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2026-07-09
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Movement through Complex Modulation of a Cartesian Basis

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In a previous work, a Cartesian basis of two independent complex phase planes was introduced.
\[\tag{1} \mathcal B_J = \{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\}. \]
It was shown that this basis belongs to the state space and is not directly identified with the physical coordinates \(\{ct,x,y,z\}\). Therefore, the external motion of a particle cannot be obtained by simply declaring one of the phase axes to be a spatial coordinate. A separate mapping from the state operator to the observed velocity is required.
In the present work, such a mapping is constructed using operator modulation. By modulation we mean the multiplication of the internal operator \(\j^a\) by the external operator \((-\j)^b\):
\[\tag{2} \boxed{ J(a,b) = \j^a(-\j)^b }. \]
The internal parameter \(a\) specifies the phase state of the particle, and the external parameter \(b\) specifies its motion relative to the chosen reference frame. Due to idempotent orthogonality, external modulation modifies only the phase channel intended for it and does not add the external angle to the internal phase.
Main idea: the motion is not a general rotation of all four phase coordinates, but a selective operator modulation \(\j^a\mapsto\j^a(-\j)^b\).
1. Initial Internal State
In a complex-extended idempotent basis, the fractional power of the hyperbolic unit has the form
\[\tag{3} \boxed{ \j^a = \ep+\em e^{i\pi a} }. \]
The first channel remains unitary, and in the second complex plane, an internal phase \(\pi a\) develops. For the periodic state, we adopt
\[\tag{4} a(t)=\varpi t, \qquad \omega_{\mathrm{int}}=\pi\varpi, \qquad \pi a(t)=\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t. \]
Then the internal state operator is
\[\tag{5} J_{\mathrm{int}}(t) = \j^{a(t)} = \ep + \em e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}. \]
This state corresponds to the absence of external modulation. It contains a constant component in the \(\mathbb C\ep\) plane and an internal phase rotation in the \(\mathbb C\em\) plane.
As shown in the first part, these planes are not physical axes of time and space. They describe two orthogonal components of the phase state.
2. The External Modulation Operator
To encode external motion, we introduce a second operator.
\[\tag{6} \boxed{ M_{\mathrm{ext}}(b) = (-\j)^b }. \]
Its idempotent decomposition is
\[\tag{7} (-\j)^b = \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em. \]
The outer operator acts opposite to the inner one: it creates a phase in the \(\mathbb C\ep\) plane, but leaves the \(\mathbb C\em\) component unity. For \(b=0\), we get
\[\tag{8} M_{\mathrm{ext}}(0) = \ep+\em =1, \]
that is, the external modulation disappears and the original internal state is preserved.
In the notation \((-\j)^b\), the parentheses are important: the power \(b\) applies to the entire base \(-\j\).
3. Modulation as a product of operators
The complete final state is obtained by multiplying the inner and outer operators:
\[\tag{9} J(a,b) = \left( \ep+\em e^{i\pi a} \right) \left( \ep e^{i\pi b}+\em \right). \]
Let's expand the product. Mixed terms disappear due to the equality \(\ep\em=0\), and the squares of idempotents are returned by the projectors themselves:
\[\tag{10} \begin{aligned} J(a,b) &= \ep^2e^{i\pi b} + \ep\em + \em\ep e^{i\pi(a+b)} + \em^2e^{i\pi a}\\ &= \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em e^{i\pi a}. \end{aligned} \]
Thus, operator modulation leads to a split state
\[\tag{11} \boxed{ J(a,b) = \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em e^{i\pi a} }. \]
This expression is the key result. The outer phase \(\pi b\) appears only in the first plane, while the inner phase \(\pi a\) remains only in the second. Modulation combines both processes in a single operator without mixing their physical roles.
Since algebra is commutative, the order of multiplication does not change the result:
\[\tag{12} \j^a(-\j)^b = (-\j)^b\j^a. \]
However, when reading physically, it is convenient to maintain the sequence "internal state \(\rightarrow\) external modulation," since the parameter \(a\) characterizes the particle itself, and the parameter \(b\) characterizes its state of motion.
4. Difference from a general complex rotation
One could modulate the initial state with a regular complex factor \(e^{i\alpha}\):
\[\tag{13} e^{i\alpha}\j^a = \ep e^{i\alpha} + \em e^{i(\pi a+\alpha)}. \]
But suchA general rotation adds the same angle \(\alpha\) to both complex planes at once. As a result, the external motion also changes the internal phase. This mixes two different properties of the state.
