{"id":1636,"date":"2026-01-21T07:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:28:21","slug":"cgi-cdr-03-v1-0-variational-relaxation-structure-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/cgi-cdr-03-v1-0-variational-relaxation-structure-canon\/","title":{"rendered":"CGI-CDR-03 (v1.0): Variational-Relaxation Structure Canon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page describes the Variational\u2013Relaxation Structure Canon&nbsp;for&nbsp;Coherence Geometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zenodo DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18323443\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18323443<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this canon does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The CGI-CDR-03 canon fixes the variational and relaxational formulation underlying <em>Coherence Geometry<\/em>, including canonical definitions of the coherence structure functional, coherence basins, and the variational\u2013relaxation principle governing coherence-driven structure formation. It clarifies the distinction between intrinsic variational structure and the dissipative dynamics by which stable coherent configurations are reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This release is intended as a stable reference and priority anchor for subsequent theoretical, computational, and applied work within the Coherence Geometry framework. It does not present full derivations or domain-specific models; rather, it establishes canonical terminology, principles, and structural relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this canon is not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This canon is not a full domain-by-domain textbook, nor a complete proof archive. It records the names, definitions, and scope boundary that downstream manuscripts and seeds can reference without renaming or shifting terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verification and provenance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The authoritative public record for CGI-CDR-03 v1.0 is the Zenodo deposit linked above.<br>It contains the versioned PDF, the SHA-256 hash ledger, and the README included in the release package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Petersen, B. L. (2026). Coherence Geometry: Variational\u2013Relaxation Structure Canon (CGI-CDR-03), v1.0. Zenodo.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18323443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18323443<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This canon fixes the variational and relaxational formulation underlying Coherence Geometry, including canonical definitions of the coherence structure functional, coherence basins, and the variational\u2013relaxation principle governing coherence-driven structure formation. It clarifies the distinction between intrinsic variational structure and the dissipative dynamics by which stable coherent configurations are reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coherencegeometry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}