Mode: Science (Σ-clean)
Primary Concept: Transported reference frames
1. Frames Are Not Backgrounds
In conventional physics, a frame is treated as a passive backdrop. Coordinates exist first; motion happens inside them. This assumption is the root of force-first intuition.
In the inertia framework, a frame is an object that is itself transported. Coordinates are not given. They are carried.
2. Transport as the Primitive Operation
Transport is the mapping of a system state from one moment to the next while preserving internal relations. No causes are required. Only continuity.
The transport operator T encodes how a frame persists across time. Forces do not appear at this level.
3. Inertial Transport
An inertial frame is one whose transport operator preserves both orientation and scale. In such frames, straight paths remain straight and velocities persist.
This is not a law of nature. It is a definition of a co-moving frame.
4. Non-Inertial Transport
When a frame accelerates or rotates, its transport operator includes additional terms. These terms do not act on matter; they act on description.
These terms are traditionally labeled as forces. Here they are recognized as transport corrections.
5. Closure and Memory
When a frame is transported around a loop, closure is not guaranteed. The mismatch between initial and final orientation is memory accumulation.
π appears when closure is enforced in flat rotational transport. Inertia appears when closure is not.
6. Why Forces Appear
Forces arise when transport is hidden and frames are frozen. What remains must be patched to preserve conservation laws.
The force formalism is a compression scheme for transport history.
7. The Inertia Encyclopedia Position
Transport is fundamental. Frames carry memory. Forces are the algebraic shadows cast when transport is ignored.