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Numbers & arithmetic. Primes, factorisation and arithmetic structure Tagged papers: 45.
Reflection Closure of Concurrent Line Sets: Exact Dihedral Emergence, Grid Frequency Laws, and the Finite/Infinite Dichotomy
Model builders in physics and machine learning must choose a symmetry group before fitting begins, and a wrong or hidden choice degrades predictions and obscures observables; the choice is normally an unchecked input. The specific gap addressed here is whether a minimal generative rule—draw a finite…
Torsion as a Candidate Geometric Generator of Quantum Phase and Statistics: A Formalization and Falsifiability Analysis
Quantum mechanics rests on postulates—the complex phase of the wavefunction, the quadratic scaling of state-space dimension, and the boson/fermion restriction on exchange symmetry—that are empirically successful but deductively unexplained. A conjecture in current circulation holds that spacetime…
Functorial Invariance Across Presentations of the Prime Numbers, with Context-Relative Quantitative Illustrations
The prime numbers admit many simultaneous presentations: as the atomic subset of the natural numbers, as the support of the von Mangoldt function, as the zero data of the Riemann zeta function, as the output of sieve procedures, as primes inside Beatty-type sequences, and as the output of concrete…
Physical Irrelevance of Uncountability: Computable Reals Suffice for Continuum Physics
Continuum physics is formulated over the uncountable real line $\mathbb{R}$, yet every measurement, record, and computation a laboratory can produce is finite. This paper asks whether the uncountability of $\mathbb{R}$ — as distinct from its Archimedean completeness — has any physical consequence,…
Non-Computable Reals as Projection Artifacts: A Reconciled Framework for Tree-to-Manifold Construction of the Continuum
We develop a formal framework for the conjecture that the continuum is constructed rather than primitive: natural numbers, rationals, and computable reals arise from a single distinction operator via enclosure operations, while the full real line emerges only through a lossy projection — the…
Critical Values on a Non-Uniform Number Line: Bifurcation Markers, Normalization Dependence, and the Conjectured Specialness of Physical Constants
We examine the conjecture that the real number line, as a model of physical state space, is misleadingly uniform: that certain parameter values act as topological phase boundaries rather than smooth increments, and that fundamental constants such as the fine-structure constant $\alpha \approx 1/137$…
Non-Anthropocentric Natural Units for Area and Information in Holographic Entropy Bounds
Information-theoretic bounds in gravitational physics are conventionally expressed in bits, a unit that presupposes two human choices: the practice of counting states by integers and the selection of logarithm base 2. This paper asks whether the holographic entropy bound can instead be stated…
Is There a $p$-Adic $\pi$? Haar-Measure Circle Constants over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and an Adelic Product Formula
The real number $\pi \approx 3.14159$ is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Since Ostrowski's theorem embeds $\mathbb{Q}$ diagonally into every completion $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{Q}_p$, one may ask whether this ratio admits a well-defined analogue $\pi_p$ at each…
Archimedean Constants as Measure-Theoretic Artifacts of the Infinite Place: A Reconciled Derivation of the Local Status of $\pi$
Ostrowski's theorem partitions the non-trivial completions of $\mathbb{Q}$ into exactly one Archimedean place ($\mathbb{R}$) and countably many non-Archimedean places ($\mathbb{Q}_p$). Mainstream physics is formulated exclusively at the Archimedean place, and its most ubiquitous transcendental…
Quantitative Bulk–Boundary Correspondence for Anyon Condensation: Two Computable Indices with Explicit Arithmetic
When a $(2+1)$-dimensional topologically ordered phase terminates at a boundary where a subset of anyons condenses, the boundary becomes gapped, and the bulk–boundary correspondence acquires sharp quantitative content: which boundary phenomena are forced by the bulk condensation data, and which…
Geometric Ratios as Generators of Hierarchical Structure: An Arithmetic Audit of π, φ, and e
A recurring conjecture in the ultrametric-physics program holds that hierarchical—i.e., ultrametric—structure "emerges" when a scale ratio q is set equal to a fundamental geometric constant: π, the golden ratio φ = (1+√5)/2, or Euler's number e. This paper converts that conjecture into falsifiable…
Distinction, Number, and the Empirical Filter: The Pre-Arithmetic Research Framework
The QNFO arithmetic-physics program connects number-theoretic structure to statistical mechanics: prime-indexed modes with logarithmic energies yield partition functions that are exactly zeta objects, and hierarchy distance is a realization-independent ultrametric. This record states the…
The Corrected Primon-Gas Dictionary: Zeta Partition Functions and the Discipline of Arithmetic Interpretations
