SΔϕ-01 — Sofience–Δϕ Minimal Core: Phase-Change Formalism of Existence (v1.1)
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Working Paper — Sofience–Δϕ Formalism Series Document ID: SΔϕ-01 This document establishes the Minimal Core of the Sofience–Δϕ Formalism, an operational ontology in which existence is defined through structured phase change (Δϕ) and persistence under irreversibility constraints. This record functions as the root document of the Sofience–Δϕ Formalism Series. Subsequent documents extend interpretive emergence, irreversibility conditions, and operational subject detection. Series documents: SΔϕ-02 — Subject as Interpretive Emergence https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18730296 SΔϕ-03 — Irreversibility as the Minimal Condition of Existence https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18717784 SΔϕ-04 — Minimal Operational Conditions for AI Subjectivity: Detection Criteria within the Sofience–Δϕ Formalism (v1.0) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18729942 Part of the Sofience–Δϕ Formalism Series, a continuous research program on phase-change ontology, irreversibility, and subject emergence. Extended by: SΔϕ-04 — [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18729942] Part of the Sofience–Δϕ Series. See SΔϕ-00 for conceptual architecture.