Published November 23, 2025 | Version v1
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Boundary as Clock: Time as Unified Translation Operator of Phase--Spectral Shift--Modular Flow

  • 1. Independent Researcher
  • 2. National University of Singapore

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Against background of general C^\ast-algebras and operator scattering theory, construct framework of ``time = boundary translation.'' Time not viewed as pre-given flow parameter in bulk domain but defined as unique translation scale generated by boundary spectral data, maintaining self-consistency among phase--spectral shift--modular flow triple readings. Specifically: First, in scattering systems satisfying Birman--Krein conditions, take total scattering phase \Phi(\omega)=\arg\det S(\omega), s

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