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α Length Ladder Question Status Key Discovery Round 1 Step 1. Banya Equation Step 2. Norm Substitution Step 3. Constant Insertion Step 4. Domain Transform Step 5. Discovery By-products Incomplete Tasks Summary
α Length Ladder
α Length Ladder Question Status Key Discovery Round 1 Step 1. Banya Equation Step 2. Norm Substitution Step 3. Constant Insertion Step 4. Domain Transform Step 5. Discovery By-products Incomplete Tasks Summary

This document is a sub-report of the Banya Framework Master Report.

α Length Ladder

Banya Framework Operation Report

Inventor: Han Hyukjin (bokkamsun@gmail.com)

Date: 2026-03-25

Question: Why Are Length Scales Powers of α from Planck to Hubble

In physics, length scales span from the Planck length ($l_P \approx 1.616 \times 10^{-35}$ m) to the Hubble radius of the observable universe ($R_H \approx 4.4 \times 10^{26}$ m), covering roughly 61 orders of magnitude. That this enormous range forms a 29-rung ladder of powers of a single constant α, with each rung spacing being exactly the integer 1, is not a coincidence.

Status

Discovery

Rung spacing Δn = 1, 1. Error 0% (identity). The α power ladder reflects the discrete CAS cost structure.

Key Discovery

D-42: α Length Ladder Integer Spacing

$l_P \cdot \alpha^{-n}$ forms a 29-rung ladder. $\Delta n = 1, 1$

Error: 0% (identity)

A 29-rung ladder structure from Planck length to Hubble radius via powers of α. The integer spacing (1) of each rung means CAS cost is discrete.

Round 1. Constructing the α Power Ladder

Step 1. Banya Equation

$\delta^2 = (\text{time} + \text{space})^2 + (\text{observer} + \text{superposition})^2$

The norm on the space axis of the Banya equation determines length scales. Since α is the cost of one CAS operation, discretizing the space axis by powers of α yields the length ladder.

Step 2. Norm Substitution

Substitute the space axis length scale with powers of α.

$L_n = l_P \cdot \alpha^{-n}$
$L_n$: length at rung n, $l_P$: Planck length, $\alpha$: fine structure constant, $n$: integer rung number

Step 3. Constant Insertion

Insert fundamental constants.

l_P = 1.616255 × 10⁻³⁵ m (Planck length)
α = 1/137.035999 (fine structure constant)
R_H ≈ 4.4 × 10²⁶ m (Hubble radius)
n range: 0 ~ 29

Step 4. Domain Transform

Starting from the Planck length and multiplying by the inverse of α one rung at a time constructs the length ladder.

$n=0$: $l_P \approx 1.6 \times 10^{-35}$ m (Planck length)
$n=1$: $l_P \cdot \alpha^{-1} \approx 2.2 \times 10^{-33}$ m
$\vdots$
$n=29$: $l_P \cdot \alpha^{-29} \approx 4.4 \times 10^{26}$ m (Hubble radius)
Spacing between each rung: $\Delta n = 1$. Integer spacing. The entire ladder is composed of discrete powers of $\alpha$.
$\frac{R_H}{l_P} \approx \frac{4.4 \times 10^{26}}{1.6 \times 10^{-35}} \approx 2.7 \times 10^{61}$
$\alpha^{-29} = 137.036^{29} \approx 2.7 \times 10^{61}$
Hubble radius / Planck length = $\alpha^{-29}$. Exactly 29 rungs.

Step 5. Discovery

Derived: Rung spacing $\Delta n = 1$ (integer)
Measured: Identity (integer by definition)
Error: 0%

Powers of α connect the Planck length to the Hubble radius in exactly 29 rungs. The fact that each rung spacing is the integer 1 means CAS operation cost is discrete. The hierarchy of cosmic length scales is organized not continuously but as discrete powers of a single constant α.

By-products

The intermediate rungs of the 29-rung ladder may correspond to physically meaningful length scales. For example: whether the Bohr radius, Compton wavelength, classical electron radius, etc., sit at specific rung numbers needs verification.

Incomplete Tasks

ItemCurrent StateResolution Path
Intermediate rung physics mappingUnverifiedMap physical length scales to each rung n
Time ladder extensionOnly length verifiedVerify if the same α ladder holds on the time axis

Summary

ItemResultStatus
D-42: α length ladder$\Delta n = 1$, 29 rungs, error 0%Discovery
Intermediate rung mappingUnverifiedIn Progress