Alpay Algebra II: Identity as Fixed-Point Emergence in Categorical Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17480v1
• Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 05:15:34 GMT
• Title: Alpay Algebra II: Identity as Fixed-Point Emergence in Categorical Data
• Authors: Faruk Alpay,
• Abstract summary: I define identity as a fixed point that emerges through categorical recursion.<n>I prove the existence and uniqueness of such identity--fixed via ordinal-indexed iteration.<n>This paper positions identity as a mathematical structure that arises from within the logic of change itself computable, convergent, and categorically intrinsic.
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• Abstract: In this second installment of the Alpay Algebra framework, I formally define identity as a fixed point that emerges through categorical recursion. Building upon the transfinite operator $\varphi^\infty$, I characterize identity as the universal solution to a self-referential functorial equation over a small cartesian closed category. I prove the existence and uniqueness of such identity-fixed-points via ordinal-indexed iteration, and interpret their convergence through internal categorical limits. Functors, adjunctions, and morphisms are reconstructed as dynamic traces of evolving states governed by $\varphi$, reframing identity not as a static label but as a stabilized process. Through formal theorems and symbolic flows, I show how these fixed points encode symbolic memory, recursive coherence, and semantic invariance. This paper positions identity as a mathematical structure that arises from within the logic of change itself computable, convergent, and categorically intrinsic.

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