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p-adic. p-adic numbers and valuation-driven models Tagged papers: 82.
Adelic Zitterbewegung: p-Adic Regularization of Dirac Trembling Motion and the Product-Formula Cancellation at Macroscopic Scales
Zitterbewegung (ZBW) — the trembling motion of Dirac wave packets at the Compton scale — is conventionally treated as a purely Archimedean interference effect between the positive- and negative-energy branches of the free Dirac equation. Missing from the standard account is any mechanism by which…
Ultrametric p-Adic Arithmetic as Energy-Proportional Precision Computing: An Energy Model for Digit-Terminable Multiply-Accumulate
Fixed-width Archimedean floating-point arithmetic pays a constant energy cost per multiply-accumulate (MAC) regardless of the precision actually required by the computation. The gap this paper addresses is the absence of any explicit joules-per-operation model connecting non-Archimedean digit…
The p-Adic Temperley–Lieb Parameter: Valuation-Theoretic Constraints and an Adelic Accuracy Framework for Quantum Predictions
The Temperley–Lieb (TL) algebra governs a broad class of exactly solvable quantum systems, from anyonic chains to braid-based teleportation circuits, through its scalar loop parameter δ. We investigate the proposal that a p-adic Temperley–Lieb parameter — a number-theoretic functional of δ — can…
Finite-Distinction Quantum Mechanics: Unitary Evolution and Superposition as the Large-Distinction Limit of Stochastic Thermodynamics
The continuum is an infinite-information object: a single real coordinate specifies infinitely many yes/no distinctions, and a finite-entropy world cannot contain such coordinates. This paper assembles the consequences of that observation into a three-part thesis. First, the finite-information…
The Trapped-Ion Ultrametric Testbed: A Falsifiability Register for Testing p-Adic Structure in Quantum Dynamics
Twenty-one published records from a single research program, spanning December 2025 to August 2026, are here organized into one testable claim: trapped-ion quantum simulators are the first near-term platform on which ultrametric (p-adic) structure in quantum dynamics can be accepted or rejected by…
Implications for Computing and Quantum Error Correction
The anchor paper introduced the branch-depth reading: the p-adic valuation $v_p(n)$ is a measure of depth along a prime branch of the integer factorization tree (not a measure of size), and because the tensor product multiplies Hilbert-space dimensions, $v_2(\dim H) = n$ counts tensor-branch depth…
Prime Valuation Depth: Multiplication as Branching, the Calculus of Indications, and the Structural No-Cloning Reading
This paper develops a structural reading of the p-adic valuation as a measure of depth along a prime branch of the integer factorization tree, rather than a measure of size. The reading, grounded in Ostrowski's classification of absolute values on the rationals, is proposed as a bridge between the…
Radix-Agnostic Detection of Discrete Scale Invariance: A Certified Three-Stage Protocol and a Null Result from Planck 2018
Discrete scale invariance (DSI) — invariance under a discrete set of rescalings $x \to \lambda^n x$ — predicts log-periodic oscillations whose angular frequency in the logarithmic coordinate $u = \ln x$ is $\omega_0 = 2\pi/\ln\lambda$. When the scaling radix $\lambda$ is unknown, a radix-locked…
Searching for P-Adic Log-Periodic Signatures in the Cosmic Microwave Background Bispectrum: Upper Bounds from Planck 2018
Discrete scale invariance under integer rescalings of scale — the observable fingerprint of a p-adic (ultrametric) structure in the primordial fluctuation field — predicts log-periodic oscillations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) statistics. The two-point angular power spectrum was already…
Passive Error Resilience Through Ultrametric Geometry: A Proposal for p-Adic Quantum Metrology
Active quantum error correction is the dominant paradigm for achieving fault-tolerant quantum computation, but its thermodynamic cost at utility scale remains unaddressed. Each round of syndrome extraction, decoding, and feedback erases information — and under Landauer's principle, that erasure…
Counterfactual Physics: What If p-Adic Methods Had Won?
