docs: state must be idempotent commutative monoid, not just commutative - #112
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The manual pages, FAQ, and slides described contract state merge as only requiring commutativity, but the whitepaper and stdlib trait docs require associativity and idempotence too (state forms an idempotent commutative monoid / join-semilattice). Align wording across the site. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018gMSXHaQ2rXKGfAVWKqk11
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Problem
Manual pages, FAQ, and a slide deck described contract state merge as only requiring commutativity. The actual requirement (per freenet-stdlib's ContractInterface docs and the whitepaper) is that merge is associative, commutative, AND idempotent (an idempotent commutative monoid / join-semilattice).
Approach
Align wording across the site with the whitepaper's terminology.
Testing
Doc-only change (markdown + slide HTML content, no code).
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