MathGov Core v13.0 · SGP v8.8 · Release I · 26 September 2026

MathGov preserves the foundation. RippleLogic puts it into practice.

MathGov is the umbrella ethical-governance framework and public foundation. This site preserves its origin, governing commitments, civic archive, and release history. RippleLogic is MathGov’s rights-constrained decision architecture and operating method.

Begin with reality. Protect non-compensatory rights. Bound ruin. Test structural viability. Then rank only the options that survive. A later stage cannot rescue an earlier failure.

QUALIFY, THEN RANK

  1. Reality Grounding — establish an adequate evidence base
  2. Rights Floor / NCRC — exclude rights violations
  3. Tail-Risk Constraint — reject unacceptable catastrophic risk
  4. Structural Viability (CSV) — check capacity, reversibility, monitoring and system health
  5. RippleLogic Score (RLS) — compare qualifying options across affected welfare domains

Current public Canon v13.0 · SGP v8.8 · Release I. Read the formal standard for governing definitions and boundaries.

Public doorway · 3R and 1–2

Reality. Rights. Ripples.

The 3R doorway explains what MathGov protects. The 1–2 rhythm explains how RippleLogic operates. Together they provide a clear public entrance to the full architecture without weakening its formal boundaries.

3R
Ground, protect, trace.Establish contact with reality, preserve non-compensatory rights, and examine consequences across affected unions.
1
Qualify before comparison.Use RG, RF/NCRC, TRC, and CSV to determine which options are admissible and selectable.
2
Rank only what survives.Apply the RippleLogic Score only to the qualified option set.
Exhibit 02 · Excavated system stack

The architecture as an excavated stack.

The image presents the framework as layered discovery rather than a claim of ownership. Each level depends on the integrity of those beneath it; later ranking cannot repair an upstream failure.

The Excavated System Stack teaching image: Reality Grounding, Rights Floor and non-compensatory rights constraints, Tail-Risk Constraint, Containment and Structural Viability, and the RippleLogic Score.

Public teaching image: qualification rests on prior layers; ranking begins only after they hold. Open the full-size image.

Open the source files
Core cascade

Five levels. Four qualify; one ranks.

Reality Grounding establishes claim authority. Rights Floor and non-compensatory rights constraints, Tail-Risk Constraint, and Containment & Structural Viability determine admissibility and selectability. The RippleLogic Score ranks only the surviving set.

LEVEL 1 · RG · PRECONDITION

Reality Grounding

Establish claim authority by declaring the reality surface, evidence trace, uncertainty, constraints, and claim boundary.

LEVEL 2 · RF/NCRC · QUALIFY

Rights Floor / NCRC

Protected and non-compensatory rights constraints cannot be traded away for optimization.

LEVEL 3 · TRC · QUALIFY

Tail-Risk Constraint

Bound catastrophic, irreversible, ruin-scale, and lock-in risks before benefit ranking.

LEVEL 4 · CSV · QUALIFY

Containment & Structural Viability

Check containment and whether the decision preserves the structures needed for life, agency, trust, and governance.

LEVEL 5 · RLS · RANK

RippleLogic Score

Rank only the options that survive the qualification sequence.

Exhibit 03 · Governance matrix

Map consequences without flattening them.

The matrix maps seven union scopes across seven welfare dimensions so consequences can be located, reviewed, and audited instead of collapsed into one flat number.

RippleLogic seven-by-seven worked-example grid mapping union scopes across welfare dimensions.

Matrix rule: welfare mapping supports auditability after RG establishes claim authority and RF/NCRC, TRC, and CSV qualify the option.

Core commitments

Six commitments that govern the work.

Reality matters.

Generated or persuasive is not the same as grounded.

Harm ripples.

Consequences propagate across people, institutions, ecosystems, and time.

Rights come before optimization.

A high score cannot buy back a protected rights breach.

Power must be audited.

Authority, model confidence, and status must submit to traceable review.

Flourishing is multi-self.

Evaluation must look beyond one individual, organization, or short horizon.

The whole is real, but parts remain protected.

The system cannot erase the vulnerable pieces it claims to serve.

Core files · v13.0 · SGP v8.8

Read the current Core 15. Follow every claim to its source.

Release I · 26 September 2026 · MG-RL-13.0-20260926-RELEASE-I. Read the accessible HTML, download a PDF, or inspect the original master. The 14 DOCX specifications govern under Canon/SGP precedence; the XLSX controls only its frozen worked example. Reading projections do not replace those masters.

Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX RippleLogic Canon v13.0 Normative reading mirror for the current decision architecture, cascade, claim boundaries, and governing semantics.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX Sentience Gradient Protocol v8.8 Sentience Gradient Protocol for evidence-governed protection, participation, stewardship, intelligence capacity, and reality-management capacity.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX ripple.md Standard v5.8 Portable assurance wrapper for evidence, scope, falsifiers, refusal, traceability, and Decision Notes.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX RippleLogic Agent System v13.0 Runtime and agent governance companion for AI or hybrid systems operating under RippleLogic constraints.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX CSV Gate Standard v2.7 Compact reference for containment, structural viability, reversibility, monitoring, governance, and qualification checks.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX RippleLogic Cascade Standard v2.9 Formal reference for RG → RF/NCRC → TRC → CSV → RLS. The Canon controls if a conflict occurs.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX Reproducibility and Use Standard v1.7 Controls replay, reproducibility, use boundaries, and evidence handling across the release.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX WDBIP v1.9 Welfare Dimension Boundary and Interaction Protocol for keeping dimensions distinct while governing interactions.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX RLS Validation Protocol v2.9 Validation protocol for the downstream RippleLogic Score without weakening upstream qualification gates.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX Foundations Primer v4.7 Technical-public bridge for educators, reviewers, implementers, institutions, and public readers.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX Public Introduction v13.0 Accessible doorway to Reality, Rights, Ripples and the qualify-then-rank operating rhythm.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX PC-AEP v2.6 Evidence profile for physical and causal admissibility, boundary conditions, reversibility, monitoring, and residual unknowns.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX MFDI v2.6 Methodological falsifiability and dependency-integrity controls for claims, dependencies, and revision triggers.
Specification · HTML / PDF / DOCX Source-Coupling Integrity v2.6 Traces capability source, inherited assumptions, boundary conditions, and grounded selectability.
XLSX · Worked Companion Aligners Sheet v5.9 Worked-run and training companion. It is not a validator, certification, authority grant, or deployment approval.
Open research collections

Explore the wider body of work.

Each collection has its own scope, evidence, release record, and reuse terms. These related works do not replace the RippleLogic Canon or establish one another’s claims.

ORSH / AIU Research

ORSH is the historical Open Relational Substrate Hypothesis program label; AIU means Absolute Infinite Union. The current public collection examines frame-aligned records, locality and philosophical foundations. The reading collection distinguishes numerical or empirical models from philosophical interpretation; revised manuscripts are separately subject to review.

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Auditable Flourishing

Current published core protocol (104 pages) and separately labeled methods submission draft (12 pages). Read the evidence boundaries and source materials; no completed external validation is claimed.

Read Auditable Flourishing

AIAP v6.5

Open-publication edition 1: software and schemas under Apache-2.0; author-owned papers, workbooks and research materials under CC-BY-4.0. Research version 6.5 is unchanged.

Open AIAP v6.5

MHIOS v2.1

Human-interface and orchestration companion pinned to all 15 Core v13.0 Release I files and SGP v8.8. Standard, workbook, schemas and bounded record checks; Apache-2.0. Local consistency does not establish authority or deployment readiness.

Open MHIOS v2.1
Journey to RippleLogic: From Me to We, by James MathGov. A traveler follows a luminous path toward a tree beneath a cosmic sky.

Journey to RippleLogic: From Me to We

The finalized current manuscript is Journey to RippleLogic v7.0, with a verified web-release candidate prepared. The linked public reader still serves v6.5 until the versioned v7.0 files are hosted and checked. Earlier editions remain archived.

Explore the book

ORSH / AIU: choose a paper

Numerical reproduction is not proof of the philosophical interpretation, consciousness, or a physical spacetime theory. See the collection’s evidence statement and reproduction instructions.

Explore MathGov

Research, books, origins and new publications.

Open inquiry carried forward across generations. Read the current sources, examine their limitations and contribute to what comes next. Research candidates are not presented as adopted or independently validated.

Research & Publications

Explore public governing sources, published research and carefully labeled review candidates.

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Books & Education

Read the available book and see the educational material being prepared for release.

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MathGov Origins

Discover the 2010 university honors thesis and the separate contemporary reassessment project.

Read origins →

Published Commentary

Read both GFiles India articles at their original publisher.

Read commentary →

Universal Intelligence Alignment Constitution

Read the proposed Constitution’s purpose and review status. Not adopted or legally binding.

Explore proposal →
Claim boundary

Strong architecture requires an honest boundary.

MathGov and RippleLogic ask power to submit to audit. The framework must submit to audit itself.

What this release is

  • A specified, versioned, auditable public decision architecture
  • A publication-ready stabilization release with a fixed five-stage cascade
  • A reproducible public research package with source, schemas, tests, release records, and challenge paths
  • A foundation for independent replay, inter-rater studies, measurement work, and bounded pilots
  • Reuse terms are collection-specific: consult each repository’s LICENSE and NOTICE. ORSH / AIU author-owned text and figures use CC BY 4.0; original code uses Apache 2.0, subject to third-party notices.

What this release is not

  • Not a claim of empirical superiority or completed external validation
  • Not legal, medical, engineering, safety, procurement, or deployment certification
  • Not a consciousness detector or metaphysical proof
  • Not automated moral truth or autonomous governance authority
  • Selection does not itself create authorization, capability, permission, or physical executability

Release I supplies a bounded research package, not a completed external validation study. Some external registries and full conformance corpora remain unbundled or unverified; Release I did not perform a new native Excel recalculation/save/reopen check. Read the publication status and conformance boundary before reuse.