Chronology as a Consistency Invariant in Composable Information Systems
arXiv:2601.03330v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We formalize a minimal setting in which a chronology (a strict partial order on events) is forced by consistency of distributed information under local composability. The system maintains distributed records interpreted as constraints over a global possibility space (Omega, Sigma), optionally with a measure mu. Events act locally by monotonically tightening records, and independent events commute (diamond/trace semantics), yielding schedule invariance. We define operational influence without assuming primitive time: e influences f if […]