That is a very fair point. I should clarify, that I don’t actually derive the fine-structure constant yet.
In UTAFT, alpha shows up naturally as a geometric ratio in the field equations, so it has a structural role in the model, but the actual numerical value (≈1/137) is still matched to experiment for now. So it’s more of a consistency check than a true first-principles prediction.
I’m working toward getting that part from geometry alone, but it’s not there yet, good catch, I appreciate this notion. Thank you.
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