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Why does one of nature’s most important numbers have the value it does? The fine-structure constant, whose inverse is about 137, has fascinated physicists for generations. We explore Alex Wissner-Gross’s Chain Theory, an emerging research program that starts with finite quantum systems joined by entanglement. From this proposed foundation, Wissner-Gross derives a mathematical candidate that agrees with the standard reference value of the constant to ten significant digits. The journey connec...
