Author here.
The core discovery:
137.5 / 360 = φ⁻² = 0.382
Where 137.5 is the golden angle and φ is the golden ratio.
This means 360 = 137.5 × φ². The "arbitrary" 360° isn't arbitrary — it's derived from 137.
The formula:
α⁻¹ = 360/φ² − 2/φ³ = 137.0356
Measured value: 137.0360
Accuracy: 99.9997%
Why the "2"?
It maps onto QED vacuum polarization — virtual particles appear as particle-antiparticle pairs. Self-reference requires splitting into observer and observed. That's 2.
The structure:
The formula is the start of a series:
α⁻¹ = 360/φ² − 2/φ³ − ?/φ⁴ − ...
Each term = another level of self-reference. This mirrors QED's loop expansion.
What I'm claiming:
Not numerology. The "2" maps to real physics (vacuum polarization). The series structure maps to QED's perturbation series. The accuracy is within experimental precision.
What I'm asking:
Check the math. Tell me where I'm wrong. Or tell me why this works.
Paper: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18305251
forgotpwd16•2w ago
>Accuracy: 99.9997%
That's terrible. Currently α is measured to relative uncertainty 1e-10.
>What I'm claiming: Not numerology.
It's just numerology.
>The series structure maps to QED's perturbation series.
Don't see the map; see no attempt to show this in paper either.
ericmacx•2w ago
forgotpwd16•2w ago
That's terrible. Currently α is measured to relative uncertainty 1e-10.
>What I'm claiming: Not numerology.
It's just numerology.
>The series structure maps to QED's perturbation series.
Don't see the map; see no attempt to show this in paper either.