Contributors and credit

Groups for Physics is maintained as an original reference and calculation project. The current edition was developed with Codex-assisted research, writing, scientific cross-checks, software implementation and local verification. AI-assisted work does not confer independent human scientific approval.

Different contributions leave different evidence

Contribution	Where it is recorded	What it establishes
Original exposition and software	Versioned project source and edition records	What was added or corrected
Mathematical source curation	Citations beside claims, source records and their locators	Where to check a statement and its conventions
Derivation and calculation	Worked examples, method references and reproducible exports	The assumptions and steps behind the stated result
Automated verification	Versioned mathematical fixtures and release evidence	Particular identities, examples, input boundaries and workflows were tested
Independent human review	Review records tied to the content fingerprint	A named person’s recorded assessment of that source state

The current catalogue does not claim completed independent human mathematics and physics review. No names or institutional endorsements are inferred from citations, software dependencies, AI cross-review or passing tests. Review status remains a separately recorded quality measure; it is not silently changed when a page is written or a tool returns an answer.

Credit the source of the result

The site’s articles and derivations are original exposition. Established mathematical results, physical conventions, database facts and algorithms are attributed to their sources at the point where they are used. A cited author is not thereby a contributor to this website or an endorser of its conclusions.

For example, a Weyl-dimension calculation combines a mathematical formula, a specified root system and normalization, a local exact implementation, and the reader’s chosen highest weight. Its export records these layers. Cite the underlying source and preserve the calculation’s versions and inputs, following reproducibility. A website citation alone should not hide the mathematical origin of the method.

The website uses Astro, Starlight and KaTeX. Their maintainers provide the framework, documentation layout and mathematical renderer; they have not reviewed the site’s group theory. These installed packages use the MIT license, and their notices remain with their distributions. Third-party sources and data retain their own terms.

Corrections become attributable changes

Use Report a correction to prepare a packet containing the affected record or route, the claim or calculation, exact inputs and conventions, and a supporting source locator or reproducible counterexample. The form prepares a local file; it does not send a message automatically. A claim’s content fingerprint changes when its scientific content or evidence changes, so a past review cannot silently approve a new version.

For instance, correcting a quoted equation number is source curation; repairing an algorithm requires a mathematical example and appropriate verification; accepting an independent expert’s assessment requires an actual recorded review. Keeping these activities distinct makes the record useful to the next reader. The editorial method explains the process, and provenance explains claim and dependency records.

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