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S2 — Hourglass Walkthrough

Status​

Supplement

Authority​

Diagrammatic support.

S2 supports the reading of the Hourglass Grammar and its related diagrammatic structures.

It does not govern the foundational papers.

Role​

S2 provides a guided walkthrough of the hourglass structure.

It helps readers understand how the middle layer, projection layer, and normalization layer should be read without converting the diagram into a physical mechanism.

Supports​

  • Hourglass Grammar
  • M′–f–t–λ Middle Layer
  • projection-layer reading
  • normalization-layer reading
  • corridor placement
  • diagrammatic discipline

What This Supplement Does Not Do​

  • does not introduce new primitives
  • does not introduce new corridors
  • does not modify Paper I
  • does not convert diagrams into mechanisms
  • does not override Arc 1

Read This For​

  • hourglass orientation
  • diagrammatic reading discipline
  • relationship between middle-layer, projection-layer, and normalization-layer structures
  • support for Papers IV and V