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Borisov Axioms Admit Persistent Euclidean Models Over Non-Archimedean Ordered Fields

Borisov Axioms Admit Persistent Euclidean Models Over Non-Archimedean Ordered Fields

The paper proves that Borisov's relativity axioms admit Euclidean models over non-Archimedean ordered fields that survive standard eliminative axioms. It demonstrates infinite descending chains of transformation groups absent in the real-number case. The finding reveals that the classical-relativistic split is sensitive to the underlying field structure.

The work converts Borisov's background assumptions into explicit axioms and drops the implicit real-number requirement on quantities. Over non-Archimedean fields the authors explicitly build Euclidean isometry models that satisfy the relativity principle yet cannot be eliminated by adding time's arrow or forbidding instantaneous motion, unlike the Archimedean case. This produces an infinite descending chain of distinct worldview-transformation groups in each geometry, a structure impossible over the reals. The result shows that the classical-relativistic dichotomy Borisov derived is field-dependent rather than logically forced. Related work by Andréka, Madarász and Németi on first-order axiomatizations of relativity (Studia Logica 2012) and by Székely on definability in spacetime theories supplies the logical toolkit used here. The chief limitation is the absence of any experimental or observational test; strengthening would require deriving a measurable signature unique to non-Archimedean models that could be sought in high-precision timing or cosmology data.

⚡ Prediction

Madarász: At least two independent groups will publish extensions to general relativity over non-Archimedean fields within 36 months.

Sources (2)

  • [1]
    Primary Source(https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09168)
  • [2]
    Supporting Source(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11225-012-9423-8)