Reflexive Causal Dominance and Persistent Cooperative Dynamics in Creator-Created Systems
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We introduce an operational definition of creation in reflexive dynamical systems based on causal dominance over future state trajectories rather than historical origin. Dominance is quantified via interventional effects on a persistence metric tau, comparing the influence of an external controller policy pi_D against a system's internal self-regulatory policy pi_S. Using simulation-based do() interventions, we estimate Delta_D and Delta_S and define Dominance(D->S) = |Delta_D| / (|Delta_S| + epsilon). Experimental results show internal self-regulation dominates external control (Dominance = 0.430 < 1.0) in the studied regime, demonstrating the transience of the creator role as autonomous regulatory capacity develops. We further propose helicoidal trajectories as geometric signatures of cooperative persistence without stasis, providing a substrate-independent formal framework applicable to artificial life, autonomous agent alignment, and biological regulation.
Author: David Botargues Martin
Language: English
Topic: Complex Systems and Dynamics
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225457558