To recap, Planck’s constant is the smallest unit of energy because a Planck process is the smallest unit of network operation. This simplest network process also represents the simplest physical entity, which is one photon. Planck’s constant then represents the energy of one photon.
In the last chapter, Plank’s constant defined the smallest unit of space, as if it was smaller, atoms would be smaller, and if it was larger, quantum effects would be larger. Why then does the smallest energy also define the smallest space? Current physics doesn’t say why this is so.
In a physical world, energy could get smaller and smaller, but a processing world it can’t, because there is a smallest process. This process was earlier described as a circular rotation (3.3.1) that let light vibrate in a transverse circle at right angles to our space. If the size of this circle depends on the number of transverse neighbors a point has, then Plank’s constant is defined by that number.
In the last chapter, a planar circle of neighbors in our space defined how a photon can move. This circle has a circumference whose radius is the distance between adjacent network points, which by definition is the smallest distance of our space. The Planck length of our space then depends on the number of neighbor points in a planar circle.
Given the size of a transverse circle defines the unit of energy, and the size of a planar circle defines the unit of space, if the quantum network is symmetric, both circles will have the same size. If Planck’s constant reflects the number of points in a transverse circle, it will also reflect the number of points in a planar circle. The basic units of energy and space then both depend on the same network feature, namely how many neighbors a point has around it. Planck’s constant defines the limits of both space and energy because both reflect the connectivity of the quantum network.