List of Theorems and Key Results
Theorem 1.1 (Empirical Equivalence). LET and SR yield identical predictions. Section 1.2, (1.6).
Theorem 3.1 (Unruh–Visser). Sound in a moving fluid propagates on an effective curved spacetime. Section 3.1, (3.16).
Theorem 3.2 (Gravity–Ether Identity). The PG metric is exactly the acoustic metric for ether flowing at free-fall velocity. Section 3.3, (3.21).
Theorem 3.3 (Emergent Lorentz Invariance). Lorentz symmetry is exact at , violated at . Section 3.8.
Theorem 3.4 (Kerr–Ether Identity). Kerr metric in Doran coordinates is the ether metric with spiralling flow; decomposes into gravitoelectric + gravitomagnetic sectors. Section 3.10.10, (3.90).
Theorem 3.5 (Nonlinear Ether Field Equation). The ether's complete field equation is the Einstein equation , derived via Weinberg–Deser–Lovelock uniqueness. Section 3.11.8, (3.151).
Theorem 3.6 (Post-Newtonian Parameters). ; all ten PPN parameters match GR. Section 3.12.5–3.12.8, Eqs. 3.181, 3.186.
Theorem 3.7 (Hawking Radiation). Ether horizon at produces thermal radiation at . Section 3.13.6, (3.220).
Theorem 3.8 (Gravitational Wave Polarisations). Exactly two tensor modes ( and ); scalar breathing mode is non-radiative. Section 3.14.9.
Theorem 3.9 (Unruh Radiation). Uniformly accelerating observer detects thermal radiation at . Section 3.15.4, (3.258).
Theorem 3.10 (Einstein Equation from Ether Thermodynamics). derived from ZPF entanglement entropy, Unruh temperature, and the Clausius relation. determined by ZPF mode counting. Section 3.17.8, (3.324).
Theorem 4.1 (Gravitational Dielectric). Superfluid ether EOS yields MOND: . Section 4.2, (4.17).
Theorem 4.2 (ZPF Lorentz Invariance). is uniquely Lorentz-invariant; gives . Section 4.3, (4.143).
Theorem 4.3 (Cosmological Perturbation Reduction). Ether perturbation equations reduce to CDM for ; corrections at CMB scales. CMB compatibility follows as corollary. Section 4.5.5.
Proposition 4.4 (MOND Acceleration from Cosmology). ; agrees with observation to 0.5%; evolves with redshift as during matter domination. Section 4.7.12, (4.236).
Definition 5.1 (Plasma as Perturbed Ether). Three criteria: quasi-neutrality, collective response, statistical validity. Section 5.2.
Theorem 5.1 (EM Dielectric). Stix tensor derived from ether SED dynamics. Section 5.4, (5.46)–(5.47).
Theorem 5.2 (Alfvén–Ether Equivalence). with . Section 5.5, (5.79).
Theorem 6.1 (Boyer). SED oscillator reaches . Section 6.2, (6.25).
Corollary 6.1.
Ether Lorentz invariance → ZPF spectrum → quantum ground state. Section 6.2.
Theorem 6.2.
SED position distribution . Section 6.2.
Theorem 6.3 (Hydrogen Ground State). SED equilibrium radius Å (Bohr radius; not to be confused with the MOND acceleration of §4). Section 6.3.
Theorem 7.1 (Nelson). Stochastic diffusion with yields Schrödinger equation. Section 7.2, (7.25).
Theorem 8.1 (Bell–CHSH). Local hidden variables: . Section 8.1.
Theorem 8.3 (SED Entanglement). Parametric coupling + ZPF → entangled Gaussian state. Section 8.3.
Theorem 8.5 (Bell Violation, ). via Nelson osmotic velocity. Section 8.5.
Proposition 8.3 (No-Signalling). Alice's marginals independent of Bob's setting. Section 8.5.
Proposition 3.1 (Sourced Ether Wave Equation). gives GW generation; Peters formula follows. Section 3.7.2, (3.42a).
Proposition 3.2 (Spatial Non-Flatness). Kerr–Doran spatial sections have intrinsic curvature ; vanishes for or . Section 3.10.7.
Proposition 6.1 (Transverse Microstructure Constraint). Single-parameter model fails; ether must be multi-component. Section 6.6.4, (6.50).
Corollary 6.2.
Transverse sector requires nm, energy scales . Section 6.6.4.
Proposition 7.2 (Spin Emergence Pathway). Multi-component ether with nodal spectrum → spin-½ via Volovik's theorem. Section 7.7.
Proposition 7.3 (Bohmian Mechanics from Ether Dynamics). The Madelung velocity is the de Broglie–Bohm guidance velocity; the quantum potential is the ether's diffusion pressure; the guidance equation is the superfluid velocity equation. Section 7.6.5, (7.48).
Theorem 8.8 (Thermal Bell). — falsifiable prediction. Section 8.7, (8.81).