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June 3, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Physical and Mathematical Constants as Projectives of a Common Foundation: A General Solution from M3(C) Structure

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TT.O.

Key Points

  • The research aims to resolve the separation between physical and mathematical constants by exploring their common foundation.
  • Introduced Operational Invariants grounded in the M3(C) structure.
  • Established a completeness theorem for Class I constants.
  • Identified new invariants such as the BCS gap ratio.
  • Demonstrated that constants like π, e, γ_E, and α⁻¹ are ontologically equivalent as Class I Operational Invariants.
  • Presented the BCS gap ratio as a new dimensionless constant with value 3.52775.
  • Dissolved the conceptual distinction between physical and mathematical constants.

Abstract

The standard treatment of fundamental constants rests on two separate domains: physical constants such as α⁻¹ = 137. 036 are measured experimentally and classified by CODATA, while mathematical constants such as π and e are defined through analytic or geometric necessity. No structural criterion distinguishes derivable constants from contingent ones, and the total number of fundamental constants has no theoretical bound. This separation creates a deep asymmetry. Physicists treat α⁻¹ as a contingent empirical fact with no known reason for its specific value; mathematicians treat π as logically necessary. Yet both are dimensionless, scale-invariant, and protocol-independent. The question of why they belong to different ontological categories has no answer within the standard paradigm. The present paper resolves this within Operatiology by introducing Operational Invariants (操作遍数, Sousa Hensuu), dimensionless constants derivable from the common foundation 𝒞⁽³⁾_Πd realised as M₃ (ℂ). An ontological trichotomy partitions all quantities into Class I (Operational Invariants), Class II (dimensional constants encoding unit system choice), and Class III (running coupling constants). A Class I Completeness Theorem is proved without circularity. The Euler-Mascheroni constant γE is established as M₃ (ℂ) -grounded, enabling identification of the BCS gap ratio κBCS = 2π/e^γE = 3. 52775. . . as a new Operational Invariant. The distinction between physical and mathematical constants is dissolved: π, e, √2, √3, γE, and α⁻¹ are ontologically equivalent Class I Operational Invariants, all projectives of the common foundation 𝒞⁽³⁾_Πd.

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T.O. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fc5d7dee9eb8c0dce7418https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20493368
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