IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Comparative
The Comparative module defines comparative recognizers that map pairs of configurations to comparison events encoding their relations. Researchers constructing order structures within recognition geometry cite it when extending the quotient construction. The module supplies definitions for induced preorders, partial orders, and equivalence relations together with compatibility lemmas.
claimA comparative recognizer is a map $f: C_R^2 → E$ sending pairs of configurations in the recognition quotient to comparison events; it induces a preorder via the relation $c_1 ≼ c_2$ iff notGreaterThan$(f(c_1,c_2))$ fails, and a partial order when the induced equivalence is taken.
background
Recognition Geometry begins with the recognition quotient $C_R = C / ∼$ constructed in the Quotient module, where ∼ collapses configurations indistinguishable by the recognizer. The Comparative module sits directly on this quotient and introduces comparative recognizers together with auxiliary relations such as notGreaterThan and comparativeEquiv. These relations are shown to satisfy reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity, yielding an induced preorder and, under additional conditions, a partial order.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the comparative structure required by the Integration module for a complete geometric framework and by the RSBridge module to instantiate Recognition Science, linking abstract order relations to ledger states, R̂ operators, and the 8-tick cycle.
scope and limits
- Does not construct the recognition quotient itself.
- Does not derive numerical constants or mass ladders.
- Does not address the forcing chain T0–T8.
- Does not prove uniqueness of the induced partial order.
used by (2)
depends on (1)
declarations in this module (19)
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structure
ComparativeRecognizer -
def
notGreaterThan -
def
comparativeEquiv -
structure
InducesPreorder -
theorem
preorder_refl -
def
inducedPreorder -
structure
InducesPartialOrder -
def
inducedPartialOrder -
theorem
comparativeEquiv_refl -
theorem
comparativeEquiv_symm -
theorem
comparativeEquiv_trans -
def
IsOrderCompatible -
theorem
order_descends_to_quotient -
def
SeparatedBy -
def
SeparatesPoints -
structure
MetricCompatible -
theorem
metric_from_comparisons -
structure
RecognitionDistance -
def
comparative_status