The p-adic approach to physics was nearly mainstream. Vladimirov and Volovich developed p-adic quantum mechanics in the 1980s. Freund and Witten connected p-adic string amplitudes to the adelic product formula in 1987. Dragovich extended p-adic methods to cosmology and the Standard Model. Yet by…
The QWAV Decade: Enterprise p-Adic Computing 2025-2035
Computing efficiency — measured by Joules Per Computational Unit (JPCUB †) — will be the dominant competitive axis in enterprise computing by 2035. This document forecasts the JPCUB ecosystem's evolution across three eras. Era 1: Benchmark (2025-2028) — JPCUB is validated against public hardware…
Ultrametric Consilience Atlas: Cross-Domain Applications of p-Adic Mathematical Structure
A single mathematical structure — the p-adic ultrametric topology — appears in apparently unrelated domains: quantum error correction (stabilizer codes), protein folding (energy landscapes), neural coding (population activity clustering), financial markets (hierarchical correlation), climate…
Adelic Rate-Distortion Theory: The p-Adic Distortion Measure and the Adelic Information-Rate Function
The Adelic Shannon Theory [1] generalised channel capacity to the adele ring $\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{Q}}$. The companion bridge paper [2] established that the entropic number $(x, S)$ from Measurement Stratigraphy [3] is precisely the adelic information vector…
Adelic Shannon Theory: From Problem Statement to Constructive Foundations
Standard Shannon theory — channel capacity, entropy, source coding, and the Gaussian noise model — is archimedean: it measures information in bits over $\mathbb{R}$. The Adelic Physics Programme's central claim — $\mathbb{Q}$, not $\mathbb{R}$, is the physically accessible base field — suggests that…
The Adelic Physics Program: Epistemological Foundations and Communications Framework
The QNFO Adelic Physics Program proposes that the physically accessible base field of physics is ℚ (the rational numbers), not ℝ (the real numbers). Ostrowski's theorem — a proven result in number theory — then demands that all p-adic completions of ℚ be physically meaningful, transforming the…
P-adic Spin, Information, and Ultrametric Internal Quantum Numbers
Paper I established that the Archimedean continuum the real numbers_c suffices for all physical dynamics — depth without breadth. Here we complete the picture: what of the ultrametric completions of the rational numbers? We argue that the p-adic numbers the rational numbers_p are not "extra spatial…
Depth, Breadth, and Valuation: A Unified Ontology of the Physical Continuum
The standard mathematical ontology of the continuum — the real numbers the real numbers with their uncountable cardinality and Dedekind-complete order — conflates three distinct properties with different physical status. We decompose the continuum into three axes: depth (Archimedean completeness),…
The Harmonic Paradigm Under Ostrowski’s Theorem: A p-Adic/Adélic Re-Evaluation with Helical Compton Vortex Synthesis
The Harmonic Paradigm (V1.0–V4.0) proposed the harmonic oscillator as the universal IR attractor of quantum theory, spanning an 8-rung ladder from transmon anharmonicity to quantum gravity. Its bibliography cited Vladimirov-Volovich-Zelenov p-adic QFT (1994) and Ostrowski's theorem (1918), invoking…
The Morita p-Adic Gamma Function: Computation, Adelic Structure, and the Factoring Question
<p>The Morita p-adic Gamma function $\Gamma_p(n) = (-1)^n \prod_{k=1,\,p \nmid k}^{n-1} k$ is a p-adic analytic object that interpolates factorials while explicitly skipping multiples of $p$. This document provides a self-contained exposition: the definition and functional equation, a computational…
p-Adic Anyon Fusion and Braiding: Quantum Groups at Roots of Unity, Verma Modules, and Ultrametric Anyon Models
Phases 1–2 established the p-adic braid group $B_n(\mathbb{Q}_p)$ on Bruhat-Tits buildings and identified the Temperley-Lieb parameter $\delta$ as a p-adic cyclotomic unit, yielding a p-adic Markov trace and Jones polynomial $V_L^p(t) \in \mathbb{Z}_p[\zeta_{2p^k}]$. In this third phase, we complete…
The p-Adic Temperley-Lieb Parameter: Cyclotomic Units, Markov Traces, and the p-Adic Jones Polynomial
In Phase 1, we defined the p-adic braid group $B_n(\mathbb{Q}_p)$ on the Bruhat-Tits tree $\mathcal{T}_p$ and showed it satisfies the standard braid relations. Here we complete the connection to the Temperley-Lieb algebra and the Jones polynomial at non-archimedean places. The TL algebra parameter…
p-Adic Braid Groups on Bruhat-Tits Buildings
