% P206 — Mass Ratio from 4-Simplex Amplitude Ratios
% Author: Léon Fernando Vlegels
% © Léon Fernando Vlegels. CC BY 4.0.

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\title{\textbf{Addendum P206}\\[4pt]
Mass Ratio from 4-Simplex Amplitude Ratios\\[2pt]
{\normalsize A Systematic Scan of Geometric Candidates for the Exponential
Coupling in the Lepton Mass Formula}}
\author{L\'eon Fernando Vlegels}
\date{17 May 2026}

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\section{Introduction}
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Addendum~36 established the leading-order lepton mass formula
\begin{equation}\label{eq:A36}
  \frac{m_\mu}{m_e}
  \;=\; \exp\!\Bigl(\frac{\mu_1}{\mu_0}\cdot(E_\mu - E_e)\Bigr)
  \;=\; 208.016\ldots,
\end{equation}
where the sector energies are
$E_e = \pi$ (electron, S$^1$/edge/Plateau operator),
$E_\mu = \pi^2$ (muon, S$^3$/boundary/Weld operator),
and the mass lever is $\mu_1/\mu_0 = 0.79334\ldots$
The formula departs from the CODATA value $m_\mu/m_e = 206.7682830$ by $0.60\%$,
a structural residual whose origin is an open problem (OP-ID).

Addenda P202 and P203 established that the five Wheel operators are the vertices
of the regular 4-simplex $\Delta_4$ inscribed in $S^3$.  The key geometric
quantities of $\Delta_4$ are:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Pairwise vertex inner product $\langle v_i, v_j\rangle = -\tfrac{1}{4}
    = -1/h^\vee(G_2)$ for all $i\neq j$.
  \item Geodesic arc length $\theta_4 = \arccos(-\tfrac{1}{4}) \approx
    1.8235\;\mathrm{rad} \approx 104.48°$ between any two vertices.
  \item Edge length $\ell = \sqrt{5/2}$ in $\mathbb{R}^4$.
  \item Face type $A_2$ (equilateral triangles) with $h^\vee(A_2) = 3$.
  \item Cell type $A_3$ (regular tetrahedra) with $h^\vee(A_3) = 4$.
  \item Gram eigenvalue $5/4 = h^\vee(A_4)/h^\vee(G_2)$.
\end{itemize}

The physical question addressed in this addendum is whether the mass ratio
$m_\mu/m_e$ can be \emph{recovered from the 4-simplex geometry alone}, that
is, without invoking the density-function mass lever $\mu_1/\mu_0$.  The
lepton-operator identification assigns Weld to $v_{\mathrm{Weld}}$ (muon) and
Plateau to $v_{\mathrm{Plateau}}$ (electron).  Their vertex inner product is
$-1/4$, their geodesic separation is $\theta_4$, and their chord in
$\mathbb{R}^4$ is $\sqrt{5/2}$ — the same as every other vertex pair, by
the $S_5$ symmetry of $\Delta_4$.

We scan geometric amplitude ratios from five groups, evaluate each at
\texttt{mpmath} precision \texttt{dps}$=60$, and compare with CODATA.
No fitting is performed.

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\section{Setup}
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\subsection{Sector energies and prior result}

The density function of the TOE is $\rho(x) = 16\pi^3 x^3 + 3\pi^2 x^2 + 2\pi x$
with $\mu_0 = \int_0^1\rho\,dx = 4\pi^3+\pi^2+\pi = \alpha^{-1}$ and
$\mu_1 = \int_0^1 x\rho\,dx = 16\pi^3/5 + 3\pi^2/4 + 2\pi/3$.  The three
mode sector energies (Addendum~36, Proposition~2.1) are
\begin{equation}
  E_e = \pi,\qquad E_\mu = \pi^2,\qquad E_\tau^{\mathrm{bulk}} = 4\pi^3.
\end{equation}
The exponential mass formula (Paper~18~\S7, Addendum~36) is
\begin{equation}\label{eq:mass}
  \frac{m_n}{m_e} = \exp\!\Bigl(\mathrm{MU}\cdot(E_n - E_e)\Bigr),
\end{equation}
where the coupling $\mathrm{MU} = \mu_1/\mu_0 = 0.793342\ldots$ gives
$m_\mu/m_e = 208.016$ (gap $0.60\%$), and the ``tree-level'' coupling
$\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{fit}} = \ln 207/(E_\mu - E_e) = 0.792614\ldots$
gives exactly $207$.

