The physical questions and their connecting calculations
| Physical problem | SMM/DTT connection | Research target and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow of time | Chronological generation and retained records | Common clock law A measurable clock and memory law linked to the ordering of completion. |
| Causality | Directed dependence between generated records | Stable locality An influence bound for declared operations and a controlled delay. |
| Quantum interpretation | Coherent inner development and completed outcomes | Phase and composition A common carrier, phase rule and family of admitted instruments. |
| Physical information | Information retained in records and inner correlations | Joint source dynamics A state sufficient to predict all admitted continuations. |
| EPR and nonlocality | Joint source preparation across separated records | Phase and composition Joint quantum correlations with the required marginal probabilities. |
| Planck scale | Generation, resolution and physical calibration | Stable locality A refinement family with distances, propagation and identified scales. |
| Quantum gravity | Common formation of geometry and matter | Gravitational limit An effective geometric response linked to the same quantum source. |
| Hierarchy problem | Relations among interaction and formation scales | Normalized coupling A stable dimensionless relation whose scale dependence is calculated. |
| Unification | Interactions associated with a common temporal structure | Joint source dynamics One source law fixing gauge content, matter couplings and geometry. |
| Magnetic monopoles | Source topology and observable magnetic flux | Matter spectrum An admissible topological sector with a specified coupling and detection channel. |
| Mass generation | Energy and inertia from coupled formation | Matter spectrum A dispersion relation with compatible rest and inertial mass. |
| Neutrino masses | Open formation chains and propagation modes | Matter spectrum Mass splittings, mixing amplitudes and absolute-mass observables. |
| Color confinement | Internal degrees appearing through completed combinations | Matter spectrum Gauge-invariant observables and the energy of separated sources. |
| Yang–Mills mass gap | Discrete source interactions and spectral thresholds | Matter spectrum A physical-sector gap with the required volume and continuum control. |
| Baryon asymmetry | Temporal-sector balance and oriented completion | Joint source dynamics A dynamical abundance calculation with charges and reaction history. |
| Supersymmetry | Relations between complementary temporal sectors | Phase and composition A graded transformation law, physical states and symmetry-breaking dynamics. |
| Homogeneity and horizon | Shared preparation of distant spatial regions | Stable locality Initial correlations and their subsequent local propagation. |
| Cosmic inflation | Generated volume and repeated completion | Gravitational limit An expansion history and perturbations from calibrated source dynamics. |
| Dark matter | Gravitating excitations of the structured vacuum | Matter spectrum Clustering modes with a stress tensor, lensing and interaction properties. |
| Dark energy | A large-scale contribution from the generated vacuum | Vacuum selection Density, pressure and time dependence from the same effective functional. |
| Cosmological constant | Normalized source-state averaging | Vacuum selection An absolute metric response stable under microscopic changes. |
Five further investigations
- Quantum measurement
Connect phase-compatible composition to complete instruments, stable records and the distribution of definite outcomes.
- Black-hole information
Connect the gravitational limit to retained quantum information, horizon dynamics and the transfer of correlations into radiation.
- Lorentz symmetry
Connect hyperbolic temporal geometry to common physical clocks, light propagation and the transformation of observables.
- Spatial dimensions
Connect a local readout rank to generated neighbourhoods, volume growth and the spectrum of propagation.
- Testable predictions
Connect a proposed source mechanism to independently calibrated quantities and reserved data.
Start with a finite construction that exposes the connections
Specify an initial carrier, update rule and family of permitted preparations and measurements. Identify which variables are source states, which are detector records and which are external controls. A small construction can make a connection explicit without assuming that every feature already describes the universe.
For example, a source may create an adjacency record, protect a clock from selected inner operations and couple to a matter excitation. Calculate all three outputs using the same update. Then vary a source parameter and determine which relations survive. The joint-source guide develops this as a concrete next result.
A useful counterexample can be equally informative. If two admissible sources have the same completed geometry but different clock readings, their difference identifies the extra interaction that a universal-clock theorem must constrain. Making that difference explicit gives collaborators a precise target.
Turn exact examples into stable physical descriptions
After establishing an exact finite example, perturb the quantities an apparatus or generated system cannot control perfectly. Bound the change in its observable output. Detector conditioning, incomplete completion, hidden memory, graph defects and source-parameter uncertainty can affect different parts of the construction.
The relevant bound depends on the claim. Three measured directions need stable distinguishability. Local dynamics need a controlled influence estimate. A particle mode needs an energy and decay analysis. A long-lived memory requires a retention estimate for the actual operations applied to it.
The locality, clock and matter-spectrum targets provide complementary examples. Using the same permitted perturbations across these targets makes their compatibility assessable.
Identify scales and control the limits together
A source calculation reaches physical quantities through a stated dictionary for length, duration, action, charge and energy. Some entries may be independently calibrated while others are predicted. Keep that division visible, particularly when a structural count is related to an interaction strength or when a normalized response is used in a vacuum calculation.
Increase volume or refine the regulator only after identifying the observable and its physical units. Follow the same quantity through the sequence and state which estimates are uniform. A finite spectral threshold, an infrared response and a continuum quantum field theory ask different limiting questions.
The normalized-coupling, gravitational-limit and vacuum-selection guides show where these dictionary and limiting questions meet.
Bring a concrete question to a collaboration
I welcome collaboration with experts in physics, mathematics and philosophy. A contribution can be a new source model, a proof under explicit assumptions, an informative obstruction, a numerical calculation, an experimental proposal or a clearer account of the conceptual claims.
For a focused starting point, identify one row of the map, the existing article or paper you are building on, and the observable or mathematical result you propose to investigate. Include relevant expertise and the kind of joint work you have in mind. Contact details and research profiles are available on the main site.