Maibom, Marc: Why Dissipation is Structurally Necessary - The Emergence of Irreversibility from the Conditions of Persistence

Dissipation is typically understood as a consequence of thermodynamics: energy gradients drive irreversible processes, and ordered structures persist through continuous entropy export. This paper shows that dissipation is not merely a physical phenomenon. It is a structural necessity implied by the conditions of persistent identity under real transformation. Within the framework of La Profilée, any system satisfying the minimal conditions of persistence — distinguishable states, real transformat