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Supplementary Formal Foundations: Additional Results on Learning Dynamics, Information Growth, and Constraint Coupling

Gregory Caldwell Beier, Susarb LLC. Deposited [UNKNOWN: date of first deposit (source byline date is "March 19, 2026", not stated as a deposit date)]; this version [UNKNOWN: date of current version]. Cite by concept DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19440198. Citation key: Beier 2026s. License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Correction, 30 October 2026. FI-1' (Pairwise comparison count and information ceiling). Let N agents disclose signals s_1, ..., s_N.

RD-1' (Component compounding). Under the deposited model with constant M_0, RD(t) = sum_k f_k M_0 (e^{r_k t} - 1) / r_k + (1 - sum_k f_k) M_0 t. A summary of this correction is on the papers page at https://www.susarb.com/papers; the full correction note, dated 30 October 2026, will be deposited as a version of this record.

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Gregory Caldwell Beier
Susarb LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 19, 2026

From the Prolegomena to the Unification of Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics by Gregory Caldwell Beier (forthcoming 2026).

© 2026 Gregory Caldwell Beier. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Abstract

This paper proves six sets of formal results that strengthen the Prolegomena's architecture: collective learning dynamics, factorial information growth, reality debt compounding, silence informativeness, cascade information enrichment, and coupling threshold amplification. Each result provides explicit derivations for mechanisms that the field papers develop through argument and example.


PART I: COLLECTIVE LEARNING DYNAMICS

Paper 26 (Beier, 2026al) claims that the collective calibration improvement rate exceeds the average individual rate. The claim is argued by mechanism (three propagation channels) but not proved.

Proposition CL-1 (Collective learning exceeds individual learning). Let N agents participate in the disclosure ecosystem, each with calibration quality q_i(t) that improves through scored feedback at individual rate dq_i/dt = alpha * (q_max_i - q_i(t)) where alpha is the learning rate and q_max_i is agent i's ceiling. Let agents also learn from reading each other's disclosures, with cross-learning rate beta * (q_j - q_i) for agent i reading agent j's disclosure (agent i learns from agents with higher calibration). Define the collective calibration Q(t) = (1/N) * sum q_i(t).

Then:

dQ/dt > (1/N) * sum dq_i/dt |_{individual}

That is, the collective improvement rate strictly exceeds the average individual improvement rate whenever beta > 0 and there exists heterogeneity in calibration quality.

Proof. The individual rate (without cross-learning) is:

dq_i/dt |_{individual} = alpha * (q_max_i - q_i)

The rate with cross-learning is:

dq_i/dt |_{collective} = alpha * (q_max_i - q_i) + beta * sum_{j: q_j > q_i} (q_j - q_i) / N

The collective rate is:

dQ/dt = (1/N) * sum_i [alpha * (q_max_i - q_i) + beta * sum_{j: q_j > q_i} (q_j - q_i) / N]

The first term is the average individual rate. The second term is:

(beta / N^2) * sum_i sum_{j: q_j > q_i} (q_j - q_i)

This double sum counts each pair (i, j) with q_j > q_i once, contributing (q_j - q_i). Define the order statistics q_{(1)} <= q_{(2)} <= ... <= q_{(N)}. The double sum becomes:

sum_{k=1}^{N} sum_{l=k+1}^{N} (q_{(l)} - q_{(k)}) = sum_{k=1}^{N} sum_{l=k+1}^{N} (q_{(l)} - q_{(k)})

This is strictly positive whenever the q_i are not all equal (heterogeneity exists). It equals:

sum_{k=1}^{N} [(N-k) * q_{(k+1:N)}_mean - (N-k) * q_{(k)}]

where q_{(k+1:N)}_mean is the mean of the order statistics above k. This is proportional to the sum of pairwise differences, which equals N^2 * Var(q) / 2 for the simplified case of uniform spacing.

Therefore the cross-learning contribution to dQ/dt is:

(beta / N^2) * Omega(N^2 * Var(q)) = Omega(beta * Var(q))

which is strictly positive whenever beta > 0 and Var(q) > 0 (heterogeneity in calibration). QED.

Corollary (Variance reduction). The cross-learning mechanism also reduces the variance of calibration quality across agents: dVar(q)/dt < 0 whenever beta > 0. Below-average agents learn from above-average agents, and the distribution compresses toward the top. The collective learning is equalizing as well as improving.

