D4 Triality

D4 lattice structure, 4-byte symmetry constraints
symmetrydim 46 metrics

What It Measures

Whether 4-byte structural patterns respect the Spin(8) triality symmetry.

Takes each group of 4 consecutive values and projects them onto the 24 roots of D4 — the vectors ±eᵢ ± eⱼ in 4D space. D4 is the only Lie algebra with triality: an order-3 automorphism that cyclically permutes three fundamentally different representations of Spin(8). The geometry asks: does the data's root usage look the same after applying this triality rotation? If so, the data has a structural symmetry that only D4 can detect.

Metrics

triplet_temporal

Temporal coherence of root assignment across overlapping 4-byte windows. Measures whether the root trajectory has predictable structure rather than random jumps. Higher for signals with smooth dynamics.

neighborhood_asymmetry

Asymmetry between the 16 edge-neighbors per root in the D4 graph. Measures whether transitions favor certain neighbor directions over others. High for signals with directional bias in 4D root space.

structural_coherence

Combined structural regularity of root usage patterns. Captures how "crystalline" the data's 4-byte structure is in D4 coordinates.

spectral_transition

Projects root-to-root transition dynamics onto D4's edge-adjacency eigenspaces {-8, 0, 16}, returns weighted (E₁₆ - E₋₈) / E_total. Thomson control points have no edges, so this eigenspace decomposition doesn't exist — giving strong D1 drop. Evolved via ShinkaEvolve atlas v1.

diversity_ratio

Fraction of the 24 roots actually used. High diversity means the data explores the full D4 geometry; low diversity means it's confined to a subspace.

normalized_entropy

Shannon entropy of root usage, normalized by maximum. Uniform root distributions score high; periodic orbits score 0.

d4_structure_score

Combined structural score from root usage patterns, transition dynamics, and triality symmetry. Evolved via ShinkaEvolve. Not yet in the atlas — recently added.

Atlas Rankings

diversity_ratio
SourceDomainValue
Solar Wind IMFastro1.0000
Solar Wind Speedastro1.0000
Sunspot Numberastro1.0000
···
Constant 0xFFnoise0.1111
Logistic r=3.5 (Period-4)chaos0.1111
Logistic r=3.2 (Period-2)chaos0.1111
neighborhood_asymmetry
SourceDomainValue
Langton's Antexotic0.7364
Triangle Wavewaveform0.7289
Rudin-Shapironumber_theory0.7184
···
Constant 0xFFnoise0.0000
Morse Codewaveform0.0000
Square Wavewaveform0.0074
normalized_entropy
SourceDomainValue
Nikkei Returnsfinancial0.9001
Categorical Sensorexotic0.8776
DNA Thermusbio0.8772
···
Constant 0xFFnoise-0.0000
Logistic r=3.5 (Period-4)chaos-0.0000
Logistic r=3.2 (Period-2)chaos-0.0000
spectral_transition
SourceDomainValue
Earthquake Depthsgeophysics0.2510
BTC Returnsfinancial0.2488
Poisson Countsexotic0.2483
···
Logistic r=3.2 (Period-2)chaos-0.0417
Logistic Edge-of-Chaoschaos-0.0417
Logistic r=3.5 (Period-4)chaos-0.0417
structural_coherence
SourceDomainValue
Earthquake Depthsgeophysics2.5146
Earthquake Intervalsgeophysics2.5004
White Noisenoise2.4998
···
Logistic r=3.5 (Period-4)chaos-0.0000
Constant 0xFFnoise0.0000
Morse Codewaveform0.0000
triplet_temporal
SourceDomainValue
Logistic r=3.83 (Period-3 Window)chaos1.9924
Champernownenumber_theory0.9515
Logistic r=3.74 (Period-5 Window)chaos0.8101
···
Stern-Brocot Walknumber_theory-1.3010
Fibonacci Wordexotic-0.8321
LIGO Livingstonastro-0.8012

When It Lights Up

D4 triality is the only Lie algebra with an order-3 automorphism cyclically permuting three representations of Spin(8). The spectral_transition metric exploits D4's unique edge-adjacency spectrum: the eigenvalues {-8, 0, 16} are algebraic properties of the 24-root graph that no generic point arrangement shares. D4's 4-byte window size complements G2 (pairs) and E8 (octets), catching intermediate-scale correlations with crystallographic structure.

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