Capacity Deficit and Entropy Production in Active Finite Systems: A Generalized Dissipation Ledger for Boundary Maintenance

Yining Wu · 2026-05-17

Physical bridge between task-relative capacity deficit and entropy-production pressure in active finite systems. Defines a generalized entropy-production audit ledger with anti-double-counting convention, multi-reservoir notation, and separation of physical recovery entropy from functional loss. States a deficit-maintenance-dissipation impossibility triangle. Provides deficit-crossing, ledger-decomposition, pruning-ROI, externalization-audit, and hysteresis protocols.

@misc{wu2026fdsp5,
  author = {Yining Wu},
  title = {Capacity Deficit and Entropy Production in Active Finite Systems: A Generalized Dissipation Ledger for Boundary Maintenance},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20254259},
}