Light, Flow, and the Fabric of Reality

Max Freet, An M. Rodríguez (ORCID)

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A single scalar field replaces space and particles. Its vibrations generate form, charge, mass, and orientation. From one scalar equation, source-free Maxwell dynamics emerge without vector potentials or background geometry. The fundamental mode has a self-inverting topology: inward flow becomes outward flow. On galactic scales, the effective speed of light varies with local energy density, reproducing observed dark-matter effects without unseen particles or free parameters. Space appears as a stable recursion of the field, not a separate stage.

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For a century, physics has been pictured as fields on a stage called “space,” with particles and forces as the actors. The Point–Not–Point (PNP) framework turns that picture inside out. There is no stage. No actors. Only a single scalar field — U(x, t) — whose vibrations and closures generate everything we see. Space, charge, mass, and even “in” and “out” are not givens, but emergent relations within U’s own structure.

In The PNP Description of Energy Flow, we formalized this idea. From one scalar equation, F = d(*dU), we recovered source‐free Maxwell electrodynamics — without vector potentials, without a background geometry. The (1) mode, the simplest closed oscillation, revealed a self‐inverting topology: inward flow flips phase and becomes outward flow, a Möbius strip in phase space.

In Explaining Dark Matter with the Point–Not–Point Framework, and a PNP Theory of Gravitation, we pushed PNP to cosmic scales. Expanding the scalar field’s dispersion relation to second order showed that light’s effective speed depends on local energy density. This subtle shift in v_g(u) generates Maxwell stresses that, across galaxies, mimic the “missing” mass of dark matter — without unseen particles or modified gravity. One constant, α, falls directly out of mode geometry and the fundamental constants. No free parameters.

Finally, in The In–Out Self‐Referential Field Vibration, we stepped back. What does it mean that “in” and “out” aren’t fundamental directions, but patterns in a self‐referential flow? The (1) mode’s nodal inversion shows that orientation is not a property of space but of relation. Geometry is a map of stable recursion in U — a story told by the field itself.

Across these three works, a single thread emerges: The universe may not be made of things in space, but of patterns in a field whose closure creates the appearance of space. Light, in its own subtle delay, curves the world; flow defines form; and the deepest structures are loops without ends.