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Layered musical space — technical survey

This manuscript explains the layered stratified construction in an interdisciplinary register, bridging the public essay series and the formal proof paper.

Published March 12, 2026
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  • layered space
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This paper serves as the interdisciplinary bridge between the public essay series and the formal proof paper. It presents the layered construction — from cyclic content through permutation fibers to symplectic thickening — at a level accessible to readers in music theory, computer science, and applied mathematics, without requiring the full AMS-style proof apparatus.

Relationship to other documents: The proof paper provides the complete theorem–proof formalization. The camera-ready volume is the public-facing essay collection. This survey bridges the two registers.

Citation

Jason St George, “Layered Musical Space: Content, Order, and Stratified Geometry for the Twelve-Tone System,” GAMUT Research Program, March 2026.

Version: 1.0 (March 2026)

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