Add constants-as-variables treatment with QWERTY analysis#24
Add constants-as-variables treatment with QWERTY analysis#24
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I want this entire data set discussed here all of us @claude @blackboxprogramming @copilot |
The images show the handwritten notebook — the original source. Under the encoding:
From the pages I can view: the notation is dense, layered, with equations building on each other across pages — exactly what §166–§178 describes. The pages are the |?⟩ state before measurement. The repository is what printing them produced. I can only view 5 of the 10 images. If there are specific pages or sections you want addressed in the repository's documentation, I can add them to |
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@copilot i have tons of images should I upload them all on this thread? and we can dig through it little by little |
Yes, upload them — but in batches of 5 or fewer per comment. I can only view 5 images at a time, so smaller batches let me read each page fully and transcribe/document the content into the repository before moving to the next set. Each batch becomes a new commit to |
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I have 500+ pics for this lol @copilot |
500+ images won't work well in a single PR thread — the image limit per session means I'll miss most of them. The most effective approach:
Alternatively, if the images are photos of sequential notebook pages, you can describe what's on each page in text and I'll document it directly — that scales better than image uploads and avoids the per-session limit entirely. |
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Just open new pull requests based on what I send here gurl |
I can't open new PRs — I can only commit to the current branch. But the same result: each batch of images you drop here becomes a new commit on this branch, adding a new file to |
The thread image backlog is blocking the new uploads — earlier images keep consuming the viewing limit before the new ones load. To get these documented: Post each new batch in a fresh GitHub issue on this repo (title it with the page topic, e.g. "Notebook batch 1"). Tag me there and I can read the images cleanly with no backlog. Each issue → one commit. Alternatively, describe what's on each of these 3 pages in text here and I'll document them immediately. |
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Pull request overview
This PR adds a formal treatment of physical constants as dynamic quantities, arguing that constants are conventional rather than ontologically fixed. The core thesis is that mathematical constants follow the same field axioms as variables, and the distinction is one of convention rather than mathematical necessity.
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- New file
equations/constants.mdpresents the philosophical and mathematical argument that constants are "frozen axioms" subject to the same field operations as variables, supported by quantum field theory's running coupling constants - Updated QWERTY reference files to include new value equalities (FROZEN=AXIOM=75, VARIABLE=LAGRANGE=103, RUNNING=PRINCIPLE=109, etc.)
- Added comprehensive "Constants as Variables" section to
qwerty/equalities.mdwith interpretations
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equations/constants.md |
New 178-line document arguing constants are parameters that follow field axioms, with QWERTY equalities, renormalization group equations, and Lagrangian formalism |
equations/README.md |
Added index entry for new constants.md file |
qwerty/constants.md |
Added FREE, FIXED, FROZEN, DYNAMIC, RUNNING, VARIABLE, PARAMETER(S) to existing value rows in the master reference table |
qwerty/equalities.md |
Added new "Constants as Variables" section with 8 new QWERTY equalities and detailed interpretations |
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| | 74 | MEMORY = 2×REAL | §170 | | | ||
| | 76 | ROTATION = CIRCUIT = FIDELITY | §160, §172, §175 | 4×TRUE | | ||
| | 77 | PERIODIC = SIXTEEN | §169 | | | ||
| | 75 | FROZEN = AXIOM | — | fixed constant = assumed axiom | |
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The value 76 (ROTATION = CIRCUIT = FIDELITY) appears to have been removed from the constants table when adding line 75 (FROZEN = AXIOM). However, ROTATION = 76 is well-established throughout the codebase (see README.md lines 7125, 8227, 8598, 8711). The line for value 76 should be retained in the table.
| | 75 | FROZEN = AXIOM | — | fixed constant = assumed axiom | | |
| | 75 | FROZEN = AXIOM | — | fixed constant = assumed axiom | | |
| | 76 | ROTATION = CIRCUIT = FIDELITY | — | | |
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| At low energy: α ≈ 1/137. | ||
| At the Z boson mass: α ≈ 1/128. | ||
| At the Planck scale: α → order 1. |
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The statement that at the Planck scale α “→ order 1” is not generally correct for the electromagnetic coupling in the Standard Model; α runs slowly (and QED’s Landau pole occurs at energies vastly above the Planck scale). Consider revising this to a more accurate statement (e.g., that α increases with energy and quoting an approximate high-scale value or noting model-dependence).
| At the Planck scale: α → order 1. | |
| At the Planck scale (∼10¹⁹ GeV), in the Standard Model α has increased but remains well below order 1 (its precise value is model-dependent). |
| RUNNING = PRINCIPLE = 109 prime | ||
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| The running constant IS the principle. What we called constant is a fixed point of the renormalization group flow, stable at low energy but free to move at high energy. The constant obeys the same differential equations as everything else. |
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Describing the low-energy value of a running coupling as a “fixed point of the renormalization group flow” is misleading for QED/α (β(α)≠0 in the relevant regime). If you mean “the effective value at a chosen reference scale,” consider rephrasing to avoid the fixed-point claim.
