Prior Art
Prior-Art Boundary
DT/FDS does not claim priority over Landauer, rate-distortion, autopoiesis, Markov blankets, active inference, Bekenstein bounds, horizon thermodynamics, decoherence, transfer entropy, or topological phases.
The claimed contribution is the dependency architecture connecting them through finite boundary maintenance.
Similarity to prior work is not denied; it is part of the dependency map.
| Prior Tradition | Not Claimed | Claimed Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Self-organization / complex systems | Priority over self-organization theory, complexity theory, cybernetics, dissipative structures, synergetics, autopoiesis, or chemical organization theory | FDS-N1 gives a finite-boundary, capacity-deficit, maintenance-load, exit-channel, and invariant-selection interpretation of self-organization under finite capacity |
| Distinction/indication (Spencer-Brown) | Priority over distinction as philosophical primitive | Distinction is used as the minimal entry point into finite boundary maintenance |
| Information as difference | Priority over info-theoretic difference | Finite distinctions become costly only when physically maintained by finite systems |
| Autopoiesis | Replacement of autopoiesis | FDS adds capacity deficit, rate-distortion demand, pruning/externalization, and failure propagation |
| Markov blankets | Identity with Markov blanket theory | FDS boundaries may be physical, operational, memory-level, API-level, or task-level |
| Free Energy Principle | Replacement of FEP or active inference | FDS begins from boundary maintenance under finite capacity; active inference can instantiate FDS-like dynamics |
| Rate-distortion theory | Invention of rate-distortion | Rate-distortion is used to define task-relevant capacity deficit |
| Landauer erasure | Invention of Landauer bound | Landauer is used as a physical bridge for logically irreversible updates |
| Bekenstein/holographic bounds | Derivation of known bounds from scratch | Finite distinguishability budgets are interpreted as structural constraints on physical systems |
| Horizon thermodynamics | Replacement of GR or QFT | FDS registers bridge hypotheses relating horizons to finite distinguishability |
| Decoherence | Solution to the measurement problem | Decoherence treated as distinguishability leakage / record stabilization under finite systems |
| Topological phases / NHSE | Invention of non-Hermitian topology | DT proposes a bridge between topological persistence and resistance to forgetting |
| Transfer entropy / empowerment | Invention of causal influence metrics | FDS uses causal-loop closure as one component of agency, not as sufficient condition |
| Complex systems collapse | Priority over tipping points | FDS gives a boundary-maintenance and capacity-deficit interpretation of collapse |
| AI agent frameworks | Replacement of all agent theories | FDS isolates active boundary maintenance and resource-governed persistence as agency criteria |
| Prospect Theory (Kahneman, Tversky) | Replacement of Prospect Theory or expected utility theory | FDS-E1 treats loss aversion, reference dependence, and probability weighting as state-dependent finite-capacity parameters rather than fixed irrationality constants |
| Reversible computation (Bennett) | Refutation of reversible computation or of the Landauer bound | FDS-P2 studies the bounded-memory regime in which reversible embeddings accumulate garbage records that eventually incur housekeeping costs |
| Stochastic thermodynamics (Seifert, Parrondo) | Replacement of stochastic thermodynamics or information thermodynamics | FDS uses stochastic-thermodynamic cost terms as one layer in a broader finite-record accounting framework that includes carriers, accounting boundaries, side records, and refresh costs |