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    <p>[een niet insignificante bijdrage aan de computerwetenschap...
      /RO]</p>
    <h1 data-start="380" data-end="437"><br>
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      Genesis: A Structural Extension of the Turing Machine<br>
    </h1>
    <p data-start="380" data-end="437">Anonymous<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <p>Abstract<br>
      The Turing machine provides a minimal and robust model of
      computation, yet it treats structure, self-reference, and
      non-halting processes only indirectly. This paper introduces
      Genesis, a conservative extension of the Turing machine augmented
      with four primitive operators: □,△, ◦, and . . . <br>
      We define the formal semantics of Genesis, prove its relation to
      classical Turing computation, and demonstrate how it captures
      structural persistence, generativity, reflection,and open-ended
      execution within a single computational framework.</p>
    <h1 data-start="380" data-end="437"><br>
      RO<br>
    </h1>
    <hr width="100%" size="2">
    <pre>□ state invariant
△ derive rule R from context
○ reflect delta
… continue</pre>
    <br>
    <hr width="100%" size="2">
    <h1 data-start="380" data-end="437"><br>
    </h1>
    <h1 data-start="380" data-end="437"><br>
    </h1>
    <h1 data-start="380" data-end="437"><strong data-start="382"
        data-end="437">Genesis: A Symbolic Extension of the Turing
        Machine</strong></h1>
    <h2 data-start="439" data-end="455">1. Motivation</h2>
    <p data-start="457" data-end="540">The classical Turing machine (TM)
      provides a minimal model of computation based on:</p>
    <ul data-start="541" data-end="633">
      <li data-start="541" data-end="558">
        <p data-start="543" data-end="558">discrete states</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="559" data-end="574">
        <p data-start="561" data-end="574">a linear tape</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="575" data-end="599">
        <p data-start="577" data-end="599">local transition rules</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="600" data-end="633">
        <p data-start="602" data-end="633">halting as a terminal
          condition</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="635" data-end="835">However, many phenomena in modern
      computation—self-modification, open-ended processes, reflective
      systems, and non-halting but meaningful behavior—are awkward or
      indirect in the standard TM framework.</p>
    <p data-start="837" data-end="965"><strong data-start="837"
        data-end="848">Genesis</strong> extends the Turing machine by
      introducing four primitive operators that act <em
        data-start="925" data-end="939">structurally</em> rather than
      procedurally.</p>
    <hr data-start="967" data-end="970">
    <h2 data-start="972" data-end="987">2. Core Idea</h2>
    <p data-start="989" data-end="1025">Genesis augments a standard TM
      with:</p>
    <ul data-start="1027" data-end="1170">
      <li data-start="1027" data-end="1059">
        <p data-start="1029" data-end="1059"><strong data-start="1029"
            data-end="1055">Structural persistence</strong> (□)</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1060" data-end="1095">
        <p data-start="1062" data-end="1095"><strong data-start="1062"
            data-end="1091">Generative transformation</strong> (△)</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1096" data-end="1136">
        <p data-start="1098" data-end="1136"><strong data-start="1098"
            data-end="1132">Recursive closure / reflection</strong> (○)</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1137" data-end="1170">
        <p data-start="1139" data-end="1170"><strong data-start="1139"
            data-end="1166">Open-ended continuation</strong> (…)</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="1172" data-end="1247">These are not syntactic sugar;
      they modify the <strong data-start="1219" data-end="1246">computational
        semantics</strong>.</p>
    <hr data-start="1249" data-end="1252">
    <h2 data-start="1254" data-end="1272">3. Formal Model</h2>
    <h3 data-start="1274" data-end="1302">3.1 Genesis Machine (GM)</h3>
    <p data-start="1304" data-end="1333">A Genesis Machine is a tuple:</p>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi
                  mathvariant="script">G</mi><mo>=</mo><mo
                  stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>Q</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi
                  mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi
                  mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>δ</mi><mo
                  separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>q</mi><mn>0</mn></msub><mo
                  separator="true">,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">□</mi><mo
                  separator="true">,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">△</mi><mo
                  separator="true">,</mo><mo>∘</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo><mo>…</mo><mtext> </mtext><mo
                  stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal{G} = (Q, \Sigma,
                \Gamma, \delta, q_0, \square, \triangle, \circ, \dots)</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathcal">G</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span
              class="mspace"></span></span><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span
