Recoverable Continuity as a Constraint on Lawful Physical Domains

This paper formalizes recoverable continuity as a structural constraint on lawful physical evolution. It argues that physical description presupposes cross-temporal state inheritance sufficient to preserve coherent attribution of systems across time. By defining state space, admissible evolution mappings, and compositional closure of inheritance, the framework establishes that in-principle state annihilation is incompatible with stable law application. Recoverable continuity is therefore proposed not as a competing physical mechanism, but as an upstream constraint on the structural admissibility of physical theories.C