Scott Sun

Independent Researcher in Information, Geometry, Emergence, and Mathematical Physics
Research explores how information-theoretic structure may give rise to geometry, causality, complexity, and emergent physical dynamics, with particular interests in Structural Information Evolution, emergent causal structure, spectral-dimension dynamics, and mathematical foundations of physics.

Research Program

The central research programme investigates the relationship between information, structure, geometry, causality, and emergence. A guiding question is whether some features of physical reality can be understood as emergent consequences of deeper information-theoretic and structural dynamics.

01 — Structural Information Evolution

A framework for studying how information, entropy, and structural organization evolve across scales and how macroscopic structure may emerge from microscopic informational dynamics.

02 — Emergent Geometry & Causality

Mathematical approaches to causal structure, Lorentzian geometry, light-cone algebra, quotient constructions, and pre-geometric models of spacetime.

03 — Spectral & Geometric Dynamics

Studies of spectral dimension, scale-dependent geometry, irreversible flow, fractal structures, and possible connections between geometry and physical observables.

04 — Mathematical Foundations

Independent mathematical research involving representation problems, additive combinatorics, gap geometry, global covering mechanisms, and computationally audited proof programmes.

Information Theory Structural Information Complex Systems Emergence Mathematical Physics Foundations of Physics Geometry Causal Structure Spectral Dimension Additive Combinatorics

Current Research — August 2026

Mathematical Proof Programme — Sun's (2,4,6,8) Binomial Representation Conjecture Proof programme in progress

Current work focuses on the transition from local and gap-geometry estimates to a global covering theorem. The programme studies trajectory crossing, gap bounds, witness geometry, cover transfer, and the remaining first-hit problem, with complementary analytic investigation using Hardy–Littlewood / circle-method techniques.

The research objective is a rigorous proof that every positive integer in the relevant domain admits the prescribed binomial representation. Computational verification is treated as an audit and discovery tool, not as a substitute for the final proof.

Research Status

Mathematical Research

(2,4,6,8) Representation Conjecture

Proof programme in progress; current focus on global covering and the remaining first-hit / transfer step.

Theoretical Framework

Structural Information Evolution

Framework development connecting information, entropy, structure, geometry, and emergence.

Foundations of Physics

Emergent Causality & Geometry

Theoretical development of pre-geometric and causal structures, including Lorentzian and quotient constructions.

Exploratory Theory

Spectral & Fractal Dynamics

Ongoing investigation of spectral-dimension flow, fractal geometry, and scale-dependent structure.

Academic Identity

Research Statement

The research programme explores whether information-theoretic and structural principles can provide a mathematically coherent description of how geometry, causality, and physical organization emerge across scales.

The work combines mathematical analysis, information-theoretic ideas, complex-systems perspectives, geometric structures, and computational auditing. Particular emphasis is placed on explicit definitions, testable mathematical consequences, reproducible computation, and clear separation between established results, verified computational observations, and open theoretical hypotheses.

Selected Research Outputs — 2026

Mathematical Foundations

Proof Framework for Sun's (2,4,6,8) Conjecture (Version 13.1): Computationally Audited Framework and Open Trajectory-Crossing Program
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Proof programme in progress
DOI

Geometry, Causality & Foundations of Physics

Möbius–Lorentz Quotients and Null Pin Holonomy: Affine Normal Forms, Null-Displacement Loci, Mapping-Torus Topology, Pin Lifts, and Mirror-Residue Pairing
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Theoretical development
DOI
Invariant Light-Cone Algebra and Emergent Causal Structure: A Pre-Geometric Research Programme
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Theoretical framework
DOI

Structural Information & Spectral Dynamics

The Hidden Thread of Structural Information Evolution: A Comparative Study of Condensed Matter, Quantum Plasma and Black Hole Systems
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Structural Information Evolution programme
DOI
Time as Irreversible Spectral-Dimension Flow with a One-Third Power Law
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Exploratory theoretical model
DOI
Fractal Folding Theory: From the Kakeya Conjecture to Quantum Gravity Observations
Scott Sun (2026) • Zenodo Preprint
Status: Exploratory research
DOI
Research and Versioning Policy

Research outputs are archived through persistent scholarly identifiers including DOI and ORCID. Current research versions may evolve beyond their archived preprint versions. The website distinguishes between formal archived publications, ongoing proof programmes, computational audits, theoretical frameworks, and exploratory research.