\subsection{4-simplex geometry}

The natural simplex coupling is defined as
\begin{equation}\label{eq:MU_simplex}
  \mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}
  \;:=\; \frac{\theta_4}{E_\mu - E_e}
  \;=\; \frac{\arccos(-1/4)}{\pi^2 - \pi}
  \;=\; 0.271028\ldots,
\end{equation}
i.e.\ the geodesic angle normalised by the sector energy gap.  The
face/cell volumes for edge $\ell = \sqrt{5/2}$ are
\begin{equation}\label{eq:volumes}
  V_{\mathrm{face}} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\cdot\frac{5}{2} = 1.082532\ldots,
  \qquad
  V_{\mathrm{cell}} = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{12}\cdot\!\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^{3/2}
  = 0.465847\ldots
\end{equation}
The ratio $V_{\mathrm{cell}}/V_{\mathrm{face}} = 0.430331\ldots$ is a pure
simplex number.

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\section{Systematic Scan}
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All candidates are evaluated numerically at \texttt{dps}$=60$.  The
CODATA value is $R = 206.7682830$.  We report the absolute gap
$|\Delta| = |\mathrm{candidate} - R|$ and the relative gap $|\Delta|/R$.

\subsection{Group A: Direct exponentials of geometric quantities}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Group A: exponential map applied directly to simplex quantities.
All candidates differ from $R$ by more than $14\%$.}
\label{tab:groupA}
\begin{tabular}{@{}llrr@{}}
\toprule
Label & Expression & Value & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
A1 & $\exp(\theta_4)$             & $6.193$    & $97.0\%$ \\
A2 & $\exp(\pi\cdot\theta_4)$     & $307.54$   & $48.7\%$ \\
A4 & $\exp(\theta_4^2)$           & $27.80$    & $86.6\%$ \\
A5 & $\exp(\theta_4\cdot\alpha^{-1})$ & $\gg 10^{100}$ & --- \\
A6 & $\exp(\theta_4\cdot\alpha^{-1}/\pi)$ & $3.5\times 10^{34}$ & --- \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

None of the direct exponentials is in the right neighbourhood.
$\exp(\theta_4) \approx 6.19$ is a factor of $33$ too small.
$\exp(\pi\cdot\theta_4) \approx 307.5$ overshoots by $49\%$.
The combinations $\exp(\theta_4\cdot\alpha^{-1})$ and
$\exp(\theta_4\cdot\alpha^{-1}/\pi)$ are astronomically large because
$\alpha^{-1} \approx 137$ amplifies $\theta_4 \approx 1.82$ beyond any
physical scale.

\subsection{Group B: Ratios with sector energies}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Group B: simplex quantities scaled by sector-energy gap $\pi^2-\pi$.}
\label{tab:groupB}
\begin{tabular}{@{}llrr@{}}
\toprule
Label & Expression & Value & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
B1 & $\exp(\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}\cdot(\pi^2-\pi)) = \exp(\theta_4)$
   & $6.193$ & $97.0\%$ \\
B2 & $\exp\!\bigl(\tfrac{5}{4}\cdot(\pi^2-\pi)\bigr)$ & $4491.8$ & $2072\%$ \\
B3 & $\exp\!\bigl(\tfrac{5}{4}\cdot\pi(\pi-1)\bigr)$  & $4491.8$ & $2072\%$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

B1 recovers $\exp(\theta_4)$ trivially: substituting
$\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}} = \theta_4/(E_\mu - E_e)$ into the mass
formula yields $\exp(\theta_4) \approx 6.19$, which is the single-hop
geodesic amplitude without any multiplicity.
B2 and B3 (using the Gram eigenvalue $5/4$ as coupling) greatly overshoot.

\subsection{Group C: Face/cell volumes}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Group C: face/cell geometric volumes and their exponentials.
All values are far from $R$.}
\label{tab:groupC}
\begin{tabular}{@{}llrr@{}}
\toprule
Label & Expression & Value & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
C1 & $V_{\mathrm{face}} = (\sqrt{3}/4)\cdot(5/2)$ & $1.0825$ & --- \\
C2 & $V_{\mathrm{cell}} = (\sqrt{2}/12)\cdot(5/2)^{3/2}$ & $0.4658$ & --- \\
C3 & $V_{\mathrm{cell}}/V_{\mathrm{face}}$ & $0.4303$ & --- \\
C4 & $\exp(V_{\mathrm{cell}})$ & $1.593$ & $99.2\%$ \\
C5 & $\exp(V_{\mathrm{face}})$ & $2.952$ & $98.6\%$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Face and cell volumes are $O(1)$ numbers; their exponentials are
$O(1)$--$O(10)$, three orders of magnitude below $R$.