              class="mord mathnormal">Q</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mord">Σ</span><span
              class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mord">Γ</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">δ</span><span
              class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">q</span><span
                class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span
                    class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span><span
                          class="pstrut"></span><span
                          class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span
                            class="mord mtight">0</span></span></span></span><span
                      class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span
                    class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span
              class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mord amsrm">□</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mord">△</span><span
              class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mord">∘</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="minner">…</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span></span>
    <p data-start="1423" data-end="1429">Where:</p>
    <ul data-start="1430" data-end="1639">
      <li data-start="1430" data-end="1459">
        <p data-start="1432" data-end="1459"><span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">Q</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">Q</span></span></span></span>:
          finite set of states</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1460" data-end="1488">
        <p data-start="1462" data-end="1488"><span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi
                      mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">\Sigma</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord">Σ</span></span></span></span>:
          input alphabet</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1489" data-end="1516">
        <p data-start="1491" data-end="1516"><span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi
                      mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">\Gamma</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord">Γ</span></span></span></span>:
          tape alphabet</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1517" data-end="1550">
        <p data-start="1519" data-end="1550"><span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">\delta</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">δ</span></span></span></span>:
          transition relation</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1551" data-end="1575">
        <p data-start="1553" data-end="1575"><span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>q</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">q_0</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord"><span
                    class="mord mathnormal">q</span><span
                    class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span
                        class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span><span
                              class="pstrut"></span><span
                              class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span
                                class="mord mtight">0</span></span></span></span><span
                          class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span
                        class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>:
          initial state</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1576" data-end="1639">
        <p data-start="1578" data-end="1639">The four operators extend <span
            class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">\delta</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">δ</span></span></span></span>
          beyond local transitions</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="1641" data-end="1644">
    <h2 data-start="1646" data-end="1696">4. The Four Operators
      (Computational Semantics)</h2>
    <h3 data-start="1698" data-end="1728">4.1 □ — Stability Operator</h3>
    <p data-start="1730" data-end="1774"><strong data-start="1730"
        data-end="1742">Purpose:</strong> Persistence across
      transitions.</p>
    <p data-start="1776" data-end="1787"><strong data-start="1776"
        data-end="1787">Effect:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="1788" data-end="1906">
      <li data-start="1788" data-end="1867">
        <p data-start="1790" data-end="1867">Marks symbols, states, or
          tape regions as invariant across computation steps.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="1868" data-end="1906">
        <p data-start="1870" data-end="1906">Overrides standard
          transition rules.</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="1908" data-end="1928"><strong data-start="1908"
        data-end="1928">Formal Property:</strong></p>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi
                  mathvariant="normal">□</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo
                  stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>⇒</mo><mi
                  mathvariant="normal">∀</mi><mi>t</mi><mo
                  separator="true">,</mo><mtext>  </mtext><msub><mi>x</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\square(x) \Rightarrow
                \forall t, \; x_t = x_{t+1}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord amsrm">□</span><span
