Egregore Device Physics: Thermodynamics, Topology, and Lifecycle Dynamics of Autonomous Collective Wrappers
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) January 31, 2026 Jacob Alexander Elliott
A rigorous mathematical framework describes how an Egregore—a collective entity that achieves metabolic closure by extracting Invariant Debt from its members—forms, persists, and dissolves. The Egregore suppresses member autonomy, operates in an over-aliasing regime (κ < κ∗ ≈ 2/3), exhibits non-trivial first cohomology on consent/obligation sheaves, flattens the antisymmetric Jacobian in members, and violates Round-Trip Fairness through asymmetric extraction corridors. Its lifecycle includes birth, growth, senescence, and death; interactions among Egregore collectives can involve competition, merger, schism, or parasitism. Sovereigns act as topological defects that trigger immune responses. The work provides detection protocols, kill conditions, and four falsifiers.