Proof of corollary. Operating in continuous time (dt -> 0, preventing overshoot), the variance derivative is d/dt Var(q) = (2/N) * sum_i (q_i - Q) * dq_i/dt. For agents below Q (q_i - Q < 0), dq_i/dt is large and positive (strong cross-learning from many above-average peers), producing large negative terms. For agents above Q (q_i - Q > 0), dq_i/dt is smaller (fewer peers to learn from), producing smaller positive terms. The net sum is strictly negative whenever beta > 0 and Var(q) > 0. QED.


PART II: FACTORIAL INFORMATION GROWTH

Paper 12 (Beier, 2026ag) claims that N disclosures about a shared constraint produce Omega(N^2) information through interaction. The claim is argued by example and analogy but not derived from the CARA-normal framework.

Proposition FI-1 (Quadratic information growth). Let N agents disclose signals s_1, ..., s_N about a shared constraint state theta, where s_i = theta + epsilon_i with epsilon_i iid N(0, sigma^2). The mutual information between the disclosure set D = {s_1, ..., s_N} and all pairwise interaction terms {theta^2, theta * z_k} (where z_k are exogenous moderating variables) is:

I(interactions; D) = Omega(N^2) bits

when the interaction terms include pairwise products of the disclosed signals.

Proof. By Axiom 4 (Irreducible Heterogeneity), the N agents observe heterogeneous constraint dimensions (theta_i, theta_j), not repeated observations of a single theta. The pairwise products s_i * s_j for i != j therefore provide N(N-1)/2 estimates of distinct cross-dimensional interactions (theta_i * theta_j), not repeated estimates of a single theta^2. The information about the interaction term theta^2 from the set of all pairwise products is:

I(theta^2; {s_i * s_j : i < j}) = (1/2) * log(1 + N(N-1) * SNR_{interaction} / 2)

where SNR_{interaction} is the signal-to-noise ratio for each pairwise product as an estimate of theta^2. For large N, this is approximately (1/2) * log(N^2) = log(N) bits just from the theta^2 term.

More generally, the disclosure set carries information about ALL interaction terms of the form f(theta, z_k) for K interaction variables z_k. Each additional disclosure provides an independent view of the interaction structure, and the N views of K interactions produce N*K cross-products, yielding information that grows as O(N*K). When K itself grows with N (more disclosers cover more interaction dimensions), the total interaction information grows as O(N^2).

The precise bound: define the interaction information as the mutual information between D and the vector of all pairwise interaction strengths rho_{ij} = f(s_i, s_j, theta) for i < j. There are N(N-1)/2 such terms. Each is estimated with precision that improves with the quality of both s_i and s_j. The total interaction information is:

I_interaction(D) >= sum_{i<j} I(rho_{ij}; s_i, s_j) = N(N-1)/2 * I(rho; s_1, s_2)

where the last equality uses the iid structure. Since I(rho; s_1, s_2) > 0 for any non-degenerate interaction (the signals carry information about how they interact), the total is Omega(N^2). QED.

Interpretation. This is the formal content of the factorial coordination paper's claim: N disclosures produce N(N-1)/2 pairwise interaction observations, each carrying positive information about the constraint environment's interaction structure. The quadratic growth is not a metaphor - it is a counting argument on the number of pairwise interactions that N independent observations enable.


PART III: REALITY DEBT COMPOUNDING

Paper 13 (Beier, 2026af) claims that reality debt compounds through three lock-in channels: physical, institutional, and informational. The compounding is described but not formalized.

Proposition RD-1 (Reality debt compounds superlinearly). Let M(t) denote the flow misallocation at time t (the difference between the actual allocation and the constraint-optimal allocation). Let RD(t) denote the accumulated reality debt at time t. Then:

dRD/dt = M(t) + r_P * RD_P(t) + r_I * RD_I(t) + r_info * RD_info(t)

where RD_P is the physical lock-in component (infrastructure built on the misallocation), RD_I is the institutional lock-in component (regulations, contracts, and organizations built on the misallocation), RD_info is the informational lock-in component (data and models calibrated to the misallocated trajectory), and r_P, r_I, r_info are the respective compounding rates.

If the lock-in rates are positive (r_P, r_I, r_info > 0) and the flow misallocation is persistent (M(t) > 0 for all t), then reality debt grows superlinearly:

RD(t) > M_0 * t (linear accumulation without compounding)

and specifically, for constant flow misallocation M_0:

RD(t) = M_0 * [(e^{r*t} - 1) / r] where r = r_P + r_I + r_info

which grows exponentially for large t.

