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[4] ai.viXra.org:2508.0083 [pdf] submitted on 2025-08-31 19:42:24
Authors: Jarosław Kaczorowski
Comments: 2 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: An abstract is required in the article; please cite and list scientific references)
I present a compact mathematical ansatz for the fine-structure constant α. The construction uses only mathematical constants (φ,e,π) and a single integer parameter N. This note is intentionally mathematics-only: it does not claim a derivation from quantum electrodynamics nor from any particular physical model. The ansatz is meant to be empirically testable: future high-precision determinations of α either continue to agree within uncertainty or falsify the relation. I also outline simple, resolution-matched numerical checks (e.g., percent-level sliding-window comparisons) that can be replicated independently.
Category: Mathematical Physics
[3] ai.viXra.org:2508.0081 [pdf] submitted on 2025-08-30 22:35:54
Authors: Brent Hartshorn
Comments: 48 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: This paper is subject to withdrawal by the Admin due to its non-scientific contents & the writing style which seem to fall ouside scholarly scope and manner)
This paper provides a detailed analysis of the claims presented in the article "Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a Crisis of Credibility" by Timothy Nguyen. The primary objective is to move beyond the polemical nature of the title and conduct a scholarly examination of the figures and phenomena discussed, thereby establishing a foundation for a subsequent, more formal academic paper.The analysis concludes that while the term "grifter" is a blunt and often polemical label, a more precise sociological framework—that of audience capture and ideological control —better explains the behaviors and power dynamics at play. This paper demonstrates that Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and Brian Keating are engaged in a strategic negotiation between their academic credentials and the incentive structures of new media. Weinstein leverages his Harvard Ph.D. in mathematics to create a "lone genius" narrative, while Hossenfelder utilizes her established career as a theoretical physicist to build a public brand around legitimate critiques of her field.Critically, the "crisis of credibility" that forms the backdrop of this discourse is not an invention of these figures. This paper establishes that this crisis is a long-standing, and pre-existing condition within theoretical physics, with roots in decades of debate articulated by prominent academics like Lee Smolin and Peter Woit. Therefore Weinstein, Hossenfelder and Keating have not created this problem; they have only strategically co-opted into it, packaging a legitimate academic critique into a public-facing, personality-driven narrative that is highly effective for online engagement and their own monetization and ideological goals.The synthesis of these findings offers a nuanced perspective: the core issue is not a simple binary of legitimate vs. illegitimate science, but rather a complex sociological interplay of economic and power structure incentives, rhetorical strategies, science based ethics, and the shifting landscape of scientific communication. These dynamics—perhaps not just personal failings—represent a fundamental challenge to the traditional norms of academic discourse and merit further scholarly investigation.
Category: Mathematical Physics
[2] ai.viXra.org:2508.0010 [pdf] submitted on 2025-08-04 09:26:33
Authors: Gui Furne-Gouveia
Comments: 5 Pages.
Lockyer’s model calculates the proton-to-electron mass ratio with astonishing precision: the first seven significant digits are exact. This result, derived from fundamental constants and a geometry of nested photons, is verifiable through a previously published JavaScript program. This paper poses a question: is this a coincidence, or does this calculation reveal a profound physical truth? Exploring the latter hypothesis, we propose that the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a space deformed by energy itself accounts for the confinement of energy within matter.This emerging paradigm, where spacetime acts as a dynamic optical medium, opens perspectives for rethinking the nature of matter.
Category: Mathematical Physics
[1] ai.viXra.org:2508.0005 [pdf] submitted on 2025-08-02 01:52:05
Authors: Norbert D. Agbodo
Comments: 143 Pages.
We propose a unified theoretical framework in which both matter and space emerge fromthe rhythmic interplay between dynamic membranes and a discrete energetic lattice.In this model, particles are not treated as point-like entities or probability waves, butas vibrating membranes that undergo continuous cycles of expansion and collapse —breathing between delocalized field influence and discrete localization on a spatial grid.This breathing process is governed by intrinsic frequencies, modulated by environmentalresonance, and gives rise to quantum phenomena such as interference, tunneling, spin,and entanglement.Simultaneously, we redefine space not as a passive void, but as a structured energeticmedium composed of quantized lattice nodes embedded in a continuous manifold. Eachunit of space stores energy, resists deformation, and interacts with fields through quantifi-able elastic and vibrational properties. From this substrate, we derive a general operatorformalism in which all physical fields — electromagnetic, gravitational, and beyond —appear as eigenmodes of a unified differential operator acting on space itself.Thermodynamic laws arise naturally from this framework: heat as vibrational exci-tation, entropy as collapse degeneracy, and relativistic effects as emergent responses tolattice perturbation. This model thus bridges quantum mechanics, field theory, and rel-ativity through a physically grounded geometry of rhythmic collapse, structured energy,and operator-driven evolution — offering new predictions, interpretations, and experi-mental pathways toward a deeper understanding of fundamental physics
Category: Mathematical Physics