@article{structuralrigidityandthe57tokenpredictiv, title = {Structural Rigidity and the 57-Token Predictive Window: A Physical Framework for Inference-Layer Governability in Large Language Models}, author = {Gregory M. Ruddell}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2604.03524}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03524}, }