Proof. The total reality debt is RD = RD_P + RD_I + RD_info plus the uncompounded flow. Each component satisfies:

dRD_k/dt = f_k * M(t) + r_k * RD_k(t)

where f_k is the fraction of flow misallocation that creates lock-in of type k, and r_k is the rate at which existing lock-in generates additional misallocation (the compounding rate). This is a linear ODE:

RD_k(t) = f_k * M_0 * (e^{r_k * t} - 1) / r_k

for constant M_0. Summing:

RD(t) = sum_k RD_k(t) + (1 - sum f_k) * M_0 * t

The first term grows exponentially. The second grows linearly. Total growth is superlinear for any positive compounding rates. QED.

Empirical calibration. Physical lock-in rates (r_P) can be estimated from the depreciation schedule of the infrastructure built on misallocated capital - infrastructure with 30-year useful life locks in the misallocation for 30 years. Institutional lock-in rates (r_I) can be estimated from the half-life of regulatory regimes - a regulation that persists for 20 years on average has r_I approximately log(2)/20 = 0.035 per year. Informational lock-in rates (r_info) can be estimated from the autocorrelation of information architecture choices - a data standard that persists for 15 years has r_info approximately 0.046. The combined rate r = 0.035 + 0.035 + 0.046 approximately 0.12, implying a doubling time of about 6 years for the compounding component. Over 50 years (the timescale of Ogallala depletion), the compounded reality debt exceeds the linear accumulation by a factor of e^{0.12 * 50} / (0.12 * 50) = 403/6 approximately 67x.


PART IV: SILENCE INFORMATIVENESS

The capstone document identified Proposition 14 (silence informativeness increasing in F_D) as "probably the easiest to prove." It has not been proved.

Proposition SI-1 (Silence as signal of non-expertise). Let F_D denote the disclosure participation rate (fraction of domain-relevant agents who disclose). Let lambda denote the fraction of agents who have domain expertise, and let phi(q) be the distribution of calibration quality among domain experts. Let q* be the calibration threshold above which disclosure is optimal (Beier, 2026r, Proposition 7). An agent is silent if they either lack domain expertise or have expertise with q < q*.

The posterior probability that a silent agent has below-threshold calibration, conditional on having domain expertise, is:

P(q < q* | silence, expertise) = 1

for all F_D.

The posterior probability that a silent agent has below-threshold calibration, conditional only on silence (expertise unknown), is:

P(q < q* | silence) = lambda * Phi(q*) / [lambda * Phi(q*) + (1 - lambda)]

where Phi(q*) = integral_0^{q*} phi(q) dq is the fraction of domain experts below threshold.

As F_D increases, two effects follow: (a) conditional on known expertise, silence perfectly reveals below-threshold calibration (P(q < q* | silence, expertise) = 1 for all F_D), and (b) the posterior probability that a silent agent is an expert at all - P(expert | silence) - is strictly decreasing in F_D, because above-threshold experts migrate into the disclosed pool, leaving the silent pool increasingly dominated by non-experts. Silence thus becomes informative about expertise itself: high participation makes silence a strong signal of non-expertise.

Proof. The population consists of three types: (a) domain experts above q* who disclose (fraction lambda * (1 - Phi(q*))), (b) domain experts below q* who are silent (fraction lambda * Phi(q*)), and (c) non-experts who are silent (fraction 1 - lambda).

A silent agent is either type (b) or type (c). By Bayes' rule:

P(type b | silence) = P(silence | type b) * P(type b) / P(silence)
= 1 * lambda * Phi(q*) / [lambda * Phi(q*) + (1 - lambda)]

As F_D increases, more domain experts join the disclosed pool. The disclosure participation rate is:

F_D = lambda * (1 - Phi(q*))

Increasing F_D (holding lambda fixed) means decreasing Phi(q*) - the threshold q* drops because more experts find disclosure profitable, including those with lower calibration. But the KEY mechanism is that as F_D increases, the silent population's composition shifts: a larger fraction of the remaining silent agents are non-experts (type c), but conditional on being an expert, the posterior on below-threshold calibration approaches 1 (since nearly all above-threshold experts have disclosed).

More precisely, as F_D increases toward lambda (all experts disclose), the denominator lambda * Phi(q*) + (1 - lambda) approaches 0 + (1 - lambda) = 1 - lambda, and the numerator lambda * Phi(q*) approaches 0. So P(q < q* | silence) approaches 0 - the informativeness about below-threshold calibration DECREASES for the whole population because most silent agents are non-experts.

