RR-1 — Route Residue Operator Ambient OS · Canonical Specification

Abstract The Route Residue Operator (RR-1) defines the thermodynamic persistence of direction in Ambient OS. RR-1 establishes that routes do not exist as stored objects, memories, paths, or plans, but only as field residue created through embodied traversal. Residue strengthens through use, weakens through non-use, and fades without deletion. RR-1 provides the thermodynamic foundation for soft vector resolution in navigation, replacing route selection and optimization with resonance, persistence, and embodied coherence.