The Adelic Physics Program: A Grand Synthesis

Abstract

Six papers, one thesis: **Physics is adelic.** The Archimedean (real-number) description is the $\infty$-place readout of a richer ultrametric structure defined over the p-adic completions of $\mathbb{Q}$. Ostrowski's theorem — which classifies all non-trivial completions of the rational numbers as $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathbb{Q}_p$ for each prime $p$ — is the hidden organizing principle behind quantum measurement, quantum error correction, and the structure of spacetime at the Compton scale. We present the unified framework: Zitterbewegung (ZBW) is the physical manifestation of the p-adic channel of the adelic Dirac equation; Majorana zero modes are Bruhat-Tits fixed points encoding adelic topological charge; and adelic quantum error correction replaces active QEC codes with number-theoretic protection. This synthesis paper connects all six companion publications into a coherent research program with specific, falsifiable predictions. **Keywords:** Adelic physics, Ostrowski's theorem, Zitterbewegung, Bruhat-Tits tree, p-adic quantum mechanics, topological quantum computing, grand synthesis ---