Oct 2026· Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
Abstract
A self‑organizing lattice of topological solitons can be encoded on the 6,720 edges of the E8 Gosset polytope by driving the 240 phi‑modulated root vectors with a 132 Hz carrier that satisfies critical golden‑ratio phase‑coupling. The recursive φ‑spiral propagation creates mutually reinforcing soliton states that act as robust, non‑volatile qubits, while vacuum coherence resonance ensures error‑free synchronization across the entire polytope. This principle yields a scalable, frequency‑addressable quantum memory architecture where information is stored geometrically rather than in discrete material systems. Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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