PAPER-GROUNDED EXPERIMENT · OCT 2026

Does the wave proof reveal what ordinary measurements miss?

Now using two specific constructions from the October 25 OpenAI mathematics rather than an isotropic analogy: the seven-coordinate conserved Friedrichs wave-current tensor and the direction-dependent Appendix D Fourier disk operator, evaluated for finite plane-wave sums. Both retain interference. We compare them to Fourier magnitude, coherent field intensity and a three-delay virtual sensor.

01 · change only the relative phase

Same two wave modes. Exactly the same spectrum.

This controlled comparison holds frequency components and coefficient magnitudes fixed. One waveform has phase 0; the other has the selected relative phase. That makes the Fourier power spectrum *identical by construction*. The original Scalar Slider3 synthetic system remains accessible from the back link.

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Free wave current
7DFull lifted Gram tensor with numerically verified ∑∂ᵢBᵢⱼ=0.
Appendix D disk
k·e(W)Directional variable coefficient, not isotropic ΔX smoothing.
Observation cost warning
Not matchedPaper operators use known full Fourier modes; the phase-space baseline uses just three scalar samples.
02 · current.tex / Friedrichs flow

A conserved interference-sensitive tensor

B = Re ∑(Zₗ ⊗ conjugate(Zₗ)) Zₗ = ∑ Gₐ Dₗₐ Dₗₐ = ∂wₗₐ + i (Cᵘwₗ)ₐ ∂Xᵘ

We reproduce the actual finite-mode source, symmetric flux matrices, vector fields and full seven-coordinate Gram tensor. The displayed curve is its physical T-time component at a fixed auxiliary point, not a post-hoc arbitrary polarization.

Reference phaseShifted phase
03 · planar.tex / auxiliary potential

The manuscript's directional disk operator

4 |J(W)|² ΔW û(k,W) − 4 |k·e(W)|² û(k,W) = μ̂(k,W) û = 0 on the disk boundary

We use the manuscript's e(W), J(W) and A⁰TT source on a fixed Q=0 fiber, separating zero and nonzero Fourier modes before the Dirichlet solve. The graph shows a local potential-coupled energy for that fiber slice, not the theorem's final integrated functional.

Reference phaseShifted phase
04 · ordinary, phase-aware control

Ordinary coherent intensity

No lifted current or auxiliary PDE. Just the squared modulus of the complex wave field. It can also see phase interference when supplied the complex field.

Reference phaseShifted phase
05 · the original Slider2 idea

Three samples at one location

A phase-space measurement of the real signal at one fixed virtual sensor: u(t), u(t−δ), u(t−2δ). This uses vastly fewer observations than a full-field Fourier decomposition.

Reference delay vectorShifted delay vector
06 · what the controls actually demonstrate

Can each measurement detect a change of relative phase?

RepresentationRelative difference, selected phaseDetections / 64 phase trialsInput available
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The detection threshold is a numerical nonzero test (change > 10⁻⁸), without added measurement noise. Not a classifier accuracy, inferential p-value or equal-cost comparison. All inputs are synthetic and known. No representation is credited with new information if ordinary complex intensity or three delays also detect the same change.

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Scope / mathematical honesty

Faithful components, not a reproduced theorem

These two components are implemented using the actual manuscript equations. What is not reproduced: the full spatial current regularization Jₕ, passive Q cutoff, integration over the entire complex fiber, the quaternionic cofactor energy estimate, the global local-smoothing bound, or a proof that any physical cavity can be queried more efficiently.

For the complete current, conservation and positive semidefiniteness are tested numerically on multiple coherent phase configurations. For the planar operator, disk boundary values, coefficient dependence on direction, and Fourier equation residuals are tested. The two examples use different finite mode scales suitable for their respective coordinate charts; they are not a single coupled reproduction of the complete proof.

The question this page can answer: Can the paper-derived quantities distinguish coherent waves that have the same conventional power spectrum? Yes. Are they uniquely sensitive to such changes, or proven better than phase space, ordinary coherent intensity or much cheaper features? No. Those comparisons need a genuinely matched sensor/compute budget and a downstream prediction task.

OpenAI paper · Current code · Planar code · Identity tests.