Derivation of the Effective Loop Parameter and Braiding Deformation from the UTMF Motif Calculus Kernel
Unified Topological Mass Framework — Quantitative Invariants Paper
We provide a complete, self-contained derivation of the two quantitative invariants that control representation-theoretic emergence in the Unified Topological Mass Framework (UTMF): the effective loop parameter and the braiding deformation parameter . Starting from the Motif Calculus Kernel—a spherical braided dagger monoidal category with a single generating object—we introduce a minimal energetic evaluation of closed diagrams. We prove that is fixed by the evaluation of the fundamental loop, while is determined intrinsically by the spectrum of the elementary braiding on . The derivation is completed by explicit trace-moment reconstruction, energetic identification of skein coefficients, and worked examples. No assumptions of gauge theory, spacetime, or holography are required.
The Motif Calculus Kernel of UTMF isolates the minimal algebraic structure required to produce representation-theoretic emergence, including Schur and restricted-Schur operator bases and finite-size truncation. While the kernel establishes these phenomena qualitatively, quantitative emergence depends on two scalars: an effective loop value and, in the braided case, a deformation parameter .
In standard gauge-theoretic or topological quantum field theoretic constructions, these quantities are specified as external inputs. The purpose of this paper is to show that within UTMF they arederived quantities, determined by intrinsic evaluations of closed motifs and local braiding data.
Let be a spherical braided dagger monoidal category with generating object . For each , define
The kernel provides:
- A dagger
- A spherical trace
- A braiding
- A positive semidefinite pairing
Define the loop parameter:
To extract numerical invariants, we introduce a minimal quantitative layer.
3.1 Closed Diagram Evaluation
Let be a closed diagram in . Assume:
- An energy functional , additive under disjoint union
- A topological amplitude , multiplicative under disjoint union
- A scale
Define:
3.2 Trace by Closure
For , define
where denotes the spherical closure. Cyclicity follows from sphericality.
Let denote the closed loop labeled by .
Proposition 4.1
Corollary 4.2
If (categorical dimension), then
Thus the loop parameter factorizes into a topological dimension and an energetic weight.
5.1 Local Semisimplicity Assumption
For the purpose of extracting a Hecke deformation parameter, we assume:
with two simple channels.
5.2 Braiding Eigenvalues
Naturality implies:
where are the channel projectors.
Theorem 5.1
The braiding satisfies the Hecke relation
if and only if
Define:
Let be the minimal polynomial of . Trace cyclicity yields:
In the Hecke normalization , one has , and is obtained by identifying the roots of .
Assume a local skein relation for :
If is local, then:
provides the effective skein coefficient in . Thus is ultimately fixed by relative energetic costs of local motifs.
In the Temperley–Lieb category , the loop evaluates to . Hence:
The two-strand algebra yields eigenvalues with:
Trace-moment reconstruction recovers exactly.
The derived values and control:
- Finite-size truncation via norm factors
- Additional level truncation at roots of unity
- Stability of representation sectors under non-planar mixing
We have derived the effective loop parameter and braiding deformation directly from the Motif Calculus Kernel with a minimal energetic extension. These quantities are not external inputs but intrinsic invariants determined by closed-motif evaluation and local braiding spectra. This completes the quantitative foundation underlying representation-theoretic emergence in UTMF.
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