√c
Definition
√c is the half-fold corridor scale used in the structural grammar of LMR.
It is associated with the minimal open half-fold cadence scale and functions as a structural operator within the LMR grammar.
√c is not introduced as the square root of a measured transport speed in Tier 1. It is read as a corridor-scale structural quantity.
Tier Placement
Primary tier: Tier 1
Role: Half-fold corridor scale
√c belongs to the structural grammar associated with half-fold organization and corridor composition.
Source
Primary source: Paper III — Emergence and Structure
Authority level: Foundational structural classification
Paper III develops the half-fold reading in which √c is treated as a corridor-level structural quantity.
Function in LMR
√c functions as the half-fold scale underlying c as second-order closure.
It supports:
- half-fold organization
- structural cadence
- configuration classification
- √c ladder readings
- electron-, proton-, hydrogen-, and neutron-class scale relations
- interpretation of c as composed closure
√c allows LMR to read structural configurations in terms of half-fold inventory rather than standard dynamical speed.
Allowed Use
√c may be used as a Tier 1 structural corridor scale when half-fold grammar is active.
It may be used in configuration classification and geometric identity work when the relevant tier and context are declared.
Prohibited Misuse
√c must not be treated as:
- a measured velocity
- a physical propagation speed
- a numerical trick
- a new independent force scale
- a free primitive outside the codex
- permission to take arbitrary roots of constants
- a dynamical mechanism
√c must remain tied to the half-fold and corridor grammar.