colony.technology/technology/state-contraction ᑕ. / exact state contraction a computational representation is replaced by a retained state that preserves a declared observation contract for every admissible input publication ᑕ. (TAA): Exact State Contraction Definition, Trace Preservation, and Affine-Cost Composition lmtlssss / 8 November 2026 10.5281/zenodo.24054438 subject exact contraction of a computation state under a stated observation contract preservation of finite observation traces composition of affine costs sources paper / TeX / verify.py Affine Cycles: Exact Cut Defects and Minimal Retained State capabilities / json symbol: ᑕ. / U+1455 U+002E proofs engineering results colony