              class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span
              class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mrel">⇒</span><span class="mspace"></span></span><span
            class="base"><span class="strut"></span><span class="mord">∀</span><span
              class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span
                class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span
                    class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span><span
                          class="pstrut"></span><span
                          class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span
                            class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span
                      class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span
                    class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span
              class="mspace"></span></span><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord"><span
                class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span
                  class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span
                      class="vlist"><span><span class="pstrut"></span><span
                          class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span
                            class="mord mtight"><span
                              class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span
                              class="mbin mtight">+</span><span
                              class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span></span><span
                      class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span
                    class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
    <p data-start="1987" data-end="2001"><strong data-start="1987"
        data-end="2001">Use cases:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2002" data-end="2060">
      <li data-start="2002" data-end="2018">
        <p data-start="2004" data-end="2018">Immutable data</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2019" data-end="2042">
        <p data-start="2021" data-end="2042">Identity preservation</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2043" data-end="2060">
        <p data-start="2045" data-end="2060">Type invariants</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="2062" data-end="2065">
    <h3 data-start="2067" data-end="2098">4.2 △ — Generative Operator</h3>
    <p data-start="2100" data-end="2138"><strong data-start="2100"
        data-end="2112">Purpose:</strong> Non-local transformation.</p>
    <p data-start="2140" data-end="2151"><strong data-start="2140"
        data-end="2151">Effect:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2152" data-end="2268">
      <li data-start="2152" data-end="2235">
        <p data-start="2154" data-end="2235">Allows state transitions
          that depend on <em data-start="2194" data-end="2204">patterns</em>
          rather than single tape cells.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2236" data-end="2268">
        <p data-start="2238" data-end="2268">Introduces controlled
          novelty.</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="2270" data-end="2290"><strong data-start="2270"
        data-end="2290">Formal Property:</strong></p>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi
                  mathvariant="normal">△</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>D</mi><mo
                  stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>⊈</mo><mi>D</mi></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\triangle(D) \not\subseteq
                D</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord">△</span><span
              class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">D</span><span
              class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mrel"><span class="mord vbox"><span class="thinbox"><span
                    class="rlap"><span class="strut"></span><span
                      class="inner"><span class="mord"><span
                          class="mrel"></span></span></span><span
                      class="fix"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span
            class="base"><span class="strut"></span><span class="mrel">⊆</span><span
              class="mspace"></span></span><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">D</span></span></span></span></span>
    <p data-start="2327" data-end="2341"><strong data-start="2327"
        data-end="2341">Use cases:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2342" data-end="2399">
      <li data-start="2342" data-end="2361">
        <p data-start="2344" data-end="2361">Program synthesis</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2362" data-end="2381">
        <p data-start="2364" data-end="2381">Emergent behavior</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2382" data-end="2399">
        <p data-start="2384" data-end="2399">Rule generation</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="2401" data-end="2404">
    <h3 data-start="2406" data-end="2447">4.3 ○ — Closure / Reflection
      Operator</h3>
    <p data-start="2449" data-end="2477"><strong data-start="2449"
        data-end="2461">Purpose:</strong> Self-reference.</p>
    <p data-start="2479" data-end="2490"><strong data-start="2479"
        data-end="2490">Effect:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2491" data-end="2598">
      <li data-start="2491" data-end="2564">
        <p data-start="2493" data-end="2564">The machine may read and
