2026-07-08
A new Cartesian basis of two independent complex planes
Complex numbers are usually represented in a two-dimensional Cartesian basis \(\{1,i\}\). However, algebra allows for a richer construction: the unit can be decomposed into two mutually orthogonal idempotents, each of which forms its own complex plane. This results in a four-component basis.
\[\tag{1} \boxed{ \mathcal B_J = \{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\} }. \] In this paper, this basis is considered as the internal phase space of the state operator. Its four coordinates describe two independent complex components but are not directly identified with time and the three coordinates of physical space.
This clarification is fundamentally important. An operator may contain the internal phase of a particle and the parameter of its external motion, but the observed velocity and trajectory arise only after a separate mapping into physical space. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between the phase basis, the one-dimensional coordinate along the trajectory, and ordinary three-dimensional space.
The main idea of the article: the basis \(\{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\}\) defines two complex phase planes of state, not the physical space-time \(\{ct,x,y,z\}\).
1. Two Independent Complex Planes
Let \(\ep\) and \(\em\) be two complementary idempotents. Then the entire space under consideration can be represented as a direct sum of two complex planes:
\[\tag{2} \boxed{ \mathcal H_J = \mathbb C\ep \oplus \mathbb C\em }. \] The first plane has a Cartesian basis \(\{\ep,i\ep\}\), and the second has a Cartesian basis \(\{\em,i\em\}\). Both use the same complex unit \(i\), but their basis projections are orthogonal. Therefore, components belonging to different planes are not multiplied by each other.
An arbitrary element of this space is written as the sum of two independent complex numbers:
\[\tag{3} Z = (x_1+ix_2)\ep + (x_3+ix_4)\em, \qquad x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4\in\mathbb R. \] Four real coefficients allow us to speak of a four-dimensional Cartesian representation. However, the word "four-dimensional" here has an algebraic meaning: it indicates the number of independent real coordinates of the phase element, but says nothing about the number of dimensions of physical space.
More details: The transition from the usual Euler formula to two complex planes is discussed in the article "From Euler's Formula to Split Geometry".
2. Idempotent properties of the basis
The projectors \(\ep\) and \(\em\) satisfy the relations
\[\tag{4} \boxed{ \ep^2=\ep, \qquad \em^2=\em, \qquad \ep\em=0, \qquad \ep+\em=1 }. \] The first two equalities express idempotency: repeated projection onto the same plane changes nothing. The third equality denotes the orthogonality of the channels. The latter shows that both projectors together form a complete unit of space.
The hyperbolic unit arises naturally as the difference of two idempotents:
\[\tag{5} \j=\ep-\em, \qquad \j^2=1. \] Conversely, projectors are expressed in terms of the hyperbolic unit:
\[\tag{6} \ep=\frac{1+\j}{2}, \qquad \em=\frac{1-\j}{2}. \] Thus, \(\ep\) and \(\em\) are not previously unknown mathematical objects. They are standard idempotents of hyperbolic algebra. The peculiarity of the proposed approach is that they are used as basis elements of two independent complex phase planes.
For more details: The geometric meaning of the hyperbolic unit is discussed in the article "Geometry of the Hyperbolic Unit".
3. Element Coordinates in the New Basis
Relative to the basis \(\mathcal B_J\), element (3) has the usual coordinate column:
\[\tag{7} [Z]_{\mathcal B_J} = \begin{pmatrix} x_1\\ x_2\\ x_3\\ x_4 \end{pmatrix}. \] This column completely defines the algebraic element. The coordinates \(x_1,x_2\) belong to the \(\mathbb C\ep\) plane, and the coordinates \(x_3,x_4\) belong to the \(\mathbb C\em\) plane.
An important restriction must be made here:
\[\tag{8} \boxed{ \{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\} \neq \{ct,x,y,z\} }. \] The four components of the phase element cannot be declared as time and three spatial coordinates without additional physical representation. In particular, \(\ep\) is not a time axis, and \(i\ep,\em,i\em\) are not physical axes \(x,y,z\).
