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Analysis clarifies the conditions for persistence in systems, indicating their essential role.
La Profilee (LP) derives the persistence condition IR = R/(F·M·K) <= 1 from three conditions: distinguishability (M1), real transformation (M2), and determinability of persistence (M3). This paper establishes what follows from the minimality of these conditions. M1-M3 are not empirical assumptions about this world. They are the minimal conditions under which the question "does this system remain the same system?" can have a determinate answer. No subset of them is sufficient. None can be replaced by something weaker. Together they are the minimal sufficient set for the persistence question to be well-posed. Wherever persistence is a meaningful concept, M1-M3 hold. Wherever M1-M3 hold, IR <= 1 is forced. LP therefore does not operate within a chosen descriptive regime. It operates at the level of conditions for persistence to be thinkable at all.
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