nuclearCost
nuclearCost assigns to each nuclear configuration its J-cost value computed from the stability ratio. Nuclear engineers and RS theorists modeling transmutation pathways cite this as the basic instability metric driving cost descent. The definition is a direct one-line application of the J-cost function to the ratio field of NuclearConfig.
claimFor a nuclear configuration $cfg$ with positive stability ratio $x$, the nuclear cost is $J(x)$, where $J$ is the J-cost function measuring deviation from the stable point $x=1$.
background
The Fission Product Transmutation module models nuclear waste reduction as sequences of recognition events that lower total J-cost. NuclearConfig is the structure holding a positive real ratio $x$, with $x=1$ marking perfectly stable doubly-magic nuclei and $x≠1$ marking unstable fission products. The J-cost $J(x)$ is the instability measure imported from the cost definitions in MultiplicativeRecognizerL4 and ObserverForcing, where cost of a recognition event equals Jcost of its state.
proof idea
This declaration is a one-line definition that applies the J-cost function directly to the ratio field of the NuclearConfig structure.
why it matters in Recognition Science
nuclearCost supplies the metric for all downstream transmutation results, including cost_monotone_descent_terminates (any strictly decreasing sequence reaches stability) and fission_transmutation_from_ledger (every configuration has a zero-cost stable endpoint). It realizes the module claim that optimal transmutation follows J-cost geodesics to doubly-magic attractors, linking to J-uniqueness in the forcing chain and the Recognition Composition Law applied to nuclear ratios.
scope and limits
- Does not compute numerical J-cost values for specific isotopes.
- Does not incorporate quantum shell corrections beyond the J-cost proxy.
- Does not prove non-negativity or monotonicity; those are separate theorems.
- Does not address electromagnetic or weak-force details of actual decay.
formal statement (Lean)
56def nuclearCost (cfg : NuclearConfig) : ℝ := Jcost cfg.ratio
proof body
Definition body.
57
58/-- **THEOREM EN-006.1**: Nuclear cost is non-negative. -/
used by (19)
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cost_monotone_descent_terminates -
cost_reduction_bounded -
DoublyMagicAttractor -
efficiency_bounded -
fission_transmutation_from_ledger -
fission_transmutation_structure -
nuclear_cost_nonneg -
nuclear_cost_zero_iff_stable -
path_reduces_total_cost -
perfect_transmutation_efficiency -
stable_config_zero_cost -
stable_end_state_exists -
stable_is_optimal -
strict_transmutation_progress -
transmutation_cost_pos -
transmutation_efficiency -
TransmutationPath -
transmutation_reduces_cost -
TransmutationStep