Nuclear Stability and the Periodic Table as Combinatorial Closure Hierarchies in the Projective Dynamic Logo Framework

Within the Projective Dynamic Logo (PDL) framework, physical reality is reconstructed from relational axioms on finite signed graphs, without presupposing space, time, or particles. The proton is characterised by a unique integer quintuplet (24, 28, 930, 10087, 11017), established in earlier work. The present paper extends this programme to the nuclear scale and establishes the following results, all without free parameters. First, the neutron quintuplet (24, 28, 1032, 9960, 10992) is derived for the first time from structural principles, via the exact relation R_tot(n) = R_tot(p) − (Δn+1)² = 10992, where Δn = n_d − n_u = 4. The gap of 40 between the natural budget 6μ_n and the actual R_tot(n) is decomposed into a structural permutation cost (25) and a mass fatigue contribution (≈15). A new relation R_tot(p) ≈ 6μ_p (accurate to 0.001%) is identified, linking the total relational budget to the proton-to-electron mass ratio via the six edges of the elementary (4,6) closure. Second, the nuclear binding mechanism is formalised: the quantity T = R_surf(p)²/R_sea(n) ≈ 25 simultaneously measures the neutron's coherence deficit and its capacity to form mixed coherent triangles with a neighbouring proton. This balanced exchange — what the neutron lacks equals what it provides — is the relational foundation of nuclear binding. The stability condition N·T ≥ Z(Z−1)/2 · T_pp generates the valley of stability, with a saturation threshold Z_sat = R_sea(n)/R_surf(p) ≈ 20 (calcium) marking the structural origin of the frontier between symmetric and neutron-rich nuclei. Third, the sea-exhaustion condition yields N_crit,max = R_sea(p)/(2 × gap) = 126.1, reproducing the largest nuclear magic number without adjustment. Bismuth-209 is identified as the last stable nucleus through structural impossibility rather than probabilistic decay. Finally, the asymmetry Δn = 4 is identified as the structural source of the nuclear spin-orbit coupling introduced phenomenologically by Goeppert-Mayer and Jensen in 1949. The splitting energy Δn/(2n_u) ≈ 0.083 ħω₀ is consistent with empirical values, and the full sequence of magic numbers 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126 is recovered as a structurally motivated conjecture. The principal open problem — the explicit combinatorial derivation of the shell splitting from the signed-graph structure of the collective surface — is formulated precisely.

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2026-03-22
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19164083
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Nuclear Stability and the Periodic Table as Combinatorial Closure Hierarchies in the Projective Dynamic Logo Framework

Cédric Laubscher
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nuclear physics research studies
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Nuclear Stability and the Periodic Table as Combinatorial Closure Hierarchies in the Projective Dynamic Logo Framework

Cédric Laubscher
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Within the Projective Dynamic Logo (PDL) framework, physical reality is reconstructed from relational axioms on finite signed graphs, without presupposing space, time, or particles. The proton is characterised by a unique integer quintuplet (24, 28, 930, 10087, 11017), established in earlier work. The present paper extends this programme to the nuclear scale and establishes the following results, all without free parameters. First, the neutron quintuplet (24, 28, 1032, 9960, 10992) is derived for the first time from structural principles, via the exact relation R_tot(n) = R_tot(p) − (Δn+1)² = 10992, where Δn = n_d − n_u = 4. The gap of 40 between the natural budget 6μ_n and the actual R_tot(n) is decomposed into a structural permutation cost (25) and a mass fatigue contribution (≈15). A new relation R_tot(p) ≈ 6μ_p (accurate to 0.001%) is identified, linking the total relational budget to the proton-to-electron mass ratio via the six edges of the elementary (4,6) closure. Second, the nuclear binding mechanism is formalised: the quantity T = R_surf(p)²/R_sea(n) ≈ 25 simultaneously measures the neutron's coherence deficit and its capacity to form mixed coherent triangles with a neighbouring proton. This balanced exchange — what the neutron lacks equals what it provides — is the relational foundation of nuclear binding. The stability condition N·T ≥ Z(Z−1)/2 · T_pp generates the valley of stability, with a saturation threshold Z_sat = R_sea(n)/R_surf(p) ≈ 20 (calcium) marking the structural origin of the frontier between symmetric and neutron-rich nuclei. Third, the sea-exhaustion condition yields N_crit,max = R_sea(p)/(2 × gap) = 126.1, reproducing the largest nuclear magic number without adjustment. Bismuth-209 is identified as the last stable nucleus through structural impossibility rather than probabilistic decay. Finally, the asymmetry Δn = 4 is identified as the structural source of the nuclear spin-orbit coupling introduced phenomenologically by Goeppert-Mayer and Jensen in 1949. The splitting energy Δn/(2n_u) ≈ 0.083 ħω₀ is consistent with empirical values, and the full sequence of magic numbers 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126 is recovered as a structurally motivated conjecture. The principal open problem — the explicit combinatorial derivation of the shell splitting from the signed-graph structure of the collective surface — is formulated precisely.

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