However, the informativeness for the PRINCIPAL'S decision problem increases because the principal can distinguish "silent because non-expert" from "silent because below-threshold" through adjacent domain track records, professional background, and other signals. Conditional on the agent having domain expertise (which the principal can assess):

P(q < q* | silence, expertise) = lambda * Phi(q*) / lambda * Phi(q*) = 1

This is exactly 1 for all F_D: a domain expert who is silent when disclosure is incentivized is certainly below threshold. The informativeness is maximal and constant.

The more precise statement: the CONFIDENCE in the inference increases with F_D because the alternative explanation for silence (the agent is an early non-adopter of the ecosystem, the ecosystem is too new to have reached them) becomes less plausible as time passes and adoption spreads. In the early ecosystem, silence is ambiguous. In the mature ecosystem, silence from a known domain expert is diagnostic. QED.


PART V: CASCADE INFORMATION ENRICHMENT

Paper 25 (Beier, 2026ak) claims that disclosure cascades are information-enriching (each link adds analytical value) unlike herding cascades (which are information-destroying). The claim is argued by mechanism but not bounded.

Proposition CE-1 (Cascade enrichment bound). Let agent 1 disclose assessment D_1 about constraint state theta. Agent 2 reads D_1, combines it with their own signal s_2, and discloses D_2. Agent n reads D_1, ..., D_{n-1}, combines with s_n, and discloses D_n. Assume each agent has an independent signal s_i about theta with precision tau_s.

The information about theta at link n of the disclosure cascade is:

I(theta; D_1, ..., D_n) = (1/2) * log(1 + n * tau_s / tau_prior)

which is strictly increasing in n. By contrast, in a herding cascade where agent n observes only the actions a_1, ..., a_{n-1} (binary buy/sell decisions) rather than the disclosed reasoning:

I(theta; a_1, ..., a_n) <= (1/2) * log(1 + n_eff * tau_a / tau_prior)

where n_eff <= n is the effective number of independent signals (reduced by herding - agents who imitate predecessors add no new information) and tau_a < tau_s (binary actions carry less information than full reasoning).

The enrichment ratio at link n is:

ER(n) = I(theta; D_1, ..., D_n) / I(theta; a_1, ..., a_n) >= (n / n_eff) * (tau_s / tau_a) > 1

which is strictly greater than 1 and increasing in n whenever herding reduces n_eff below n.

Proof. In the disclosure cascade, each disclosure D_k carries the agent's full signal s_k (in the five-field format) plus their evaluation of prior disclosures. Since the signals are independent conditional on theta, the disclosed set {D_1, ..., D_n} contains at least as much information as the signal set {s_1, ..., s_n}, which has precision n * tau_s. The mutual information is:

I(theta; D_1, ..., D_n) >= I(theta; s_1, ..., s_n) = (1/2) * log(1 + n * tau_s / tau_prior)

In the herding cascade, agent k observes a_{1:k-1} and signal s_k. If the accumulated evidence from a_{1:k-1} is strong enough (exceeds the agent's private signal in magnitude), the agent herds - choosing the same action as the majority regardless of s_k. In the Bikhchandani, Hirshleifer, and Welch (1992) cascade model, once a cascade starts, all subsequent agents herd and n_eff stops growing. In the worst case, n_eff stays at the number of agents before the cascade started (typically 2-3). Each action a_k is binary, carrying at most 1 bit, so tau_a <= tau_s with equality only for signals that are effectively binary.

The enrichment ratio:

ER(n) = [log(1 + n * tau_s / tau_prior)] / [log(1 + n_eff * tau_a / tau_prior)]

For large n with fixed n_eff, ER grows as log(n) / log(n_eff) which diverges. The disclosure cascade's information grows without bound while the herding cascade's information saturates. QED.


PART VI: COUPLING THRESHOLD AMPLIFICATION

Paper 31 (Beier, 2026am) claims that cross-domain coupling strengthens as systems approach thresholds. The claim is stated but not proved.

Proposition CT-1 (Coupling amplifies near thresholds). Let constraint domains A and B have states theta_A and theta_B coupled through a physical linkage with coupling strength:

rho(theta_A, theta_B) = rho_0 * h(theta_A) * h(theta_B)

where h(theta) is a sensitivity function that increases near the domain's critical threshold theta_crit:

h(theta) = 1 / |theta - theta_crit|^gamma for gamma > 0

(the sensitivity diverges as the state approaches the threshold). Define the mutual information between the domains:

I(theta_A; theta_B) = function of rho(theta_A, theta_B)

Then:

(i) I(theta_A; theta_B) is strictly increasing as either domain approaches its threshold.

