Mass as a Harmonic Knot: Dimensional Resonance and the Origin of Inertia

This paper redefines mass as a harmonic knot — a stable, topological resonance state within the twist-phase manifold of Sixta Theory. Rather than treating mass as an intrinsic particle property or a byproduct of Higgs field interaction, we show that mass arises from phase-locked dimensional embeddings. Inertia becomes resistance to phase displacement rather than motion. We present the mathematics of knot-formed mass, explore implications for quantization and decay, and predict new testable phenomena rooted in topological stability.