On the Inverse Correlation Between Gravitational Density and Dark Matter Fraction in Galaxies: The Information Self-Sufficiency Principle(ISSP)

The observed absence or significant deficiency of dark matter (DM) in massive compact relic galaxies, such as NGC 1277, poses a serious challenge to the standard ΛCDM cosmological model.This work proposes a fundamentally new explanation of this phenomenon within a systemic process-based framework.Based on the previously formulated Valency-Mass Balance (VMB) principle [1], the Information Self-Sufficiency Principle (ISSP) is derived and formulated.According to the ISSP, the need of a gravitationally bound system for an external stabilizing halo of dark matter is inversely proportional to the packing density of its own (baryonic) gravitational information.Compact, structurally complete systems that have achieved a high degree of internal connectivity minimize their dependence on such "scaffolding."The work discusses the logical derivation of the ISSP from the VMB principle, as well as its connection to the hypothesis of the Engineering Logic of the Universe (ELU) [2,3].The possible operationalization of the principle through observable parameters (such as the ratio of velocity dispersion to effective radius, K = σ 2 /R eff ) and qualitative implications for the interpretation of galaxies with anomalous DM content are considered.This principle shifts the focus in the dark matter problem from the question of its nature to the question of its functional necessity in various gravitationally bound systems, paving the way for a new classification of galaxies based on their structural integrity.