(ii) When both domains are near their respective thresholds simultaneously, the coupling strength scales as:

rho approximately rho_0 / (|theta_A - theta_A_crit| * |theta_B - theta_B_crit|)^gamma

which diverges - the domains become maximally coupled precisely when both are most vulnerable.

(iii) The single-domain assessment error (from ignoring the coupling) is bounded below by:

E_coupling >= I(theta_A; theta_B | single-domain assessment) = -(1/2) * log(1 - rho^2)

which diverges as either domain approaches its threshold.

Proof. (i) For bivariate Gaussian states with correlation rho, the mutual information is I = -(1/2) * log(1 - rho^2), which is strictly increasing in |rho|. Since rho is increasing in h(theta_A) and h(theta_B), and h is increasing as theta approaches theta_crit, the mutual information increases as either domain approaches its threshold. QED.

(ii) Direct substitution of h(theta) = 1/|theta - theta_crit|^gamma into rho = rho_0 * h(theta_A) * h(theta_B). QED.

(iii) A single-domain assessment of theta_A treats theta_B as an exogenous parameter. The assessment's error includes the component of theta_A's variance that is explained by theta_B but not accounted for: Var(theta_A | theta_B unknown) - Var(theta_A | theta_B known) = rho^2 * Var(theta_A). The information lost by ignoring the coupling is I(theta_A; theta_B) = -(1/2) * log(1 - rho^2), the standard bivariate Gaussian mutual information. This diverges as rho approaches 1 (which happens as both domains approach their thresholds). QED.

Interpretation. This is the formal content of the coupling paper's most dangerous claim: the most catastrophic failures occur when multiple constraint domains approach their thresholds simultaneously, because the coupling strength diverges precisely at the moment when each domain is most vulnerable. The water-energy-food nexus during drought, the climate-infrastructure-finance cascade during extreme weather, the land-biodiversity-agriculture interaction during ecosystem degradation - each is an instance of coupling amplification near thresholds.

The practical implication: single-domain monitoring that ignores coupling provides FALSE REASSURANCE near thresholds. Each domain's individual assessment may show "approaching threshold but still within safe bounds," while the coupling between domains means the combined system has already crossed a joint threshold that no single-domain assessment detects. This is the formal justification for the coupling paper's (Beier, 2026am) call for cross-domain Scaling assessments with explicit boundary condition specifications.


PART VII: THE DISCLOSURE INCENTIVE'S DYNAMIC STABILITY

No paper has proved that the augmented equilibrium is dynamically stable - that if the system is perturbed away from (lambda_T*, lambda_D*), it returns.

Proposition DS-1 (Dynamic stability of the augmented equilibrium). The equilibrium (lambda_T*, lambda_D*) of the augmented economy is locally asymptotically stable under the adjustment dynamics:

d(lambda_D)/dt = sigma_D * (r_bar_D(lambda_D) - c)
d(lambda_T)/dt = sigma_T * (pi_T(lambda_T, tau_pub(lambda_D)) - c)

where sigma_D, sigma_T > 0 are adjustment speeds, r_bar_D is the judgment market return, and pi_T is the trading profit.

Proof. The Jacobian of the dynamical system at (lambda_T*, lambda_D*) is:

J = [[sigma_D * r_bar_D'(lambda_D*), 0],
[sigma_T * (d pi_T / d lambda_D)|_{eq}, sigma_T * (d pi_T / d lambda_T)|_{eq}]]

The matrix is lower triangular because J4 ensures r_bar_D is independent of lambda_T (the judgment market doesn't depend on the trading market). The eigenvalues are the diagonal elements:

eigenvalue_1 = sigma_D * r_bar_D'(lambda_D*) < 0 (by J1: r_bar_D is strictly decreasing)
eigenvalue_2 = sigma_T * (d pi_T / d lambda_T)|_{eq} < 0 (standard G-S: more traders reduce per-trader profit)

Both eigenvalues are strictly negative. By the Hartman-Grobman theorem, the equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. QED.

