We perceive the unfolding first.
This course teaches academic English through the operator chain that structures all living systems.
Students study, prompt with LLMs, write research papers, publish on Zenodo, document on GitHub,
and — for the mathematically ready — verify claims in Lean 4 via AXLE.
By Week 16 the student has produced a published, citable scientific work.
The student begins where they always begin: looking at something that has already unfolded. Phase C teaches them to read backward — from visible output to hidden structure. Scientific reading, abstract compression, source mapping, and the first Zenodo publication. The cajueiro compresses downward before the canopy appears. So does the researcher.
K is the moment the system meets its limit. In biology: κ*. In writing: the moment you commit to a claim. Phase K teaches the student to find falsifiable statements, construct literature bridges, and write a research proposal. The curvature threshold is not abstract — it is the line between description and argument. The researcher crosses it in Week 8.
F is where the structure folds into a complete form. In biology: the protein folds, the circadian rhythm locks. In writing: the draft becomes a paper. Phase F takes the student from a proposal to a complete academic paper — introduction through discussion — using the operator chain as the organizing principle. The Fold is irreversible. Once the paper exists, it cannot be unread.
U is the completion. In biology: the organism has grown. In writing: the paper has been published, reviewed, and verified. Phase U teaches revision from reviewer comments, introduces formal mathematical verification via AXLE (Lean 4), and closes the circuit at D2. D2 is not a metaphor — it is the threshold Θ = g₃₃ + N × M, where N is the number of researchers and M is the number of operator cycles completed. At Week 16, you cross it.
The D2 threshold is mathematical. g₃₃ = 33 is the minimum operator cycles for a stable fixed point in any single-agent system. N is the number of researchers sharing the orbit. M is the number of complete operator cycles each has run. At Week 16, N = 1, M = 4 complete papers = 4 × 4 operators = 16 cycles. 16 + 33 = 49. The threshold is crossed. Complete Completeness.
Every output below is public, citable, and permanently archived. The student leaves the course with a complete digital research identity.
| Week | Output | Platform | Persistent ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub profile README — Research Log initialized | github.com/[user] | Public URL |
| 2–3 | Annotated bibliography + argument draft | GitHub repo | GitHub commit SHA |
| 4 ★ | Paper 1 — Compressed Literature Review | Zenodo | DOI 1 |
| 5–7 | Falsifiable claims · Background section · GitHub Pages live | GitHub Pages | Public URL |
| 8 ★ | Paper 2 — Research Proposal (700 words) | Zenodo + GitHub Pages | DOI 2 |
| 9–11 | Full paper draft — Intro, Methods, Results, Discussion | GitHub repo | GitHub Release v1.0.0 |
| 12 ★ | Paper 3 — Complete Scientific Preprint (1,400 words) | Zenodo Preprint | DOI 3 |
| 13 | Response to Reviewers + revised paper v2 | GitHub Release v2.0.0 | Git tag v2.0.0 |
| 14 | AXLE claim stub in Lean 4 (axle/claim.lean) | GitHub + AXLE | GitHub path |
| 15 | Complete GitHub Pages research site + researcher bio | GitHub Pages | Public URL + ORCID |
| 16 ★ | Paper 4 — D2 Reflection + Complete Package | Zenodo + GitHub v3.0 | DOI 4 |
AXLE (Automated eXtensible Lean Engine) is the formal verification backbone of Principia Orthogona. Week 14 introduces it not as a requirement but as an opportunity — to state a claim so precisely that a machine can check whether it follows from known mathematics. A sorry is not failure. It is the most honest thing a researcher can write: "this is where the proof ends and the conjecture begins."
The AXLE repository at github.com/TOTOGT/AXLE contains all 8 verified constants and 9 honest sorrys from the Principia Orthogona series. Student claim stubs can be submitted as pull requests — if the community closes a sorry, the student is a co-author on the proof.
"We perceive the unfolding first. The compression is invisible, underground, already done. This course teaches you to read backward — from what you can see to the structure that produced it."— Pablo Nogueira Grossi · English for Researchers · C1 to D2
Each prompt is designed to be used with any LLM. The student pastes the prompt, inserts their own text in the brackets, and works with the response. Prompts are cumulative — each one assumes the work of the previous weeks.
| Prompt | Level | Week | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | A1 | 1 | Operator chain as reading strategy — biology + language example |
| 1.2 | A1 | 2 | 3-sentence abstract compression audit |
| 1.3 | A1 | 3 | Annotated bibliography — operator phase + vocabulary feedback |
| 2.1 | B1 | 5 | Falsifiable claim evaluation — evidence requirements |
| 2.2 | B1 | 6 | Toulmin warrant audit — claim, evidence, implicit warrant |
| 2.3 | B1 | 6 | Hedging language rewrite for one sentence |
| 3.1 | B2 | 7 | Literature bridge evaluation — logical connection test |
| 3.2 | B2 | 8 | Full proposal language review before Zenodo upload |
| 3.3 | C1 | 9 | Methods section expansion — 3 replicable steps |
| 4.1 | C1 | 9 | Paper outline structure audit — thin sections identified |
| 4.2 | C1 | 10 | Methods passive voice + replicability check |
| 4.3 | C1 | 11 | Results section — findings without interpretation |
| 5.1 | C1 | 11 | Overclaim audit in Discussion — hedged rewrites |
| 5.2 | C1 | 12 | Full paper language review — grammar, register, coherence |
| 5.3 | D1 | 13 | Peer reviewer simulation — 3 formal critiques |
| 6.1 | D1 | 13 | Revision verification — did the changes address the critique? |
| 6.2 | D1 | 14 | Lean 4 theorem stub translation — sorry + missing lemma |
| 6.3 | D1 | 15 | Open science checklist — reproducibility, license, metadata |
| 7.1 | D2 | 15 | Academic researcher bio — third person, 100 words |
| 7.2 | D2 | 16 | Reflection paper — final register and precision check |
| 7.3 | D2 | 16 | D2 completion check — body of work evaluated by senior researcher persona |