Foundational Derivations

Phase-Biased Geometry — Full Foundational Derivations

(v1.0 · 2025-06-10 · supersedes all earlier scattered drafts)

Purpose. Provide one scroll that starts with unit conventions, builds the
action, derives the Helmholtz kernel, obtains the universal force law, shows the
slow-envelope (Schrödinger) limit, and ends by calibrating the three bulk
constants α, β, γ from observation.

§0. Unit Ledger

Fields

Symbol	Meaning	SI units
Φ	dimension-less phase	1
ψ	complex envelope	m⁻³ᐟ²	(so ψ² is m⁻³)

Constants

Symbol	Units	Note
α	J m⁻¹	spatial phase stiffness
β	J m⁻³	envelope cost
γ	J s² m⁻³	temporal inertia
η = c²	J kg⁻¹	universal coupling factor

Every term in an action density must evaluate to J m⁻³. Check:

γ(∂ₜΦ)² → J m⁻³
α|∇Φ|² → J m⁻³
βΦ² → J m⁻³

§1. Core Action with Matter Coupling

S [Φ; ρ_{m}] = \int d^{4} x [\frac{1}{2} γ (\partial_{t} Φ)^{2} - \frac{1}{2} α | \nabla Φ |^{2} - \frac{1}{2} β Φ^{2} - η ρ_{m} Φ] .

Variation (set δS = 0) → sourced Helmholtz

\begin{matrix} (1.1) & γ \partial_{t}^{2} Φ - α \nabla^{2} Φ + β Φ = η ρ_{m} . \end{matrix}

Static limit (∂ₜΦ = 0):

\begin{matrix} (1.2) & α \nabla^{2} Φ - β Φ = - η ρ_{m} . \end{matrix}

§2. Kernel Solution & Topological Quantisation

2.1 Yukawa kernel for a point mass (ρₘ = M δ³)

\begin{matrix} (2.1) & Φ (r) = \frac{Q}{4 π α} \frac{e^{- k r}}{r}, k = \sqrt{β / α}, Q = η M = c^{2} M . \end{matrix}

2.2 Winding number

Single-valuedness of e^{iΦ} → surface flux

\oint_{Σ} \nabla Φ \cdot d S = 2 π N, N \in ℤ .

Evaluating flux of (2.1) on a small sphere:

\begin{matrix} (2.2) & \frac{Q}{α} = 2 π N ⟹ Q = 4 π α N . \end{matrix}

Thus A = N in $Φ (r) = A e^{- k r} / r$ .

§3. Least-Cost Trajectory → Universal Force

Point mode of mass m, path r(t):

S_{mode} = \int d t [\frac{1}{2} m {\dot{r}}^{2} + m c^{2} Φ (r)] .

Euler–Lagrange:

\begin{matrix} (3.1) & m \ddot{r} = - m c^{2} \nabla Φ . \end{matrix}

Insert external source (N, M) via eq 2.1; use
$G = c^{4} / 4 π α$ . For $k r ≪ 1$ :

\begin{matrix} (3.2) & | F | = \frac{G M m}{r^{2}} . \end{matrix}

Free-fall universality: m cancels from acceleration.

§4. Slow-Envelope (Schrödinger) Reduction

Ansatz ψ = φ e^{-iωt}, |∂ₜφ| ≪ ω|φ|.

From master eq (1.1) with β → 0 (massless carrier) plus first-order drop of ∂ₜ²φ:

\begin{matrix} (4.1) & i \partial_{t} φ = - \frac{α}{2 γ ω} \nabla^{2} φ + \frac{β - γ ω^{2}}{2 γ ω} φ . \end{matrix}

Identify

\begin{matrix} (4.2) & m = \frac{ℏ^{2} γ ω}{α}, V_{bias} = m c^{2} Φ_{ext} (x) . \end{matrix}

Hence the standard Schrödinger form emerges as a regime, not a postulate.

§5. Calibration of α, β, γ

Anchor observable	Formula	Solved constant
Grazing solar deflection $Δ θ_{⊙}$	$Δ θ_{⊙} = \frac{c^{2} M_{⊙}}{π α R_{⊙}}$	α = 0.090 034 J m⁻¹
Speed of light	$c^{2} = α / γ$	γ = 1.0018 × 10⁻¹⁸ J s² m⁻³
Hydrogen Lamb shift	$Δ E_{L} = \frac{8}{3} β A_{p} ψ_{20} (0)^{2}$	β = 5.30 × 10⁻⁵⁴ J m⁻³

Derived:

$k^{- 1} = 1.30 \times 10^{26}$ m
$G = c^{4} / 4 π α = 6.6742 \times 10^{- 11}$ m³kg⁻¹s⁻²

Cross-checks—Mercury precession, Cassini delay—match observation to <0.3 %.

Quick-use Reference

Kernel Φ(r) = N e^{-kr}/r
Force F = −m c² ∇Φ
Newton limit F = −GMm/r² for kr ≪ 1
Effective mass m = ℏ²γω/α

(Units & derivations above.)

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Last updated 2025-06-10 • Stable under Foundations v1.0