Scale Covariance and the Metacontinuum
“Expansion” is modeled as stepwise opening of interior degrees of freedom across fractal levels of a hex-based field, not the ballooning of an external volume. A one-dimensional hex harmonic seeds a 2D Allen Orbital Lattice (AOL) plane; sustained planarity cannot fully differentiate, so a symmetry break opens a new axis, yielding a 3D hexagonal supercell that functions as the cosmological ignition event. After ignition, dynamics are stored and related through an eight-vector registry (six lateral projections plus an up-down coupling pair). A boundaryless metacontinuum mediates recursion between stacked, scale-disjoint universes. “Flatness” emerges as planar coherence within each sheet, with adjacent-tier curvature not projecting into the local sheet.
1. 1D Hex Harmonic to 2D Lattice to 3D Supercell
The seed is a one-dimensional hex harmonic: a six-phase ratio code that can be rotated into six 60-degree projections. Closure of those projections yields a 2D AOL plane. A purely planar coherence regime supports stable propagation but limits differentiation. The symmetry break is modeled as opening a new axis that releases stored potential as a 3D hexagonal supercell. The transition is a structural phase change in admissible degrees of freedom, not an explosion into pre-existing space.
2. Perspective Inversion and Fractal Depth Mapping
When viewed end-on, recursive scale can appear as distance. When viewed side-on, it resolves as stacked windows (rings) that are scale-disjoint. The angle of fractal depth describes how small per-level realignments accumulate into apparent curvature over long baselines. In an AOL basis, the 60-degree edge and its complementary 30-degree projection form a reciprocal mapping between scale progression and spatial projection.
3. Stacked Universes and the Metacontinuum
Each lattice level is treated as a self-contained domain with its own local metric regime. Between levels is the metacontinuum: a boundary of relation rather than distance, where unit-meaning collapses and only invariant relations persist. A pi-particle (hex coherence seed) is defined as the minimal closed loop capable of transiting the boundary and unfolding a new AOL sheet as a new fractal window. Levels are scale-disjoint and mutually invisible to local instrumentation because measurement primitives are anchored to the active sheet.
4. Eight-Vector Registry of Stored Frames
Once volumetric, the field supports an eight-vector projection set: six lateral projections (planar basis) and a vertical coupling pair (up and down). This registry is treated as a minimal closure capable of storing a complete cycle of field states as frame orientations of the same universe. The registry organizes how states are related without requiring an external embedding volume.
5. Flatness as a Built-In Consequence
Planar hex propagation produces a near-zero global mean curvature within each active sheet. Curvature belonging to adjacent tiers does not project into the local sheet, so observed near-flatness follows from sheet coherence rather than fine tuning.
6. Testable Implications
- Fractal boundary convergence: Recursive refinement of boundary geometry should produce convergent intensification profiles at edges and corners consistent with AOL sub-lattice structure.
- Scale-covariant drift signatures: Anomalies that track with logarithmic scale progression rather than linear distance in lensing residuals, background correlations, or structure growth support the depth-angle mapping.
- Eight-vector anisotropy: Weak octadic symmetries in large-scale correlation structure may indicate an underlying supercell registry rather than isotropic continuous degrees of freedom.
7. Definitions
- Allen Orbital Lattice (AOL): The 2D hex-based substrate plane used as the primary coherence and address basis for local structure.
- Self-similar sub-lattice: A refinement where each boundary hex resolves into a smaller AOL preserving ratio relations at a new resolution level.
- Metacontinuum: A boundary of relation where unit-meaning collapses and only invariant relations persist during cross-tier recursion.
- Pi-particle (hex coherence seed): Minimal closed coherence loop defined to transit the metacontinuum and unfold a new lattice window.
- Eight-vector registry: Six lateral projections plus an up-down coupling pair, forming the minimal volumetric closure for stored frame cycles.
8. Conclusion
Expansion is modeled as growth by opening interior degrees of freedom across scale-disjoint sheets. The ignition event is the symmetry break from 2D planarity to 3D supercell activity, after which an eight-vector registry organizes stored frame cycles. Flatness follows from planar coherence, and cross-tier invisibility follows from scale-disjoint measurement anchoring.