The Riemann Zeros are Photons: A Symbolic Correspondence via APOM Recursion

This paper introduces the Additive Pair Orbit Model (APOM), a symbolic entropy framework that reproduces the nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function directly in the real domain. The construction shows that entropy collapse occurs uniquely on the critical line, producing pseudo-zeros whose spacing and cumulative counts align with the classical Riemann–von Mangoldt law. Reproducible code and tables are included. Within APOM, the zeros correspond to discrete photon-scale events, suggesting a structural link between prime distribution, critical-line symmetry, and quantized light.