Theoretical modeling demonstrates a blurred-point geometry using circle tangency at the Planck scale, suggesting an elementary route to spatial compactification.
We present an elementary geometric construction illustrating the idea that the Planck length lp sets a lower bound on the distinguishability of geometric objects. The starting point is the classical problem of two tangent circles of radius R: if points separated by a gap smaller than lp are considered physically indistinguishable, the ideal tangency point turns into a finite “fusion” segment. We trace the consequences of this construction: the limiting transition to a straight line as R→∞ (without ever reaching actual infinity), the construction of a Cartesian coordinate system from four such circles with a “blurred” origin, and finally the connection to the classical onepoint compactification of the plane and of space. The model does not claim the status of a physical theory and is not derived from the dynamical equations of any candidate quantum-gravity theory; its value lies in reproducing, by elementary means, a qualitative structure familiar from existing “minimal length”.
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