This repository hosts the pre-prints, working manuscripts, and technical notes of the Preferred Frame Lab:
- Preferred Frame (main journal): https://preferredframe.com
- Preferred Frame Pre-Prints: https://preprints.preferredframe.com
The goal is to make the full research process — from first derivations to polished articles — openly inspectable.
The manuscripts here explore a coherent but still evolving picture of physics and cognition, centered on a classical, field-based ontology. Recurring themes include:
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Source-free Maxwell dynamics and ontology
- “Maxwell universe” models in which electromagnetic fields (or a scalar energy field) are taken as fundamental.
- Topological charge, discrete electric charge, and inverse-square forces emerging from field topology and energy flow.
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Quantum-like behaviour from classical fields
- Derivations of the Schrödinger equation from source-free Maxwell dynamics.
- Classical field explanations of quantization (e.g. hydrogen atom), interference, and entanglement.
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Gravity, dark sector, and effective forces
- Gravity as an emergent or effective phenomenon (e.g. “Gravity as a Dielectric”).
- Dark matter and dark energy modeled via orthogonal or hidden energy flows in Maxwell/PNP frameworks.
- Emergent (L^{-2}) interaction forces from constraints on energy and wave-like interactions.
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Thermodynamics and the arrow of time
- Thermodynamics in a “Maxwell universe” and a non-fundamental arrow of time arising from causal structure and energy flow.
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Point–Not–Point (PNP) framework
- A relational formulation of fields and particles: “Point-Not-Point” as a way to treat particle-like behavior within continuous fields.
- Formalization of cause–effect, persistence, and topology in the PNP framework.
- The PNP Markdown Standard (PNPMDv1) for documenting and archiving manuscripts.
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Cognition, self-awareness, and information
- Models of self-awareness from causal loops.
- Unconscious control, conditional reality engineering, and cognitive modelling within the same causal-field ontology.
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Foundations of mathematics and causality
- Work on natural numbers, ordering, and analytic continuation framed in explicitly causal terms.
These topics are pursued with the same underlying aim: to see how far a strictly classical, causal, field-based ontology can account for phenomena usually described in quantum or probabilistic terms.
At a high level, you will find:
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Manuscripts Stand-alone research papers in Markdown (
*.md). -
Standards and tooling
- The PNP Markdown Standard (PNPMDv1) specifying how manuscripts written.
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Research AI collaborators Documents describing the various AI collaborators and their roles in the research workflow (analysis, infrastructure, automation, etc.).
Over time, selected manuscripts are processed into canonical pre-print artifacts and surfaced through the web pre-print server. The git history here preserves the underlying text and its evolution.
- The most stable versions of a given work will typically be the ones referenced and archived on https://preprints.preferredframe.com and, where applicable, in external pre-print / journal venues.
- Files in this repository may represent:
- early drafts,
- alternative derivations,
- or extended technical notes beyond what appears in any given pre-print.
Comments, corrections, and critical engagement are welcome.
- For concrete issues with a specific manuscript, please open a GitHub issue or submit a pull request against the relevant file.
- For broader conceptual or program-level discussion, use the issue tracker or the contact options linked from https://preferredframe.com and https://preprints.preferredframe.com.
The intent is not to present a finished “theory of everything,” but to keep a transparent, inspectable record of an ongoing research program grounded in explicit assumptions and derivations.