IndisputableMonolith.Modal.ModalGeometry
ModalGeometry equips possibility space with a metric derived from the J-transition function. Researchers in modal quantum interpretations or configuration-space geometry cite it for distance calculations between states. The module supplies definitions for distance, balls, curvature, and period without embedded proofs.
claimThe modal distance is $d(x,y) = J_{transition}(x,y)/τ_0$, obeying $d(x,x)=0$, symmetry $d(x,y)=d(y,x)$, and the triangle inequality on the space of possibilities.
background
This module imports the foundational notions of possibility and actualization to define a metric geometry on configuration space. The J-transition function measures separation between possibilities, scaled by the base time τ₀. It introduces auxiliary objects such as possibility balls, curvature at the identity, and the modal Nyquist limit, all expressed in the Recognition Science setting of J-cost and self-similar scaling.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the metric primitives required by the parent Modal module. It fills the geometric layer of the modal framework, enabling statements about connectedness, curvature positivity, and period that appear in downstream modal dynamics.
scope and limits
- Does not derive the J-transition from the base forcing chain.
- Does not prove the triangle inequality.
- Does not relate the metric to physical constants such as c or ħ.
- Does not address completeness or geodesic completeness of the space.
used by (1)
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (28)
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def
modal_distance -
lemma
modal_distance_nonneg -
lemma
modal_distance_self -
lemma
modal_distance_symm -
def
PossibilityBall -
lemma
identity_in_ball -
theorem
possibility_space_connected -
def
possibility_curvature -
lemma
curvature_at_identity -
lemma
curvature_pos -
def
modal_period -
def
modal_nyquist_limit -
def
modally_equivalent -
lemma
modally_equivalent_refl -
lemma
modally_equivalent_symm -
theorem
modal_nyquist -
def
interference_amplitude -
def
constructive_interference -
def
destructive_interference -
lemma
constructive_at_zero -
structure
ModalManifold -
def
standard_modal_manifold -
theorem
modal_completeness -
def
ImpossibleRegion -
theorem
impossible_infinite_cost -
def
PossibilityBoundary -
theorem
boundary_unreachable -
def
modal_geometry_status