\subsection{Group D: Natural coupling hypothesis}

If the 4-simplex geodesic angle $\theta_4$ is the ``natural coupling per
operator step'', then a mass ratio could arise as $\exp(N\cdot\theta_4)$
for some combinatorial multiplicity $N$.

\begin{proposition}[Continuous natural coupling]
\label{prop:N-exact}
The continuous value $N$ such that $\exp(N\cdot\theta_4) = R$ is
\begin{equation}\label{eq:N-exact}
  N_{\mathrm{exact}}
  \;=\; \frac{\ln R}{\theta_4}
  \;=\; \frac{\ln 206.7682830}{\arccos(-1/4)}
  \;=\; 2.92386\ldots
\end{equation}
This value is non-integer and lies between the $A_1$ dual Coxeter number
$h^\vee(A_1) = 2$ and the $A_2$ face dual Coxeter number $h^\vee(A_2) = 3$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Group D: $\exp(N\cdot\theta_4)$ for integer/rational/Lie-algebraic $N$.
The closest is $N = h^\vee(A_2) = 3$, but the gap is still $14.9\%$.}
\label{tab:groupD}
\begin{tabular}{@{}llrr@{}}
\toprule
$N$ & Geometric meaning & $\exp(N\cdot\theta_4)$ & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
$2 = h^\vee(A_1)$  & edge dual Coxeter number      & $38.36$  & $81.4\%$ \\
$3 = h^\vee(A_2)$  & face dual Coxeter number      & $237.56$ & $14.9\%$ \\
$4 = h^\vee(A_3)$  & cell dual Coxeter number      & $1471.3$ & $612\%$  \\
$5 = h^\vee(A_4)$  & full simplex dual Coxeter     & $9112.3$ & $4307\%$ \\
$5/2$              & midpoint $A_1 \leftrightarrow A_3$ & $95.46$  & $53.8\%$ \\
$8/3$              & ---                           & $129.4$  & $37.4\%$ \\
$11/4$             & ---                           & $150.6$  & $27.2\%$ \\
$\pi$              & geodesic period               & $307.5$  & $48.7\%$ \\
$\sqrt{10}$        & ---                           & $319.4$  & $54.5\%$ \\
\midrule
$N_{\mathrm{exact}} = 2.9239$ & (continuous) & $206.768$ & $0\%$ (exact) \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The closest simplex-algebraic choice is $N = h^\vee(A_2) = 3$ (the face
type of the simplex), giving $\exp(3\theta_4) = 237.56$, which is $14.9\%$
above CODATA.  No integer or simple rational $N$ achieves the target.

\begin{remark}[Near-integrality of $N_{\mathrm{exact}}$]
The value $N_{\mathrm{exact}} \approx 2.924$ is structurally close to 3,
and the quantity $\ln R/\theta_4$ is related to the known couplings:
\begin{equation}
  \frac{\ln 207}{\theta_4}
  \;=\; 2.92448\ldots,
  \qquad
  \frac{\mu_1/\mu_0}{\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}}
  \;=\; \frac{\mu_1/\mu_0}{\theta_4/(\pi^2-\pi)}
  \;=\; 2.92716\ldots
\end{equation}
All three ratios (\ref{eq:N-exact}) lie within $0.11\%$ of each other and
within $0.4\%$ of $h^\vee(A_2) = 3$.  This proximity is suggestive but
does not suffice to recover $R$ at precision better than $14.9\%$: the
gap between $N_{\mathrm{exact}}$ and $3$ translates into a $14.9\%$
mass-ratio error.
\end{remark}

\subsection{Group E: Combinations with $\Omega_0$ and $\alpha^{-1}$}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Group E: linear and multiplicative combinations of $\theta_4$ with
$\Omega_0 = \pi^3/4$ and $\alpha^{-1}$.}
\label{tab:groupE}
\begin{tabular}{@{}llrr@{}}
\toprule
Label & Expression & Value & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
E1 & $\exp(\theta_4\cdot\Omega_0)$         & $1.376\times 10^6$ & $\gg 100\%$ \\
E2 & $207\cdot\bigl(1 - \tfrac{\theta_4}{4\pi^2}\bigr)$ & $197.44$ & $4.51\%$ \\
E3 (k=−3\ldots+3) & $\alpha^{-1} + k\cdot\theta_4\cdot\Omega_0$
   & $95$--$179$ & $>8\%$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The best result in this group is E2: $207\cdot(1 - \theta_4/(4\pi^2))
\approx 197.44$, which lands $4.51\%$ below CODATA.  This is the
closest result across all five groups, but moves in the \emph{wrong
direction} (below rather than above) and by too large a correction.
The additive series E3 (testing whether $\theta_4\cdot\Omega_0$ generates
corrections of order $R$) produces values between $95$ and $179$, all
substantially below $R$.

