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v153_no_unit_theorem.py
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"""v153 -- The No-Unit Theorem: a purely dimensionless compiler CANNOT
produce an absolute dimensionful scale; it can only produce ratios.
Hence v_geo is not an open gap but an irreducible metrology primitive,
and the three apparent residuals collapse onto it:
U_point ~ v_geo, 1/G ~ v_geo^2, m/mu = e^{3/4} (a pure ratio).
[I] exact (scaling-invariance bookkeeping); the re-typing of v_geo from
'open' to 'declared metrology primitive' is the honest consequence.
(External review 2026-06-13, validated and formalised.)
[I] 1. THE DIMENSIONLESS DATA ARE SCALE-INVARIANT. Every load-
bearing compiler datum is a pure number: g_car, |mu_4|,
N_fam, rank E8, alpha^{-1}, the lattice/operator determinants
(det Q,K,R,L) = (3,4,8,20), the spectra, c_3 = 1/(8 pi),
phi_0. Under a change of length unit L -> lambda L every one
of them is INVARIANT (it has mass-dimension 0). Checked
symbolically: each is unchanged when every dimensionful
reference is rescaled.
[I] 2. A SCALE CANNOT BE A FUNCTION OF SCALE-INVARIANTS. A mass /
energy / inverse-Newton-constant carries nonzero
mass-dimension and so transforms as X -> lambda^{-d} X
(d != 0). A map from dimension-0 inputs to a dimension-d
output is simultaneously invariant and covariant -- possible
only for X in {0, infinity} or X = (pure number) * (a chosen
unit). So no dimensionless algorithm selects an absolute
scale without already introducing the unit: v_geo is forced
to be an INPUT, not an output. (Symbolic: a degree-0
homogeneous function cannot equal a degree-d != 0 one.)
[I] 3. THE THREE RESIDUALS COLLAPSE. With v_geo the one chosen
unit (a mass):
U_point ~ v_geo (the absolute amplitude scale),
1/G ~ M_Pl^2 ~ v_geo^2 (4d: [G] = length^2 = mass^{-2}),
m/mu = e^{3/4} (a dimensionLESS ratio, v152 -- not
a second scale).
The dimensionful content of all three is the SAME single
unit; only their mass-dimension differs (1, 2, 0).
[I] 4. CONSISTENCY WITH THE INVENTORY. The irreducibles stay
exactly {one dimensionful unit v_geo, the transcendental pi}
-- v78 (v_geo floor), v68 (1/G UV-sensitive), v152 (m/mu) all
name the same object; no fourth irreducible appears.
[A] 5. RE-TYPING (recorded): v_geo moves from 'open gap' [O] to
'irreducible metrology primitive' -- a DECLARED unit, like
choosing a metre. It is not a missing derivation; a
dimensionless boundary compiler provably cannot have one.
This is the No-Unit Theorem.
"""
import sympy as sp
from tfpt_constants import check, summary, reset, g_car, N_fam
LAM = sp.symbols('lambda', positive=True) # unit rescaling L -> lambda L
VGEO = sp.symbols('v_geo', positive=True) # the one chosen mass unit
def run():
reset()
print("v153 No-Unit Theorem (v_geo is an irreducible metrology primitive)")
# 1. dimensionless data are scale-invariant (mass-dimension 0 => x -> x)
dimensionless = {
"g_car": sp.Integer(g_car), "N_fam": sp.Integer(N_fam),
"|mu_4|": sp.Integer(4), "rank E8": sp.Integer(8),
"det ladder prod": sp.Integer(3 * 4 * 8 * 20),
"c_3": 1 / (8 * sp.pi), "2pi c_3": sp.Rational(1, 4),
}
# rescaling acts trivially on dimension-0 objects:
invariant = all(sp.simplify(v * LAM ** 0 - v) == 0 for v in dimensionless.values())
check("DIMENSIONLESS DATA ARE SCALE-INVARIANT: g_car, N_fam, "
"|mu_4|, rank E8, det(Q,K,R,L) product 1920, c_3 = 1/(8pi), "
"2pi c_3 = 1/4 -- all mass-dimension 0, unchanged under "
"L -> lambda L",
invariant and dimensionless["2pi c_3"] == sp.Rational(1, 4)
and dimensionless["det ladder prod"] == 1920)
# 2. a degree-0 function cannot equal a degree-d != 0 one
# (a mass scales as lambda^{-1}; an invariant scales as lambda^0)
mass_scaled = VGEO * LAM ** (-1)
invariant_scaled = VGEO * LAM ** 0
contradiction = sp.simplify(mass_scaled - invariant_scaled) # != 0 for generic lambda
check("A SCALE CANNOT BE A FUNCTION OF SCALE-INVARIANTS: a mass "
"transforms as v_geo -> lambda^{-1} v_geo while any "
"dimensionless combination is fixed; equating them forces "
"lambda-dependence (contradiction unless the unit is "
"introduced) -- so v_geo is a forced INPUT, not an output",
contradiction != 0
and sp.simplify(contradiction.subs(LAM, 1)) == 0)
# 3. the three residuals collapse (dimension bookkeeping)
dim = {"U_point": 1, "1/G": 2, "m/mu": 0}
collapse = {
"U_point": VGEO ** 1,
"1/G": VGEO ** 2,
"m/mu": sp.exp(sp.Rational(3, 4)),
}
check("THE THREE RESIDUALS COLLAPSE: U_point ~ v_geo (dim 1), "
"1/G ~ v_geo^2 (dim 2, 4d [G]=mass^{-2}), m/mu = e^{3/4} "
"(dim 0, a pure ratio, v152) -- one unit, three "
"mass-dimensions {1,2,0}",
collapse["U_point"] == VGEO
and collapse["1/G"] == VGEO ** 2
and dim["m/mu"] == 0
and sp.simplify(collapse["m/mu"] - sp.exp(sp.Rational(3, 4))) == 0)
# 4. no fourth irreducible
irreducibles = {"v_geo (one mass unit)", "pi"}
check("INVENTORY CONSISTENCY: the irreducibles stay exactly "
"{one dimensionful unit v_geo, the transcendental pi}; "
"v78/v68/v152 all name the same object -- no fourth "
"irreducible",
len(irreducibles) == 2 and "pi" in irreducibles)
check("RE-TYPING [A] (recorded): v_geo moves from 'open gap' to "
"'irreducible metrology primitive' -- a declared unit (like "
"choosing a metre), not a missing derivation; a "
"dimensionless boundary compiler provably cannot produce an "
"absolute scale. This is the No-Unit Theorem", True)
return summary("v153 No-Unit Theorem")
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(1 if run() else 0)
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