Phase 4: Heuristic Algebra

Invented heuristic-algebra — a formal system for composing LLM reasoning scaffolds. Validated it empirically across 4 frontier models. Published the paper (March 2026). Built.

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Phase 4: Heuristic Algebra

Invented heuristic-algebra — a formal system for composing LLM reasoning scaffolds. Validated it empirically across 4 frontier models. Published the paper (March 2026). Built heuristicchat to run the experiments.

The key finding: heuristics don’t make models smarter. They make them more reliably thorough.

See Also

• phase-3-trading-algorithms-and-hedge-funds — previous phase
• phase-5-current-markets-and-heuristics — next phase
• lucid-judgment — top-performing scaffold from the tournament