ThisThis does not prohibit the use of coordinate columns and visual four-dimensional representations. Only their direct identification with laboratory space-time is prohibited.
4. Four Levels of Geometric Description
To avoid confusing the algebra of state with observable kinematics, we will distinguish four levels.
The first level is the physical space \(\mathbb R^3\), in which the instruments are located and the body's coordinates are measured.
The second level is the one-dimensional coordinate \(s\), measured along a specific physical trajectory. Even if the line is curved, its position is specified by a single number.
The third level is the finite phase space \(\mathcal H_J\), formed by basis (1). It encodes the internal state and the external motion parameter.
The fourth level is a deeply split space with a sequence of orthogonal channels. Its metric length is used below for the geometric origin of the Lorentz factor.
\[\tag{9} \boxed{ \mathbb R^3 \;\longleftarrow\; s \;\longleftarrow\; J(a,b)\in\mathcal H_J \;\longleftarrow\; \boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta }. \] The arrows in this notation do not denote the equality of spaces, but a sequence of mappings. The phase operator is not a physical coordinate, and the deep state is not an additional laboratory dimension.
More details: The current division of spaces is formulated in the article "The Concept of Wave Electricity".
5. Finite phase state operator
Fractional powers of hyperbolic units in a complex-extended idempotent basis are of the form
\[\tag{10} \j^a = \ep+\em e^{i\pi a}, \qquad (-\j)^b = \ep e^{i\pi b}+\em. \] Due to orthogonality (\ep\em=0\), their product splits into two independent components:
\[\tag{11} \boxed{ J(a,b) = \j^a(-\j)^b = \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em e^{i\pi a} }. \] The operator parameters have different physical meanings:
\[\tag{12} \boxed{ a=\varpi t, \qquad \omega_{\mathrm{int}}=\pi\varpi, \qquad b=\frac{\arcsin\beta}{\pi}, \qquad \beta=\frac{v_s}{c} }. \] Parameter \(a\) describes the internal phase of the state. Parameter \(b\) encodes the instantaneous external motion relative to the selected reference frame. They cannot be interchanged or identified with each other without explicitly changing their physical role.
After substituting the physical parameters, the operator takes the form
\[\tag{13} J(t) = \ep e^{i\arcsin\beta(t)} + \em e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}. \] The first plane contains the external phase component, and the second contains the internal periodicity. These are two components of a single state, not two simultaneous motions of a material point in physical planes.
More details: The definitions of \(a\), \(b\) and the limitations of their application are given in the current concept of the model.
6. Unit Norm of a Finite Operator
Let's consider a more general phase element of unit form:
\[\tag{14} J = \ep e^{ig} + \em e^{ih}. \] Its complex conjugate is
\[\tag{15} \overline{J} = \ep e^{-ig} + \em e^{-ih}. \] Using idempotent properties, we obtain
\[\tag{16} \boxed{ J\overline{J} = \ep+\em =1 }. \] Both phase components lie independently on their unit circles. Therefore, changing the phases of \(g\) and \(h\) does not change the norm of the complete finite operator.
The equality \(J\overline{J}=1\) expresses the normalization of the phase state. It does not mean that the energy of an individual particle cannot change, and in itself is not a complete law of conservation of physical energy.
During interaction, the energy balance must include not only the particle but also the source of the interaction. We will return to the difference between the phase norm and physical energy below.
For more details: Norm conservation and the orthogonality of phase rotation are discussed in the article "Rotation as a Consequence of Norm Conservation".
7. Phase-Geometric Dynamics
Let's associate the normalized operator with the quantity
\[\tag{17} \boxed{ V_J(t)=cJ(t) }. \] In the previous spatiotemporal interpretation, \(V_J\) could be taken as the immediate velocity vector of a material point. Now its meaning must be defined more precisely: \(V_J\) is the operator of the complete phase-geometric dynamics of constantnorms.
