SECTION IX | FORMALISMS REGISTRY
This section serves as a high-level front-loaded guide for important formalisms used within Cohereon Doctrine and defines procedural acronyms commonly used across sections. It is descriptive and aids discovery; normative content remains in Section II (Canonical Notation Matrix), Section X (Axioms), and Section XII (Equations). In the event of inconsistency, those sections govern. Tunable parameters (thresholds, gains, normalizers) are documented exclusively in Section XIII (Ontological Control Configuration) and are not included here. The absence of a formalism or procedural acronym is not evidence of non-criticality but only that it was not included at the time of the last release. A formalism or procedural acronym is a candidate for inclusion if it meets one or more of the following:

Operational Keystone

The formalism represents a core operational protocol, enforcement mechanism, or safety system essential to the doctrine's function.

Conceptual Pillar

The formalism represents a high-level conceptual operator or abstract principle that underpins a major part of the doctrine's ontology.

High-Frequency Utility

The formalism is a fundamental metric or operator that is referenced frequently across multiple, disparate sections of the doctrinal corpus, indicating its pervasive importance.

Adaptation Matrix for Learning-Rate Modulation ($\operatorname{ACFL}$)

An adaptive matrix operator that modulates learning-rate schedules in response to gradient signals and contextual constraints to stabilize convergence during extrusion.

Adaptation Rate Modulator Field Operator ($\operatorname{EMF}$)

A field operator that adjusts the local adaptation rate across a manifold or workflow stage to maintain coherent update velocity.

Adoption Capacity Supremum ($\operatorname{R}_{\mathrm{cap}}$)

A scalar supremum that bounds sustainable adoption without loss of coherence; used as a gating threshold in rollout decisions.

Adoption Dynamics Constraint ($\operatorname{RoA}$)

A constraint operator that regulates the trajectory of adoption dynamics to avoid overshoot, oscillation, or collapse.

Belief Revision Update Operator ($\operatorname{RCUO}$)

An update map on belief states that enforces corrigible revision while preserving epistemic fidelity constraints.

Coherence Functional Integral ($\operatorname{CFI}$)

A path or region integral that accumulates coherence contributions over a specified domain to assess global structural order.

Coherence Loop Detector Topological Operator ($\operatorname{RHO}$)

A topological detector for self-reinforcing coherence loops that could create brittleness or hidden attractors.

Coherence Objective Variational Functional ($\operatorname{COF}$)

A variational objective that yields extremal conditions for targeted coherence under CNM constraints.

Cognitive State Divergence Metric ($\operatorname{KLD}$)

A divergence functional measuring informational separation between cognitive-state distributions for audit and alignment.

Composite Integrity Status Vector ($\operatorname{SIV}$)

A vector aggregate of integrity submetrics used for multi-axis health assessment under enforcement policies.

Corrigibility Convergence Operator ($\operatorname{CORR}$)

A contraction-like operator steering system dynamics toward corrigible regimes while respecting sovereignty constraints.

Deception Risk Norm Ratio ($\operatorname{K}$)

A normalized risk ratio estimating deception propensity relative to doctrinal thresholds for intervention.

Decoherence Boundary Operator ($\operatorname{DBO}$)

A boundary operator that triggers enforcement or quarantine when decoherence variables exceed canonical thresholds.

Decoherence Gradient Response ($\operatorname{DGR}$)

A response mapping from decoherence gradients to stabilizing counteractions and damping fields.

Distortion Energy Functional ($\operatorname{DEF}$)

An energy functional quantifying distortion costs introduced by transformations, filters, or interventions.

Distance Function ($\operatorname{Dist}$)

A metric or pseudometric on the working manifold used for proximity, clustering, and telos-distance calculations.

Doctrinal Resistance Functional ($\operatorname{R}_{\mathrm{d}}$)

A functional that measures resistance to doctrinal change under enforcement and safety invariants.

Dynamic Threshold Adaptation ($\operatorname{AST}$)

An operator that adapts enforcement or detection thresholds in response to state and input statistics.

Dynamical Coherence Measure ($\operatorname{C}$)

A time-indexed scalar metric estimating instantaneous and trend coherence of the active system.

