McPhetridge, Mitchell D.: Onion, Apple, and Gate A Theory of Recursive Stability and Recursive Failure

Recursive systems are often evaluated according to whether they remain stable. This paper argues that stability alone is an insufficient criterion for evaluating recursive architectures. Recursive systems may remain stable for fundamentally different reasons. Some stabilize around protected error. Some stabilize through unrestricted semantic expansion. Others stabilize through recurring cycles of expansion and reduction. Using three minimal recursive archetypes—the Onion, the Apple, and the Gate