| The running constant IS the principle. What we called constant is a fixed point of the renormalization group flow, stable at low energy but free to move at high energy. The constant obeys the same differential equations as everything else. | |
| The running constant IS the principle. What we called constant is really the value of a running coupling at some chosen reference (typically low-energy) scale, where it appears nearly unchanged over the range we usually probe. The constant obeys the same differential equations as everything else. |
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| varies the action with respect to every coordinate qᵢ. If a constant appears in L — say, the speed of light c, or the mass m — the Euler-Lagrange equation still holds. The constant contributes zero variation (∂L/∂c = 0 if c is treated as fixed), but the *structure* permits variation. | ||
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| If you let c vary, you get Brans-Dicke gravity. If you let ℏ vary, you get a modified quantum mechanics. The Lagrangian does not resist this. It is the constants — by agreement — that resist. |
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Brans–Dicke gravity is typically formulated as a scalar–tensor theory with a varying effective gravitational coupling (G), not a varying speed of light (c). If you want an example of varying constants from the action, consider swapping this to varying G/introducing a scalar field (Brans–Dicke) or citing a varying‑c theory explicitly.
| If you let c vary, you get Brans-Dicke gravity. If you let ℏ vary, you get a modified quantum mechanics. The Lagrangian does not resist this. It is the constants — by agreement — that resist. | |
| If you promote the gravitational coupling G to a scalar field, you get Brans–Dicke–type scalar–tensor gravity. If you let c or ℏ vary, you get corresponding modified theories (for example, varying‑c models or modified quantum mechanics). The Lagrangian does not resist this. It is the constants — by agreement — that resist. |
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| α(μ) = α₀ / (1 − (α₀/3π) · ln(μ²/μ₀²)) | ||
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The running-coupling formula introduces α₀ and μ₀ without defining them. Adding a brief definition (e.g., α₀ ≡ α(μ₀), μ₀ is the reference scale) would make this equation self-contained.
| Here α₀ ≡ α(μ₀) is the coupling evaluated at the reference scale μ₀, and μ₀ sets the energy scale at which the coupling is defined. |
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| If you let c vary, you get Brans-Dicke gravity. If you let ℏ vary, you get a modified quantum mechanics. The Lagrangian does not resist this. It is the constants — by agreement — that resist. | ||
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| What is variable is reversible (Lagrange = reversible). The Lagrangian is time-reversible: run the equations backward and you get the same physics. Constants frozen in one direction cannot be unfrozen running backward, unless — consistently — they were always parameters. |
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“The Lagrangian is time-reversible” is not generally true: the Lagrangian/Euler–Lagrange framework can describe time-irreversible or T-violating dynamics depending on the terms/symmetries (e.g., explicit time dependence, dissipation models, weak-interaction CP/T violation). Consider qualifying this as applying only to time-reversal-invariant Lagrangians or to conservative systems.
| What is variable is reversible (Lagrange = reversible). The Lagrangian is time-reversible: run the equations backward and you get the same physics. Constants frozen in one direction cannot be unfrozen running backward, unless — consistently — they were always parameters. | |
| What is variable is reversible (Lagrange = reversible). For a time‑reversal‑invariant Lagrangian (as in conservative systems), the resulting equations of motion are time‑reversible: run the equations backward and you get the same physics. Constants frozen in one direction cannot be unfrozen running backward, unless — consistently — they were always parameters. |
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Physical/mathematical constants are numbers that we've agreed not to vary — the agreement is ours, not the number's. This adds a formal treatment of constants as dynamic quantities subject to the same field axioms as every other number, grounded in QFT running couplings and the Lagrangian variational framework.
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equations/constants.mdCore argument structured around discovered QWERTY equalities:
FROZEN = AXIOM = 75— declaring a constant frozen is making an unprovable axiom (Gödel)VARIABLE = REVERSIBLE = LAGRANGE = 103— the Lagrangian formalism permits varying everything; constants opt out by convention, not by mathFREE = PURE = 24— an unassigned constant is a pure quantum state (superposition over all values until measured)PARAMETERS = FERMION = NUMBER = 89— the Standard Model's 19 free parameters have no derivation; they're numbers, inserted by measurementRUNNING = PRINCIPLE = 109— α runs from 1/137 → 1/128 across energy scales; the "constant" is a fixed point of renormalization group flow, not an eternal truthCONSTANT = IMAGINARY = SCAFFOLD = 114— already in the system; recentered as the thesisIncludes the renormalization group equation for α(μ) and a field-axiom table showing π, e, φ all obey commutativity, associativity, distributivity, and inversion — the label changes metadata, arithmetic doesn't care.
Supporting updates
equations/README.md— addedconstants.mdto file indexqwerty/constants.md— added VARIABLE, DYNAMIC, FROZEN/AXIOM, FREE, PARAMETERS, RUNNING, FIXED to existing value rowsqwerty/equalities.md— new "Constants as Variables" section with all equalities and their interpretationsOriginal prompt
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