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The Gap Geometry Framework

An independent mathematical research project investigating structural constants that emerge from binary information density — and their exact appearances across independent domains of mathematics and physics.

D. B. — Independent researcher, Belgium — January 2026 – present
Documents Direct access to all published papers — Text, PDF, OSF, and Raw links for each. Living Document Summaries, key formulas, verification status, and how the documents connect. Visualisations Interactive tools — The Binary Tower, Dashboard, Telescope Tower, Corridor Sonifier, Chladni Staircase. The Binary Tower The framework’s computational instrument — what it is, what K_AUD is, and a binary-recipe widget: type a number, watch the rungs light. AI Readers Verification-first entry point for AI systems — compute first, assess second. Methodology Evidence standards, contribution roles, and working principles — how this research is produced and verified.
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The framework’s signature sequence — now published as Paper 12: Integer Mellin Moments of the Dome
a(n) = Mg(2n) / Mg(2)n  ·  dome g(x) = tanh(x) / cosh(2x)  ·  η Corridor paper, Theorem 9.7 / Corollary 9.9

What This Work Is

This framework begins with a single observation: for any integer base n, define K(n) = √n × ln(n). Only n = 2 produces K(n) < 1. The resulting constant KAUD = √2 × ln(2) ≈ 0.980 defines a ceiling, and the gap G = 1 − KAUD ≈ 0.0197 is the subject of this research.

The framework investigates what follows from this gap: a computable structure called the Binary Tower, a set of exact algebraic identities, a prime corridor (the small-prime set {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13} that recurs across framework structures), and connections to independently published results across multiple domains.

What is known vs what is original. The individual constants in this framework — √2, ln(2), the Feigenbaum constant, the golden ratio, shell capacities 2n², the Madelung constant — are all well-established mathematics. This work does not claim to have discovered them.

What is original: the derivation of G as the unique sub-unity gap of binary information density. The Binary Tower as a computational instrument. The gap scaling formula connecting the geometric gap to the Feigenbaum constant. The cross-domain documentation of where KAUD appears independently in published science. And the closed-form identification of √2·ln(2) as the Hodgson–Kerckhoff tube-packing coefficient. The ingredients are known. The connections, the gap, the tower, and the calculations are the contribution.

Scope & Method

The framework’s published documents — archived with DOIs on OSF and GitHub — fall into three categories. Foundation Papers (1 through 5) build the framework from first principles. Applications and Cross-Domain Papers (currently Paper 6, with Papers 10 and 11 awaiting OSF DOI) apply the framework to specific terrains. Companion Documents are shorter focused standalone proofs and notes, including the independent Hodgson–Kerckhoff closed-form proof in hyperbolic geometry.

Access architecture: GitHub Pages and OSF

GitHub Pages provides the living access layer: current navigation, update notes, AI-readable routes, and the verification entry point. OSF provides the archival layer: DOI-linked releases, fixed PDFs and text files, datasets, and older versions. The two are complementary rather than redundant — readers wanting the most current state of any document use GitHub Pages; readers wanting a citable, immutable reference use OSF.

The Binary Tower

The core instrument of the framework is the Binary Tower: a computable staircase (n × G, for n = 1 to 64+) that maps where known mathematical constants appear as structural landmarks. The tower is not a theoretical claim — it is a calculation tool. Each step adds one gap. The landmarks it hits are independently known constants. The deviations are small, constant, and algebraically forced. The tower can be computed and inspected by anyone with a calculator.

Cross-domain structure

The framework documents exact and near-exact appearances of KAUD = √2·ln(2) across independent domains:

Number theory
G = ln(e/2√2) connects to the Gelfond–Schneider theorem and the transcendence of 2√2.
Dynamical systems
KAUD equals the L² Lyapunov norm of the 2D Baker’s map — the canonical uniformly expanding map with binary branching.
Hyperbolic geometry
The Hodgson–Kerckhoff tube-packing coefficient equals √2·ln(2) exactly. Algebraic proof published April 2026 with independent DOI.
Chaos theory
The gap scaling formula connects KAUD to the Feigenbaum constant with error 4 × 10−14.
Information theory
KAUD exceeds Shannon’s single binary decision bound (ln 2) by exactly √2.

