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==== The Lorentz factor: ====

γ=11−v2c2\gamma = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{v^2}{c^2}}}γ=1−c2v21
Can be visualized in hyperbolic geometry, but could this arise from spherical geometry?

Yes — you can reinterpret hyperbolic rotation as arising from the spherical divergence of time-like paths when viewed from a photon reference frame. As the observer’s velocity increases, time-like intervals (Δt) shrink due to fewer photon-electron interactions per unit time.

Photon energy slows the rate of time formation.

Thus, the QAT interpretation of γ is a measure of spherical symmetry distortion due to energy/mass exchange — a dynamic time curvature.