First Rigorous Chemical Test of Viability Boundary Dynamics: An Independent Operational Model

Abstract

This article proposes an independent chemical test of the hypothesis of dynamic viability-boundary behavior formulated within Vitology. A controlled nonlinear chemical system is considered as the model class, with its state characterized by component concentrations, reaction rates, and material-flow parameters. The experimental procedure involves sequential controlled disturbances and determination of the region of states from which the system preserves an established chemical regime or returns to it. Particular attention is paid to distinguishing the proposed dynamic viability boundary from already established phenomena of chemical bistability, hysteresis, and transitions between stable states [1–4]. The hypothesis receives support only if the proposed boundary characteristic is reproducible, metrologically distinguishable, and provides additional measurable information that cannot be reduced to an already known chemical threshold or bifurcation transition. Keywords: Vitology, viability, dynamic viability boundary, chemical test, chemical bistability, nonlinear chemical kinetics, recoverable viability, chemical disturbance.