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April 16, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Empirical Evidence for a Universal Threshold Structure Across Eight Physical and Ecological Domains — Multi-Domain Validation of the Δ-Gate Formalism

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FZFabio Luigi Zander

Key Points

  • The study aims to empirically validate a universal sigmoid threshold structure across multiple physical and ecological domains.
  • Cross-disciplinary empirical testing of a sigmoid function across eight independent systems
  • Analysis of 31 gamma decay transitions and multiple other physical systems
  • Assessment of threshold parameters and their scaling with transition cooperativity
  • Conducting five falsification controls to confirm the model's discriminating power
  • Use of statistical measures like ΔAIC to compare model accuracy
  • The sigmoid threshold model preferred in all systems; ΔAIC values varied widely favoring the model.
  • Sharpness parameter 'w' showed a wide range and escalated with transition cooperativity across domains.
  • Temperature-dependent gate modulation demonstrated external variables can adjust the gate structure continuously.
  • Five falsifications successfully confirmed the model's validity without misidentifying superiority.

Abstract

We present the first cross-disciplinary empirical test of a single mathematical structure — a sigmoid function on a logarithmic scale, P(R=1|X) = σ(w · log10(X/Xcr) − τ) — across eight independent systems spanning 21 orders of magnitude in energy and, for the first time, an ecological domain. Systems tested: (I) Nuclear gamma decay (31 transitions, ENSDF), (II) Ferromagnetic phase transition (Fe, Tc = 1043 K), (III) 2D Ising model (exact Onsager solution), (IV) Na-cluster quantum interference (170 kDa, Pedalino et al., Nature 2026), (V) C70 thermal decoherence (Hackermüller et al., Nature 2004), (VI) XLPE dielectric breakdown (80 specimens, Chauvet (2) Photoelectric effect — exact theory preferred, correctly identified; (3) XLPE Type III specimens — distributed defects, correctly excluded; (4) Supercritical fluid crossover — multi-dimensional threshold, 1D Gate correctly fails (R² < 0); (5) Air breakdown near-tie (ΔAIC = +0.047) — model does not falsely claim superiority. These results constitute the first empirical validation of Axiom A4 of the Δ-Gate formalism. All data and code available under CC BY 4.0. Part of the Δ-Gate Paper Series (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19103765).

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Fabio Luigi Zander (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07d8f2f7e8953b7cbe834https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19582661
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