The Dimension of Space from the Granularity of Hilbert Space

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22749809
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Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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The Dimension of Space from the Granularity of Hilbert Space

Andrew Korytko
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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The Dimension of Space from the Granularity of Hilbert Space

Andrew Korytko
preprint en

Abstract

Why do we live in a three-dimensional world? We now know: it follows from two postulates and some counting. The first is that quantum mechanics is granular: every state is a record of L bits on a ring of L Planck cells, L = 6.4×10⁶¹ universal, each record's phase hidden. The second is that the momenta an elementary interaction can carry have one address space, addressed by directions of n-dimensional space, n unknown. All else is derived: interactions, their legs, one momentum per address, that the address space is the cosmological horizon, and n. From the first follow momentum conservation, a gauge field from the hidden phase, and an elementary event with exactly three legs, one mark crossing one link with one quantum; a four-leg event is two crossings, coincident at most once in L. Three momenta summing to zero are coplanar for n ≥ 2, so an event needs a direction on one ring and a magnitude, L² labels with no n; Palmer's rule, every probability a multiple of 1/L, gives the directions L^(n−1) cells, all addresses by the gauge clause, which with finite L fills them one momentum each, so n = 3. Planck pixels from the horizon entropy agree to a factor π; in real n the root is 3.008; 2 or 4 would need a count wrong by at least 3×10³⁰. The horizon is one, so space is one. A four-leg event that is not two crossings, or an energy-dependent light speed, would falsify it. v12: Postulate 2 weakened by one word: its addresses are directions of n-dimensional space, not the directions. That every direction is an address is now derived, from the gauge clause and the one address space. Two words of Postulate 2 remain postulated, one and directions, correcting v11's "only one." Citation removed from the abstract. Wolfram's hypergraph-rewriting models added to the introduction as a third prior approach, one that leaves dimension open. v5 (9 Sep) remains the priority record.v11: Postulate 2 restated as an address space; the sphere, every great circle a ring, and one momentum per address (n ≥ 3 from finite L, n ≤ 3 from the gauge clause) are derived. The three-leg vertex is exact: a crossing shifts a link's flux by one unit, so a four-leg event is two crossings. The L²/2 accounting is withdrawn; the root is 3.008 and π is the whole residual. Minor corrections and unused material removed.v8: The two-body premise is removed; conservation, the three-leg vertex, and n = k are derived from the postulates through the hidden phase, which forces a gauge coupling. References to Wilson, Peierls, and 't Hooft added; concept DOI on the title page.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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