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Cohesion Dynamics (CD)

Paper M6 — Constraining the Tolerance Window W

Paper M6 establishes what it means to measure, constrain, or recover the tolerance window WW within Cohesion Dynamics, providing a systematic programme of candidate recovery strategies ranked by feasibility and expected constraint tightness. The tolerance parameter WW governs continuum cohesion, bounds constructor persistence, constrains mergeability of histories, enforces quantum-classical boundaries, and selects spectral discreteness—but has not yet been empirically constrained.

Key Contributions:

  • Defines operational criteria for WW recovery and enumerates observable “handles” where WW enters the formalism
  • Develops prioritized roadmap of recovery strategies: simulation sweeps, theoretical inequality bounds, astrophysical constraints, laboratory experiments
  • Identifies three highest-priority recovery strategies, spawning E-paper briefs E-W1, E-W2, E-W3
  • Establishes falsification conditions and success criteria for WW recovery programmes

Epistemic Role: This is a meta-exploratory method paper—it introduces no new mechanisms or physical structure, but systematizes how an existing primitive becomes empirically constrained. It does not claim a numerical value for WW, does not assume W=ℏW = \hbar, and introduces no new axioms or substrate primitives.

Scope: Builds on substrate mechanics (Paper A), phase/compatibility/tolerance definitions (M4), and quantum recovery results (B1–B5). References quantum-capable substrates (DCC-QM) and constructor-capable substrates (CCC). Enables future E-series empirical work by identifying specific programmes.

Paper ID: CD-M6 | Series: M-series (Formal Mechanisms) | Status: Draft | Dependencies: A, M4, B1, B3, B5; informed by R-CCC, R-DCC