Abelian Sandpile Identity

The additive identity of the sandpile group — fractal harmonic structure

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State

Total chips:
Topplings:
Max height:
Stable:

Theory

Abelian Sandpile:
Toppling rule: if h(v)≥4, fire vertex v:
h(v) → h(v)−4
h(u) → h(u)+1 for u~v
Sandpile group: stable configs under ⊕ form a finite abelian group.

Identity element: unique e s.t. e⊕s = s for all stable s. Computed as:
e = stab(6·max − max − max)
Shows fractal/harmonic structure — self-similar, 4-fold symmetric.