Synthesis

This layer contains claims: structured arguments, definitions, proof links, and publication-facing summaries.

Use it when you want the strongest version of the repository's theory, not the exploratory trail that produced it.

Canonical Path

1. The Generator Question — the organizing question of the project, the forward/inverse asymmetry, the three walls, and the foundational P ≠ NP assumption stated explicitly.
2. Core Claims — the small claim set that should remain testable.
3. Emergence Manifesto v1.3 — the broader thesis and status-tagged claims.
4. Thermodynamics of Orchestration — the main dynamical framework.
5. Substrate Veto — the thermodynamic boundary argument.
6. Generative Form Systems — the intake spine for Barnsley, L-systems, Erdős-Rényi, renormalization, and consciousness-adjacent work.
7. Across Scales — where the same structure holds, where it breaks, and why the search matters.
8. From Rule to Mind — the compact course spine: operator → iteration → form → boundary → return path.
9. Simulation to Theory Map — where claims touch executable artifacts.
10. Limitations and Honest Assessment — what this system does not prove.

Rule

A synthesis document should state what it claims, what would count against it, and which artifact or open problem it connects to.