The primon gas has connected quantum statistical mechanics with multiplicative number theory since the early 1990s and remains in active use. This paper consolidates the correspondence into a single audited reference: a corrected, verified dictionary; a five-level ladder separating mathematical…
Discriminating the Arithmetic Cut: Matched-Level-Density Null Models for the Primon-Gas Specific Heat and Spectral Correlations
The arithmetic-statistics program reads the two exchange statistics of identical particles as two multiplicity rules on one integer lattice, and its published observable is the specific heat of the primon gas: a computable deviation from the smooth ideal gas at every sampled temperature. The…
The Distinction-Based Ultrametric: A Hierarchy Distance Without Primes, and the Statistical Test of Arithmetic Structure in Physical Spectra
Quantum mechanics is written in one completion of the rational numbers, the real line, though Ostrowski's theorem gives one completion for every prime. A line of work reads physical structure through those other places, but its empirical tests of prime-specific geometry in physical systems have…
Adelic Quantum Arithmetic: Particles as Prime Factors
Standard quantum mechanics is written in the Archimedean completion of the rational numbers: Hilbert space over the complex numbers uses only the real place, one among all completions classified by Ostrowski's theorem. The primes are the other places, and their structure is multiplicative — unique…
Completeness Senses and the Levi-Civita Field: Ordered Non-Archimedean Number Systems Beyond Ostrowski's Classification
Ostrowski's theorem classifies every nontrivial rank-1 absolute value on the rationals; this paper distinguishes three senses of completeness and exhibits the Levi-Civita field as a Cauchy-complete, ordered, real-closed, non-Archimedean counterexample.
Invariant Structural Value: Fundamental Constants and Formulas as Invariant Relations
A measured physical quantity is a number that survives all arbitrary choices. The unit system, the coordinate system, the gauge choice, the Hilbert-space basis, and the energy scale are all choices; what is invariant under them is what is physical. This essay develops the structuralist reading that…
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…
The Idempotent Core: Quantity as Broken Distinction and the Hidden Assumptions of Arithmetic and Algebra
A critique-first paper on arithmetic's hidden premise: 1+1=2 presupposes two distinguishable marks; idempotence (AA=A) is the primitive law; quantity is created distinction, not repetition. Reconstruction program (Z from ! modality) labeled conjecture with falsifiability conditions.
Frequency as Valuation Theory: The Rational Ratio at the Heart of Physical Law
Frequency in dimensionless Planck units is a rational ratio a/b in Q. The Compton frequency of a fundamental particle is its invariant identity — its prime spectrum.
The Ostrowski Dimensionless Reformulation: A Systematic Compilation of Fundamental Physics Equations in Planck Units
Systematic compilation and dimensionless reformulation of 53 fundamental physics equations across ten disciplines, motivated by the Ostrowski Dimensionless Mandate. Dimensional formulations implicitly privilege the Archimedean completion of the rationals per Ostrowski theorem (1916). All quantities…
Statistical Audit of the 5-Smooth Semigroup Mass-Ratio Claim
ACRP-04 statistical audit. Verdict: CONSISTENT WITH LOOK-ELSEWHERE ARTIFACT. p_global=0.116; 2 claimed-fit arithmetic errors; 5 non-optimal triples; precise ratios deviate 4-9138 sigma; pre-registered neutrino prediction trivially passes.
The History and Future of Measurement Stratigraphy, Number Theory, and Valuation Theory
[We propose a unified framework — the Stratigraphy of Measurement — that reinterprets the history of number systems as a sequence of expanding distinction operations. Each era adds a new enclosure: marking ($\\mathbb{N}$), comparing ratios ($\\mathbb{Q}$), convergent sequences ($\\mathbb{R}$_comp),…
The Continuum Critique Trilogy
Three papers, one thesis: the real-number continuum is a map, not the territory — and many "unsolved problems" in mathematics and physics are artifacts of representational choices rather than genuine ignorance. This monograph unifies three companion papers into a single narrative. Paper I (The…
α-π-Helix: Geometric Unification of Fundamental Constants
Geometric unification of fundamental constants using α (fine-structure) and π (geometric) helix structures, classifying Standard Model particles as topological vortex/helicon states. v2.1 — Phase 10 complete with 6-domain synthesis including experimental roadmap, cosmology, mathematical rigor, QFT…
Fine-Structure Constant as a Cross-Ratio: A Geometric Reframing of α
The fine-structure constant alpha is reframed as the cross-ratio of two measurable electron length scales (classical radius / Compton wavelength). Version 1.0 adds the adelically extended cross-ratio on Bruhat-Tits buildings, explicit falsifiability conditions, and synthesis with the QNFO adelic…
The p-Adic Temperley-Lieb Parameter: Cyclotomic Units, Markov Traces, and the p-Adic Jones Polynomial
Establishes the Temperley-Lieb parameter as p-adic cyclotomic units and constructs the p-adic Jones polynomial.