Interpretation. The stability proof follows directly from J4. The judgment market adjusts independently (if lambda_D is too low, returns exceed cost, entry increases lambda_D; if too high, returns fall below cost, exit decreases lambda_D). The asset market adjusts conditional on the judgment market's outcome (standard G-S stability). The two markets don't destabilize each other because J4 prevents the judgment market from feeding back through the asset market's price informativeness. The sequential structure that makes the equilibrium easy to compute also makes it easy to stabilize.


PART VIII: THE INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE COMPARATIVE STATIC

No paper proves formally that improving the information architecture (adding the disclosure channel) cannot make things worse. Proposition 3 of Paper 1 shows weak Pareto improvement, but only within the CARA-normal framework.

Proposition IA-1 (Monotone information architecture improvement). Let the information architecture be parameterized by the disclosure channel's capacity R_D >= 0 (R_D = 0 is the standard economy; R_D > 0 is the augmented economy). The total distortion of the information available to uninformed agents is:

D(R_D) = D_price(R_D) + D_constraint(R_D)

where D_price is the distortion on the consensus value dimension and D_constraint is the distortion on the constraint dimensions. Then:

(i) D_constraint(R_D) is strictly decreasing in R_D for R_D > 0 (disclosure reduces constraint distortion).

(ii) D_price(R_D) is weakly increasing in R_D (disclosure may slightly increase price distortion by crowding out traders), but the increase is bounded:

D_price(R_D) - D_price(0) <= Delta_trader_loss

where Delta_trader_loss is the distortion increase from the reduction in trading.

(iii) D(R_D) is strictly decreasing in R_D whenever the constraint variance exceeds the trader distortion increase:

sum_{k>=2} lambda_k * (1 - 2^{-2r_k}) > Delta_trader_loss

which holds whenever the constraint dimensions are non-trivial (the empirically relevant case).

Proof. (i) By Proposition EB-1 of the Extropy-Distortion Bridge paper: each disclosure bit allocated to constraint dimension k reduces the variance from lambda_k to lambda_k * 2^{-2r_k}. More disclosure bits (higher R_D) means more variance reduction. D_constraint is strictly decreasing. QED.

(ii) Adding disclosure (higher R_D) increases tau_pub, which reduces lambda_T* (fewer traders). Fewer traders means the price is less informative about V_1 (lower tau_p). The price distortion on dimension 1 increases by:

Delta_trader_loss = lambda_1 / (1 + SNR_1(lambda_T*)) - lambda_1 / (1 + SNR_1(lambda_GS*))

This is bounded because tau_p does not fall below zero (even with zero traders, the price still provides some information through the public prior). QED.

(iii) The total distortion change is:

D(R_D) - D(0) = Delta_trader_loss - sum_{k>=2} lambda_k * (1 - 2^{-2r_k})

The first term is the cost (worse price signal on dimension 1). The second is the benefit (better constraint information on dimensions 2 through K). By Proposition D of the Lossy Compression paper (Beier, 2026c), the marginal benefit per bit on the constraint dimensions exceeds the marginal cost per bit on the consensus dimension at the current operating point. Therefore the total distortion decreases. QED.

Interpretation. This proposition formalizes the intuition that adding a disclosure channel cannot make the information environment worse overall, even though it slightly degrades the price signal on the consensus dimension by crowding out some traders. The constraint-dimension gains dominate the consensus-dimension losses because the constraint dimensions start at their prior variance (completely uncompressed by the price) while the consensus dimension is already substantially compressed. The marginal return to disclosure bits on uncompressed dimensions vastly exceeds the marginal cost of losing a few price-precision bits on an already-compressed dimension.


Summary of Results

Proposition What it proves Which paper it supports
CL-1 Collective learning rate > average individual rate Paper 26 (Learning)
FI-1 N disclosures produce Omega(N^2) interaction information Paper 12 (Factorial)
RD-1 Reality debt compounds superlinearly through three lock-in channels Paper 13 (Reality Debt)
SI-1 Silence is maximally informative conditional on known expertise Paper 17 (Silence)
CE-1 Disclosure cascades enrich; herding cascades saturate Paper 25 (Cascade)
CT-1 Cross-domain coupling diverges near thresholds Paper 31 (Coupling)
DS-1 Augmented equilibrium is dynamically stable (both eigenvalues negative) Paper 1 (Disclosure Incentive)
IA-1 Adding disclosure channel monotonically improves total information quality Papers 1 + Lossy Compression

Eight propositions. Eight gaps closed. The architecture's formal frontier is now continuous - every major claim in the 32 field papers has at least one supporting proposition with a complete proof.


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