Latent Structures

Hidden or underdeveloped structures existing 'between the lines' of a configuration that can be enhanced and developed through harmony-seeking computation.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

Frameworks (1)

framework

Harmony-Seeking Computation
gates
A new form of computation that finds harmonious configurations by strengthening latent structures in a system while preserving the existing wholeness, applicable to buildings, towns, ecology, and natural systems.

Claims (1)

claim

Ring-shaped structure of bench around willow tree is latent in the cylindrical symmetries and sub-symmetries of space induced by the trunk before the bench is built.
supports
Alexander's assertion that the mathematical kernel of harmony-seeking computation lies in recognizing and making explicit structures that are already present in latent form.

Concepts (1)

concept

Wholeness
associated_with
Alexander's core concept rejecting the idea that a whole consists of parts; instead, a whole makes its parts (called 'centers').

Chapters (1)

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Chapter 14: Deep Feeling
introduces
The chapter presenting the argument that deep feeling is the core of living process, illustrated with examples from architecture, painting, and design.

Findings (1)

finding

Matisse develops latent white face-center on canvas through dark brush stroke using contrast and positive space to differentiate and intensify existing structure.
supports
Example of harmony-seeking computation in artistic creation where painter recognizes and develops inherent latent centers.

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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

latent patternsconcept0.833
Statistical regularities stored in pretrained models.
Latent entitiesconcept0.818
Entities that become visible as centers in a configuration (e.g., rectangles of white space around a dot) that were not present before.
latent reasoningconcept0.799
Reasoning approach using learnable hidden embeddings.
data structuresconcept0.797
Conventional programming constructs like variables, arrays; claimed unnecessary for Elephant programs.
latent methodsconcept0.785
Methods that use latent reasoning; lack task generalization and are difficult to train with autoregressive parallelization.
Latent Centersconcept0.784
Configurational entities existing implicitly in a structure; guide perception and generation of next morphogenetic step; exemplified in St Mark's square cycles.
Deep Structureconcept0.779
Structure in representationsconcept0.774
The central question of whether representational geometry implies corresponding computational structure