IndisputableMonolith.Constants.AlphaHigherOrder
Defines combinatorial data on the 3-cube Q₃: vertices, edges, faces, active versus passive edges, wallpaper groups, and face-wallpaper pairs. Constants work on higher-order fine-structure corrections cites these counts and equalities. The module is definitional, with short equality lemmas pinning the cardinalities.
claimCombinatorial data on the 3-cube $Q_3$: vertex, edge, and face sets; partitions into active and passive edges; wallpaper groups and face-wallpaper pairs, as input to higher-order corrections of the fine-structure constant $\alpha$.
background
In Recognition Science the spatial dimension $D=3$ and the eight-tick octave (period $2^3$) force the 3-cube $Q_3$ as the natural discrete geometry for one recognition cycle. Its $8$ vertices, $12$ edges, and $6$ faces supply the counting data that enter higher-order corrections to $\alpha^{-1}$ (the RS band $(137.030, 137.039)$).
The parent Constants module supplies the RS-native time quantum $\tau_0=1$ tick and the base constants. This file layers the $Q_3$ combinatorics: named sets for vertices, edges, faces; a split of edges into active and passive; wallpaper groups; and pairings of faces with wallpaper data. Equality lemmas record the expected cardinalities so downstream alpha expansions can quote them by name.
proof idea
Definition module. Each object is introduced as a concrete finite set or natural-number count; companion _eq lemmas are one-line cardinality or set-equality checks against the standard $Q_3$ numbers (8 vertices, 12 edges, 6 faces, and the derived active/passive and wallpaper counts). No deep proof content.
why it matters in Recognition Science
Higher-order $\alpha$ work needs a fixed, named source for $Q_3$ incidence data rather than ad-hoc numerals. The module sits in the Constants domain beside the base RS units ($c=1$, $\hbar=\varphi^{-5}$, $G=\varphi^5/\pi$) and feeds any expansion that weights edges, faces, or wallpaper symmetries on the eight-tick cube. No downstream theorems are wired yet in the graph; the intended consumers are alpha-correction assemblies that quote these counts. Ties directly to forcing landmarks T7 (eight-tick octave) and T8 ($D=3$).
scope and limits
- Does not compute or bound the numerical value of $\alpha$ or $\alpha^{-1}$.
- Does not derive $Q_3$ from the forcing chain; it assumes the cube geometry.
- Does not prove completeness of the active/passive or wallpaper partitions beyond stated equalities.
- Does not connect these counts to mass-ladder or Berry-threshold formulae.
depends on (1)
declarations in this module (44)
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def
Q3_vertices -
theorem
Q3_vertices_eq -
def
Q3_edges -
theorem
Q3_edges_eq -
def
Q3_faces -
theorem
Q3_faces_eq -
def
active_edges -
def
passive_edges -
theorem
passive_edges_eq -
def
wallpaper_groups -
def
face_wallpaper_pairs -
theorem
face_wallpaper_pairs_eq -
def
curvature_numerator -
theorem
curvature_numerator_eq -
def
measure_dimension -
theorem
measure_dimension_eq -
def
alpha_seed -
def
f_gap -
def
delta_1 -
theorem
delta_1_structure -
theorem
delta_1_numerator -
theorem
delta_1_denominator_nat -
theorem
delta_1_power -
theorem
delta_1_neg -
def
n_fold_configs -
theorem
n_fold_configs_1 -
theorem
n_fold_configs_2 -
def
Q3_aut_order -
def
reduced_configs -
theorem
reduced_configs_2 -
def
half_period_dim -
theorem
half_period_dim_eq -
def
Z2_sectors -
theorem
Z2_sectors_eq -
def
VoxelSeamCorrection -
def
delta_n -
def
partial_alpha -
def
CODATA_alpha_inv -
structure
AlphaPrecisionHypothesis -
def
additive_residual -
def
exponential_residual -
theorem
exp_minus_add_pos -
structure
AlphaFrameworkCert -
def
alphaFramework