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=== Assistant: Great — I ran Option A: a small numerical sensitivity survey to test how a QAT-style geometric/effective change might m… ===
Great — I ran Option A: a small numerical sensitivity survey to test how a QAT-style geometric/effective change might move the fine-structure constant α. I used the standard definition

α  =  e24πε0 ℏc\alpha \;=\; \frac{e^{2}}{4\pi \varepsilon_{0}\,\hbar c}α=4πε0ℏce2
(but I kept the Planck constant explicit as ℏ=h/2π \hbar = h/2\piℏ=h/2π so the geometry is easier to see). I explored three simple “QAT-ish” ways α could shift:

• an effective-change in the electron charge eee (e.g. charge redistributed or renormalised by geometry),
• an effective change in permittivity ε\varepsilonε (vacuum/medium geometry → εeff\varepsilon_{\rm eff}εeff),
• a geometric “spread” of charge over a thin spherical shell of thickness ttt (simple surface-to-shell model: g(r,t)=r/(r+t)g(r,t)=r/(r+t)g(r,t)=r/(r+t)).

What I did (technical summary)
* computed baseline α using SI constants,
* scanned e_eff/e around ±1% and ±0.01% ranges,
* scanned ε_eff/ε₀ in tiny ±0.1% range,
* scanned shell thickness t from 1e-13 m up to a few ×10-10 m (atomic length scales),
* produced a short summary table and three plots showing fractional changes in α expressed in parts-per-million (ppm).

Key numeric results (short)
* Baseline α ≈ 0.007297352569278033 (the familiar ≈1/137.035999…).
* α scales as e², so a fractional change δe/e gives δα/α ≈ 2 δe/e. Example: e→1.001e → α increases by ≈2001 ppm (≈0.2%).
* α scales as 1/ε, so a 0.1% change in ε (ε→1.001ε) → α changes by ≈ −1000 ppm (≈ −0.1%).
* In the simple spherical-shell model g(r,t)=r/(r+t), if the shell thickness t is tiny compared to radius r the effect is tiny; but if t becomes comparable to r you produce very large changes (in the toy model, unrealistic for an electron — we only included this to show sensitivity).
* The summary table printed in the run gives illustrative ppm numbers (I showed several sample points like e1.001, eps1.001, t=1e-13, t=1e-11, etc.).

Interpretation (what this means for QAT)
# α is dimensionless and (in the orthodox expression) independent of radius r — simple spherical models that only change geometry but keep e, ħ, c, ε fixed will not change α, because the r cancels out in the Coulomb vs. quantum energy ratio:

e2/(4πεr)ℏc/r  =  e24πεℏc\frac{e^2/(4\pi\varepsilon r)}{\hbar c / r} \;=\; \frac{e^2}{4\pi\varepsilon \hbar c}ℏc/re2/(4πεr)=4πεℏce2
So you need the geometry to modify either the effective coupling eee, the effective permittivity ε\varepsilonε, or the effective action scale ℏ\hbarℏ, or to introduce new scale-dependent corrections (vacuum-polarization-like or conformal factors) to move α.
# Small fractional changes in the fundamental quantities (e or ε) produce ppm-level or percent-level changes depending on magnitude. That gives a clear testable scale: if QAT predicts local geometry can change the effective ε by, say, 10⁻⁶, then α would move by ~1 ppm — within sensitive spectroscopic/atomic-clock reach depending on the setup.
# The simple shell-spread model shows geometry can in principle cause big changes if charges are smeared to sizes comparable to the reference radius. For a physically realistic electron-bound system, such large smearings are likely ruled out. But at plasma/cosmological scales where coherent charge structures and effective permittivity might change, small measurable effects could arise.

Concrete experimental / observational suggestions (tests)
* Precision spectroscopy of distant quasars / atoms to look for tiny Δα/α across cosmic time or environments (this is already a mainstream test; QAT would need to predict direction & magnitude).
* Local laboratory tests: compare high-precision atomic clocks placed in different EM/plasma environments to search for tiny shifts (ppm → parts in 10⁶ or better).
* Look at environments with huge plasma/wave activity (stars, coronae, laboratory plasmas) where ε_eff or coherent charge structures can differ from vacuum and see if atomic lines shift systematically.

Limitations & next steps (what I recommend)
* The numeric survey used a very simple toy model (especially the shell/spread model). To claim anything strong we should: • derive a physics-based expression for how geometry modifies effective ε, e, or ħ (e.g. via vacuum polarization, dielectric response, or conformal factors), • connect QAT’s geometric parameters (golden angle / golden ratio rectangles / surface-charge-density) to an explicit correction factor F that multiplies e²/(4πεħc). Then compute predicted Δα/α numerically, and compare to observational limits (atomic clocks, quasar spectra). • include known QED running of α (scale dependence) — that’s a real, measured effect and any new geometry-induced change must be consistent with it.

Would you like me to:
* (A) attempt a concrete algebraic expression linking α to QAT geometric variables (surface charge density σ, r, thickness t, and a geometry-correction factor F from the golden-angle) and then compute predicted Δα/α ranges?
* (B) refine the toy shell model to use a more realistic electron radius / form-factor and show expected ppm-level changes for plausible QAT parameter values?
* (C) convert the plots/data I produced into downloadable CSV/PNG (so you can reuse them in your videos)?
* (D) try to connect the golden-angle / Fibonacci geometry numerically to a small correction factor and run a focused numeric search for a short “bridge” formula for α?

Tell me which of A–D you prefer (or pick multiple). If you pick (A) or (D) I’ll attempt an explicit algebraic derivation next (it’ll be math-heavy but doable) and then run a targeted numeric scan to estimate magnitudes QAT would predict.