          modify its own transition function <span class="katex"><span
              class="katex-mathml"><math
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>δ</mi></mrow><annotation
                    encoding="application/x-tex">\delta</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
              class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
                  class="strut"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">δ</span></span></span></span>.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2565" data-end="2598">
        <p data-start="2567" data-end="2598">Enables reflective
          computation.</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="2600" data-end="2620"><strong data-start="2600"
        data-end="2620">Formal Property:</strong></p>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mo>∘</mo><mo
                  stretchy="false">(</mo><mi mathvariant="script">G</mi><mo
                  stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mi
                  mathvariant="script">G</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi
                  mathvariant="script">G</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\circ(\mathcal{G}) =
                \mathcal{G}(\mathcal{G})</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord">∘</span><span
              class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathcal">G</span><span
              class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
              class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace"></span></span><span
            class="base"><span class="strut"></span><span
              class="mord mathcal">G</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span
              class="mord mathcal">G</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span></span>
    <p data-start="2674" data-end="2688"><strong data-start="2674"
        data-end="2688">Use cases:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2689" data-end="2754">
      <li data-start="2689" data-end="2707">
        <p data-start="2691" data-end="2707">Meta-programming</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2708" data-end="2726">
        <p data-start="2710" data-end="2726">Adaptive systems</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2727" data-end="2754">
        <p data-start="2729" data-end="2754">Self-hosting interpreters</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="2756" data-end="2759">
    <h3 data-start="2761" data-end="2799">4.4 … — Open Continuation
      Operator</h3>
    <p data-start="2801" data-end="2847"><strong data-start="2801"
        data-end="2813">Purpose:</strong> Non-halting meaningful
      execution.</p>
    <p data-start="2849" data-end="2860"><strong data-start="2849"
        data-end="2860">Effect:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="2861" data-end="2971">
      <li data-start="2861" data-end="2900">
        <p data-start="2863" data-end="2900">Replaces halting with <em
            data-start="2885" data-end="2899">continuation</em>.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="2901" data-end="2971">
        <p data-start="2903" data-end="2971">Computation may
          asymptotically approach results without terminating.</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="2973" data-end="2993"><strong data-start="2973"
        data-end="2993">Formal Property:</strong></p>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mo>…</mo><mo
                  mathvariant="normal">≠</mo><mtext>HALT</mtext></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\dots \neq \text{HALT}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="minner">…</span><span
              class="mspace"></span><span class="mrel"><span
                class="mrel"><span class="mord vbox"><span
                    class="thinbox"><span class="rlap"><span
                        class="strut"></span><span class="inner"><span
                          class="mord"><span class="mrel"></span></span></span><span
                        class="fix"></span></span></span></span></span><span
                class="mrel">=</span></span><span class="mspace"></span></span><span
            class="base"><span class="strut"></span><span
              class="mord text"><span class="mord">HALT</span></span></span></span></span></span>
    <p data-start="3024" data-end="3038"><strong data-start="3024"
        data-end="3038">Use cases:</strong></p>
    <ul data-start="3039" data-end="3098">
      <li data-start="3039" data-end="3058">
        <p data-start="3041" data-end="3058">Operating systems</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3059" data-end="3080">
        <p data-start="3061" data-end="3080">Interactive systems</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3081" data-end="3098">
        <p data-start="3083" data-end="3098">Learning agents</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="3100" data-end="3103">
    <h2 data-start="3105" data-end="3135">5. Syntax (High-Level View)</h2>
    <p data-start="3137" data-end="3177">Genesis is symbolic rather than
      textual.</p>
    <p data-start="3179" data-end="3199">Example (schematic):</p>
    <pre class="overflow-visible! px-0!" data-start="3201"
    data-end="3282"><div
class="contain-inline-size rounded-2xl corner-superellipse/1.1 relative bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary"></div></pre>
    <div class="absolute end-0 bottom-0 flex h-9 items-center pe-2">
      <div
