The “four-letter theorem” from the viewpoint of the “fundamental theorem of the universe”

13 March 2026, Version 1
This content is an early or alternative research output and has not been peer-reviewed by Cambridge University Press at the time of posting.

Abstract

The four-color theorem in standard mathematics and the four-letter theorem in Hilbert mathematics are juxtaposed. The former is a topological theorem thus not allowing for its elementary metric proof as the latter. This is interpreted as an example of “Modernity’s bottle” forcing mathematics not to use any tools entering reality for complying with the taboo for the gap between mathematical models and reality. The same relation in Hilbert arithmetic is interpreted as passing through the “threshold” between two and three dimensions after the Gleason and Kochen - Specker theorems. The representation of mathematical duality and physical complementarity is discussed. The philosophical concept of “the totality” translated in ontomathematics implies for mathematical models to be “concave” in order to obey the absoluteness of the totality. A principle of the equivalence of “concave” (philosophical or “metaphysical”) and “convex” (proper mathematical) explanations being inherent from the viewpoint of ontomathematics is investigated by the example of the correspondence of the Bohmian (non-local and metaphysic: thus “concave”) versus “Copenhagen” (local and agnostic: thus, “convex”) interpretations of quantum mechanics. The eventual representation of quantum contextuality/ holism as fractal structures/ functional (Hausdorff) dimensionality is conjectured. The third dimension of reality (in the sense of the cited theorems) is researched in its two versions: “concave” (metaphysic, in particular, Bohmian) and “convex” (traditional and mathematical, particularly, “Copenhagen”). An illustration by the “four letters” of DNA (RNA) is considered. An interpretation of Peano arithmetic as the “half” of Boolean algebra unifying propositional logic and set theory is linked.

Keywords

arithmetic as the “half” of Boolean algebra
Bohmian nonlocal metaphysics versus “Copenhagen” agnosticism
Boolean identity of set theory and propositional logic
“concave” philosophy versus “convex” mathematics
DNA (RNA) “four letters”
four-color theorem
four-letter theorem
fundamental theorem of the universe
GKS threshold of reality
spin statistics
the totality

Comments

Comments are not moderated before they are posted, but they can be removed by the site moderators if they are found to be in contravention of our Commenting and Discussion Policy [opens in a new tab] - please read this policy before you post. Comments should be used for scholarly discussion of the content in question. You can find more information about how to use the commenting feature here [opens in a new tab] .
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy [opens in a new tab] and Terms of Service [opens in a new tab] apply.