# C584 — Retain order in the proposed gestation extension

## Question

Does equal1207.5 total imply the same extended path?

## Inputs

```json
{
  "base_components": [
    140,
    660,
    70,
    330
  ],
  "proposed_gestation": "15/2"
}
```

## Sources

```json
[
  "File63 §4.6; duration-only comparison"
]
```

## Opened utc

2026-09-28T00:20:08.142542+00:00

## Results

```json
{
  "appended_prefixes": [
    140,
    800,
    870,
    1200,
    "2415/2"
  ],
  "prepended_prefixes": [
    "15/2",
    "295/2",
    "1615/2",
    "1755/2",
    "2415/2"
  ],
  "total": "2415/2"
}
```

## Finding

Appending or prepending7.5 yields the same1207.5 total but different intermediate positions. The proposed gestation term therefore remains ordered path data; no deferred endpoint is introduced.

## Reassessment

Verify local phase arithmetic before joining year and calendar representations.

## Checks

```json
{
  "total": true,
  "path_difference": true
}
```

## Closed utc

2026-09-28T00:20:08.142907+00:00

## Record provenance

Exact record hash: `ad3b60cca190d200cd52bd9664074447e98acdf20bedd49a10fe2074218b9031`

Source journal: `Research_Cycles/C0532_C0631/journal.json`