B2 Tensor Calculus Is Not a Replacement Structure

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Authors: Amos Maley
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Abstract

This paper establishes an impossibility result for treating tensor calculus as a replacement or grounding structure within a closed admissible framework. It proves that tensor formalisms function only as standing-preserving redescriptions and cannot supply admissibility, legitimacy, or closure on their own. Any attempt to elevate tensor calculus to a foundational or replacement role is shown to introduce illicit scope transport, hidden parameterization, or external authority injection, collapsing standing. The analysis is strictly eliminative and non-constructive: it introduces no new primitives, specifies no procedures, and provides no operational or computational prescriptions. The result functions as a boundary theorem, ruling out tensor calculus as a substitute for closure achieved by exhaustion.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Relativity and Gravitational Theory Philosophy and Theoretical Science History and Theory of Mathematics

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
7 February 2026