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\section{Best Candidates and Structural Observations}
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Table~\ref{tab:top5} collects the five best simplex-only candidates by
relative gap.

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{Top 5 simplex-only candidates ranked by relative gap from
$R = 206.7682830$.  No candidate achieves $|\Delta|/R < 4\%$.}
\label{tab:top5}
\begin{tabular}{@{}crrrr@{}}
\toprule
Rank & Expression & Value & $|\Delta|$ & Rel.\ gap \\
\midrule
1 & $207\cdot(1 - \theta_4/(4\pi^2))$  & $197.44$  & $9.33$  & $4.51\%$ \\
2 & $\exp(3\cdot\theta_4) = \exp(h^\vee(A_2)\cdot\theta_4)$
                                        & $237.56$  & $30.79$ & $14.9\%$ \\
3 & $\exp(\tfrac{11}{4}\cdot\theta_4)$ & $150.59$  & $56.18$ & $27.2\%$ \\
4 & $\exp(\tfrac{8}{3}\cdot\theta_4)$  & $129.36$  & $77.41$ & $37.4\%$ \\
5 & $\exp(\pi\cdot\theta_4)$           & $307.54$  & $100.8$ & $48.7\%$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{proposition}[Approximate simplex coupling]
\label{prop:approx}
The mass lever $\mu_1/\mu_0$ and the simplex coupling
$\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}} = \theta_4/(\pi^2-\pi)$ are related by
\begin{equation}\label{eq:MU-ratio}
  \frac{\mu_1/\mu_0}{\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}}
  \;=\; \frac{\mu_1/\mu_0}{\theta_4}\cdot(\pi^2-\pi)
  \;=\; 2.9272\ldots
  \;\approx\; h^\vee(A_2) \;=\; 3,
\end{equation}
with a relative deficit of $0.4\%$ from the integer value.  The analogous
ratio for the tree-level coupling is
$\ln(207)/\theta_4 = 2.9245\ldots$, deficit $0.25\%$ from $3$.
\end{proposition}

\begin{remark}
Proposition~\ref{prop:approx} does not allow one to recover $R$ from the
simplex alone.  It states that $\mu_1/\mu_0 \approx 3\cdot
\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}$, i.e.\ the density-function mass lever is
approximately three times the natural simplex coupling.  If the ratio were
\emph{exactly} $3$, one would have $\mu_1/\mu_0 = 3\theta_4/(\pi^2-\pi)$
and hence $m_\mu/m_e = \exp(3\theta_4) \approx 237.56$ — a result that
overshoots CODATA by $14.9\%$.  The residual fraction $1 - 2.9272/3 = 0.0243$
(or equivalently $1 - 2.9245/3 = 0.0252$ for the fit coupling) is not
explained by any simplex invariant found in this scan.
\end{remark}

\subsection{Can $\theta_4$ explain the 0.60\% muon residual?}

The 0.60\% muon residual is the gap between the sector formula
$208.016$ and CODATA $206.768$.  A correction of the form
$208.016\cdot(1 - \theta_4/k)$ matches CODATA when
\begin{equation}
  k
  \;=\; \frac{\theta_4}{1 - \mathrm{CODATA}/208.016}
  \;=\; 303.97\ldots
  \;\approx\; 4\pi^2 \times 7.70,
\end{equation}
which is not a simplex number.  The logarithm of the residual ratio
satisfies $\ln(208.016/206.768)/\theta_4 = 0.003299\ldots$, likewise
without a clean simplex interpretation.  The 0.60\% residual does not
factor through the 4-simplex geometry.

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\section{Status}
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\textbf{Status: OPEN.}

The systematic scan of Groups A--E finds no combination of 4-simplex
geometry that recovers $m_\mu/m_e$ to within $4\%$ of the CODATA value.
The best result ($4.51\%$, Group E2) is itself a hybrid formula mixing
the tree-level value $207$ with $\theta_4/(4\pi^2)$, not a pure geometric
amplitude.  The pure geometric closest result is $\exp(3\theta_4) = 237.56$
($14.9\%$ off), corresponding to $N = h^\vee(A_2) = 3$ hops through the
simplex at geodesic angle $\theta_4$.

