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Reciprocal cost is the unique mismatch formula forced by a combining rule and one local scale fix.
Cost Aczel Class
A classical theorem about a functional equation, packaged as a reusable assumption in a machine-checked library.
Cost Aczel Class Aczel D Alembert Smooth
A continuous solution to a classical functional equation is automatically infinitely differentiable, a fact the framework's machine-checked library formalizes.
Cost Aczel Classification
A classical theorem about a functional equation supplies the one missing regularity step that turns five plain assumptions into a unique cost function.
Cost Aczel Classification Aczel Kernel Smooth
A classical theorem about a functional equation guarantees that its continuous solutions are smooth, and this fact is what lets a recognition cost function be pinned down exactly.
Cost Aczel Classification H Continuous Of Positive Continuous
A small technical step that turns a function's continuity on positive numbers into full continuity, enabling the classification of all possible cost functions.
Cost Aczel Classification H D Alembert Of Composition
A single equation from 1747 reappears as the hinge that turns a discrete cost ledger into a smooth, unique curve.
Cost Aczel Classification H One Of Normalized
A small but load-bearing step in the proof that a single cost function is forced: if cost is zero when nothing changes, then a certain helper function starts at one.
Cost Aczel Classification Primitive Cost Hypotheses
The five plain conditions that force any recognition cost into one exact formula, and what those conditions do not cover.
Cost Aczel Classification Primitive To Uniqueness Aczel
Five plain assumptions about a cost function force it to be the single formula J(x) = (x + 1/x)/2 - 1, with no other possibilities.
Cost Aczel Classification Primitive To Uniqueness Of Kernel
A single theorem in a machine-checked library shows that five plain conditions on a cost function force it to take one exact form, with no other possibilities.
Cost Aczel Proof
A classical theorem from 1966, machine-checked, is the hidden engine that turns a simple continuity assumption into the full force of the cost function.
Cost Aczel Proof D Alembert Classification
A single functional equation, with only continuity assumed, forces its solutions to be exactly three familiar families: constant, hyperbolic cosine, or cosine.
Cost Aczel Proof D Alembert Cont Diff Nat
A famous functional equation has a hidden regularity property: any continuous solution is automatically infinitely differentiable.
Cost Aczel Proof D Alembert Cont Diff Smooth
A continuous solution to a classical functional equation is always a smooth, infinitely differentiable function, a fact proved by a machine-checked library.
Cost Aczel Proof D Alembert To Ode General
A single smoothness assumption turns a functional equation into an ordinary differential equation, and that step is what makes the classical classification of its solutions possibl
Cost Aczel Proof Exists Integral Ne Zero
A small lemma about a nonzero integral is the first step in a proof that continuous solutions of a classical equation must be smooth.
Cost Aczel Proof Ode Neg Zero Uniqueness
A small lemma in a machine-checked proof says that the only twice-differentiable solution to a certain second-order differential equation with zero initial conditions is the zero f
Cost Aczel Theorem
The Aczél theorem proves that every continuous solution to the d'Alembert equation with H(0) = 1 is infinitely smooth and must be one of three functions: constant one, hyperbo
Cost Aczel Theorem D Alembert Double Angle
A single equation from 1747 about waves and vibrating strings turns out to force every smooth solution into one of three familiar shapes.
Cost Aczel Theorem D Alembert Locally Bounded
A small technical lemma about smooth functions turns out to be the first step in a proof that removes the last unproven assumption from a foundational framework.
Cost Aczel Theorem H Aczel Classification Proved
A classical equation from 18th-century physics turns out to have only three possible solutions, and a machine-checked proof now shows that continuity alone forces them all to be pe
Cost Agrees On Exp Of Bounds
A function that matches the recognition cost at every point of an exponential curve is forced to match it everywhere, a bridge from a one-dimensional check to a full identity.
Cost Agrees On Exp Of Symm Unit
A single identity on the exponential curve pins down the framework's cost function, and it does not prove the full uniqueness theorem.
Cost Calibration
Calibration is the rule that fixes the scale of the recognition cost, and it turns out to be a statement about curvature.
Cost Calibration Boundary Continuous Extension Log Line Gap Least Constant
A theorem about continuous extensions of prime-weight functions pins down the smallest possible constant in a log-line gap bound.
Cost Calibration Deriv2 Jlog
A single number, the second derivative of a cost function at its zero point, fixes the scale of an entire theory of recognition costs.
Cost Calibration Jcost Comp Exp Eq Jlog
A cost function's second derivative at the identity pins down its scale, and a simple identity shows why the logarithm is the natural coordinate.
