Physics & Spacearticle2026-08-10

Propagation-State Transformation Matrix in Extended Classical Mechanics

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Abstract

Version 1.2 The propagation-state formalism recently introduced within the framework of Extended Classical Mechanics (ECM) provides an alternative physical interpretation of the relativistic Doppler effect by distinguishing the normalized propagation state from the observed propagation state while preserving the mathematical validity of the relativistic Doppler relation. The present work extends that conceptual interpretation by developing an explicit algebraic transformation connecting normalized and observed propagation states through a propagation-state transformation matrix. The scope of the present work is deliberately restricted to the one-dimensional algebraic transformation between the normalized and observed propagation states. The principal result is the derivation of the corresponding propagation-state transformation matrix from the established relativistic Doppler relation and the ECM propagation-state definitions. Extensions involving phase, temporal interval, frequency evolution, energy, effective mass, and cosmological state variables are not developed here and are reserved for subsequent ECM formulations. Starting from the standard relativistic Doppler equation together with the ECM propagation-state definitions, the derivation establishes an algebraic relationship between the normalized propagation velocity, the observed propagation velocity, the propagation-state deviation, the frequency ratio, and the relativistic Doppler factor. This formulation leads naturally to a propagation-state transformation operator that maps the normalized state vector into the observed state vector while preserving the mathematical consistency of the Doppler relationship. The resulting transformation matrix provides a compact mathematical representation of propagation-state evolution and establishes the propagation-state deviation as an independent ECM quantity that may be evaluated directly from measurable frequency and wavelength relationships. The formalism further distinguishes the standard relativistic limit, where the propagation-state deviation vanishes, from the generalized ECM case in which measurable propagation-state evolution is represented by a non-zero deviation. The transformation operator established here provides the algebraic foundation for subsequent ECM investigations in which the propagation state may be considered together with additional physical variables. Such extensions are outside the scope of the present one-dimensional formulation and may include phase progression, frequency evolution, temporal intervals, energy, effective mass, and cosmological state transformations.

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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)Published 2026-08-10

Authors: Soumendra Nath Thakur

Institutions: St Andrew's Healthcare