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"The Kenotic Plasticity Theorem: Structural Admissibility and Necessity of Internal Reorganization Capacity for Stable Recovery in Finite-Structure Systems with Memory"
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This paper proves the Kenotic Plasticity Theorem (KPT): a damaged node undergoing
the canonical recovery sequence V⁻₁→V⁻₂ can complete directed structural
reorganization if and only if it possesses internal kenotic plasticity K > 0, defined
as a verifiable internal mechanism capable of reducing structural deficit without
identity change within a finite reorganization window. The paper establishes both
admissibility and necessity, formalizes K as a structural predicate rather than a
phenomenological label, and situates it within the ZLT recovery architecture together
with external buffer κ and coherent policy Π.