How do I cite the ARC Principle?
Cite the object that supports your sentence. For the ARC Theory and its five laws, cite Michael Darius Eastwood's statement paper: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). Statement Paper · The ARC Theory · Five Laws of Recursive Growth, Correction and Persistence. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GW5MX. For the first formalisation of Law I, the ARC Principle, cite Paper I (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/B6N27).
Paper II, for the blinded replication and the retraction of the 2.24 estimate: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). Paper II · The ARC Theory · Law I, the ARC Principle · Blinded Cross-Architecture Replication and the Retraction of a Super-Linear Estimate. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8FJMA.
Paper X, for the correction criterion proved in its minimal model: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/BSE2Q. The theory-level registration, for the twenty-two propositions and their decision rules: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/P8CKQ, naming the version you quote (1.104, of 29 October 2026, is current).
Unit 83: its registration, DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/MN73W, and its results, Eastwood, M. D. (2026). Unit 83 (counted test of P21): results of the registered run, mn73w. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/98HKR. Attribute the finding to the programme's own registered run, on the access axis, family-dependent, with its mechanism axis not evaluable and one disclosed recovery amendment.
The book: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). Infinite Architects: Intelligence, Recursion, and the Creation of Everything. ISBN 978-1806056200. The programme as a whole: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB, which does not replace each paper's own DOI.
When quoting a frozen edition, cite that edition rather than attributing its wording to the latest version, and keep the evidence status of what you cite in the sentence that cites it.