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Zenodo
2026
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| Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19651663 |
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- <div> <p><strong>Background:</strong><br>We develop a relational and spectral framework in which metric geometry emerges from correlation structures alone, without assuming a background manifold, coordinates, or fundamental geometric degrees of freedom.<br><br><strong>Methods:</strong><br>Starting from a relational substrate equipped with a symmetric connectivity operator, we define operational distances via minimal path functionals and introduce a non-circular coarse-graining scheme separating combinatorial neighborhoods from geometry-aware weighted distances. Spectral admissibility criteria identify regimes supporting a stable continuum approximation.<br><br><strong>Results:</strong><br>In these projectable regimes, the distance matrix admits a low-dimensional embedding, yielding emergent coordinates and an effective metric structure. Proper time, spatial distance, and curvature arise as coarse-grained summaries of relational organization. In symmetric weak-field limits, the effective metric reproduces Schwarzschild geometry without postulating fundamental gravitational dynamics.<br><br><strong>Conclusions:</strong><br>Breakdown of geometry occurs when spectral gaps close or connectivity becomes non-local, providing intrinsic limits to continuum spacetime. Analytical and numerical benchmarks establish robust spectral invariants, including the $8/3$ eigenvalue ratio on $S^3$. Spacetime thus appears as an operational construct emerging from relational spectral structure rather than a primitive entity.</p> </div>