Finite event Gravity - : A Framework for Gravitational Source Smearing from Finite Event Records

This paper introduces an idea called Finite Event Gravity. The main question behind the paper is simple: what if gravity does not respond to every tiny point in space as if space were infinitely divisible, but instead responds only to finite, physically meaningful “event records”? In normal physics, matter and energy are often treated as if they can be localized at exact points. This creates major problems at very small scales, especially when trying to connect gravity with quantum physics. Our paper suggests that gravity may not see reality as an infinite collection of exact points. Instead, it may respond to a limited number of distinguishable physical events or records inside a region. The paper does not claim to have solved quantum gravity. Instead, it builds a careful research framework. It asks how gravitational sources might be “smeared” or spread out when there is a limit to how many independent events can be physically recorded in a region. This idea is connected to black-hole physics and holography, where the amount of information inside a region appears to be limited by boundary area rather than ordinary volume. A key part of the paper is the idea of gravitational record capacity. This means that a region of spacetime may have a maximum number of independent records that can meaningfully affect gravity. If too much information or energy is packed into a region, gravitational collapse or black-hole-like behavior becomes relevant. So the paper explores whether gravity naturally limits how finely matter and events can be distinguished. The paper also explains that this framework is not yet a completed theory. Several major problems remain open, including how to define the exact mathematical structure of gravitational records, how to prove the required fixed-point consistency condition, and how to construct a fully conserved smeared stress-energy tensor. These are clearly stated as future research requirements. In simple terms, the paper proposes this: Gravity may not be sourced by infinitely sharp points of matter, but by finite physical event records. If true, this could change how we think about spacetime, black holes, quantum gravity, and the limits of physical information.

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OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
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2026-04-30
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19781119
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Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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Finite event Gravity - : A Framework for Gravitational Source Smearing from Finite Event Records

Navin Kamble
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Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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Finite event Gravity - : A Framework for Gravitational Source Smearing from Finite Event Records

Navin Kamble
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Abstract

This paper introduces an idea called Finite Event Gravity. The main question behind the paper is simple: what if gravity does not respond to every tiny point in space as if space were infinitely divisible, but instead responds only to finite, physically meaningful “event records”? In normal physics, matter and energy are often treated as if they can be localized at exact points. This creates major problems at very small scales, especially when trying to connect gravity with quantum physics. Our paper suggests that gravity may not see reality as an infinite collection of exact points. Instead, it may respond to a limited number of distinguishable physical events or records inside a region. The paper does not claim to have solved quantum gravity. Instead, it builds a careful research framework. It asks how gravitational sources might be “smeared” or spread out when there is a limit to how many independent events can be physically recorded in a region. This idea is connected to black-hole physics and holography, where the amount of information inside a region appears to be limited by boundary area rather than ordinary volume. A key part of the paper is the idea of gravitational record capacity. This means that a region of spacetime may have a maximum number of independent records that can meaningfully affect gravity. If too much information or energy is packed into a region, gravitational collapse or black-hole-like behavior becomes relevant. So the paper explores whether gravity naturally limits how finely matter and events can be distinguished. The paper also explains that this framework is not yet a completed theory. Several major problems remain open, including how to define the exact mathematical structure of gravitational records, how to prove the required fixed-point consistency condition, and how to construct a fully conserved smeared stress-energy tensor. These are clearly stated as future research requirements. In simple terms, the paper proposes this: Gravity may not be sourced by infinitely sharp points of matter, but by finite physical event records. If true, this could change how we think about spacetime, black holes, quantum gravity, and the limits of physical information.

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