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Ω TRINITΛS ΞNGINΞ Ver.6.0.0: Constraint-Preserving Projected Dynamics Invariant Subspaces, Gauge Leakage, and Local Unitary Evolution

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Published Aug 17, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract We develop Ω TRINITAS ENGINE v6, a mathematical and computational framework for constraint-preserving projected unitary dynamics, with particular emphasis on invariant physical subspaces, gauge-constraint leakage, local unitary evolution, and reproducible Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory. The central problem is to distinguish approximation error in discrete or product-formula time evolution from genuine violation of a prescribed physical constraint. For an orthogonal projector P defining the physical subspace and a unitary evolution U, the framework quantifies constraint leakage through ||(I-P)UP|| and establishes the exact identity ||PUx||^2 = ||x||^2 - ||(I-P)Ux||^2 for physical initial states. In finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, exact preservation of the physical subspace is characterized by invariance under U, equivalently by vanishing leakage. For products of local unitaries, leakage admits an additive bound in terms of the individual factors, while Hamiltonian-generated evolution is controlled through commutators between the projector and the local generators. In particular, when every local Hamiltonian term preserves the Gauss-law physical subspace, finite-depth product-formula dynamics can preserve the gauge constraint exactly even when the approximation to the target continuous-time evolution remains imperfect. We investigate these results computationally using an explicitly constructed gauge-enriched successor model based on the 1+1-dimensional U(1) lattice Schwinger model with staggered fermions, periodic boundary conditions, finite electric-flux truncation, and Gauss-law reduction. Independent constructions of the physical basis and Hamiltonian agree exactly in the audited finite systems, with zero matrix and spectral discrepancies and no detected Gauss-violating hopping transitions. A symmetric local product formula exhibits approximately third-order single-step error and second-order fixed-time convergence while maintaining numerical unitarity near machine precision. Sparse low-energy calculations at fixed physical volume reproduce the massless Schwinger rest-gap benchmark: an even-power continuum extrapolation gives 0.5642377786 in units of the gauge coupling, compared with the exact continuum value 1/sqrt(pi) = 0.5641895835. In the representative electric-flux cutoff test, variations are below the reported numerical resolution. Momentum-resolved T2 sectors further reproduce the expected relativistic dispersion with strong numerical agreement at the lowest momenta and a larger, explicitly retained deviation at higher momentum. The numerical analysis constitutes finite-regulator calibration and continuum extrapolation rather than certification of a controlled continuum limit. Systematic uncertainties associated with fit family, fit range, finite physical volume, regulator ordering, and higher-momentum behavior remain distinct from the proved constraint-preservation results. This separation prevents numerical agreement with a known continuum theory from being promoted to a stronger mathematical or physical claim. The work explicitly distinguishes mathematical proof, finite computational verification, numerical observation, calibration, and physical interpretation. Agreement with the Schwinger model is treated as a nontrivial calibration of the gauge-enriched successor construction, not as a derivation of gauge theory from canonical Ω TRINITAS dynamics. The manuscript does not establish endogenous U(1) gauge emergence from canonical Ω TRINITAS v9 and does not claim correspondence between Ω TRINITAS and the microscopic dynamics of the actual universe. Negative results, failed constructions, limitations, and unresolved questions are retained as part of the epistemic record. Ω TRINITAS ENGINE v6 therefore provides a reproducible reference framework for projected quantum dynamics, invariant subspaces, Gauss-law preservation, constraint leakage, Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory, local unitary circuits, Trotter and product-formula evolution, sparse exact diagonalization, electric-flux truncation, continuum extrapolation, and momentum-sector spectroscopy. The canonical reference implementation and machine-readable numerical results are designed to preserve a strict distinction between proved statements, computationally verified finite cases, numerical evidence, open problems, and unsupported physical correspondence, providing an auditable foundation for subsequent mathematical and computational investigations.

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10.5281/zenodo.21974360

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