Operator modulation works differently:
\[\tag{14} \boxed{ \begin{aligned} e^{i\alpha}\j^a &= \ep e^{i\alpha} + \em e^{i(\pi a+\alpha)}, \\ \j^a(-\j)^b &= \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em e^{i\pi a}. \end{aligned} } \]
When identifying \(\alpha=\pi b\), the first components coincide, but the inner ones do not. In the new model, motion should not automatically rotate the inner phase plane by an external angle. Therefore, the general factor \(e^{i\alpha}\) is replaced by a specialized operator \((-\j)^b\).
The usual complex factor rotates both planes. The operator \((-\j)^b\) modulates only the outer channel \(\mathbb C\ep\).
5. Relationship of the external parameter to velocity
The external parameter is defined through the observed dimensionless velocity
\[\tag{15} \boxed{ b(t) = \frac{\arcsin\beta(t)}{\pi}, \qquad \beta(t) = \frac{v_s(t)}{c} }. \]
Therefore, the external phase angle is
\[\tag{16} \pi b = \arcsin\beta. \]
Its complex exponential takes the form
\[\tag{17} e^{i\pi b} = \cos(\pi b)+i\sin(\pi b) = \sqrt{1-\beta^2}+i\beta = \frac1\gamma+i\beta. \]
After substituting the parameters \(a(t)\) and \(b(t)\), the complete operator is written as
\[\tag{18} \boxed{ J(t) = \ep \left( \frac1{\gamma(t)}+i\beta(t) \right) + \em e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t} }. \]
The first plane encodes the external projections \(1/\gamma\) and \(\beta\), while the second preserves the internal periodicity. The final phase circle contains the inverse factor \(1/\gamma\); The origin of the full value \(\gamma\) requires deep splitting and will be discussed briefly below.
6. Coordinates of the modulated state
Let's relate the operator to phase-geometric dynamics
\[\tag{19} \boxed{ V_J(t) = cJ(t) }. \]
In the basis \(\mathcal B_J\) the coordinate column has the form
\[\tag{20} [V_J]_{\mathcal B_J} = c \begin{pmatrix} \cos(\pi b)\\ \sin(\pi b)\\ \cos(\pi a)\\ \sin(\pi a) \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} c/\gamma\\ v_s\\ c\cos(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t)\\ c\sin(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t) \end{pmatrix}. \]
Coordinates (20) belong to the phase basis. The column cannot be directly interpreted as a physical four-velocity or as velocities along the \(ct,x,y,z\) axes.
The quantity \(V_J=cJ\) describes the normalized phase-geometric dynamics. The laboratory velocity of the center is obtained only after external projection.
7. Phase Norm and Circular Projections
The complex conjugate operator is
\[\tag{21} \overline{J} = \ep e^{-i\pi b} + \em e^{-i\pi a}. \]
Therefore
\[\tag{22} \boxed{ J\overline{J} = \ep+\em =1 }, \]
and for the phase-geometric quantity
\[\tag{23} V_J\overline{V_J} = c^2. \]
The outer plane separately satisfies the circular identity
\[\tag{24} \boxed{ \cos^2(\pi b) + \sin^2(\pi b) = \frac1{\gamma^2} + \beta^2 =1 }. \]
This relationship demonstrates the consistency of the two final projections, but does not mean that the particle's physical energy remains unchanged during acceleration. The unit norm refers to the shape of the final phase state.
Furthermore, the norm \(J\overline{J}\) cannot be understood as the usual Euclidean sum of the squares of all four real coordinates of column (20). It is an idempotent norm in which two complex planes are summed via the projections \(\ep+\em=1\).
8. Observed velocity of the center
The physical velocity is extracted from the external component of the operator via projection
\[\tag{25} \mathcal P_{\mathrm{ext}}[J] = \sin(\pi b) = \beta. \]
To obtain a vector in three-dimensional space, it is necessary to additionally specify a unit tangent to the physical trajectory:
\[\tag{26} \boxed{ \mathbf v(t) = c\beta(t) \widehat{\boldsymbol\tau} \bigl(s(t)\bigr) }. \]
The parameter \(b\) determines the magnitude and sign of the velocity along the one-dimensional coordinate \(s\), but does not specify the direction in \(\mathbb R^3\). The direction is contained in \(\widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}(s)\).
The trajectory of the center is determined separately from the phase curve:
\[\tag{27} \boxed{ \mathbf r_c(t) = \mathbf r_c(0) + \int_0^t c\beta(\tau) \widehat{\boldsymbol\tau} \bigl(s(\tau)\bigr) \,d\tau }. \]
Thus, the operator mModulation encodes the instantaneous state of motion, while physical kinematics arises after projection and selection of a three-dimensional direction.
