Heuristic Algebra Publication
Title: Heuristic Algebra: A Formal System for Composing Reasoning Scaffolds for Large Language Models Date: March 2026
10 operators. 26-condition tournament across 4 frontier providers. 185 experiments. 3-judge Elo panels. 25 pages.
Top scaffold (lucid-judgment): 1862 avg Elo, +799 over baseline. Operator choice alone produced a 231-point gap between scaffolds built from identical source material.
See Also
- heuristic-algebra-paper — source summary
- heuristic-algebra — the system
- heuristicchat — the software