary real limits would remain informal.
scope and limits
- Does not construct the full real field or complete the PRC Cauchy completion.
- Does not prove unrestricted continuity of multiplication, only the boundedness modulus.
- Does not choose an optimal or maximal delta; any sufficiently small positive rational suffices.
- Does not address complex or higher-dimensional analogues of the J-cost distance.
- Does not derive physical constants or mass-ladder statements from the modulus.
used by (2)
depends on (1)
declarations in this module (8)
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def
PRCBoundednessDelta -
theorem
PRCBoundednessDelta_toRat -
theorem
PRCBoundednessDelta_positive -
theorem
PRCJCostDistanceIncrementDisplay_sq_lt_one -
theorem
PRCJCostDistance_sq_diff_lt_one_of_lt_boundedness_delta -
theorem
PRCCauchySeqEventuallyBoundedTarget_proved -
structure
PRCRealBoundednessModulusCertificate -
theorem
prc_real_boundedness_modulus_certificate