Tensor as Rule The Mathematics of Standing Preserving Redescription

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Authors: Amos Maley
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Abstract

This paper establishes a boundary result clarifying the role of tensor mathematics within a closed admissible framework. It proves that tensors function as rules for standing-preserving redescription rather than as generators, enforcers, or foundations of admissibility. Tensorial structure is shown to encode permissible transformations that preserve role and standing across representations, but cannot supply legitimacy, closure, or constraint authority on its own. Any attempt to treat tensors as constructive engines, evaluators, or replacement structures is shown to introduce illicit scope transport or hidden parameters, collapsing admissibility. The analysis is strictly eliminative and non-constructive: it introduces no new primitives, specifies no procedures, and provides no operational or computational prescriptions. The result functions as a boundary theorem, fixing tensor mathematics as a representational rule system constrained by standing, not a source of admissible structure.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Tensor decomposition and applications Advanced Mathematical Theories Philosophy and Theoretical Science

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
7 February 2026