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Foundation Primitive Recognition Calculus Prime Axis Coherence Character Is Rpow

A theorem in the framework's machine-checked library shows that when independent prime factors are locked to one common scale, the resulting character is simply a power function.

The synchronized power map

A character here is a rule that assigns a real number to every positive integer, and the rule respects multiplication: the number assigned to a product is the sum of the numbers assigned to its factors. The framework's library, a machine-checked collection of formal theorems, proves that such rules are completely free until a coherence condition is imposed. Any assignment of weights to the prime numbers extends uniquely to a multiplicative character, and distinct assignments give distinct characters.

The theorem character_is_rpow states what happens when that freedom is constrained. If the weight assigned to each prime p equals a fixed exponent c times the natural logarithm of p, then the character is exactly the power map n ↦ n^c. The independent prime axes, once synchronized to one scale, collapse into a single global power law on the positive integers. The proof rests on an earlier result: a character obeys a power law against a reference scale if and only if its prime weights are aligned to that scale.

This is a statement about the framework's internal calculus, not a claim about the physical world. The theorem does not assert that any actual process in nature follows a power law, nor does it say which exponent c nature chooses. It establishes a structural equivalence: coherence among prime weights is exactly what produces a power map. The canonical reference scale w(p) = log p makes the log-character equal to the ordinary real logarithm, which is why the exponent c appears as a power rather than as a multiplier.

What the result changes is the picture of how structure emerges. Before coherence, the prime axes are independent coordinates with no forced relations. After coherence, they are locked to one scale and the character becomes a single smooth function. The theorem makes precise that the order condition which synchronizes the axes is the same condition that forces the global power law. This is a formal bridge between two descriptions: one in terms of independent prime weights, the other in terms of a single exponent.

THEOREM logChar_mul · faithful · IndisputableMonolith/Foundation/PrimitiveRecognitionCalculus/PrimeAxisCoherence.lean
/-- **Freedom.** Every weight assignment extends to a multiplicative character:
the log-character is additive on products of nonzero naturals. The prime axes
are independent; no relation among them is forced before coherence enters. -/
theorem logChar_mul (a : ℕ → ℝ) {m n : ℕ} (hm : m ≠ 0) (hn : n ≠ 0) :
    logChar a (m * n) = logChar a m + logChar a n := by
  unfold logChar
  rw [Nat.factorization_mul hm hn]
  rw [Finsupp.sum_add_index']
  · intro p; simp
  · intro p k1 k2; push_cast; ring
/-- **Independence of the axes.** Two log-characters that agree on all naturals
agree on every prime weight. The prime weights are genuine independent
coordinates of the character. -/
theorem faithful {a b : ℕ → ℝ} (h : ∀ n, logChar a n = logChar b n)
    {p : ℕ} (hp : p.Prime) : a p = b p := by
  have := h p
  rwa [logChar_prime a hp, logChar_prime b hp] at this
THEOREM character_is_rpow · IndisputableMonolith/Foundation/PrimitiveRecognitionCalculus/PrimeAxisCoherence.lean
/-- **The synchronized character is a power map.** Under the log reference scale,
an aligned character with exponent `c` is exactly `n ↦ n^c`. The independent
prime axes, once locked to one scale, produce a single global power law on the
positive rationals. -/
theorem character_is_rpow {a : ℕ → ℝ} {c : ℝ}
    (haligned : ∀ p : ℕ, p.Prime → a p = c * Real.log p)
    (n : ℕ) (hn : n ≠ 0) :
    Real.exp (logChar a n) = (n : ℝ) ^ c := by
  have hpl : logChar a n = c * Real.log n := by
    have hdirect : logChar a n = c * logChar (fun p => Real.log p) n := by
      unfold logChar
      rw [Finsupp.sum, Finsupp.sum, Finset.mul_sum]
      apply Finset.sum_congr rfl
      intro p hp
      have hpp : p.Prime := by
        rw [Nat.support_factorization] at hp
        exact Nat.prime_of_mem_primeFactors hp
      rw [haligned p hpp]; ring
    rw [hdirect, logChar_log n hn]
  rw [hpl]
  have hnpos : (0 : ℝ) < n := by exact_mod_cast Nat.pos_of_ne_zero hn
  rw [Real.rpow_def_of_pos hnpos]
  congr 1
  ring
THEOREM powerLaw_iff_aligned · IndisputableMonolith/Foundation/PrimitiveRecognitionCalculus/PrimeAxisCoherence.lean
/-- **Prime-Axis Coherence Theorem.** A character obeys a single global power law
against the reference scale `w` if and only if its prime weights are all aligned
to `w`. The continuum/order condition that forces a global power law is exactly
the condition that synchronizes the independent prime axes into one common scale. -/
theorem powerLaw_iff_aligned (a w : ℕ → ℝ) : IsPowerLaw a w ↔ WeightsAligned a w := by
  constructor
  · rintro ⟨c, hc⟩
    refine ⟨c, ?_⟩
    intro p hp
    have h := hc p hp.ne_zero
    rwa [logChar_prime a hp, logChar_prime w hp] at h
  · rintro ⟨c, hc⟩
    refine ⟨c, ?_⟩
    intro n hn
    unfold logChar
    rw [Finsupp.sum, Finsupp.sum, Finset.mul_sum]
    apply Finset.sum_congr rfl
    intro p hp
    have hpp : p.Prime := by
      rw [Nat.support_factorization] at hp
      exact Nat.prime_of_mem_primeFactors hp
    rw [hc p hpp]
    ring
THEOREM logChar_log · IndisputableMonolith/Foundation/PrimitiveRecognitionCalculus/PrimeAxisCoherence.lean
/-- With the reference weights `w(p) = log p`, the log-character is exactly the
real logarithm. This is the scale that the order/continuum condition selects. -/
theorem logChar_log (n : ℕ) (hn : n ≠ 0) :
    logChar (fun p => Real.log p) n = Real.log n := by
  unfold logChar
  rw [Finsupp.sum]
  have hself : n.factorization.prod (fun p k => p ^ k) = n :=
    Nat.factorization_prod_pow_eq_self hn
  have hcast : (n : ℝ) = ∏ p ∈ n.factorization.support, ((p : ℝ) ^ (n.factorization p)) := by
    conv_lhs => rw [← hself, Finsupp.prod]
    push_cast
    rfl
  rw [hcast, Real.log_prod]
  · apply Finset.sum_congr rfl
    intro p hp
    rw [Real.log_pow]
  · intro p hp
    have hpp : p.Prime := by
      rw [Nat.support_factorization] at hp
      exact Nat.prime_of_mem_primeFactors hp
    have : (0 : ℝ) < (p : ℝ) ^ (n.factorization p) := by
      apply pow_pos
      exact_mod_cast hpp.pos
    exact ne_of_gt this

What this page does not claim

The theorem does not assert that any natural process follows a power law. The theorem does not determine which exponent c, if any, nature realizes. The theorem does not claim that the prime axes are physically independent before coherence; it is a statement about the formal calculus.

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