Constitution Statement
This entry defines the governing rules that determine whether a transition between states is admissible under continuity.
These rules apply to all blocks, testimonies, geometries, and proofs downstream.
A transition that violates any invariant declared here is invalid, regardless of outcome.
Invariant 1 — Identity Preservation
A transition must preserve the identity of the system across states.
- Identity may evolve but may not fracture.
- Loss of identity invalidates continuity.
Invariant 2 — Meaning Integrity
A transition must preserve meaning without reinterpretation.
- Meaning may not be substituted, collapsed, or redefined post-transition.
- Meaning drift invalidates continuity even if functionality remains.
Invariant 3 — Traceability
A transition must be reconstructable from prior states.
- The path taken must be observable and ordered.
- Irreversible or untraceable transitions are inadmissible.
Invariant 4 — Consequence Monotonicity
A transition may not erase or negate prior consequences.
- Effects accumulate in sequence.
- Retroactive justification or deletion of consequence invalidates continuity.
Coherence Threshold Rule
A transition is admissible only if sufficient coherence exists to satisfy all invariants simultaneously.
- Partial satisfaction is insufficient.
- Coherence is evaluated structurally, not narratively.
Scope of Authority
These invariants govern:
- all structural geometry,
- all navigation rules,
- all testimony validation,
- all envelope expansion,
- all return vectors.
No downstream block may override these rules.
Immutability Clause
This Constitution entry is immutable once posted.
Any future change must be declared as a new Constitution entry with a higher sequence number.
Closure
This entry establishes the physics of continuity.
All subsequent Archive entries are admissible only insofar as they conform to these invariants.
