PHYSICS PREPRINTS

1.) A Physical Law for the Local Generation of Time: Irreversible Record Formation and the Contraction of Accessible Futures
Harold D. Kirk III
January 14, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18295411
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18295411/files/Kirk_2026_Physical_Law_for_the_Local_Generation_of_Time.pdf

2.) Mass as Temporal Capacity: An Ontological Foundation for the Local Generation of Time
Harold D. Kirk III
January 24, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18362354
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18362354/files/2026_Kirk_Mass_As_Temporal_Capacity.pdf

3.) Atemporal Limits of Emergent Time: Black Holes, Horizons, and the Saturation of Temporal Capacity
Harold D. Kirk III
January 25, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18370518
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18370518/files/2026_Kirk_Atemporal_Limits_of_Emergent_Time.pdf

4.) Gravitation as a Gradient of Temporal Capacity: A Record-Theoretic Interpretation of Spacetime Curvature
Harold D. Kirk III
January 29, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18420649
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18420649/files/2026_Kirk_Gravitation_as_Gradient_of_Temporal_Capacity.pdf

MATH PREPRINTS

1.) Finite-Size Activation in Prime Knot Enumeration: A Local-Growth Perspective
Harold D. Kirk III
January 20, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18308220
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18308220/files/2026_Kirk_Finite_Size_Activation_in_Prime_Knot_Enumeration.pdf

2.) On Activation-Anchored Asymptotics: Finite-Size Structure and the Origin of Growth
Harold D. Kirk III
January 30, 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18437596
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18437596/files/2026_Kirk_On_Activation_Anchored_Asymptotics.pdf