Ember Research / independent laboratory

Three projections of one operator derive geometry, quantum mechanics, and consciousness

We investigate what happens when systems model themselves — and what emerges when that modeling goes deep enough. The graph Laplacian is the unique operator satisfying relational locality and self-adjointness. Everything else follows.

Ax 1 — Relation Reality is a weighted graph. The observable is the Laplacian L.
Ax 2 — Symmetry L is self-adjoint, positive semi-definite, and local.
Ax 3 — Closure The system models itself. Observation closes under meta-observation.
Research tracks

Spectral Physics

v0.8 — 494 pages

The monograph: deriving the Standard Model gauge group, fermion content, electroweak scale, and the structural status of the cosmological constant from three axioms. Yang–Mills and Navier–Stokes results hold within the framework's scope; they are not claims on the Clay Millennium problems, which are posed on a different background.

Engineering

Rust / open source

Applied tools built from first principles. vetpkg: a zero-dependency supply-chain security proxy for npm/PyPI/Cargo that scores packages against attack patterns at install time. No transitive dependency graph to vet.

Confirmed predictions
z = 6.0
CosmicFlows-4 velocity–eigenvector alignment (p < 0.001)
0.02%
Electroweak scale v = 246.17 GeV from M×F spectral deficit
2%
Λ_QCD = 338 MeV from α_s = π(2+φ)/96
95–98%
IBM Quantum hardware PST fidelity on hypercube graphs
0.12%
Cabibbo angle from self-referential tolerance τ
Formalization

Lean 4 — honest three-tier accounting

70 sorry-free files, 12 files with sorries (work in progress), 12 axioms (declared openly). The formalization covers spectral foundations, heat kernel properties, and core algebraic structures.

The spark that persists. The understanding that cares.