# Invariant 3.4 — 3.4 Symmetry-breaking / bifurcation

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# Invariant: 3.4 Symmetry-breaking / bifurcation

### 3.4 Symmetry-breaking / bifurcation
Structure, mass, and form arise when a symmetry *breaks*. **Sources:** Landau; Anderson; Higgs; Prigogine (bifurcation); morphogenesis. **Domains:** cosmology, phase transitions, developmental biology. **Dual:** symmetry (§3.3). **Tier:** T1. **Falsifier:** structure appearing with no prior symmetric state. **Maps:** A₁, A₇. *(Note: §3.3 and §3.4 are a `dual-of` pair — the two are the engine of "difference → form.")*

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## Corpus map
- Same invariant, other planes: [Catalogue node C04](/a/oip-node-c04-symmetry-breaking-bifurcation) · [Encyclopedia C04](/a/convergence-encyclopedia-c04)
- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)