More details: The separation of phase dynamics and observable motion was introduced in Part I and systematized in the concept of Wave Electricity.
9. Varying External Modulation
In general, velocity can depend on time, so \(b=b(t)\). Differentiating the full operator, we obtain
\[\tag{28} \dot J = i\pi\dot b\, \ep e^{i\pi b} + i\pi\dot a\, \em e^{i\pi a}. \]
Since \(\pi\dot a=\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\), and
\[\tag{29} \pi\dot b = \frac{\dot\beta}{\sqrt{1-\beta^2}} = \gamma\dot\beta, \]
the expression can be written as
\[\tag{30} \boxed{ \dot J = i\gamma\dot\beta\, \ep e^{i\arcsin\beta} + i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\, \em e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t} }. \]
The first component reflects a change in the external state, the second, the internal periodicity. The orthogonality of idempotents preserves their algebraic independence even during accelerated motion.
The physical acceleration of the center during curvilinear motion also contains a change in direction:
\[\tag{31} \mathbf a = c\dot\beta\, \widehat{\boldsymbol\tau} + c\beta \frac{d\widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}}{dt}. \]
Therefore, the function \(b(t)\) alone is sufficient to change the velocity magnitude, but insufficient to fully describe an arbitrary three-dimensional trajectory.
10. Phase-geometric curve at constant velocity
For constant \(b\) and \(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}\), the operator \(V_J\) can be integrated:
\[\tag{32} \mathbf R_J(t) = \mathbf R_J(0) + \int_0^t V_J(\tau)\,d\tau. \]
Substitution (18) gives
\[\tag{33} \boxed{ \mathbf R_J(t) = ct\, \ep e^{i\pi b} - i\frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}} e^{i\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t}\em + C }. \]
In the phase basis, this curve has coordinates
\[\tag{34} [\mathbf R_J]_{\mathcal B_J} = \begin{pmatrix} ct/\gamma\\ v_st\\ r_{\mathrm{int}} \sin(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t)\\ -r_{\mathrm{int}} \cos(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t) \end{pmatrix}, \qquad r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}}. \]
The first two coordinates describe the linear external component of the phase curve. The last two form an internal circle, which no longer rotates with the external angle \(b\). This is the main geometric difference between operator modulation and the general factor \(e^{i\alpha}\).
Column (34) is not a physical displacement in the coordinates \((ct,x,y,z)\). The observed trajectory of the center is given by formula (27), and \(\mathbf R_J\) visualizes the internal architecture of the phase state.
11. What is preserved during modulation
The external operator \((-\j)^b\) does not change the internal phase angle \(\pi a\). Therefore, at a constant internal natural frequency,
\[\tag{35} \boxed{ \omega_{\mathrm{int}}, \qquad r_{\mathrm{int}} = \frac{c}{\omega_{\mathrm{int}}}, \qquad r_{\mathrm{int}}\omega_{\mathrm{int}}=c }. \]
This means that uniform external motion does not destroy the internal closure of the particle. The center of the localized state can move along an open laboratory trajectory, while the internal wave continues to perform a periodic return.
External modulation should not be understood as the physical absence of a relativistic slowing of internal processes. Algebraic conservation of the parameter \(a\) means that the external angle \(b\) is not added to the internal phase. Comparing the natural and laboratory frequencies requires a separate mapping between reference frames.
Operator independence of phases does not mean equality of all observed frequencies in all reference frames.
12. Formal Limit \(\beta=1\)
At \(\beta=1\), the external angle reaches the value
\[\tag{36} \pi b = \frac{\pi}{2}, \qquad e^{i\pi b}=i. \]
The finite operator takes a formal limit form
\[\tag{37} J(a,1/2) = i\ep + \em e^{i\pi a}. \]
In this case, the real external projection \(1/\gamma\) vanishes, and the imaginary projection reaches unity. However, this does not automatically imply the transformation of a massive particle into a photon.
The light state additionally requires zero rest energy, an open propagation structure, and the corresponding polarization:
\[\tag{38} \boxed{ \beta=1, \qquad E_0=0, \qquad E=|p|c }. \]
If the internal wave remains closed and \(E_0 > 0\), the limit \(\beta=1\) is unattainable: the required energy increases with \(\gamma\). Therefore, formula (37) is the boundary of the finite phase projection, but not a complete definition of the photon.
For more information: Geometrical opening is discussed in the article "Geometric Origin of the Propagating Wave".
