EntropyIncreaseNecessity : Prop ≡
∀S : System .
SelfRefComplete(S) → (∀t : Time . H(S(t+1)) > H(S(t)))
where
SelfRefComplete : System → Prop (from D1-1)
H : System → ℝ (entropy from D1-6)
Proof of recursive unfolding:
Given SelfRefComplete(S):
1. Self-reference: Desc maps S to Desc(S)
2. [Desc_t] ∈ S(t) (description function representation)
3. Desc_t([Desc_t]) ∈ Range(Desc_t) (self-reference)
4. At t+1: Must describe Desc_t([Desc_t])
5. Creates: Desc_{t+1}(Desc_t([Desc_t]))
6. This process unfolds with time ∎
Proof by contradiction:
Assume Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) ∈ S(t).
1. Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) describes entire S(t)
2. Must contain info about every element in S(t)
3. Including Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) itself
4. This requires Desc(Desc^(t+1)(S(t)))
5. Which requires Desc(Desc(Desc^(t+1)(S(t))))
6. Creates infinite regress
Key insight: Finite representation at time t
- At time t, system has unfolded t levels of recursion
- Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) encodes "recursion up to depth t"
- If it existed at t, would encode depth t+1
- Contradicts temporal dependency of recursive depth
Therefore Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) ∉ S(t) ∎
Proof of description growth:
Let D_t = Descriptions(S(t)).
1. Desc^(t+1)(S(t)) encodes entire S(t)
2. Its description: Desc(Desc^(t+1)(S(t)))
3. This contains info about all of D_t
4. Cannot be expressed by any d ∈ D_t
5. Therefore Desc(Desc^(t+1)(S(t))) ∉ D_t
6. D_{t+1} ⊃ D_t ∪ {Desc(Desc^(t+1)(S(t)))}
7. |D_{t+1}| > |D_t| ∎