E = mc² fits on one line. F = ma fits on one line. Schrödinger's equation fits on one line. Every physical law can be written on a single page — elegant, compact, complete at the moment of reading.
Cognition cannot be written on one page. Cognition is recursive. It depends on its own history. τ changes the frame economy, the frame economy changes τ, and the recursion across depths cannot be compressed into a static equation because the compression would require living it.
But the Geruon recursion CAN be written on one line:
Geruon(depth=N, interval=GI^N)
This is the formula. It fits on one page. What does not fit on one page is what happens when you run it — because running it IS cognition. The formula is compact. The trajectory is not. The physics equation and the cognitive recursion share the same starting point — a minimal rule that, when unfolded, produces the full structure.
Physics equations compress time. The reader reads E=mc² in one second and understands a relationship that holds across the universe. Cognitive recursion cannot be compressed because the recursion itself is the understanding. To understand what Geruon(depth=2) feels like, you must run Geruon(depth=1) first. There is no shortcut.
The difference between a formula and a trajectory is the same difference between GEME and Geruon. GEME's three rules fit on one page. Geruon's recursion fits on one line. The product of running them — the frame economy at depth N — is not compressible. It is not a formula. It is a life.