A Mechanical Bridge Between Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in Push-Theory This paper identifies atomic electron shells as Lagrangian equilibrium points in the ZPE-flux field of Push-theory (SOTW). The discrete shells of an atom arise where the inward pressure gradient of the baryonic Venturi-suction (the 8-Möbius proton) is exactly balanced by the outward pressure gradient of the ambient ZPE-Matrix wind. The n² progression of shell radii (0.53 Å, 2.12 Å, 4.77 Å...) corresponds to the stable harmonic standing-wave nodes produced by the 8-Möbius core in the surrounding ZPE-flux. Covalent chemical bonds are identified as shared Lagrangian saddle points between two adjacent baryonic cores, where the tetrahedral electron flux-pump occupies a stable resonance zone between two Venturi fields. This framework derives the entire architecture of the periodic table and molecular geometry from nuclear topology alone, establishing that all of chemistry is a necessary geometric consequence of nuclear physics. No additional axioms, force carriers, or free parameters are required beyond those already present in the three axioms of Push-theory.
Dirk Goussey (Mon,) studied this question.