The precision benchmarks are:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lrrl}
\toprule
Formula & Value & Rel.\ gap & Status \\
\midrule
Sector formula A36 (P36) & $208.016$ & $0.60\%$ & Prior result \\
$G_2$ polynomial P200 & $206.76828$ & $8.8\times10^{-7}$ & Prior result \\
Best simplex-only (E2) & $197.44$ & $4.51\%$ & This paper \\
Best pure-geometric (D, $N=3$) & $237.56$ & $14.9\%$ & This paper \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\subsection{Interpretation}

The failure is structurally informative.  The density-function mass lever
$\mu_1/\mu_0$ is not a simplex constant: it encodes the \emph{first moment
of $\rho$ relative to its zeroth moment}, a depth-weighted integral over
the radial bulk coordinate.  This is geometrically independent of the
vertex structure of $\Delta_4$, which encodes only the angular distribution
of the five Wheel operators on $S^3$.

More precisely, the ratio
\begin{equation}
  \frac{\mu_1/\mu_0}{\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}}
  \;=\; 2.9272\ldots
  \;\not=\; 3
  \;=\; h^\vee(A_2),
\end{equation}
while suggestively close to $h^\vee(A_2)$, carries a $0.4\%$ deficit that
is invisible to the simplex geometry.  This $0.4\%$ in the coupling
translates to a $14.9\%$ error in the mass ratio through the exponential.

The result confirms that two distinct layers of geometric information are
required to predict $m_\mu/m_e$:
\begin{enumerate}
  \item \textbf{Operator structure (4-simplex):} The five operators are
    vertices of $\Delta_4$; their sector-energy assignments $E_e = \pi$
    and $E_\mu = \pi^2$ arise from the S$^1$/S$^3$ layer geometry.
    The energy gap $\pi^2-\pi$ is determined by which Wheel operators
    are selected as electron and muon.
  \item \textbf{Density function (mass lever):} The coupling
    $\mu_1/\mu_0$ arises from the specific polynomial form
    $\rho(x) = 16\pi^3 x^3 + 3\pi^2 x^2 + 2\pi x$ and cannot be
    inferred from the simplex vertex angles alone.
\end{enumerate}

\subsection{Open problems}

\begin{openprob}[Integer gap of the simplex coupling ratio]
Is $\mu_1/\mu_0 = h^\vee(A_2)\cdot\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}$ an
approximate identity derivable from the TOE at leading order, with the
$0.4\%$ deficit explaining the muon residual?  Specifically: does a
derivation from the $S^3/S^1$ sub-fold balance condition (open in
Addendum~36) yield a coupling that satisfies
$\mathrm{MU}_{\mu} = 3\theta_4/(\pi^2-\pi)$ at leading order?
\end{openprob}

\begin{openprob}[PSLQ augmentation]
The constants $\theta_4 = \arccos(-1/4)$ and $\sqrt{5/2}$ are algebraically
independent of $\{\pi,\alpha^{-1},\Omega_0\}$.  The P201/P205 PSLQ search
for the four-loop coefficient $c_4$ in the $G_2$ mass formula should be
augmented with $\theta_4$ and $\sqrt{5/2}$ as basis elements.  The proximity
$\mu_1/\mu_0 \approx 3\theta_4/(\pi^2-\pi)$ (Proposition~\ref{prop:approx})
could contribute to a PSLQ relation at the $c_4$ level.
\end{openprob}

\begin{openprob}[Path integral over the operator graph]
The natural coupling Group D scans $\exp(N\cdot\theta_4)$ for scalar $N$.
A more general construction is a path integral over the edge graph of
$\Delta_4$, weighted by the $S_5$ Weyl symmetry.  Such an integral might
produce a non-trivial effective $N$ between $2$ and $3$ whose value matches
$N_{\mathrm{exact}} = 2.924\ldots$ from a combinatorial principle.
\end{openprob}

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\section{Verification}
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All numerical claims are verified by
\texttt{verify/verify\_P206.py} at \texttt{mpmath} precision
\texttt{dps}$=60$.  The script:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Computes all Groups A--E candidates and reports absolute and
    relative gaps from CODATA.
  \item Reports the top 5 candidates by relative gap.
  \item Performs the ratio analysis $\mu_1/\mu_0$ vs.\ $\mathrm{MU}_{\mathrm{simplex}}$
    and the 0.60\% residual analysis.
  \item Determines the STATUS verdict automatically by threshold comparison.
\end{itemize}
The script produces no fabricated matches; all values are computed and
compared honestly.

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