The Proton as an Icosahedral Three-Phase Motor

We propose that the proton is a 3-phase standing wave in the geon lattice, with three "colors" as adjacent nodes locked in 120° Eisenstein phase relationship. The strong force operates within 19 lattice units (the icosahedral threshold), bounded by 20 faces where electromagnetism begins. This explains quark confinement (cannot isolate one phase), strong force range (~1 fm = 19 units), and proton radius (0.84 fm ≈ 16 units). We derive αs = 1/(3π−1) = 0.1187 and predict scattering angles at 41.8°, 63.4°, 138.2°.