In a few words
Short texts to enter Persistence Theory without reading the full monograph. Each starts in plain mode, pushes one notch deeper in standard mode, and links to the precise results for the rest.
The idea in 5 minutes
PT starts from a simple question: what persists when a structure passes through constraints? The sieve, physics, and chemistry then become places where that principle can be computed.
Fundamental questions PT addresses
A plain-language map of the questions PT explains, reframes, or dissolves: time, relativity, cosmology, chemistry, nuclear physics, and the Standard Model, with epistemic status.
PT predictions
The registry of predictions, explanatory reconstructions, and negative predictions: neutrinos, Higgs, g−2, αs, superheavy elements, chemistry, nuclear physics, and emerging signals.
The Principles of PT
Why is Persistence Theory so rigid? This page collects the methodological rules that block tuning: no fitted parameters, justified coefficients, unique routes, negative predictions, and PT-derived corrections.
Why three dimensions?
Space does not have three dimensions by accident. PT gives an arithmetic reason: there are exactly three active primes at the fixed point — $\{3, 5, 7\}$ — and each opens one direction.
Where does $\alpha_{\mathrm{EM}} = 1/137$ come from?
The fine-structure constant is not measured in PT, it is computed. Three sines squared, one product, one dressing. Here are the three steps.
Why does the periodic table have this shape?
The sequence 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, 32 is not merely memorized in PT: it is derived from s, p, d, f channels, spin, and sieve depth.
What is persistence?
The word "persistence" has a precise technical meaning in PT: it is the structured part of information, in bits, that resists mixing. Here is how it is defined and why it is conserved.
Why three fermion generations?
We observe three families of quarks and leptons, not two, not four. The Standard Model takes that 3 as given. PT derives it.
What is a bridge in PT?
A fundamental theory must say where pure theorem ends and physical identification begins. PT bridges exist precisely to keep that boundary visible.