The Theory of Persistence

Transparent audit

The Theory of Persistence submits itself to an explicit internal audit. This page makes public the inventory of structural choices, external audits and applied corrections.

The 10 structural commitments (C1–C10)

Each discrete choice in the derivation chain is closed by an independent classical mathematical argument. All ten sit at THM. None is a continuous parameter; none can be tuned to improve a fit.

C1 THM

SCU calibration as Buckingham π convention

1 SCU ≡ 1 MeV. Dissolved as a unit convention; cf. App. P §C1.

C2 THM

N(p) = (p+1)^(p+1) − 1 universal

Domain [p+1] via ZFC + L0 max-entropy; simplified plain-Set + ZFC additivity proof.

C3 THM

n_up = 9/8 via 2-loop Fisher on T³

T³ Fisher amplitude derived; cf. ch10 thm:n_up_fisher_T3.

C4 THM

NNLO coefficient 5/18 = p₂/(2p₁²)

Pontryagin + Wick + T6 cyclic-phase loop closure.

C5 THM

Fisher–Koide NLO 1/21

1/21 = Haar(Z/3Z) × Haar(Z/7Z); f₅ excluded NNLO via T6.

C6 THM

Berry holonomy 3π

Limit N_gen × π justified by self-consistency.

C7 THM

Linear γ₃ in the spiral resummation

Promoted to THM 2026-04-26; App. P §C7 pp. 681-683.

C8 THM

24 quark exponents

Catalogue closed by combinatorial enumeration.

C9 THM

Higgs portal δ = m_H²/M²

Inverse hierarchy excluded; cf. App. P §C9.

C10 THM

Super-echo {11,13,17,19,23}

Hadronic cutoff p = 23 derived.

Peer-review status

Preprint — not peer-reviewed. The author welcomes critical scrutiny and independent verification. The canonical registry has 56 companion Python script entries, 2,522/2,523 passing checks, and 1 known failure independent of recent additions; the public scripts and reports remain reproducible.