{
  "author": "Maclain Hunter",
  "title": "Exponent Multiplication Parity",
  "identifier": "formal-exponent-multiplication-parity",
  "sourceKind": "formal-theorem",
  "content": "Formal statement: (-1)^a * (-1)^b = (-1)^(a+b)\n\nProof: Standard law of exponents",
  "formal": "(-1)^a * (-1)^b = (-1)^(a+b)",
  "structuredAuthoredProof": "Standard law of exponents",
  "authoredSteps": null,
  "recordedAt": null,
  "originalAuthoredAt": null,
  "propositionMeaningBoundary": "Atomic identifiers retain their meanings in the exact source. No arbitrary truth assignment establishes an ontological or empirical premise; the formal witness checks the written inference."
}