Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
ZENODOarrow_drop_down
ZENODO
Preprint . 2026
License: CC BY
Data sources: Datacite
ZENODO
Preprint . 2026
License: CC BY
Data sources: Datacite
versions View all 2 versions
addClaim

The Field-Stack Unification: A Capstone Thesis for Governing Hard Problems as Executable Subfields

Authors: Figurelli, Rogério;

The Field-Stack Unification: A Capstone Thesis for Governing Hard Problems as Executable Subfields

Abstract

Hard problems resist closure not only because they are technically deep, but because validity fails to travel across regimes: assumptions, representations, toolchains, institutions, and time. Building on prior instantiations — (i) executable subfield programs for complexity-class progress and (ii) landmark portfolio languages for deep problem sets — our work presents a capstone unification that turns the transport bottleneck into a computable governance program. We define the field-stack (subfield, field, metafield, overfield, metaoverfield) as an executable semantics for admissibility, promotion, and publication under explicit budgets and drift-bounded re-description. The core contribution is a runtime discipline for governing the governors: MetaField declarations (MF₀), MetaOverfield arbitration receipts (MOF₀), cycle-safe dual-route maps, and universal stop rules that make negative results and budget walls first-class outputs. We introduce a Minimum Publishable Evidence Surface (MPES) that makes “executable” and “publishable under restriction” operational rather than rhetorical. MPES defines a minimal, testable surface for any fragment: explicit scope and admissible movement, declared verification and drift budgets, fatal invariants expressed as checks, at least one falsifier with a minimization rule that produces a concrete obstruction, and a compact receipt spine that supports replay under substitution. Publication is then treated as ACCEPT_RESTRICTED by default: the restriction stamp is part of the claim, not a disclaimer, and redistribution that drops restrictions, regressions, or receipts invalidates the artifact rather than merely “weakening” it. In parallel, we specify a class-generic orchestrator for hard problems that treats subfields as the unit of long-horizon work across problem classes (complexity, PDE/continuum, geometry/topology, algebra/number theory, physics, software, structural governance, and open landmark portfolios). The orchestrator is not a solver; it is a governance loop that seeds minimal subfields, executes admissible transforms and MF₀-defined cross-route checks, mines failures into minimal obstructions, converts those obstructions into regression assets, and promotes fragments only when portability improves within the stamped corridor. When closure cannot be achieved under budget, the orchestrator does not inflate claims; it publishes barrier receipts and stop rules as first-class outcomes, ensuring that progress remains contestable, replayable, and cumulative without implying solutions to open problems.

Keywords

subfields, executable subfields, regime stamps, admissibility, admissible transforms

  • BIP!
    Impact byBIP!
    selected citations
    These citations are derived from selected sources.
    This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    0
    popularity
    This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
    influence
    This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    Average
    impulse
    This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
selected citations
These citations are derived from selected sources.
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Citations provided by BIP!
popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
0
Average
Average
Average
Upload OA version
Are you the author of this publication? Upload your Open Access version to Zenodo!
It’s fast and easy, just two clicks!