In the \(\mathcal B_J\) basis, its coordinates are
\[\tag{18} [V_J]_{\mathcal B_J} = c \begin{pmatrix} \cos(\pi b)\\ \sin(\pi b)\\ \cos(\pi a)\\ \sin(\pi a) \end{pmatrix}. \] These are four phase coordinates. They are not components of the physical four-velocity. In particular, the first element cannot automatically be called the velocity of motion along the time axis, and the last three cannot be automatically called velocities along \(x,y,z\).
From (16), the constancy of the phase norm follows:
\[\tag{19} V_J\overline{V_J} = c^2. \] The total value \(cJ\) remains normalized, but the observed velocity of the center can take any admissible value \(|v_s|\leq c\). It appears only after the outward projection.
The value \(V_J=cJ\) belongs to the phase space of the operator and is not the laboratory velocity of the particle's center.
8. From the external phase to the observed motion
The external component of the operator is
\[\tag{20} e^{i\pi b} = \cos(\pi b)+i\sin(\pi b) = \frac1\gamma+i\beta. \] The observed fraction of spatial motion is given by its imaginary projection:
\[\tag{21} \mathcal P_{\mathrm{ext}}[J] = \sin(\pi b) = \beta. \] To obtain the physical velocity vector, we must additionally specify the direction of motion in three-dimensional space:
\[\tag{22} \boxed{ \mathbf v(t) = c\beta(t) \widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}\bigl(s(t)\bigr) }. \] Here \(\widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}(s)\) is the unit tangent vector to the physical trajectory. The parameter \(b\) specifies the magnitude and sign of the velocity along the coordinate \(s\), but does not by itself select the direction in \(\mathbb R^3\).
The physical trajectory of the center is constructed by ordinary integration:
\[\tag{23} \boxed{ \mathbf r(t) = \mathbf r(0) + \int_0^t c\beta(\tau) \widehat{\boldsymbol\tau} \bigl(s(\tau)\bigr) \,d\tau }. \] Thus, the transition from the phase state to the observed kinematics has the form
\[\tag{24} \boxed{ J(a,b) \longrightarrow \mathcal P_{\mathrm{ext}}[J] \longrightarrow \mathbf v \longrightarrow \mathbf r(s)\subset\mathbb R^3 }. \] It is this sequence that replaces the previous direct identification of the phase basis coordinates with \(ct,x,y,z\).
9. The Intrinsic Phase-Geometric Curve
The operator \(V_J\) can be integrated over time. The obtained result describes not the laboratory displacement of the center, but a parametric phase-geometric curve:
\[\tag{25} \boxed{ \mathbf R_J(t) = \mathbf R_J(0) + \int_0^t V_J(\tau)\,d\tau }. \] Consider the resting external state:
\[\tag{26} \beta=0, \qquad b=0, \qquad J(t)=\ep+\em e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}. \] Then, at a constant internal frequency
\[\tag{27} \mathbf R_J(t) = ct\,\ep - i\frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}} e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}\em + C. \] The first term describes the linear advance of the phase state parameter. It is not the spatial drift of a particle at rest. The second term forms a bounded periodic curve in the interior plane \(\mathbb C\em\).
If we choose the origin of interior coordinates at the center of this circle, the interior component can be written separately:
\[\tag{28} \boxed{ \mathbf R_{\mathrm{int}}(t) = -ir_{\mathrm{int}} e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}\em, \qquad r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}} }. \] In phase basis coordinates, the full curve has the form
\[\tag{29} [\mathbf R_J]_{\mathcal B_J} = \begin{pmatrix} ct\\ 0\\ r_{\mathrm{int}}\sin(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t)\\ -r_{\mathrm{int}}\cos(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t) \end{pmatrix}. \] This column formally resembles a helical curve in four-dimensional space. However, we are talking about phase state coordinates. It cannot be interpreted as the world line of a material point in coordinates \((ct,x,y,z)\).
