IndisputableMonolith.Mathematics.RamanujanBridge.ContinuedFractionPhi
The ContinuedFractionPhi module develops the continued fraction expansion of the golden ratio phi together with Fibonacci ratio recursions and associated monotonicity results for the map x + x^{-1}. Researchers formalizing the Ramanujan Bridge between classical number theory and Recognition Science would cite these lemmas. The module proceeds by defining iteration and ratio functions then applying monotonicity of the inversion map on [1,∞) to reach the fixed-point equation.
claimOn $[1,\infty)$ the map $x\mapsto x+x^{-1}$ is monotone; the golden ratio satisfies $\phi=[1;\overline{1}]$ as the fixed point of continued-fraction iteration, with Fibonacci ratios $F_{n+1}/F_n$ converging to $\phi$ and J-cost monotonicity holding on the same interval.
background
Recognition Science works in RS-native units with time quantum $\tau_0=1$ tick supplied by the Constants module. The Cost module supplies the J-cost function $J(x)=(x+x^{-1})/2-1$ that quantifies multiplicative deviation from unity and obeys the Recognition Composition Law. The present module introduces the continued-fraction iterator cfracIteration and the auxiliary objects fib, fibRatio, fibRatio_recursion, and cfracLevelCost to connect these structures to the self-similar fixed point phi.
proof idea
The module first records the elementary monotonicity lemma add_inv_mono_on_one for the map $x+x^{-1}$ on $[1,\infty)$, lifts it to Jcost_mono_on_one, then defines the iteration and ratio functions. It concludes with the direct algebraic verification phi_continued_fraction_eq and the fixed-point statement phi_is_cfrac_fixed_point.
why it matters in Recognition Science
This module supplies the continued-fraction and Fibonacci machinery required by the parent RamanujanBridge module, whose doc-comment states it provides the formal bridge between Ramanujan's deepest mathematical structures and Recognition Science. It thereby populates the self-similar fixed-point step (T6) of the forcing chain with concrete number-theoretic content.
scope and limits
- Does not treat continued fractions of other quadratic irrationals.
- Does not derive the fine-structure constant or mass ladder from these identities.
- Does not quantify approximation error beyond the fixed-point relation.
- Does not address multidimensional or matrix continued fractions.
used by (1)
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (18)
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lemma
add_inv_mono_on_one -
lemma
Jcost_mono_on_one -
theorem
phi_continued_fraction_eq -
def
cfracIteration -
theorem
phi_is_cfrac_fixed_point -
def
fib -
theorem
fib_values -
theorem
fib_pos -
def
fibRatio -
theorem
fibRatio_recursion -
theorem
phi_worst_approximable_core -
def
cfracLevelCost -
theorem
pq_one_minimal_cost -
structure
RogersRamanujanSpecialValue -
def
rr_special_values -
theorem
sequential_optimization_forces_phi -
theorem
sequential_optimization_forces_phi_strong -
theorem
cfrac_ground_state_is_phi