Cost Calibration Jcost Comp Exp Second Deriv At Zero
The cost function's curvature at its balance point is fixed to exactly one, and that single number sets the scale for every other measurement in the framework.
Cost Calibration Jlog Eq Cosh
A single identity pins down the scale of the recognition cost: its curvature at the identity is exactly one, and this fixes the unit of measure.
Cost Calibration Jlog Second Deriv At Zero
A single number, the second derivative of a cost function at zero, fixes the scale of an entire theory of recognition.
Cost Calibration Jlog Unit Curvature
A single number, the second derivative of a cost function at its zero point, fixes the scale of the entire Recognition Science framework.
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary
A simple algebraic trick turns a difficult equation into a familiar one, and the machine-checked library records exactly how far that trick is proven.
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary Aczel Classification Conditional
A machine-checked theorem that pins down the shape of a whole family of solutions, provided two bridge lemmas are granted.
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary H From Phi
A single theorem in a machine-checked library shows how to rebuild a function from a specially chosen partner, and why that step matters for the framework's classification of
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary H Phi Multiplicative
A small formal definition that captures a key step in classifying solutions to a classical functional equation, and what it deliberately leaves open.
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary Phi At Zero
A small theorem about a helper function pins down its value at the starting point, a fact that later classification work leans on.
Cost Cauchy Auxiliary Phi Pos
A small positivity lemma that lets the framework classify all continuous solutions to a classical functional equation, and the boundary of what it proves.
Cost Classical Results
Cost classical results is a module that records standard mathematical facts as axioms so the forcing chain can use them before full formalization.
Cost Classical Results Complex Exp Mul Rearrange
A small algebraic identity about complex exponentials, and the honest statement of what it does and does not prove.
Cost Classical Results Complex Norm Exp I Mul
A single theorem from the machine-checked library states that the complex exponential of any purely imaginary number has magnitude exactly 1, placing every such number on the unit
Cost Classical Results Complex Norm Exp Of Real
A machine-checked theorem confirms that the size of a complex exponential is an ordinary real exponential, and it claims nothing about physics.
Cost Classical Results Neg Log Sin Tendsto At Top At Zero Right
The logarithm of the sine function grows without bound as its input approaches zero from the right, a fact with a geometric meaning.
Cost Classical Results Piecewise Path Integral Additive Integrable
A theorem about integrals that lets you split a path into pieces and add the results, a standard tool in calculus.
Cost Classical Results Real Cosh Exponential Expansion
The hyperbolic cosine, a standard function of real analysis, has a definition in terms of exponentials that a machine-checked library records as a formal theorem.
Cost Classical Results Spherical Cap Measure Bounds
A spherical cap's surface area is never negative, a fact so basic that a machine-checked library records it as a theorem.
Cost Classical Results Theta Min Spec Inequality
A formal theorem links the smallest allowed angle on a sphere to a limit on how much information a recognition event can carry.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction
A classic functional equation, solved with just two derivatives instead of a stack of extra assumptions.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction Composition Law Forces Reciprocity
A single rule about how costs combine turns out to force a symmetry that was once assumed by hand.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction Cont Diff Two Differentiable Deriv
A small technical lemma about twice-differentiable functions is the hinge that lets the framework derive its central cost formula from weaker assumptions.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction D Alembert Cosh Solution Of Cont Diff
A smooth function obeying a classical symmetry equation must be the hyperbolic cosine, a fact that pins down the framework's cost of recognition.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction D Alembert First Deriv Of Cont Diff
A small regularity assumption turns a functional equation into an ordinary differential equation, and that switch is what lets a uniqueness proof go through.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction D Alembert Second Deriv At Zero Of Cont Diff
A single equation from 1747, the d'Alembert functional equation, ties the curvature of a cost function at zero to its curvature everywhere, and a machine-checked library prove
Cost Cont Diff Reduction D Alembert To Ode Of Cont Diff
A smoothness assumption turns a functional equation into a familiar differential equation, and the solution is the hyperbolic cosine.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction Has Deriv At Deriv Of Cont Diff Two
A technical lemma in a machine-checked library shows that a twice-smooth function has a derivative that is itself differentiable, a step toward proving a unique cost function.
Cost Cont Diff Reduction Law Of Logic Forces Jcost Of Cont Diff
A single forced formula governs the price of recognition; this theorem shows which assumptions are truly needed.
Cost Convexity
Cost convexity is the shape property of the recognition cost function J that guarantees a single bowl with one lowest point, forcing unique minima and anchoring the uniqueness theo
Cost Convexity Cosh Strictly Convex
The hyperbolic cosine, the curve of a hanging chain, turns out to be the exact shape of a forced recognition cost.