The Universe as a Map: A Coherence-Based Framework for Time, Space, and Physical Constants

This paper introduces a coherence-based conceptual framework in which the universe is treated as a readable map rather than a collection of independent physical laws.

Time, space, mass, energy, and physical constants are derived as emergent properties of a single global coherence parameter, rather than assumed as fundamental inputs.

The framework provides a unifying conceptual foundation for earlier proposals by the author concerning vacuum dynamics, light propagation, and topological particle models, while remaining compatible with established physics in appropriate limits.

The work emphasizes clarity, minimal assumptions, and testable implications, and is intended as a foundational reference for further theoretical and experimental exploration.