Quantum autopoiesis: A quantum-informational model of recursive identity and knowledge discovery

. Formally, persistence is captured by the recursive identity operator I=λs.s, while gate application corresponds to controlled symbolic update I=λs.δs. Within this framework, three questions are addressed. First, identity persistence is characterized as the ability to carry symbols across time under coherence. Second, new knowledge discovery is defined as the successful stabilization of a discrete update in fermionic (symbolic) structure. Third, the accumulation of symbolic logic structure arises from alternating phases of persistence and targeted updates, producing reusable structure without loss of identity. The significance of the model lies in its integration of identity, knowledge discovery, and symbolic computation within a single physically grounded formalism, where computation emerges operationally from composable transitions under physical constraints.