RFL-1 — Relational Field Layer: How repeated relational presence accumulates into chromatic fields beyond place and interface

Abstract RFL-1 defines the Relational Field Layer as a reversible semantic layer in which repeated shared presence between individuals accumulates into relational residue, stabilizes into relational density, and becomes perceptually legible as a relational field. Where prior work established that places accumulate into fields through repeated sync, locations become readable nodes, and interaction settles into residue rather than logs, RFL-1 extends the same thermodynamic logic to relationships themselves. A relationship is not fundamentally stored as identity, chat history, memory archive, or profile structure. It becomes a field condition formed through accumulated relational residue. This introduces a third…