>[!warning] >This content has not been peer reviewed. A system is a special type of information that forms when at least two points of [[Information]] are related to one another. It is a structural representation of the process [[Relating]]. Systems form a map of those connections. As you use information as an arbitrary tool, each system itself can be used as a point of information if it's related to other information. For a [[System]] to exist, it needs [[Energy]]. --- From this follows the [[Inherent Principles of Continued Existence|Inherent Principle]]: A [[System]] is its [[Relating|relations]]. --- ## RRT Formalization **Logic:** A relational structure: [[Information]] points connected by [[Relating|Relations]], maintained by an [[Energy]] flux $\Phi_{\epsilon}$. **Constraint:** A [[System]] persists only as long as $\Phi_{\epsilon} \geq \Phi_{\min}$. ___ ## In the Equation **"The Aggregate"** ($\sum$) The summation accounts for all internal [[Relating|Relations]]. A [[System]]'s [[Energy Floor]] is the combined bit-rate ($\sigma / \tau$) of every part it is comprised of, multiplied by their local cost ($k_B T \ln 2$) and [[Relational Distance|distance]] ($d$). ___ ## Examples: As System is a special type of information, but still part of a generic tool, we can almost arbitrarily choose our examples. ### Smallest System - By definition: two related pieces of information (at the Planck Scale) ### Largest System - Contains all Information.