Chapter 43: The BH Carrier and Its Canonical Distinction

The macro-torus carrier T(H_BH) possesses the simplest topology of any Life candidate, with the event horizon providing a canonical boundary. A lexicographic defect functional V^BH_n = (V^fr_n, V^s_n) combines frame-closure and strong-saturation defects. The BH Distinction Theorem verifies that this distinction is refinement-coherent, eventually stable, law-invariant, and homeostatic, with ringdown serving as basin convergence.