Continuous Wave Incommensurability over Primes: Dynamical Level Repulsion, Finite-Time Resonance Avoidance, and the Physical Origin of Spectral Rigidity

For over fifty years following the Montgomery–Dyson encounter, the correspondence between the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function and quantum spectral statistics has motivated extensive investigation into the relation between arithmetic structure and quantum spectra. This paper proposes a dynamical paradigm in which spectral rigidity emerges from Wave Node Resonance Avoidance. Dynamical resonance between two oscillatory modes is governed by their minimum nodal separation (delta_min) within a resonance tolerance (delta_tol). For exact integer frequency ratios (R = omega1/omega2 = k in Z), delta_min = 0 produces recurrent maximal nodal alignment, favoring P_lock -> 1 and spectral clustering. For 0 < delta_min <= delta_tol, attainable resonance decreases continuously with nodal separation. When delta_min > delta_tol, accumulated resonance falls below the transition threshold and mode coalescence is suppressed, driving level repulsion. Crucially, this work does not seek an arithmetic proof of prime numbers; rather, it demonstrates that spectral repulsion is inherently driven by continuous wave (in)commensurability. Because primes represent an integer-lattice subset of these broader divisibility dynamics, the matching correlation functions are physically grounded rather than accidental. Neutron-resonance data in the Nuclear Data Ensemble (NDE) provide an empirical test of GOE spectral statistics and must be distinguished from Dyson's GUE pair correlation. The framework generalizes static correlations to an interaction-dependent profile R(s; tau) and interprets primes as discrete integer-lattice projections of continuous wave incommensurability.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-12
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22721431
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Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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Continuous Wave Incommensurability over Primes: Dynamical Level Repulsion, Finite-Time Resonance Avoidance, and the Physical Origin of Spectral Rigidity

Dongwoo Kwak
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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Continuous Wave Incommensurability over Primes: Dynamical Level Repulsion, Finite-Time Resonance Avoidance, and the Physical Origin of Spectral Rigidity

Dongwoo Kwak
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For over fifty years following the Montgomery–Dyson encounter, the correspondence between the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function and quantum spectral statistics has motivated extensive investigation into the relation between arithmetic structure and quantum spectra. This paper proposes a dynamical paradigm in which spectral rigidity emerges from Wave Node Resonance Avoidance. Dynamical resonance between two oscillatory modes is governed by their minimum nodal separation (delta_min) within a resonance tolerance (delta_tol). For exact integer frequency ratios (R = omega1/omega2 = k in Z), delta_min = 0 produces recurrent maximal nodal alignment, favoring P_lock -> 1 and spectral clustering. For 0 < delta_min <= delta_tol, attainable resonance decreases continuously with nodal separation. When delta_min > delta_tol, accumulated resonance falls below the transition threshold and mode coalescence is suppressed, driving level repulsion. Crucially, this work does not seek an arithmetic proof of prime numbers; rather, it demonstrates that spectral repulsion is inherently driven by continuous wave (in)commensurability. Because primes represent an integer-lattice subset of these broader divisibility dynamics, the matching correlation functions are physically grounded rather than accidental. Neutron-resonance data in the Nuclear Data Ensemble (NDE) provide an empirical test of GOE spectral statistics and must be distinguished from Dyson's GUE pair correlation. The framework generalizes static correlations to an interaction-dependent profile R(s; tau) and interprets primes as discrete integer-lattice projections of continuous wave incommensurability.

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