CJM Problem Sketch No. 008
The Protein Folding Problem as a Structural Conformation-Admissibility Problem
Conceptual approach only. No proof or solution is claimed.
Keunsoo Yoon
Independent Research Group (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
austiny@gatech.edu, austiny@snu.ac.kr
Sep 20, 2026
Open Question.
Does a problem ฮฆ admit a solution if and only if it is structurally admissible under atemporal resonance?
(Forthcoming)
Discussion Note.
A natural objection is that protein folding is a physical dynamical process, so representing a fold through global admissibility may appear to ignore the actual kinetic pathway by which the protein reaches its native state. CJM does not deny such dynamics. The narrower question is whether the observed pathway must be regarded as a fundamental sequential search through conformational space, or whether the native fold may also be characterized as a globally admissible configuration under the full structural constraints. A more explicit comparison between kinetic folding trajectories and atemporal conformation-admissibility is left for future work.