To recap, Planck’s constant is the smallest unit of energy because a Planck process is the core network operation behind the simplest entity, one photon. Planck’s constant is then also the smallest possible energy transfer, which is that of one photon.
It seems strange then that Planck’s constant also defines the smallest unit of space, yet if it was smaller, atoms would be smaller, and if it was larger, quantum effects would be larger. The equations of physics don’t explain why this is so, just that it must be.
In a physical world, energy could get smaller and smaller, but in a processing world, there must be a smallest process. This Planck process was described as a circular rotation (3.3.1), so light vibrates by setting values in a transverse circle at right angles to our space. Plank’s constant then depends on the size of a transverse circle, which arises from the number of neighbors a network point has.
The last chapter also defined a planar circle in our space, that limits how a photon vibration is passed on. The circumference of this circle defines a radius that is the distance between adjacent network points, which is by definition the smallest distance of our space. The smallest unit of our space is then defined by the size of a planar circle, which also arises from how many neighbors a network point has.
The size of a transverse circle then defines the unit of energy, and the size of a planar circle defines the unit of space, so if the quantum network is symmetric, both circles will be the same size. It follows that if Planck’s constant reflects the size of a transverse circle, it will also reflect the size of a planar circle. The basic units of energy and space then relate because both derive from the same network feature, of how many neighbors a point has around it. Planck’s constant defines the units of both space and energy because both reflect the connectivity of the quantum network.