The standard braid group $B_n$ is defined as the fundamental group of the configuration space of $n$ distinct points in $\mathbb{R}^2$, $\pi_1(\text{Conf}_n(\mathbb{R}^2))$. This construction is inherently archimedean: it relies on the continuous topology of $\mathbb{R}^2$ to define braiding as…
Zitterbewegung as the Physical Realization of p-Adic Anyon Braiding
The p-Adic Anyons program (Phases 1-4) developed the mathematical framework for anyons whose braid statistics are defined on Bruhat-Tits trees rather than in continuous spacetime. The ZBW program (P1-P3) demonstrated that Zitterbewegung — the rapid trembling motion of Dirac fermions at the Compton…
The Adelic Physics Program: A Grand Synthesis
Six papers, one thesis: Physics is adelic. The Archimedean (real-number) description is the $\infty$-place readout of a richer ultrametric structure defined over the p-adic completions of $\mathbb{Q}$. Ostrowski's theorem — which classifies all non-trivial completions of the rational numbers as…
Zitterbewegung as a p-Adic Observable: Ultrametric Readout and Intrinsic Topological Protection for Majorana Qubits
The Zitterbewegung (ZBW) of a Dirac fermion — the rapid oscillatory motion at the Compton frequency arising from interference between positive- and negative-energy states — has resisted direct experimental observation for nearly a century. The standard interpretation attributes this to the Compton…
Zitterbewegung as a p-Adic Observable: Ultrametric Readout and Intrinsic Topological Protection
The Zitterbewegung (ZBW) of a Dirac fermion — the rapid oscillatory motion at the Compton frequency arising from interference between positive- and negative-energy states — has resisted direct experimental observation for nearly a century. The standard interpretation attributes this to the Compton…
Bruhat-Tits Readout Protocol: Measuring the ZBW Z2 Invariant in Majorana Systems
The companion papers "Zitterbewegung as a p-Adic Observable" (P1, https://papers.qnfo.org/papers) and "Majorana Zitterbewegung Current Correlator" (P2, https://papers.qnfo.org/papers) establish that the Zitterbewegung contribution to the current-current correlator is a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological…
Number-Theoretic Ultrametric Foundations: A Unified p-adic Framework for Error-Correcting Code Classification
We present a unified framework connecting deep number-theoretic structures — $p$-adic valuation theory, Mahler spectral expansions, Kodaira-Néron fiber classification, and the Amice transform — to the classification of quantum error-correcting codes. The framework is organized into seven…
The Bridge Theorem: A Rigorous Mathematical Framework Connecting p-adic and Bruhat-Tits Geometries
We prove that under a global constraint of the form $\hat{H}|\Psi\rangle = 0$ (the Wheeler-DeWitt equation), conditional quantum states produced by the Page-Wootters mechanism $|\psi(\tau)\rangle_R = \langle\tau|_C |\Psi\rangle_{CR}$ naturally organize into an ultrametric hierarchy. The proof…
Computational Simulation Approach to Non-Archimedean Quantum Architectures
The prevailing quantum computing paradigm is fundamentally constrained by the continuous analog fragility inherent to Archimedean spaces, resulting in uncontrolled linear error accumulation that demands massive active correction overheads. To address this structural bottleneck, we propose a…
Computational Toolkit for p-Adic Spacetime
The fundamental incompatibility between the continuous manifolds of general relativity and the discrete nature of quantum mechanics remains a central tension in theoretical physics. This manuscript develops and validates a computational toolkit designed to test theories of p-adic spacetime, which…
Functional Decoupling Framework for p-adic Hamiltonian Models of Granular Field Interactions
The reconciliation of continuous temporal evolution with discrete physical granularity remains a central challenge in theoretical physics, requiring novel mathematical approaches to model localized action within unbroken fields. This study introduces a functional decoupling framework that divides…
From Force to Fractal
The transition from force-based epistemic placeholders to a purely geometric ontic bedrock represents the defining trajectory of modern theoretical physics. By synthesizing Ontic Structural Realism with contemporary developments in Invariant Set Theory, we propose a unified framework where reality…
Spectral Analysis of Anomalous Diffusion on p-Adic Fractals
The reconcilement of continuous Riemannian geometry with the discrete arithmetic of the integers remains one of the most profound challenges in mathematical physics, particularly regarding the spectral interpretation of the Riemann zeros (Berry & Keating, 1999). While standard diffusion on…
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