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9.3 Compatibility is not effectivity

Local objects may agree on overlaps without arising from a global object in the declared model class.

Definition 9.5 Compatible local family

For local models \(D_i\) and restrictions to overlaps \(J_{ij}\), compatibility means that the restricted models agree up to the declared coherence:

\[ D_i|_{J_{ij}}\simeq D_j|_{J_{ij}}. \]
Definition 9.6 Effective family

A compatible family is effective when there exists an admissible global model \(D\) whose restrictions recover the \(D_i\), with the required uniqueness or equivalence.

Diagram illustrating 9.3 Compatibility is not effectivity.
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Compatibility is a local condition; effectivity is a global realizability condition.

This separation is central to SID, RADAR, sheaf-structured argument systems, and distributed learning. A penalty on pairwise overlaps can reduce local disagreement while the compatible family remains outside the image of the global model class.

Boundary

Localization diagnoses where a failure is witnessed. It does not guarantee that a local repair extends globally, that compatible repairs glue, or that the resulting global object lies in the admitted model class.