Registry · Theorem
V.T66
tau-effective
formalized
V.T66 — The vacuum catastrophe is a category error
The vacuum catastrophe is a category error: the QFT vacuum energy density is not the energy of the vacuum state but a refinement count (lattice modes weighted by zero-point energy), corresponding to S_ref, not physical energy. The physical vacuum energy E_bdry is finite and cutoff-independent.
Book V
Part 3
Ch. 25