Hephaestus signature: quartic integral value

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The function returns x⁴/8. This equals the triangular-domain integral ∫₀ˣ∫₀ᵘ uv dv du; a rectangular-domain integral of uv over [0,x]² would instead be x⁴/4. The comment’s reused x and unspecified nested bounds are ambiguous, so the exact polynomial returned by the code is the reproducible definition.

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Original context

	// Velocity function: assume x represents phase, return angular velocity
	return AngularFrequency * x
}

// FHephaestus: F_Hephaestus(x) = ∫∫ K(x,y) dy dx (Engineering - double integral)
func FHephaestus(x float64) float64 {
	// Simplified: K(x,y) = xy, ∫∫ xy dy dx from 0 to x
	// = ∫ x·(x²/2) dx = x⁴/8
	return math.Pow(x, 4) / 8.0
}

// FPrometheus: F_Prometheus(x) = x·(1-x)·r (Innovation - logistic map)
func FPrometheus(x float64) float64 {
	r := 3.8 // Chaotic regime
	return r * x * (1.0 - x)
}

// FDionysus: F_Dionysus(x) = e^{iωt}·A(x) (Creativity - complex exponential)

Simplified: K(x,y) = xy, ∫∫ xy dy dx from 0 to x
= ∫ x·(x²/2) dx = x⁴/8

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