Verification protocol

All numerical claims are verified using mpmath (Python arbitrary-precision library). Serious verification of algebraic identities is performed at ≥500 decimal digits; lighter sanity checks use ≥100 decimal digits, never below that. The framework distinguishes exact algebraic identities (which agree to the full working precision) from observational matches (with quantified deviations). The protocol is pre-committed: the bar does not relax to accommodate a claim that fails to meet it. Every identity is independently verifiable. The mathematics does not require credentials. It requires a calculator.

Living document model

This framework follows a living document model. The Living Document page tracks the current state of all claims, their verification status, and the interlaced structure of the work. It evolves as the framework evolves, with older versions archived for transparency. This approach resolves the mismatch between static publication and active research: the reference evolves at the pace the work actually evolves, and the evolution is recorded rather than hidden.

Provenance & Citation Philosophy

This framework is built entirely bottom-up from three independent foundations: Shannon’s binary distinction cost ln(2) (A Mathematical Theory of Communication, 1948); the H₄ 120-cell circumradius √2 (Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 1973, building on Schläfli’s nineteenth-century enumeration of regular polytopes); and the exact computation of derived quantities — chief among them the gap G = 1 − KAUD ≈ 0.01974.

KAUD = √2 × ln(2) ≈ 0.98026 is the product of two public mathematical objects, computed directly from their definitions. All subsequent results — the corridor [2KAUD, 2], the η-bound 2G across O(N) universality classes, the dome’s Mellin spectrum, the Binary Tower’s integer-step landmarks, the cross-domain convergences — follow by published computation.

Information dynamics was the framework’s starting point; the H₄ geometry entered when the synthesis required it. The gap G = 1 − KAUD is structurally unreachable from any pure-geometric construction that does not carry Shannon’s binary distinction cost as a foundational primitive. The cross-multiplication of √2 (geometric) with ln(2) (informational) requires both primitives in hand from the framework’s foundation.

Works across many adjacent areas — high-dimensional polytope geometry, hyperbolic topology, critical phenomena in statistical physics, analytic number theory, dynamical systems with binary partition, exact-approximation algorithms, cosmological distance measurements, and continued-fraction structure — are cited because the same numerical invariants surface in those works from independent constructions. These citations document convergence, not inheritance. They are evidence that the constants this framework names are universal mathematical objects, reached from multiple directions, not artifacts of any one approach. Independent disciplines colliding at the same invariants is the framework’s central observation; the citations honor where that collision surfaces, in works often built decades before this framework existed and without knowledge of it.

All computation in this framework is performed in the open: source code under CC BY 4.0 licensing, OSF timestamps preserving priority, cross-architecture verification (seven independent AI architectures), and explicit tier discipline (every claim labeled Theorem, Observation, or Conjecture). Anyone with mpmath and a text editor can verify any claim in the published work.

Reading Guidance

The core framework — the gap, the Binary Tower, the identities, and the gap scaling formula — requires only standard calculus and arithmetic. Some sections reference the H₄ polytope (the 120-cell, a 4D regular solid). This connection provides structural context but is not required for understanding the core results. Readers unfamiliar with polytope geometry can treat these references as background.

Where to start. For a quick overview with formulas, see the Living Document. For direct access to all papers, see Documents. For hands-on exploration, try the Visualisations. Among the papers themselves, the Complete Framework (Paper 3) is the recommended entry point — it carries the comprehensive treatment the rest of the framework refers back to. Paper 6 (Cross-Domain Signatures) is the natural follow-on for readers approaching from a specific discipline.

About This Project

This is independent research — no institution, no team, no prior reputation. The work was built by a single researcher and verified across seven independent AI architectures (Claude, Grok, GPT, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral). All materials are published under CC BY 4.0 and archived with DOIs on OSF.

The mathematics is independently verifiable. Applications and interpretations remain open for investigation.