IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Quotient
The Quotient module defines the recognition quotient C_R by collapsing the configuration space under the indistinguishability relation from a recognizer. Researchers formalizing Recognition Geometry under axiom RG3 cite it when moving from raw configurations to resolution cells. It is a definition module containing no proofs.
claim$C_R := C / \sim$, where $\sim$ is the indistinguishability equivalence relation on configuration space $C$ induced by a recognizer.
background
The upstream Indistinguishable module introduces axiom RG3: recognition is lossy, so multiple configurations map to the same event and form equivalence classes called resolution cells. The Quotient module takes this relation as given and constructs the quotient space whose points are these classes.
Recognition Geometry begins with qualitative detection rather than a pre-existing metric. The quotient supplies the first derived object on which later modules impose charts, connectivity, and dimension.
No additional structure such as a metric or topology is assumed at this stage; the construction remains purely set-theoretic on the equivalence classes.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
The module supplies the quotient object required by downstream modules including RecogGeom.Charts for local coordinates, RecogGeom.Dimension for recognition dimension, RecogGeom.Connectivity for paths within cells, and RecogGeom.Composition for refinement. It mirrors the quotient construction appearing in DraftV1.tex under the Recognition Geometry section tied to axiom RG3.
scope and limits
- Does not equip the quotient with a metric or topology.
- Does not prove any invariance or lifting properties of the quotient map.
- Does not connect the quotient to the phi-ladder or forcing chain.
- Does not address composite recognizers or refinement.
used by (13)
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IndisputableMonolith.Papers.DraftV1 -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Charts -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Comparative -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Composition -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Connectivity -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Dimension -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.EffectiveManifold -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Examples -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.FiniteResolution -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Foundations -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Integration -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.RSBridge -
IndisputableMonolith.RecogGeom.Symmetry
depends on (1)
declarations in this module (14)
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def
RecognitionQuotient -
def
recognitionQuotientMk -
theorem
quotientMk_eq_iff -
theorem
quotientMk_respects_event -
def
quotientEventMap -
theorem
quotientEventMap_spec -
theorem
quotientEventMap_injective -
def
quotient_equiv_image -
def
liftToQuotient -
theorem
liftToQuotient_spec -
def
projectSet -
def
quotientNeighborhoods -
theorem
recognition_quotient_summary -
def
quotient_status