Finite-Bath Memory, Markovianization, and Environmental Forgetting in Finite Distinction Systems: Side Records, Memory Kernels, and the Loss of Recoverable Distinctions

Yining Wu · 2026-05-18

Develops the environmental forgetting paper in the physical bridge sequence. Studies how finite systems depend on environments, baths, logs, and external carriers whose own memory is finite, partially accessible, and costly to recover. Introduces accessible environmental readout, residual-entropy recovery, Bayes recovery probability, Markov closure error, memory-kernel burden, finite-bath saturation and record-collision theorem, and operational Markovianization. Connects P4 internal loss to P3 environmental forgetting to P7 invariant protection.

@misc{wu2026fdsp3,
  author = {Yining Wu},
  title = {Finite-Bath Memory, Markovianization, and Environmental Forgetting in Finite Distinction Systems: Side Records, Memory Kernels, and the Loss of Recoverable Distinctions},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20272541},
}