
This monograph presents a rigorous, single-parameter toy model based on the stochastically perturbed parabolic map x_{n+1} = x_n + x_n^3 + η ξ_n (ξ_n ~ N(0,1)). Using a 200-million-bin matrix-free transfer operator (PETSc/SLEPc), we resolve spectral gaps to Δ₁ ≈ 1.58×10⁻⁴ at η = 8×10⁻⁷ and extend the asymptotic regime to η = 5×10⁻¹⁰. Exact Fokker–Planck continuous limit and Freidlin–Wentzell quasipotential V(x) = |x|⁴/2 • Δ_k ∼ η² scaling with logarithmic corrections below η ≈ 3×10⁻⁹ • Localisation of the slowest mode at the parabolic cusp x = 0 • Spatial inhomogeneity of effective potential curvature U''(x) producing compressed spectral ratios 1 : 3.1 : 5.6 • Quantum equivalence via Hopf–Cole transform to a quartic oscillator Hamiltonian • Probability cavitation: exponential concentration onto a shrinking quartic spine (width ∼ η^{1/2}) while tails become super-Gaussian voids A speculative extension embeds the mechanism in the GRST toy model: a hexagonal seed + quadratic iteration + 12 pentagonal defects yields SM-like lepton mass ratios ≈ 1 : 205 : 3460 purely from inverse spectral gaps, with emergent gravity and cosmology from residual vacuum energy after cavitation (ρ_Λ ∼ 10⁻¹²⁰ M_Pl⁴). All derivations, numerical code (PETSc operator + quantum-graph diagonalisation), and raw data are included. The work is a proof-of-concept toy system demonstrating how weak noise at a parabolic fixed point can generate enormous hierarchies, quantum localisation, and cosmological features from one scale. It is not claimed to describe the real world.
probability cavitation, parabolic fixed point, spectral gaps, large deviations, quartic oscillator, quantum graph, emergent gravity, lepton hierarchy, toy unification model
probability cavitation, parabolic fixed point, spectral gaps, large deviations, quartic oscillator, quantum graph, emergent gravity, lepton hierarchy, toy unification model
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