Relational Quantum Gravity in a Self-Consistent Einstein–Scalar Sector
Schwarzschild Quantum Gravity · Paper 8
Paper 8
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Institute Lux Consilio · Foundational research
Exploring life and the physical world.
How does matter become organized? What remains through change? We follow these questions through mathematics, physics, biology, and computation.
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Our purpose
Curiosity drives discovery.
Institute Lux Consilio is a nonprofit research institute investigating the foundations of living systems and physical reality.
We bring rigorous mathematics, formal proof, computation, and measurement to questions that cross traditional scientific boundaries.
Discover the institute →Featured research
Questions shaping our work
01 / MEASUREMENT SCIENCE
Health, Formally Defined
What does it mean to be healthy?
Building a mathematical foundation for understanding health across time and context.
Explore the program →02 / SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Multicellular organization
How does biological form emerge?
Tracing the relations that shape development, identity, and living organization.
Explore the program →03 / MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Celestial representation
What survives a change of representation?
Following physical information through mathematical transformations.
Explore the program →Latest research
Recent publications
Finite Palatini BV Regulators for a Self-Consistent Einstein–Scalar Sector
Schwarzschild Quantum Gravity · Paper 7
Paper 7
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Quantum Gauge Structure of a Self-Consistent Einstein–Scalar Sector
Schwarzschild Quantum Gravity · Paper 6
Paper 6
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From Kinetic Movement to Biological Function
Kinetic Organization and Biological Function · Paper 1
Paper 1
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Health, Formally Defined — Papers IV–VI
Paper IV: publication record · PDF ↗ · Paper V: publication record · PDF ↗ · Paper VI: publication record · PDF ↗
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Research programs
01Measurement science
Health, Formally Defined
Active series
02Biophysical systemsDefining health as prospective capacity, then asking how it can be measured.
Kinetic Organization and Biological Function
Active series
03Systems biologyHow organized movement and coupled physical dynamics produce specified biological functions.
Relational Morphogenesis & Multicellular Organization
Active series
04Mathematical physicsStudying how relational structure becomes fate, form, and multicellular organization.
Gaussian Physical States & Celestial Representation
Active series
05Quantum gravityTracking physical information through Gaussian, radiative, and celestial representations.
Relational Quantum Gravity
Active program
06AnalysisFollowing quantum matter from operator law into gauge structure and geometry.
Fluid Dynamics & Navier–Stokes
Active program
07Formal methodsStudying continuation, scale escape, and endpoint rigidity in three-dimensional flow.
Formal Scientific Infrastructure
Ongoing infrastructure
Building formal and computational infrastructure for verified scientific work.
The foundation of our work
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Research
Explore the unknown
Foundational questions across life, matter, and mathematical structure.
Research at ILC →Knowledge
Follow the discoveries
Read papers, follow research series, and explore the evolving scientific record.
Publications →Collaboration
Think together
New questions grow through shared methods, criticism, and imagination.
Collaborate →The institute
Some questions deserve an institution.
ILC gives scientific ideas a place to grow, be tested, and be carried forward.