The Constant Ledger: Physical Constants as Crystallisation Readouts in the Finite-QEC Substrate

Abstract

Turns into a ledger the expectation that the “fundamental constants” are readouts of one frozen scale and a discrete code. A single anchor — Λ_QCD, fixed by the proton mass — yields every other dimensionful constant (lattice spacing, Planck mass, G, dark-energy density, a 17.7 keV sterile-neutrino mass) to between 0.02% and a fraction of a sigma; the dimensionless readouts are fixed code integers and fractions (137, 55/8, 12π/55, 27/28, 1/28, T = 9); a short live list (H₀, ρ_Λ, w(a)) are horizon-service rates. A recent tightening: the electroweak/top scale, once a separate second anchor, is now a ~10% radiative prediction, v/M_P = α₀⁸/√λ, and the dressed fine-structure value is targeted by a conditional finite Maxwell-contact count 2ΣQ² − 1 = 31 (→ α⁻¹ = 137.036), still short of its endpoint-covariance → F² theorem. Sharp corollary: the frozen constants (G, α) must not drift, while w(a) = −1 + a/28 must evolve.

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How to cite

Elliman, D. (2026). The Constant Ledger: Physical Constants as Crystallisation Readouts in the Finite-QEC Substrate. Neuro-Symbolic Ltd technical report. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21133120

@techreport{elliman2026constantledger,
  author      = {Elliman, David},
  title       = {The Constant Ledger: Physical Constants as Crystallisation Readouts in the Finite-QEC Substrate},
  institution = {Neuro-Symbolic Ltd},
  year        = {2026},
  doi         = {10.5281/zenodo.21133120},
  url         = {https://neusym.ai/papers/constant_ledger}
}