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To propose a relational framework for understanding spacetime, challenging conventional views of it as a static container.

March 16, 2026Open Access

Spacetime as a Relational Manifold

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The paper develops a relational account of spacetime, suggesting that both space and time emerge from fundamental operators.

To propose a relational framework for understanding spacetime, challenging conventional views of it as a static container.
Develop a relational theory based on the dynamics of orientation and separation.
Introduce concepts like the Universal Triad for dimensionality and geometry stabilization.
Analyze curvature as a pattern of constraints instead of a change in a background metric.
Propose that spacetime emerges from relational dynamics rather than being primitive.
Suggest that time evolves from coherent orientation, while space results from non-coincidence stabilization.
Reinterpret expansion as increasing generative capacity rather than motion into emptiness.

Denis Bailey (2026) studied this question.

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