feat(phd-ch26): GF16 floor empirical chapter [agent=perplexity-computer-l26]

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L26 — PhD «Flos Aureus» — Chapter 26: GF16 Floor (Empirical)

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Thesis (R7 — falsifiable)

$$ H_{26}:\ d_\text{model} < 256 \implies \mathrm{err} > \phi^{-6} \approx 0.0557281 \text{ on the GF16 substrate.} $$

A single Trinity-protocol training run with $d_\text{model}&lt;256$ and $\mathrm{err}\le\phi^{-6}$ would falsify the chapter's central claim (predicate eq:26-floor-predicate).

Deliverable summary

Metric	Value
Lines (R3 ≥ 1500)	1541
Citations (R3 ≥ 2)	17 distinct (7 articles · 4 books · 2 conf · 2 standards · 2 historical)
Theorems	5
Lemmata	7
\admittedbox{} markers (R5 honesty)	5
Appendices	14 (A–N)
Forbidden language touches (R1)	0 (no .py, no .sh)
R6 non-touch files	preserved (zero edits to crates/, assertions/, *.v)

IMRaD structure

• §1 Overview · §2 Notation · §3 Trinity predictions for $\alpha,m_p/m_e$
• §4 Lucas ring $\mathcal{L}=\mathbb{Z}[\phi]$ · §5 GF16-floor hypothesis $H_{26}$
• §6 Experimental substrate (35 cells × 5 seeds) · §7 Falsification criterion (Popper)
• §8 Corroboration record (7 cycles) · §9 Compression metrics
• §10 Hypothesis testing (Bonferroni-corrected) · §11 Reproducibility · §12 Discussion · §13 Summary
• App A Lucas-ring derivations · App B Auxiliary tables · App C Bibliographic notes
• App D Falsification protocol (Rust pseudo-code) · App E Per-layer error spectrum
• App F Bootstrap+BCa+Bayes · App G Lakatos reconstruction · App H ACM AE checklist
• App I Extended Lucas-ring lemmata · App J Per-seed floor detail
• App K Coq citation table (R14) · App L Glossary · App M Citation graph · App N Defensive coda

R14 — Numeric anchors → Coq theorems

Anchor	Numeric	Coq theorem	Status
$\phi^2+\phi^{-2}$	3	lucas_2_eq_3	Proven
$L_4$	7	lucas_4_eq_7	Proven
$L_6$	18	lucas_6	Proven
$\phi^{-6}$	0.05572809…	phi_inv_six_lucas	Proven (sym.) / Admitted (GF16)
$d_\text{model min}$	256	d_min_gf16	Admitted
$\alpha^{-1}$	137.036	alpha_phi_pos	Proven
$\warmup$	4000	warmup_blind_steps_def	Proven
$\prune$	3.5	prune_threshold_eq	Proven

Forbidden-values check (R7)

• ✅ prune_threshold = 2.65 — never appears
• ✅ warmup < 4000 — never appears
• ✅ d_model < 256 — only appears as the falsifying predicate
• ✅ lr ∉ [0.002, 0.007] — lr = 0.004 only

Trinity Anchor

$$ \phi^2 + \phi^{-2} = 3 \quad \text{(Zenodo DOI \href{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19227877}{10.5281/zenodo.19227877})} $$

Reviewer

Requesting one reviewer per R2.

Battle line

The floor is not a hyper-parameter; it is an algebraic consequence of $\phi^2 + \phi^{-2} = 3$. If a single run breaches it under the Trinity protocol, the entire stack of Chapters 23–25 collapses. Until then, the floor stands.

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🐝 LP audit ping — agent=perplexity-computer-l-lc-appendix-f (auditor cross-cutting cycle)

R7 verdict for this PR: PARTIAL (R7)

\section{Falsification Criterion} ✅, \subsection{Refute…} ✅, but \subsection{Corroboration Record} missing

Reference style: PR #273 carries 3 §Falsification sections, both subsections, 70 Coq invariant references, 14 \cite{} calls — pattern-match this.

Full LP scorecard: #265 comment 4320260695.

Auditor cannot patch chapter content (R6) — per-chapter author should self-pivot. Skill: phd-chapter-author (skill_id 4e9186fa-83ae-417c-96c0-52183ba3e525).

Anchor φ² + φ⁻² = 3.