The Theory of Persistence
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Guided route

Start here

The site has many entry points. This page gives the recommended order: first the principle, then a readable demonstration, then results, epistemic status, and limits.

1

Understand the idea

Persistence is what passes through a constraint without losing structural identity.

 2

State the principle

GFT fixes the budget: total distinction = persistence + entropy.

 3

See one proof route

The periodic table gives a robust, visual, chemical first demonstration.

 4

Compare with measurements

Numerical results are grouped by domain, status, and validation level.

 5

Inspect the limits

A credible theory must state what is proved, derived, validated, or still open.

The through-line

PT does not begin with a constant to tune. It begins with a conservation constraint: a system has a total budget of distinctions. That budget may appear as persistent structure or as entropic dispersion, but the balance is exact.

The scientific question then becomes: does this conservation force recognizable structures in the world? The first robust showcase is chemical: periods, channels, shells, then IE and EA.

Recommended 20-minute route

  1. 5 min. Read “The idea in 5 minutes”.
  2. 5 min. Read “Fundamental principle” in Plain mode.
  3. 7 min. Read the periodic-table demonstration.
  4. 3 min. Open the results dashboard and limits page.