This paper develops the Theory of Phase-Spatial Invariance, a theorem-proof reconstruction of light-speed invariance, the photon energy relation, the mass shell, Lorentz observer symmetry, spacetime duality, and free wave equations from a single phase-spatial closure norm. The theory begins with the minimal closure grammar PSOC4 (3) = U (1) ₚhi ⊕ SO (3) J, joining one cyclic phase degree of freedom with three spatial-orientation degrees of freedom. From phase sensitivity, spatial-orientation sensitivity, rotational invariance, and nonzero null admissibility, the closure norm C (K) = (omega/c) ² - |k|² is obtained as the minimal forced invariant. The null case C (K) =0 reconstructs light-speed invariance and E=pc; the non-null residue C (K) = (mc/hbar) ² reconstructs E²=p²c²+m²c⁴ and mass as inverse closure length. Observer transformations preserving the closure norm recover Lorentz symmetry, while invariant phase pairing reconstructs spacetime as the dual measurement geometry of phase-spatial closure. The paper preserves standard equations while reversing their explanatory order: spacetime is interpreted not as the primitive container of phase, but as the observer-geometry disclosed by phase-spatial invariance.
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