Wave-Expansion Cosmology: Core Axioms and Theoretical Framework of Wave Propagation and Expansion (Wave-Expansion Theory Series - Basic Paper I)

This paper is the first basic paper in the Wave-Expansion Theory Series, laying the theoretical foundation. It proposes the core axiom of Wave-Expansion Cosmology: waves expand during propagation. This axiom is not a hypothesis, but an objective fact. From this fact, without any additional assumptions, the wave-expansion degree, the synchronized variation condition, all wave characteristic expansion formulas (unified wave-rate version), and a four-dimensional state vector are derived. Wave-Expansion Theory does not require dark energy, dark matter, time dilation, or space expansion, naturally explaining observed phenomena such as redshift, Type Ia supernova light curves, and galaxy rotation curves. This series clarifies what Wave-Expansion Theory has discovered, what it studies, and what it solves. It provides verifiable predictions, including arguments for a cosmic boundary near 13.5 billion light-years, predictions of an irregular cosmic boundary, the mapping of the cosmic sky map, and a new scheme for a vacuum telescope. This paper is Basic Paper I of the Wave-Expansion Theory Series.

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**Founder & Sole Author:** Ruichang Qin (覃瑞昌, Gantang Town, Nanning, Guangxi, China)
**ORCID:** [0009-0005-5473-1794](https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5473-1794)
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