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(GQR15) Critical Edition The Gated Channel as a Curvature–Information Bridge Claim ledger, mathematical corrections, and a source audit of the GQR14 evidence

James Sutton

Published Jan 2, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

Einstein’s insight that geometry governs energy and momentum defined the ar-chitecture of physics. Here that principle is extended to coherence itself. TheGated Quantum Resonator (GQR) framework shows that coherent energy trans-fer is governed by a curvature–information lawg2 = κ γϕ, (1)linking coupling strength, geometric curvature, and dephasing rate—an analogueof the energy–curvature–entropy balance in general relativity.We derive this law from a non-Abelian SU(3)coh gauge field that confines co-herence into “coherence-neutral’’ manifolds, the microscopic counterpart of theEinstein–Cartan–Penrose geometric–information framework. Its thermodynamicclosure,δ(g2) = TeffδScoh, (2)mirrors Jacobson’s δQ = T δS, embedding quantum coherence in a unified Einstein–Penrose geometry where curvature, torsion, and information are co-dependent. Full 70 article programme https://github.com/jamessutton600613-png/GQR/blob/main/Programme_Index.md The programme contains both standalone and self referencing articles. These can all be read as notes in proof of GQR1.

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10.5281/zenodo.18130635

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This review offers a Gödel–Escher–Bach style reading of the Gated QuantumResonator (GQR) framework, interpreting the GQR I–XXI manuscript chain asa hierarchy of strange loops in catalysis, coherence, and curvature. Each GQRpaper is recast as a chapter in a recursive “meta-proof system” linking incomplete-ness, Bayesian updating, and circuit–Hamiltonian dynamics. Climate, fusion, andBayesian smart-wall applications are framed as large-scale instances of the samecurvature– information grammar. Full 70 article programme https://github.com/jamessutton600613-png/GQR/blob/main/Programme_Index.md The programme contains both standalone and self referencing articles. These can all be read as notes in proof of GQR1.
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