A single algebraic diagnostic detects structurally identical phase transitions from quarks to the cosmic horizon

Read the full article See related articles

Discuss this preprint

Start a discussion What are Sciety discussions?

Listed in

This article is not in any list yet, why not save it to one of your lists.
Log in to save this article

Abstract

The ratio of geometric to arithmetic coherence (IC/F), computed from a single algebraic kernel applied to normalised physical measurements, exhibits structurally identical phase-transition signatures across systems spanning 61 orders of magnitude — from quark confinement (10−1510 −15 m) to dark-energy-dominated cosmology (102610 26 m). At the quark–hadron boundary, IC/F collapses 23× as colour confinement drives a single measurement channel to zero; atomic structure subsequently restores coherence 35× through emergent degrees of freedom; dark energy reproduces the identical collapse mechanism at 102610 26 m scales. The heterogeneity gap 𝛥=𝐹−𝐼𝐶Δ=F−IC spikes at every phase boundary tested, providing a single-number diagnostic for structural fragility independent of the underlying dynamics. These patterns emerge from a six-output kernel function 𝐾:[0,1]𝑛×𝛥𝑛→(𝐹,𝜔,𝑆,𝐶,𝜅,𝐼𝐶)K:[0,1] n ×Δ n →(F,ω,S,C,κ,IC), derived from a single admissibility axiom, that maps any bounded measurement vector to fidelity F (weighted arithmetic mean), log-integrity κ (weighted log-mean), and composite integrity IC = exp(κ) (weighted geometric mean), among other quantities. Three algebraic identities — 𝐹+𝜔≡1F+ω≡1 (duality), 𝐼𝐶≤𝐹IC≤F (integrity bound), and 𝐼𝐶=exp⁡(𝜅)IC=exp(κ) (log-integrity relation) — guarantee the diagnostic's structural reliability across all domains. The integrity bound IC ≤ F instantiates the classical weighted inequality of arithmetic and geometric means; the contribution is not the bound itself but its systematic application as a scale-independent phase-transition diagnostic across 20 scientific domains. Exhaustive computational verification — 11,342 automated proofs across 406 physical objects — confirms all three identities to machine precision (<10−15<10 −15 ) with zero violations.

Article activity feed