How do I cite the ARC Principle?
The ARC Principle is Law I of the ARC Theory, so cite the statement paper: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). The ARC Theory: Statement Paper. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GW5MX. The programme umbrella is DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB; the book articulation is Infinite Architects, ISBN 978-1806056200; the dated priority anchor is 8 December 2024.
The ARC Principle is Law I of the ARC Theory (the founding identity U = I x R^alpha, whose equation is named the ARC Equation), so the recommended citation in a general research context is the statement paper, which carries all three ARC Laws with their grades:
Eastwood, M. D. (2026). The ARC Theory: Statement Paper. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GW5MX.
The programme umbrella on OSF is titled The ARC Theory and registered under DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB; each paper in the programme carries its own component DOI. For the historical first formalisation of Law I, cite Paper I directly: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). The ARC Equation: the Law of Conversion (Paper I). https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B6N27. For the blinded cross-architecture replication and the retraction of the super-linear estimate, cite Paper II: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). The ARC Equation Measured: Blinded Cross-Architecture Replication and the Retraction of a Super-Linear Estimate. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8FJMA.
The book articulation is: Eastwood, M. D. (2026). Infinite Architects: Intelligence, Recursion, and the Creation of Everything. ISBN 978-1806056200. The dated priority anchor is 8 December 2024, per the self-emailed manuscript (SHA-256 anchor prefix f0d1f38f). Priority claim identifiers PC-003 and PC-011 are stable at the priority ledger. Every claim in the cited work is graded in place; nothing cited here is presented as established science.