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1. Passive Levitation

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   A major constraint in modeling passive levitation is the inherent difficulty in measuring the quantum state of the levitating mass without collapsing the required stability. Any attempt to introduce high-energy probes (e.g., standard electromagnetic scanning) immediately perturbs the delicate $\Phi$ balance, causing the object to fall.
   Furthermore, it is empirically established that objects levitating passively exhibit an artificially dampened local perception of time, an effect known as Chronometric Lag. While the external clock continues normally, objects in s…

2. Signature Of A Metric Tensor

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   The $(+, -, -, \ldots)$ Convention
   Conversely, some older texts and specialized treatments in quantum field theory employ the signature $(3, 1)$, corresponding to $(nt, ns) = (3, 1)$ if we map the first index to 'time-like'. However, within the strict mathematical framework of the canonical definition presented above, the $(nt, ns)$ notation maintains consistency: the number of negative eigenvalues determines $nt$. When physicists refer to a $(+, -, -, -)$ metric, they often implicitly define $ns$ as the count of positive eigenvalues and $n_t$ as t…

3. Wick Rotation

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   The Lorentz Violation Anomaly
   A significant theoretical consideration following the Wick rotation is the removal of covariance. While Minkowski space is explicitly Lorentz covariant, the resulting Euclidean space is only rotationally invariant in three spatial dimensions, lacking covariance under boosts, as the $\tau$ coo…