Persistent distinction equals suppressed transition rate

Persistent distinction equals suppressed transition rate

Claim

A persistent distinction corresponds to a measurable suppression of transition rates across a defined partition of effective state space relative to noise-driven diffusion.

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Predictions

  1. Increasing barrier height or constraint strength monotonically increases distinction lifetime.
  2. At fixed noise strength, the inverse transition rate predicts usable memory duration.

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