You can't prove it scientifically or mathematically with reference to other coins because it's apples and oranges. Almost every coin including bitcoin and litecoin have halving schedules that were coded in from the genesis block.
Yes, exactly. They weren't hard forked because people feared the supply of coins. I'm asking for research on coins which were forked because people feared the supply was the problem, and halving needed to be implemented.
Halving the coin is about giving us more time for adoption so there are uses for the coin by the time its all mined out. The only other alternative I can think of is to increase the total coin supply and implement proof of stake so people holding up until now can retain their positions. Either way, the mining phase must be extended or it's toast.
You're still dealing with the supply either way, but you did touch on the bigger issue: adoption. If anyone really wants to see this coin work, leave it alone, ride it out and get adoption and use.
Go research KDC. They had a more active community, merchants which were actually using the coin (you could buy food.. even gold and silver with it). It was working fine. The market value slumped somewhat because it's backed by BTC, which also slumped. This caused panic. People demanded the supply be changed. They did.
They may as well have driven a pool net through the chest of the dev team. It killed the coin, because the market value hadn't changed and people were getting even less for their mining efforts.
Look at StarCoin, the infamous zombie of all coins. Its corpse continues to roll down the highway somehow. Major changes were for checkpoint and wallet bug fixes. It continues to go because the community keeps it going.
Just beating a dead horse here. I'm sure PotCoin understands this. Where's the wallet which was supposed to be released recently (yesterday?) Where's his addressing of these factual issues? Like others point out, he's beating a drum about hopes and faith but he isn't delivering. I didn't kill this coin, you didn't kill this coin--he did.
Edit: Also, you CAN prove it scientifically and mathematically. How do you think I, and others, evaluate when it's good and when it's bad to be in on a coin? I stopped mining prior to the original attacks. Why? Because I saw them coming, and because I knew the coin had plateau'd. The proof is readily available. If you can't see it, you're not looking.