The Cohesion Series and IVP — Five Papers Published

The cohesion paper series is now published in full — five papers that build a chain from the concept of cohesion to the Independent Variation Principle (IVP) . The chain: On the Nature of Cohesion — defines cohesion as a $2k$-tuple: for $k$ partitioning rules, $k$ (purity, completeness) pairs. Proves the knowledge-embodiment theorem: maximal cohesion under a rule coincides with exact knowledge embodiment under that rule. Shows that every published algorithmic cohesion metric measures a structural proxy (method-call overlap, shared-field density), not cohesion as defined by a principle. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20785752 Causal Cohesion — instantiates the schema under one concrete rule — change-driver-assignment identity: elements belong together iff $\Gamma(e_1) = \Gamma(e_2)$. Develops the metric $H_\text{causal}(M) = (\text{purity}(M), \text{completeness}(M))$, a two-dimensional score that fills one slot of the $2k$-tuple. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20785881 Four Necessary Conditions for Optimal Modularization — from the schema plus the objective of minimizing change propagation, proves four conditions — Admissibility, Element Form, Separation, Unification — are necessary and jointly exhaustive, uniquely pinning the $\Gamma$-equality partition $E / \tilde{\Gamma}$. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21362420 Why Minimizing Change Propagation Minimizes Maintenance Cost — decomposes total maintenance cost into access, alignment, cognitive, and domain-fixed components. Proves that minimizing change propagation cost is equivalent to minimizing total maintenance cost under an explicit coefficient condition, justifying the objective paper 5 assumed. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21362542 The Independent Variation Principle — synthesizes the chain into a single structural principle and examines the premises (change drivers, functional model, change isolation), preconditions (driver independence, decisional autonomy), and scope boundary. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21362618 Two derivations Last month's preprint — Der