Tier 1
Definition
Tier 1 is the structural grammar of Length–Mass Reduction.
It is the predynamical level at which LMR defines admissibility, persistence, projection, normalization, and structural routing without introducing forces, fields, equations of motion, or dynamical mechanisms.
Tier 1 is the foundation of the codex.
Tier Placement
Primary tier: Tier 1
Role: Foundational structural grammar
Tier 1 governs the foundational sequence of Arc 1. It is not derived from Tier 2 or Tier 3.
Source
Primary source: Arc 1 — Papers I–V
Authority level: Foundational
Papers I–V establish the Tier 1 grammar, including notation, lattice structure, persistence, structural classification, projection, and normalization.
Function in LMR
Tier 1 defines what may be said at the foundational level.
It functions as the codex layer for:
- notation discipline
- structural admissibility
- persistence
- half-fold organization
- projection
- normalization
- corridor relations
- prohibition of dynamics at the foundation
Tier 1 is the level at which LMR is defined before observer-side overlays or SI correspondence are introduced.
Allowed Use
Tier 1 may be used to state structural relations, admissibility conditions, routing relations, projection signatures, and normalization constraints.
Tier 1 may also be used to distinguish foundational LMR claims from later interpretive or correspondence work.
Prohibited Misuse
Tier 1 must not be treated as:
- standard physics in different notation
- a force theory
- a field theory
- a dynamical theory
- an SI correspondence layer
- an observer-side overlay
- a license to reinterpret standard quantities without declaration
Nothing from Tier 2 or Tier 3 may be imported into Tier 1 without explicit tier declaration.