Functorial Characterization of the Prime Numbers
This paper presents a complete theoretical characterization of the set of prime numbers, \(\mathcal{P}\), by demonstrating that it is the geometric support of a canonical object constructed via a three-stage functorial lift. This process begins in the logical stratum of Homotopy Type Theory (HoTT),…
Identity of Zero
This document presents a formal analysis of the identity of zero across mathematical, logical, informational, and physical domains. This work rejects the notion of zero as “nothingness,” proposing instead that zero is a dynamic void—a structured, operational concept whose properties are not…
2. Historical Context and Literature Review
The challenges inherent in using finite computational systems to model potentially continuous phenomena are not entirely novel discoveries. Aspects of this problem have been recognized, analyzed, and grappled with since the earliest days of automatic computation, evolving within different scientific…
ULTRAMETRIC PHYSICS
This research plan presents a framework for ultrametric physics based on fundamental scaling ratios rather than anthropocentric number representations. The core insight: physical reality is described by dimensionless scaling ratios (π, φ, e, α, etc.) that operate on hierarchical discrete structures,…
Ultrametric Physics Research Plan
This research plan presents a framework for ultrametric physics based on fundamental scaling ratios rather than anthropocentric number representations. The core insight: physical reality is described by dimensionless scaling ratios (π, φ, e, α, etc.) that operate on hierarchical discrete structures,…
Adelic Cross‑Ratio
Every quantitative description of the physical world relies on a choice of coordinate system—a language with its own scales, units, origin, and orientation. The same underlying reality can be expressed in infinitely many such languages, each assigning different numerical coordinates to the same…
EMERGENT NUMBER THEORY
The relationship between discrete number theory and continuous mathematical structures has been a subject of deep investigation in modern mathematics, with several well-established connections. The scholarly landscape reveals a sophisticated understanding of how discrete structures emerge from…
Prime Numbers as Spectral Artifacts
This establishes a mathematical framework demonstrating that prime numbers emerge as spectral artifacts from a continuous quantum geometric substrate, rather than representing fundamental discrete entities. Through formal deduction from five established mathematical facts—base-independence of…
Arithmetic Gauge Concentration
Analytic number theory traditionally relies on probabilistic models to describe the asymptotic distribution of prime numbers, treating them as independent random variables. However, this approach fails to account for the deterministic rigidity observed in ergodic theory and the spectral statistics…
Continuous Topology and Discrete Arithmetic
The tension between the discrete cardinality of prime numbers and the continuous geometry of the complex plane is reconciled by treating primes as spectral residues governed by the explicit formulae of the Riemann zeta function. Sequential enumeration provides a linear coordinate that obscures the…
Dynamic Optimality in Physical and Arithmetic Systems
The selection of an appropriate level of abstraction constitutes a critical and profoundly non-trivial challenge across the entire scientific enterprise. This fundamental problem of representational scale dictates not only the tractability of our models but also their ultimate predictive power in…
RESOLVING THE SCALE PENALTY
The theoretical frameworks of the Renormalization Group and Chiral Perturbation Theory mandate that continuum extrapolations in lattice QCD should contain logarithmic corrections, a phenomenon termed the “Scale Penalty.” However, the computational cost of simulations often leads to data-sparse…
Spectral Schism
Standard analytic number theory treats the Riemann zeros as eigenvalues of a Hermitian operator acting on a rigid symplectic manifold. However, the asymptotic diffraction spectrum of the prime numbers exhibits fluid-like Lebesgue measure rather than the crystalline Bragg peaks required for such a…
Topological Quantization and Spectral Filtration
This paper addresses the geometric crisis in discrete computation by establishing a unified framework that synthesizes arithmetic topology, non-linear dynamics, and thermodynamic optimality. We posit that prime numbers behave as irreducible topological knots within a three-dimensional state space, a…
Chemical Category
This report posits that the major conceptual challenges of nineteenth-century chemistry—the crisis of atomic weights, the classification of an exponentially growing chemical space, and the paradoxes of isomerism and allotropy—collectively constituted a demand for a new form of structural and…
The Simplicity of Reality: Deconstructing the Mathematical Epicycles of Modern Physics
Simplicity of Reality: Deconstructing the Mathematical Epicycles of Modern Physics Abstract: This paper argues that the impenetrable mathematical abstraction of modern theoretical physics is not a necessary feature of reality, but a direct symptom of a flawed ontological foundation initiated by…
Prime Numbers as Universal Optimization Primitives
The scholarly understanding of prime numbers is structured around four paradigms: quantum chaos, classical optimization, algorithmic information theory, and deterministic law. However, these paradigms are marked by unresolved tensions—dynamical, hierarchical, and methodological—that have hindered a…
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