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name: thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld
description: Apply the Kurt Wiesenfeld and Self-Organized Criticality article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Kurt Wiesenfeld and Self-Organized Criticality

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

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld/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

What Wiesenfeld Saw Kurt Wiesenfeld co-developed the BTW sandpile model. The model adds grains of sand one by one to a lattice. Each site holds a height. When a site exceeds a threshold it topples and distributes grains to neighbors. Avalan

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-kurt-wiesenfeld/revisions