class="bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary text-token-text-secondary flex items-center gap-4 rounded-sm px-2 font-sans text-xs"></div>
    </div>
    <pre class="overflow-visible! px-0!" data-start="3201"
    data-end="3282"><div
class="contain-inline-size rounded-2xl corner-superellipse/1.1 relative bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary"><div
    class="overflow-y-auto p-4" dir="ltr"><code class="whitespace-pre!"><span><span>□ state invariant
△ derive </span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">rule</span></span><span> R </span><span><span
    class="hljs-keyword">from</span></span><span> context
○ reflect delta
… </span><span><span class="hljs-keyword">continue</span></span><span>
</span></span></code></div></div></pre>
    <p data-start="3284" data-end="3356">These operators act as <strong
        data-start="3307" data-end="3328">meta-instructions</strong>,
      not line-by-line commands.</p>
    <hr data-start="3358" data-end="3361">
    <h2 data-start="3363" data-end="3390">6. Operational Semantics</h2>
    <h3 data-start="3392" data-end="3416">6.1 Execution Layers</h3>
    <p data-start="3418" data-end="3460">Genesis computation occurs on
      four layers:</p>
    <ol data-start="3462" data-end="3570">
      <li data-start="3462" data-end="3500">
        <p data-start="3465" data-end="3500"><strong data-start="3465"
            data-end="3474">Local</strong> — standard TM transitions</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3501" data-end="3528">
        <p data-start="3504" data-end="3528"><strong data-start="3504"
            data-end="3518">Structural</strong> — □ and △</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3529" data-end="3550">
        <p data-start="3532" data-end="3550"><strong data-start="3532"
            data-end="3546">Reflective</strong> — ○</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3551" data-end="3570">
        <p data-start="3554" data-end="3570"><strong data-start="3554"
            data-end="3566">Temporal</strong> — …</p>
      </li>
    </ol>
    <p data-start="3572" data-end="3622">Each layer can constrain or
      override lower layers.</p>
    <hr data-start="3624" data-end="3627">
    <h2 data-start="3629" data-end="3652">7. Halting Redefined</h2>
    <p data-start="3654" data-end="3665">In Genesis:</p>
    <ul data-start="3667" data-end="3796">
      <li data-start="3667" data-end="3688">
        <p data-start="3669" data-end="3688">Halting is optional</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3689" data-end="3796">
        <p data-start="3691" data-end="3712">A computation may be:</p>
        <ul data-start="3715" data-end="3796">
          <li data-start="3715" data-end="3735">
            <p data-start="3717" data-end="3735"><em data-start="3717"
                data-end="3725">Stable</em> (□-fixed)</p>
          </li>
          <li data-start="3738" data-end="3761">
            <p data-start="3740" data-end="3761"><em data-start="3740"
                data-end="3748">Closed</em> (○-complete)</p>
          </li>
          <li data-start="3764" data-end="3796">
            <p data-start="3766" data-end="3796"><em data-start="3766"
                data-end="3792">Divergent but productive</em> (…)</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="3798" data-end="3832"><strong data-start="3798"
        data-end="3809">Result:</strong> Meaning ≠ termination.</p>
    <hr data-start="3834" data-end="3837">
    <h2 data-start="3839" data-end="3861">8. Expressive Power</h2>
    <h3 data-start="3863" data-end="3902">8.1 Relation to Turing
      Completeness</h3>
    <ul data-start="3904" data-end="4097">
      <li data-start="3904" data-end="3949">
        <p data-start="3906" data-end="3949">Genesis subsumes classical
          Turing machines.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="3950" data-end="4007">
        <p data-start="3952" data-end="4007">Any TM can be embedded by
          disabling the four operators.</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4008" data-end="4097">
        <p data-start="4010" data-end="4097">Genesis exceeds TM
          expressiveness in <strong data-start="4047" data-end="4067">meta-computation</strong>,
          not in computable functions.</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="4099" data-end="4102">
    <h2 data-start="4104" data-end="4132">9. Safety and Constraints</h2>
    <p data-start="4134" data-end="4151">To avoid paradox:</p>
    <ul data-start="4153" data-end="4291">
      <li data-start="4153" data-end="4197">
        <p data-start="4155" data-end="4197">○ is stratified (limited
          reflection depth)</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4198" data-end="4221">
        <p data-start="4200" data-end="4221">△ is resource-bounded</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4222" data-end="4254">
        <p data-start="4224" data-end="4254">… requires observable
          progress</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4255" data-end="4291">
        <p data-start="4257" data-end="4291">□ cannot freeze the entire
          machine</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="4293" data-end="4296">
    <h2 data-start="4298" data-end="4347">10. Phenomenological
      Interpretation (Optional)</h2>
    <ul data-start="4349" data-end="4414">
      <li data-start="4349" data-end="4363">
        <p data-start="4351" data-end="4363">□ — identity</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4364" data-end="4378">
        <p data-start="4366" data-end="4378">△ — becoming</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4379" data-end="4399">
