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Fundamental gamma removes a direct electromagnetic feedback route in MQ’s constants calculation

The count-and-charge route removes direct electric-constant feedback while retaining its calibration dependencies.

· Recorded source version · Retrospective release

CHICAGO — The revised constants investigation derives its fundamental electromagnetic realization parameter from the specified count and charge construction. Measured vacuum permittivity, vacuum permeability, and Coulomb coupling do not enter that route as direct inputs. This distinguishes it from the historical auxiliary gamma method.

Figure 1 summarizes the source result and its evidentiary scope.

Research graphic · Measures & constants

The result and its scope

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Removed direct inputs

Permittivity, permeability and Coulomb constants

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Retained source

Inverse fine-structure calibration

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Evidence boundary

No complete empirical independence claimed

Figure 1. Source-based summary of the construction and its stated limits. The panels organize the cited facts; they are not an additional physical derivation or a new observation.

The calculation still retains the 2022 inverse fine-structure calibration and its charge and momentum realization premises. Removing a particular feedback route does not make the full numerical construction empirically independent of the physical-constant measurements used upstream.

source review also distinguishes the normalized dimensionless parameter from its mapped charge-squared realization in the International System of Units. The same name in different source contexts cannot erase that representation dependence or its units.

The methodological advance is a more explicit dependency chain for the electromagnetic family. It allows a reader to trace which inputs fix the numerical result and which expressions merely propagate it. The October source records a conditional derivation and a reproducibility improvement; it does not establish an independent laboratory determination of all electromagnetic constants.

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Research sources

Extending Precision of the Physical Constants. Research preprint or technical discussion. Journal publication of this version is not established.

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The date identifies the documented source-version or research-review snapshot used for this retrospective account. It is not an established original discovery date, original release date, or journal publication date. The accessible preprints linked here may include later revisions.

This entry was prepared on October 25, 2026. The date above identifies the documented source or review milestone, rather than the date this wording was first issued. Later terminology and evidence qualifications are included for accurate current reporting.

Source-checked conditional calculation or internal closure; shared calibration retained; not an independent experimental validation.

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