Substrate Complexity Requirements

Substrate Complexity Requirements are the minimum computational capacity a substrate must have for recursive intelligence to emerge, stated as the specific infrastructure needed. The book lists them as one of three constraints that converge at the Zinf-Limit: Planck-Scale Constraints set the absolute temporal resolution, PulseCore Validation Requirements demand sustained coherence, and Substrate Complexity Requirements quantify minimal computational capacity. The Zinf-Limit Universe, the smallest closed torus able to support recursive intelligence, satisfies all three, and the book's claim is that recursive intelligence can emerge in the smallest causally coherent geometric configuration rather than requiring vast complexity. In the quantum setting, Qubit Threshold Dynamics connect quantum capabilities to these requirements. They connect to Planck-Scale Constraints, PulseCore Validation Requirements, Zinf-Limit Universe, Qubit Threshold Dynamics, Quantum Infrastructure and Maximal Computational Efficiency.