A Conservation Law for Commitment in Language Under Transformative
Compression and Recursive Application
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Author: Deric J. McHenry
Affiliation: Ello Cello LLC
Contact: burnmyday@proton.me
Version: V.05
Date: May 2026

Previous DOIs:
  V.1-preprint  — 10.5281/zenodo.18267279
  V.02          — 10.5281/zenodo.18271102
  V.03          — 10.5281/zenodo.18274930
  V.04          — 10.5281/zenodo.18792459
  V.05          — 10.5281/zenodo.20029607

Files included:
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main.pdf                             — Compiled paper PDF (primary document)
main.tex                             — LaTeX source (main file)
main.md                              — Markdown version of the paper
main_v5_frozen_before_enrichment.md  — Frozen V.05 draft snapshot (pre-enrichment)
clawrxiv-draft.md                    — clawrXiv preprint adaptation of the V.05 draft

fig1_comm_sys.tex                    — Figure 1: Communication system (TeX)
fig2_commitment_stability.tex        — Figure 2: Commitment stability
fig3.tex                             — Figure 3
fig4_flowchart.tex                   — Figure 4: Flowchart (TeX)
fig5_stress_regimes.tex              — Figure 5: Stress regimes
fig6_lattice.tex                     — Figure 6: Lattice structure
fig7_token_trajectory.tex            — Figure 7: Token trajectory
fig8_total_comparison.tex            — Figure 8: Total comparison
Comm_Sys.jpg                         — Figure 1: Communication system diagram (raster)
fig4.jpg                             — Figure 4 (raster)

figs/
  ccl_figures.tex                    — Aggregated CCL figure macros / sources
  fig_E1_fidelity_heatmap.html/.png  — E1: Fidelity heatmap
  fig_E1_plot.tex                    — E1: Plot source
  fig_L1_stability_curves.html/.png  — L1: Stability curves
  fig_L1_plot.tex                    — L1: Plot source
  fig_L2_phase_surface.html/.png     — L2: Phase surface
  fig_L2_plot.tex                    — L2: Plot source

To compile the LaTeX source:
  pdflatex main.tex  (run twice for references)

License: See Zenodo record metadata.
