SSM-Infinity — Symbolic Classes & Collapse Logic

How infinity resolves into meaningful, lawful outcomes.


Modern mathematics treats infinite expressions like:

∞ − ∞
∞ / ∞
∞ ** negative

as indeterminate, meaning no structured answer exists.

SSM-Infinity replaces this ambiguity with three lawful classes, giving infinity a deterministic, symbolic structure that remains stable across all operations:

  • Infinite-class
  • Zero-class
  • Finite-class

These classes are the foundation of every operator in the framework.


1. Infinite-Class

When magnitude remains unbounded.

This occurs when the symbolic infinity stays infinite after the operation:

Examples:

(+∞, a1) + (+∞, a2)
(+∞, a) * positive finite
(-∞, a) ** positive exponent
(+∞, a) / finite

Returns:

("infinite-class", <sign*∞, merged_align>)

Key idea:
Only the alignment lane changes — the magnitude remains infinite and directional.


2. Zero-Class

Perfect cancellation of directional infinities.

This happens when two opposing infinities neutralize each other, similar to:

+∞ + -∞
∞ − ∞
∞ ** negative exponent
∞ * 0

Outcome:

("zero-class", lane)

The lane encodes the posture of cancellation — a symbolic representation of how the two infinities balanced each other.

Zero-class is extremely important in:

  • optimization
  • opposing force models
  • symmetry modeling
  • stability analysis

It captures cancellation without losing structure.


3. Finite-Class

Ratio-like cancellation where infinities neutralize proportionally.

This class appears when infinities cancel in a structured way, leaving behind a relative rate rather than magnitude:

Examples:

∞ / ∞
∞ ** 0
(+∞, a1) / (+∞, a2)

Outcome:

("finite-class", lane)

The lane describes the symbolic remainder —
a “direction bias” of the infinite ratio.

Finite-class does not return numeric values.
It returns symbolic posture.

This is critically useful for:

  • asymptotic analysis
  • divergence comparison
  • AI scaling limits
  • renormalization structures
  • infinite recursion loops

4. Why These Classes Matter

Traditional math collapses these scenarios into “undefined,” losing all structure.

SSM-Infinity instead provides:

  • deterministic categories
  • stable symbolic behavior
  • purely bounded, reversible alignment lanes
  • lawful outcomes for every expression

Every expression in the system reduces to:

infinite-class
zero-class
finite-class
undefined   (only ∞ / 0)

Nothing else is possible — the framework is closed, clean, predictable, and mathematically safe.


5. Collapse Logic in Code

Here is the core classification pattern used throughout SSM-Infinity:

# Example pattern for operator results

if both_infinite and same_sign:
    return ("infinite-class", merged_infinity)

if both_infinite and opposite_sign:
    return ("zero-class", merged_lane)

if both_infinite and operator_is_ratio:
    return ("finite-class", ratio_lane)

if dividing_infinity_by_zero:
    return ("undefined", None)

A complete, closed algebraic system — with zero ambiguity.


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Shunyaya Symbolic Mathematical Infinity (SSM-Infinity) is a symbolic research framework — not numerical or predictive software.