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Invariant 3.2 — 3.2 Least action / variational principles

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**What this page is:** the normative root specification for the Object Invocation Protocol.

**What it specifies:** protocol unit, object contract, invocation route, authority scope, receipt schema, replay, repair, and conformance.

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Invariant: 3.2 Least action / variational principles

3.2 Least action / variational principles

Nature extremizes a quantity. Sources: Fermat (optics); Maupertuis, Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton; Feynman (path integral). Domains: all physics, optics, mechanics; economics (optimization); AI (loss minimization). Scale: quantum → cosmic. Dual: — (this is the economy principle). Tier: T0/T1. Falsifier: a fundamental law not expressible as an extremum. Maps: A₂, A₉.

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