Abstract
This specification establishes a mathematically rigorous, standalone rejection of the Clay Mathematics Institute’s Yang-Mills Mass Gap problem. Mainstream theoretical physics has remained trapped within an institutional silo by attempting to define non-abelian gauge symmetries over an abstract, disembodied space-time continuum—an error defined here as the Floating Variable Fallacy. Under the strict physical laws of Material Volumetric Monism, any physical parameter or operator must map directly onto a non-vanishing material substrate volume. By replacing the unphysical concept of massless, zero-volume point particles with a continuous, viscoelastic fluid-dynamic medium, the mass gap crisis is exposed as an artifact of a flawed mathematical map rather than a property of nature. We demonstrate that the non-vanishing invariants of the substrate's Cauchy stress tensor inherently enforce a strictly positive lower bound for energy excitations, satisfying the mass gap criteria by default and rendering conventional existence proofs obsolete.
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Recommended Citation
Eckes, Christopher L., "THE FLOATING VARIABLE FALLACY: EXPLICIT REJECTION OF THE YANG-MILLS MASS GAP MANIFESTO UNDER MATERIAL VOLUMETRIC MONISM", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12675
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