f_gap
f_gap supplies the gap correction in the exponential formula for the inverse fine-structure constant. Researchers deriving alpha from Recognition Science constants cite this definition to keep the pipeline parameter-free. It is a direct one-line definition that multiplies the closed-form eight-tick projection weight by the natural logarithm of the golden ratio.
claim$f_ {gap} := w_8 ln phi$, where $w_8$ is the normalized projection weight of the gap onto the fundamental 8-tick basis and $phi = (1 + sqrt{5})/2$ is the golden ratio.
background
In the GapWeight module the eight-tick octave supplies the gap weight via the closed-form expression w8_from_eight_tick = (348 + 210 sqrt{2} - (204 + 130 sqrt{2}) phi)/7. The module states that this is the normalized projection weight onto the 8-tick basis and that f_gap is obtained by multiplying it by ln phi. The local setting is the alpha pipeline, where a single gap term enters the exponential resummation for alpha inverse.
proof idea
This is a direct definition. It multiplies the parameter-free w8_from_eight_tick by Real.log phi.
why it matters in Recognition Science
This definition supplies the gap input to alphaInv and to the derived alpha components in Constants.Alpha. It feeds the main theorems alphaInv_derived_eq_formula and curvature_term_eq in AlphaDerivation. In the framework it realizes the T7 eight-tick octave contribution to the constants while closing the no-free-parameters claim for the fine-structure constant.
scope and limits
- Does not compute a numerical value for f_gap.
- Does not prove positivity or bounds on the gap term.
- Does not derive w8 from DFT; that step is handled separately.
- Does not address higher-order corrections beyond the gap.
formal statement (Lean)
114noncomputable def f_gap : ℝ := w8_from_eight_tick * Real.log phi
proof body
Definition body.
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used by (40)
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alpha_components_derived -
alphaInv -
alphaInv_derived -
alphaInv_derived_eq_formula -
curvature_term_eq -
alphaInv_def -
alphaInv_linear_rate -
alphaInv_linear_term -
alphaInv_of_gap -
alphaInv_of_gap_at_canonical -
alphaInv_positive -
alphaInv_seed_ratio -
deriv_alphaInv_of_gap -
exp_factor_bounded -
exponential_form_uniqueness_ode_principle -
log_alphaInv_eq -
log_alphaInv_seed_ratio -
logarithmic_derivative_constant -
additive_residual -
exp_minus_add_pos -
exponential_residual -
f_gap -
f_gap_bounds_hypothesis -
alphaInv_gt -
alphaInv_lt -
alpha_seed_lt -
f_gap_gt -
f_gap_gt_strong -
f_gap_lt -
f_gap