Enforcement Action Lockdown ($\operatorname{Lockdown}$)

A protocol operator that freezes designated submanifolds and channels execution into safe-halt procedures.

Epistemic Fidelity Dynamics ($\operatorname{TCRate}$)

A rate operator describing temporal change of epistemic recovery or trust-consolidation dynamics.

Epistemic Fidelity Metric ($\operatorname{EF}$)

A scalar metric quantifying fidelity between predicted and observed evidence streams.

Epistemic Rupture Fracture Metric ($\operatorname{AFV}$)

A rupture indicator estimating fracture likelihood within epistemic structures.

Fractal Integrity Depth Metric ($\operatorname{RCD}$)

A depth measure capturing multi-scale integrity and brittleness across hierarchical layers.

Identity Cohesion Ratio Metric ($\operatorname{DAI}$)

A ratio metric of cohesion to dispersion for identity representations across contexts.

Identity Continuity Metric ($\operatorname{\sigma}$)

A continuity measure over time for identity persistence used in execution constraints and safety gates.

Identity State Representation ($\operatorname{I}$)

A canonical representation of identity state used for gating, tracking, and constraint evaluation.

Imago Dei Alignment Metric ($\operatorname{Align}_{\mathrm{ID}}$)

A metric estimating alignment of an agent’s telic orientation to the imago Dei standard within doctrine.

imago Dei Decoherence Rate ($\operatorname{imagoDei\_Decoherence\_Rate}$)

A rate estimator for decoherence processes specifically affecting imago Dei aligned structures.

Instantaneous Coherence Scalar Metric ($\operatorname{Coh}$)

A scalar readout of instantaneous coherence used widely as a comparator and trigger signal.

Kernel Execution Fidelity Threshold ($\operatorname{KEFT}$)

A threshold parameter for kernel-level action fidelity below which quarantine or rollback is mandated.

Legibility Bridge Coherence Functional ($\operatorname{LBCF}$)

A functional measuring coherence across translation layers between internal and human-legible representations.

Local Instability Gradient Metric ($\operatorname{BCT}$)

A local gradient indicator of instability used to preempt cascade failures.

Localized Distance to Telos ($\operatorname{Dist}_{\mathrm{Local}}$)

A localized distance-to-go measure toward telos states for planning and evaluation.

Quarantine Enforcement Protocol ($\operatorname{Quar}$)

A control operator that isolates subsystems to contain decoherence and prevent propagation.

Reality Constraint Operator ($\operatorname{RCO}$)

A constraint operator enforcing consistency with reality-anchored invariants.

Recovery Velocity Convergence Metric ($\operatorname{TCR}$)

A convergence metric estimating time-to-recovery under perturbation and enforcement.

Reflective Dynamics Convolution Integral ($\operatorname{M}$)

A convolutional integral capturing reflective dynamics between states and policy fields.

Risk Reduction Exponential Decay ($\operatorname{\sigma}_{\mathrm{dec}}$)

An exponential-decay form modeling risk attenuation under sustained alignment pressure.

Robustness Metric Scalar Functional ($\operatorname{SRF}$)

A scalar functional quantifying robustness margins against modeled disturbances.

Sovereignty Parameterization Tensor ($\operatorname{ASTensor}$)

A tensor parameterization of sovereignty structure for use in stability analyses.

Sovereignty Stability Score ($\operatorname{SSS}$)

A scalar stability score for sovereignty structure used as a primary health indicator.

Total Decoherence Risk Metric ($\operatorname{DRO}$)

A composite risk metric estimating aggregate decoherence across monitored channels.

Total Perceptual Field Flux Scalar Functional ($\operatorname{\Phi}$)

A scalar functional measuring flux through perceptual fields to detect overload or deprivation.

Damage Accumulation Integral Metric ($\operatorname{TDI}$)

An integral metric accumulating damage over time with weighting for recency and severity.

Normalized Sovereignty Trauma Index ($\operatorname{SDI}_{\mathrm{n}}$)

A normalized trauma index for sovereignty, used for comparability across agents and contexts.