Author Statement: Retraction of Conclusions and Continued Availability of DST Documents for Critical Discussion

Author Statement — Retraction of Conclusions and Preservation of Documents for Conceptual Discussion 1 November 2026 I developed the works previously presented under the name Dynamic Substrate Theory (DST) from personal intuitions about the nature of reality. My intention was to explore the possibility of a physically constituted, eternal space, understood as the fundamental physical basis of phenomena. This conception is a hypothesis for investigation, not a demonstrated scientific result. I used substantial artificial intelligence assistance in preparing the documents. During that process, mechanisms, terminology, equations, and conclusions were introduced that went beyond my original ideas. The resulting material was repeatedly presented as mathematically demonstrated, scientifically sound, and ready for publication, although those assurances were not adequately supported. My knowledge of theoretical physics and the relevant mathematics was insufficient to independently verify those claims. I acknowledge my responsibility for publishing the documents. Upon identifying the problems, I deposited a retraction statement withdrawing my endorsement of the claims of mathematical derivation, field unification, and observational validation contained in the articles and the Conceptual Guide. My initial intention was to delete the works. I performed deletion actions through the Zenodo dashboard and understood, at that time, that the documents had been removed. I subsequently discovered that some articles remained accessible through the communities associated with my work. I therefore do not claim that all versions or deposits have been deleted. After reflection, I have decided to allow the files that remain accessible to continue to be available in my communities on Zenodo, accompanied by this clarification. This decision does not revoke the retraction of the conclusions or restore the scientific validity previously attributed to the documents. My purpose in preserving this material is to allow its ideas to be critically examined and, potentially, to encourage others to consider alternative approaches to understanding reality. I am particularly interested in the possibility of a physical and eternal space, but I recognize that its existence, properties, and implications would need to be rigorously defined and investigated. The documents should therefore be read as records of a conceptual exploration containing formulations and conclusions that are not adequately supported. Not all mechanisms presented in the texts correspond to my original premises. The availability of the files must not be interpreted as confirmation that the equations presented establish those premises or adequately reproduce observed phenomena. Through this statement, I claim neither scientific priority nor originality for the general idea of a physically constituted space. Any future development must consider the existing literature, identify its own assumptions, and independently demonstrate the results it presents. Interested readers may examine, question, reformulate, or develop these ideas and contact me to clarify my original intuitions. I cannot assure anyone that a viable theory will result from them. My intention is to preserve the possibility of discussion while making the limitations of the published work explicit. This statement supplements the previously deposited retraction: I maintain the withdrawal of my endorsement of the unsupported conclusions and clarify my current decision to preserve access to the material for critical reading and investigation. Flávio Fonseca de Freitas