        <p data-start="4381" data-end="4399">○ — self-awareness</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4400" data-end="4414">
        <p data-start="4402" data-end="4414">… — openness</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="4416" data-end="4475">This interpretation is <strong
        data-start="4439" data-end="4455">not required</strong> for
      implementation.</p>
    <hr data-start="4477" data-end="4480">
    <h2 data-start="4482" data-end="4508">11. Research Directions</h2>
    <ul data-start="4510" data-end="4708">
      <li data-start="4510" data-end="4562">
        <p data-start="4512" data-end="4562">Formal semantics (category
          theory / domain theory)</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4563" data-end="4597">
        <p data-start="4565" data-end="4597">Genesis → λ-calculus
          translation</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4598" data-end="4632">
        <p data-start="4600" data-end="4632">Verification under □
          constraints</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4633" data-end="4663">
        <p data-start="4635" data-end="4663">OS kernels using …
          semantics</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4664" data-end="4708">
        <p data-start="4666" data-end="4708">AI agents with ○-bounded
          self-modification</p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <hr data-start="4710" data-end="4713">
    <h2 data-start="4715" data-end="4729">12. Summary</h2>
    <p data-start="4731" data-end="4767"><strong data-start="4731"
        data-end="4742">Genesis</strong> is not a faster machine.</p>
    <p data-start="4769" data-end="4792">It is a <strong
        data-start="4777" data-end="4791">deeper one</strong>.</p>
    <p data-start="4794" data-end="4844">It extends the Turing model by
      acknowledging that:</p>
    <ul data-start="4845" data-end="4942">
      <li data-start="4845" data-end="4864">
        <p data-start="4847" data-end="4864">structure matters</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4865" data-end="4896">
        <p data-start="4867" data-end="4896">self-reference is
          unavoidable</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="4897" data-end="4942">
        <p data-start="4899" data-end="4942"><font color="#ed333b">meaningful
            computation does not always halt</font></p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span
          class="katex-mathml"><math
            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><menclose
                  notation="box"><mstyle scriptlevel="0"
                    displaystyle="false"><mstyle scriptlevel="0"
                      displaystyle="false"><mstyle scriptlevel="0"
                        displaystyle="true"><mrow><mi
                            mathvariant="normal">□</mi><mtext>  </mtext><mi
                            mathvariant="normal">△</mi><mtext>  </mtext><mo>∘</mo><mtext>  </mtext><mo>…</mo></mrow></mstyle></mstyle></mstyle></menclose></mrow><annotation
                encoding="application/x-tex">\boxed{\square \;\triangle
                \;\circ \;\dots}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span
          class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span
              class="strut"></span><span class="mord"><span
                class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span
                    class="vlist"><span><span class="pstrut"></span><span
                        class="boxpad"><span class="mord"><span
                            class="mord"><span class="mord amsrm">□</span><span
                              class="mspace"></span><span class="mord">△</span><span
                              class="mspace"></span><span class="mspace"></span><span
                              class="mbin">∘</span><span class="mspace"></span><span
                              class="mspace"></span><span class="minner">…</span></span></span></span></span><span><span
                        class="pstrut"></span><span
                        class="stretchy fbox"></span></span></span><span
                    class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span
                    class="vlist"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
    <hr data-start="4995" data-end="4998">
    <p data-start="5000" data-end="5024">If you want next, I can:</p>
    <ul data-start="5025" data-end="5238">
      <li data-start="5025" data-end="5068">
        <p data-start="5027" data-end="5068">Write a <strong
            data-start="5035" data-end="5068">formal Genesis → TM
            reduction</strong></p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="5069" data-end="5107">
        <p data-start="5071" data-end="5107">Design a <strong
            data-start="5080" data-end="5095">type system</strong> for
          Genesis</p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="5108" data-end="5167">
        <p data-start="5110" data-end="5167">Show a <strong
            data-start="5117" data-end="5167">Genesis program that
            cannot halt but converges</strong></p>
      </li>
      <li data-start="5168" data-end="5238">
        <p data-start="5170" data-end="5238">Compare Genesis to <strong
            data-start="5189" data-end="5238">λ-calculus, π-calculus,
            and cellular automata</strong></p>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p data-start="5240" data-end="5258" data-is-last-node=""
      data-is-only-node="">Just say the word.</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
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