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name: convergence-c16
description: Apply the BRANCHING / OPTIMAL TRANSPORT article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# BRANCHING / OPTIMAL TRANSPORT

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/convergence-c16). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/convergence-c16.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/convergence-c16/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The Claim The universe branches. Every system that moves energy through space converges on the same geometry. Wasteful networks collapse. One source. Many sinks. One geometry. No designer. This is the routing solution. Branching is not deco

## Representations

- Human: /a/convergence-c16
- JSON: /api/articles/convergence-c16
- Relationships: /api/articles/convergence-c16/topology
- History: /api/articles/convergence-c16/revisions