10. What does phase helical geometry mean?
The combination of the linear component \(ct\,\ep\) and the circular component in the second complex plane creates a phase curve similar to a helical curve. This visualization remains useful: it shows that a state existing in time can simultaneously have continuous parametric development and an internal periodic return.
However, not the entire curve \(\mathbf R_J\) is physically closed. Only its internal component is closed:
\[\tag{30} \mathbf R_{\mathrm{int}} \bigl(t+T_{\mathrm{int}}\bigr) = \mathbf R_{\mathrm{int}}(t), \qquad T_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{2\pi}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}}. \] ТаеThe particle's center trajectory in the laboratory may be open. For example, a free electron can move in a straight line without losing its internal closure.
The closure of the internal wave does not mean the closure of the center's physical trajectory. These are two different geometric levels.
Therefore, the previous figure with the physical axes \(ct,y,z\) should be replaced with a diagram that separately shows the external projection, the observed trajectory, and the internal closed geometry.
For more information: The difference between the center's motion and internal closure is discussed in the article "A Unified Geometric Model for Waves and Particles".
11. Inner radius
The radius of the phase circle follows directly from the inner component (28):
\[\tag{31} \boxed{ r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}} }. \] For a periodic wave process
\[\tag{32} \lambda_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{2\pi c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}}, \] therefore
\[\tag{33} \boxed{ r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{\lambda_{\mathrm{int}}}{2\pi}, \qquad \lambda_{\mathrm{int}} = 2\pi r_{\mathrm{int}} }. \] This is a rigorous geometric result for the accepted phase dynamics \(V_J=cJ\): the internal periodic process forms a circle whose length is equal to the internal wavelength.
However, a single algebraic basis does not necessarily imply that the found radius is the radius of a specific physical particle. This requires an additional physical identification of the internal closed mode.
12. Transition to the Electron Model
In Wave Electricity, the electron is considered as a stable closed wave mode. Within this hypothesis, the internal radius (31) is mapped to the characteristic radius of the electron:
\[\tag{34} r_{\mathrm{int}} \longmapsto r_e. \] The internal frequency corresponds to energy
\[\tag{35} E_{\mathrm{int}} = \hbar\omega_{\mathrm{int}}. \] The working hypothesis of mass projection relates the electron's rest energy to its internal energy through the fine structure constant:
\[\tag{36} m_ec^2 = \alpha_{\mathrm{fs}} \hbar\omega_{\mathrm{int}}. \] Combining (31) and (36), we obtain
\[\tag{37} \boxed{ r_e = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}} = \alpha_{\mathrm{fs}} \frac{\hbar}{m_ec} }. \] Thus, the mathematical part gives the radius \(c/\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\), and the physical model of the electron relates the internal frequency to the mass and the fine structure constant. The statement about the electron radius therefore relies not only on the basis but also on the additional hypothesis of mass projection.
More details: This connection is detailed in the article "Mass as a Geometric Projection of a Closed Wave", and the structure of the internal state is discussed in "Geometric Model of Electron Structure".
13. Finite External Phase and the Lorentz Factor
From the definition of the external parameter, it follows
\[\tag{38} \sin(\pi b)=\beta, \qquad \cos(\pi b) = \sqrt{1-\beta^2} = \frac1\gamma. \] The finite phase circle clearly encodes two conjugate projections \(\beta\) and \(1/\gamma\). But it contains the reciprocal of \(1/\gamma\), and does not explain the origin of the full growing norm \(\gamma\).
For this, deep idempotent splitting is used:
\[\tag{39} \boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta = \boldsymbol\xi_0 + \beta\boldsymbol\xi_1 + \beta^2\boldsymbol\xi_2 + \cdots. \] If the channels are orthogonal, and each subsequent level is a full repeat of the previous one with a coefficient of \(\beta\), then
\[\tag{40} \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\|^2 = 1 + \beta^2 \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\|^2. \] From here
\[\tag{41} \boxed{ \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\| = \frac1{\sqrt{1-\beta^2}} = \gamma = \frac1{\cos(\pi b)} }. \] Consequently, the Lorentz factor is no longer derived from the Euclidean rotation of the physical plane \((ct,x)\). The final operator defines the projections \(\beta\) and \(1/\gamma\), and the full value \(\gamma\) arises as the length of the state in deeply split space.
