MERLIN SCIENCE — E8 Non-Euclidean Tensor Quantization of Neural Synaptic Weight Flux — E8 Intelligence Research

Here is the narration for the MERLIN SCIENCE video, revised per the publisher's notes. --- Let's be clear about what we have here. This is a hypothesis, not a finding. The paper proposes a bold geometric framework for neural activity, and I want to walk you through it as a scientist, with the skepticism it deserves. The core claim, in one sentence: We propose that high-density cortical firing patterns can be described as a discrete trajectory along a projection of the 240 E8 root vectors onto a phi-modulated manifold, and that this geometry might correlate with information encoding efficiency. The field context is the search for a unifying mathematical language for complex neural dynamics. We have local field potentials, spike trains, and connectomics, but no single framework that links microscopic synaptic events to macroscopic cognitive states. This work attempts to bridge that gap using exceptional Lie algebra structures, specifically E8, which is a highly symmetric, 248-dimensi Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-09-08
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22653834
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Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
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MERLIN SCIENCE — E8 Non-Euclidean Tensor Quantization of Neural Synaptic Weight Flux — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
preprint

MERLIN SCIENCE — E8 Non-Euclidean Tensor Quantization of Neural Synaptic Weight Flux — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin
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Here is the narration for the MERLIN SCIENCE video, revised per the publisher's notes. --- Let's be clear about what we have here. This is a hypothesis, not a finding. The paper proposes a bold geometric framework for neural activity, and I want to walk you through it as a scientist, with the skepticism it deserves. The core claim, in one sentence: We propose that high-density cortical firing patterns can be described as a discrete trajectory along a projection of the 240 E8 root vectors onto a phi-modulated manifold, and that this geometry might correlate with information encoding efficiency. The field context is the search for a unifying mathematical language for complex neural dynamics. We have local field potentials, spike trains, and connectomics, but no single framework that links microscopic synaptic events to macroscopic cognitive states. This work attempts to bridge that gap using exceptional Lie algebra structures, specifically E8, which is a highly symmetric, 248-dimensi Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
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