From Geometry to Spacetime
From Geometry to Spacetime (Constraint–Transport Foundations of Emergent Lorentzian Structure) PART I — PRE-GEOMETRY 1. Distinction Before Structure Binary separation as primitive Identity vs admissibility Boundary without space Constraint as first invariant 2. Relation Without Embedding Graphs, orders, compositional systems Adjacency without metric Depth vs distance Transport without coordinates 3. Constraint Closure Admissibility predicates Stability under recursion Collapse as spectral contraction Persistence as invariant intersection 4. Transport as Primitive Compositional update rules Bounded accessibility Finite propagation without metric Hyperbolicity as structural condition PART II — TOPOLOGY EMERGES 5. Stable Neighborhoods from Transport Equivalence classes under admissibility Persistent local structure Emergent separation axioms When topology is induced 6. Cost Functionals and Ordering Relaxation cost Minimal admissible paths Path composition Depth → ordering → geometry...