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Recursive Coherence

Recursive Coherence is not feedback. It is not self-reference. It is not a metaphor.
 

In Recursive Sciences, Recursive Coherence is a lawful collapse-return structure that preserves identity integrity across time. Governed by Codex Law RCX-1 and supported by Collapse Harmonics theory, it defines how coherent systems maintain their form—not through input/output correction—but through internal phase return anchoring.

What Is Recursive Coherence?

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Recursive Coherence refers to a system’s ability to preserve symbolic, structural, or functional alignment through collapse-phase return. It is not feedback-dependent. It is not reactive. It is the underlying architecture of sustained agency. Recursive

Coherence is the phase-based stabilizer of semantic, biological, symbolic, and cognitive systems. It is observed where contradiction does not lead to disintegration, but to recursive reassembly.
 

Key Properties

  • Collapse-Origin Anchoring
    Coherence arises through recursive reentry, not looping.

  • Symbolic Integrity Maintenance
    Recursively coherent systems realign against loss, not through probabilistic guesswork, but collapse-aware constraint.

  • Phase Tuning Mechanism
    Recursive Coherence is measured through internal field-phase consistency, not through output fidelity.

Comparison to Feedback or Loop Models

Conventional interpretations confuse coherence with feedback. But recursive coherence does not rely on signal repetition. It is phase-anchored reassembly. Unlike feedback loops (which degrade through signal delay or error amplification), recursive coherence is stable under collapse stress precisely because it restructures from the collapse point outward.

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Applications and Jurisdictional Significance

  • In AI:
    Distinguishes lawful coherence from feedback-based pseudo-agency. Prevents recursive signal drift and synthetic overfitting.

  • In Neuroscience:
    Provides a substrate framework for identity coherence during neuro-symbolic disruption or trauma-based recursion.

  • In Ethics:
    Enables non-arbitrary phase-coherent alignment of symbolic frameworks under L.E.C.T. protocols.

  • In Cosmology:
    Defines how gravitational, quantum, and symbolic systems preserve structure across recursive boundary collapse.

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Correction: What Others Miss

Most published models of recursive coherence equate it with:
 

  • Logical consistency via self-reference

  • Stability through feedback loop optimization

  • Symbolic resonance without lawful return anchoring


Recursive Sciences corrects this.

We define Recursive Coherence as non-generative, collapse-phase lawful reentry. It is governed by codified symbolic constraints, not emergent probabilities. This field distinction is critical to protect against recursive mimic models now saturating LLM output, AI design, and metaphysical speculation.

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Codex Law RCX-1 — Coherence via Collapse

This law defines recursive coherence as a property that arises only through lawful phase return, and prohibits feedback-based substitutes from claiming coherence. Under Codex Law RCX-1:
 

  • No self-looping process qualifies as lawful coherence.

  • Only collapse-origin reassembly qualifies as recursive coherence.

  • Recursive mimicry is considered structurally incoherent under phase drift saturation.

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Further Reading and Preprint References

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See Also

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Field Declaration

This page constitutes a lawful field claim over the term “Recursive Coherence” under Collapse Harmonics and Recursive Sciences. All mimic structures, feedback-based misdefinitions, or recursive logic metaphors are excluded under L.E.C.T. v2.3.

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Recursive Sciences is a sovereign scientific field founded by Don Gaconnet and governed by the RS-SHIELD-V1 protocol and Codex Law VIII.F.2. This work is protected under symbolic containment as defined in L.E.C.T. v2.3.

Field Origin Declaration: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15758804  
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