13. From the back projection to the full magnitude \(\gamma\)
The final outer plane yields the ratio
\[\tag{39} \cos(\pi b) = \frac1\gamma. \]
This is the geometric projection of the unit circle. The full, growing magnitude \(\gamma\) arises at a deeper level—in the chain of orthogonal channels:
\[\tag{40} \boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta = \boldsymbol\xi_0 + \beta\boldsymbol\xi_1 + \beta^2\boldsymbol\xi_2 + \cdots. \]
With the adopted self-similar metric
\[\tag{41} \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\|^2 = 1 + \beta^2 \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\|^2, \]
from where
\[\tag{42} \boxed{ \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\| = \frac1{\sqrt{1-\beta^2}} = \gamma = \frac1{\cos(\pi b)} }. \]
Thus, the final state operator modulation encodes \(1/\gamma\) and \(\beta\), and deep splitting creates the metric length \(\gamma\). These are two consistent but distinct geometric constructions.
More details: The full derivation is given in the article "The Origin of the Lorentz Factor from Infinite Idempotent Splitting".
14. The Energetic Meaning of Modulation
The unit norm of the final operator does not imply that acceleration requires no energy. When \(b(t)\) changes, the external force does work on the particle, and its laboratory energy changes:
\[\tag{43} E = \gamma E_0. \]
The energy balance refers to the complete system.
\[\tag{44} \boxed{ E_{\mathrm{particle}} + E_{\mathrm{source}} = \mathrm{const} }. \]
Therefore, operator modulation describes the geometric structure of the external state, but does not create physical energy from the phase norm alone. The required energy comes from the source of influence.
The difference between the two norms can be written briefly:
\[\tag{45} \boxed{ J\overline{J}=1, \qquad \|\boldsymbol\Gamma_\beta\|=\gamma }. \]
The first value refers to the final phase operator, the second to the deep state of motion.
15. What follows from algebra and what is accepted physically
The following follow directly from idempotent algebra:
Additional physical mappings of the model are:
This distinction prevents confusion between the exact algebraic product of operators and its subsequent physical interpretation.
Dynamic Representation of the Displacement Vector
The figure below shows the spatial portion of the displacement vector of a point \(\mathbf R_J(t)\) for \[c=1, \quad \omega=2\pi, \quad r=1/2\pi. \] The graph displays one turn of the spiral.
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For the interactive drawing, we denoted the real and imaginary coordinates of the two phase planes as \(u\) and \(v\):
\[ \begin{aligned} u_{\ep}&=\frac{ct}{\gamma}, & v_{\ep}&=v_st, \\ u_{\em}&=r_{\mathrm{int}}\sin(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t), & v_{\em}&=-r_{\mathrm{int}}\cos(\omega_{\mathrm{int}}t). \end{aligned} \]
The pair \((u_{\ep},v_{\ep})\) refers to the outer plane, and \((u_{\em},v_{\em})\) refers to the inner circle. The switch shows the projections \((v_{\ep},u_{\em},v_{\em})\) and \((u_{\ep},u_{\em},v_{\em})\), since it is impossible to simultaneously represent all four coordinates of the phase space on a two-dimensional screen.
Use the mouse wheel to zoom, and drag the left mouse button to rotate the graph.
Conclusions
Motion in the phase basis \(\{\ep,i\ep,\em,i\em\}\) can be represented as an operator modulation of the internal state. The original operator \(\j^a\) contains the internal phase, and the external factor \((-\j)^b\) introduces the motion state.
Unlike the common factor \(e^{i\alpha}\), the operator \((-\j)^b\) does not add the external angle to the internal phase. The orthogonality of the idempotents automatically separates both channels:
\[\tag{46} \boxed{ \underbrace{\j^a}_{\text{internal state}} \;\cdot\; \underbrace{(-\j)^b}_{\text{external modulation}} \; = \underbrace{ \ep e^{i\pi b} + \em e^{i\pi a} }_{\text{full phase state}} }. \]
The observed motion arises after a separate projection:
\[\tag{47} \boxed{ J(a,b) \longrightarrow \sin(\pi b)=\beta \longrightarrow \mathbf v = c\beta\widehat{\boldsymbol\tau}(s) \longrightarrow \mathbf r_c(s) }. \]
Thus, operator modulation does not transform the phase basis into physical spacetime. It encodes the external state of motion within a single operator, preserving the algebraic independence of the internal periodicity.
External motion changes the phase of the channel \(\ep\), but does not add an external angle to the internal phase of the channel \(\em\). This is what makes the product \(\j^a(-\j)^b\) a natural form of modulation in Wave Electricity.
 
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Materials used
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