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Evaluate the role of propagation in understanding relativistic effects within a new framework of time.

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April 17, 2026Open Access

Relativity as Propagation and Reconstruction

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Evaluate the role of propagation in understanding relativistic effects within a new framework of time.
Developed the Scalar Drag Emergence Framework (SDEF) to analyze time as emergent rather than fundamental.
Investigated the effects of constrained propagation on time dilation and simultaneity.
Examined how signal arrival order differs across observers.
Demonstrated that time dilation arises from variable handoff rates affected by transport distortion.
Showed that simultaneity breakdown results from observer-specific reconstructions of signal timelines.
Found that observed temporal structures are a consequence of parameter propagation under constraints.

Abstract

This paper presents a propagation-based interpretation of relativistic effects within the Scalar Drag Emergence Framework (SDEF). Time is not a fundamental coordinate but an emergent ordering of successful parameter propagation. Observed temporal structure arises from the reconstruction of propagation histories under finite transport constraints. Time dilation corresponds to variations in effective handoff rates induced by transport-metric distortion and ancestry accumulation. Simultaneity breakdown follows from observer-dependent reconstruction of signal arrival order. All effects arise from constrained propagation and observer reconstruction — no spacetime geometry is assumed.

Relativity as Propagation and Reconstruction

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