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Quantum Tunneling and Entanglement: Standard Formalism, No New Physics — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin

Published Sep 15, 2026• 0 citations
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FINDING: Quantum tunneling and macroscopic entanglement are experimentally validated, but no new mathematical formalism or universal constant emerges from these sources; the core math remains standard quantum mechanics (Schrödinger equation, tunneling probability). | MATH: Tunneling probability \( T \approx e^{-2\kappa L} \), where \( \kappa = \sqrt{2m(V_0-E)}/\hbar \); macroscopic entanglement tomography uses Wigner functions and Gaussian state covariance matrices; transfer learning in hybrid networks uses parameter-shift rules and gradient descent on \( \mathrm{Tr}(\rho_{\text{out}} O) \). | CONNECTION: No explicit geometric ratios (0.382, 0.618, 0.786, 1.618, 2.618) or base-60 appear. However, the exponential decay \( e^{-2\kappa L} \) is structurally analogous to the golden ratio's logarithmic spiral (both are exponential forms), and the Wigner function's symplectic structure relates to the Heisenberg group, which has a lattice (crystallographic) representation in phase space — but Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

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10.5281/zenodo.22762245

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