- Port NUVMAP projection engine from Research Stack to SilverSight with Q16_16 fixed-point (zero Float) and CBOR serialization - Add Rotational Wave — Braid Correspondence formalization at boundary (ChiralLabel, RossbyDrift, rossby_convergence_bound stubbed, kelvin_wave_eigensolid proven) - Add auto-pipeline CI workflow, webhook receiver, Forgejo MCP server - Add SOPS/Age encryption config - Add stack compose for portable deployment - Add rotational wave design doc
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Rotational Wave — Braid Correspondence (conjecture)
Mapping between Rossby/Kelvin wave phenomenology and the 8-strand BraidStorm eigensolid framework. Not part of the formal build surface.
Correspondence Table
| Geophysical | Braid analog | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary vorticity gradient β | Strand-index potential | Higher-index strands resist crossing more (braid "latitude") |
| Rossby dispersion ω = −βk/(k²+l²) | Braid-word frequency splitting | Long words → slow spectral evolution; short words → fast |
| Westward drift (retrograde) | Braid-word orientation flip | Yang-Baxter dissatisfaction → net reversal per crossing loop |
| Kelvin wave (non-dispersive) | Eigensolid | crossStep(s) = s — boundary-trapped fixed point, no drift |
| Coastal boundary | Outer strands (1,8) | Confinement potential; eigensolid converges from edges inward |
| β-plane approximation | Linear strand-index gradient | V(i) = α·i on strand potential, breaks chiral symmetry |
| Equatorial trapping | Mid-braid convergence (strands 4-5) | Highest crossing density at braid center; fastest eigensolid lock |
Key Predictions
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Eigensolid detection in Rossby-dominated regimes:
A braid with strong strand-index gradient (steep β) should converge to an eigensolid with a residual westward bias in the crossing matrix C — a measurable chirality in the receipt's crossing asymmetry. -
Kelvin-only (no-β) braid:
Removing the strand-index gradient (constant potential across all 8 strands) eliminates Rossby-like dispersion. The eigensolid converges faster and the crossing matrix is symmetric — testable via#evalon a flat-potentialBraidState. -
Boundary strand arrest:
Strands 1 and 8 should reach eigensolid convergence before interior strands (4-5) in a β-potential braid, mimicking coastal Kelvin wave trapping.
Non-formal Status
This is an interpretive lens, not a Lean theorem. To promote it to the formal surface would require:
- Adding a
strandPotential : Fin 8 → Q16_16field toBraidState - Proving
rossby_dispersion_implies_convergence_bound - Proving
boundary_converges_before_interiorunder monotonic potential
Until then, it lives here as a conjecture for future exploration.