More details: The full derivation is given in the article "The Origin of the Lorentz Factor from Infinite Idempotent Splitting".
14. Two Norms and Physical Energy
Now we can compare two different geometricallye quantities:
\[\tag{42} \boxed{ J\overline{J}=1, \qquad \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\| = \gamma }. \] The first is the norm of the finite phase operator. The second is the length of the deep state of motion. They belong to different spaces and therefore do not contradict each other.
The connection with physical energy and momentum is introduced by a separate mapping:
\[\tag{43} \frac{E_0}{E} = \cos(\pi b) = \frac1\gamma, \qquad \frac{pc}{E} = \sin(\pi b) = \beta. \] Following
\[\tag{44} E=\gamma E_0, \qquad pc=\gamma\beta E_0, \qquad \boxed{ E^2-p^2c^2=E_0^2 }. \] When a particle accelerates, its laboratory energy increases due to the work of the external source. Therefore, the law of conservation of energy should be written for the complete interacting system:
\[\tag{45} \boxed{ E_{\mathrm{particle}} + E_{\mathrm{source}} = \mathrm{const} }. \] A unit phase norm defines the structure of the state, but does not create additional physical energy or replace the balance between the particle and the source.
15. What follows from mathematics
The following follow directly from algebraic construction:
- the decomposition of unity into two mutually orthogonal idempotents;
- the existence of two independent complex planes;
- a four-component real basis \(\mathcal B_J\);
- the unique decomposition of an element in this basis;
- the form of the finite operator \(J(a,b)\);
- the unit norm \(J\overline{J}=1\);
- the periodic intrinsic phase curve for \(a=\varpi t\);
- the radius of this curve \(r_{\mathrm{int}}=c/\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\);
- the possibility of further idempotent splitting.
These results do not require identifying phase coordinates with physical space-time.
16. What is a physical hypothesis?
Additionally, the following physical mappings are accepted in the model:
- parameter \(a\) describes the internal state;
- parameter \(b\) describes the external motion;
- \(\sin(\pi b)=\beta\) is mapped to the observed velocity;
- the direction of motion is given by the tangent \(\widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}(s)\) in physical space;
- the integral of \(cJ\) describes the internal phase geometry;
- a stable internal closure manifests itself as a particle;
- the internal radius \(c/\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\) is mapped to the radius of the electron;
- mass The electron is a projection of its internal energy;
- deep splitting physically implements the Lorentz factor.
This distinction is necessary to prevent algebraic identities from being perceived as automatic proof of all physical interpretations.
Conclusions
The basis \(\{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\}\) does indeed form a four-dimensional real structure of two independent complex planes. However, this structure belongs to the phase space of the operator and is not a direct physical space-time.
The quantity \(V_J=cJ\) defines the phase-geometric dynamics of a constant norm. Its integration creates a parametric curve with inner circle of radius \(c/\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\). The observed motion of the center is obtained in a different way through external projection, tangent direction, and subsequent integration of the physical velocity.
Thus, the new basis retains its mathematical value, but receives a more precise place in the architecture of Wave Electricity:
\[\tag{46} \boxed{ \begin{gathered} \mathcal B_J = \{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\} \quad\text{— phase basis},\\ J(a,b) \longrightarrow \beta \longrightarrow \mathbf v \longrightarrow \mathbf r(s)\subset\mathbb R^3,\\ V_J=cJ \longrightarrow \mathbf R_J \longrightarrow r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}}. \end{gathered} }. \] The two complex planes describe components of the state, not physical axes. Phase geometry, observable motion, and the deep metric are related but distinct levels of the model.
Materials used
- Wikipedia. idempotent.
- Wikipedia. Idempotent (ring theory).

