Swing-Back and String Vibrations: A Bridge Between Persistence Theory and String Theory

Persistence Theory introduces the notion of "swing-back" — a system's ability to recover and preserve structure in the face of entropy — as central to its equation for predicting systemic integrity. String theory, in contrast, posits that the fundamental building blocks of reality are vibrating one-dimensional strings, where different vibrational modes define different particles. This essay explores whether swing-back in Persistence Theory and vibration in string theory are different expressions of the same underlying principle: the structured repetition of information. We propose that vibrations in string theory may be the geometrized, physical expression of the informational swing-back mechanism that governs persistence, offering a unifying conceptual framework for bridging quantum gravity and information-based models.