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Exact-GR Benchmark
Exact general relativity is the conservative observable-scale benchmark here. That benchmark is not a source-side derivation, matter-coupling proof, or promotion decision.
The Æther Flow Project is a two-part research program about foundational physics and the governed, human-accountable AI research system used to organize and test that work. This Exact-GR Benchmark page explains how the physics track uses ordinary general relativity as its conservative observable-scale reference: one operative Lorentzian metric, universal matter coupling, ordinary causal structure, and no claimed empirical deviation from GR.
Adopting that effective benchmark does not mean the proposed Æther / Æther-Flow ontology has derived it from source-side variables. The page helps readers keep benchmark adoption, ontology compatibility, first-principles derivation, and human-gated promotion separate so that an effective-level result is not mistaken for foundational proof.
Static diagram
Keep benchmark compatibility below derivation proof.
The benchmark ladder shows exact-GR compatibility, source derivation, and promotion as separate levels with separate evidence burdens.
Claim status
Four claim states must not be merged.
This matrix is the safe reading contract. Each row is useful, but only within its stated boundary.
| State | Safe use | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Adoption | Use ordinary general relativity as the current observable-scale benchmark. | Adoption is not source-side derivation from Æther-flow substrate structure. |
| Compatibility | Hold the ontology beside the benchmark without claiming contradiction from this page. | Compatibility is weaker than construction, recovery, or promotion. |
| Derivation | Name the source-side burdens that would be needed for a stronger claim. | Metric behavior, matter coupling, and Einstein equations remain open burdens. |
| Promotion | Route readers to claim gates and source authority before accepting stronger language. | Website pages, validators, PDFs, and generated derivatives cannot issue promotion. |
Benchmark package
The effective benchmark is ordinary; the derivation burden remains open.
The benchmark package is useful because it prevents hidden target import. It also makes clear what the source-side project would still need to construct.
| Component | Benchmark use | Source-side limit |
|---|---|---|
| One operative metric | Reader-facing exact-GR behavior uses the standard metric benchmark. | No current source-side object is promoted here as a derived effective metric. |
| Universal matter coupling | The benchmark assumes ordinary same-metric matter behavior at observable scale. | The source-side derivation of universal coupling remains downstream. |
| Einstein-Hilbert action | The action belongs to the adopted effective benchmark package. | The page does not derive the action from substrate dynamics. |
| Standard causal structure | The public benchmark remains ordinary relativistic causality. | No independent low-energy non-GR signature is claimed here. |
Source basis
The page is a boundary map, not proof.
Stronger benchmark language belongs to upstream source records and human-gated decisions. This route only organizes the reader-facing distinction.
| Source area | Used here for | Authority boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Exact-GR benchmark explainer | Reader-facing boundary between adoption, compatibility, derivation, and promotion. | Generated noncanonical surface. |
| GR derivation burden map | Ordering of metric, matter-coupling, field-equation, and promotion burdens. | Control note, not website proof. |
| Distance-to-GR and claim-boundary registries | Current burden and forbidden-claim constraints. | Registry state constrains copy but does not prove a theorem. |
| Registered TeX source registry | Authority distinction between TeX sources and generated derivatives. | Website page remains explanatory derivative. |