Fundamental problems
Research directions for quantum measurement, gravity, cosmology and unification, with assumptions, open tasks and routes towards tests.
A research programme developed by Mohamed Haj Yousef.
His work investigates how inner-time generation forms spatial and material relations, while outer-time completion makes observable records available. The programme connects this proposal to published mathematics, physical modelling and interactive applications.
Published foundations · Quantum phase · Completed records · Temporal asymmetry

The animation introduces the programme’s central distinction: spatial relations form internally, then completed configurations enter the outer-time order.
Single Monad · Duality of Time
Conceptual illustration. The curves show generation order, not particle paths or a proposed shape of the universe.
Narrated film · 90 seconds
AI-generated English narration; not the author’s voice. English and Arabic subtitles are available. The film is a model illustration, not footage of a physical process.
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Audio edition · 90 seconds
Listen to the film’s narration, then return to explore the four completed records.
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What would it mean for space itself to have an origin? The Single Monad Model begins with one proposed generative source, rather than objects already placed in a container.
The source symbol is not a tiny particle in hidden space. Here it labels the common process. Distinctions are represented as retained relations, in a separate explanatory panel.
Inner time names the generative role. Six levels are nested: each higher operation depends on lower-level work. The drawing is a dependency hierarchy, not six physical shells or independent clocks.
In the illustrated model, pairs of levels contribute signed readout directions. One direction, then two, then three. This shows how the chosen readout works; it does not by itself select physical space.
A configuration becomes available only when a stated completion check succeeds. The seventh role is that interface. Completed records give an observable order; a physical duration still requires a calibrated clock.
A recognizable pattern can persist through successive records. Space, clocks and matter are the connected targets of the programme. Explore the model, inspect its assumptions, and follow the mathematics beyond the picture.
Open the journal papers or explore the public manuscript collection.
Inner-time generation and outer-time completion offer a proposed framework for connecting quantum phenomena, spacetime and the arrow of time. Explore the questions and interactive models on SMONAD.
Research directions for quantum measurement, gravity, cosmology and unification, with assumptions, open tasks and routes towards tests.
Tools for timing, physical constants, quantum models, geometry and memory, for research exploration and teaching.
Trace structural inputs, normalization, and calibration in proposed relations between constants.
Open the constants explorerExplore when a retained record needs extra information to determine its subsequent evolution.
Open the memory laboratoryFollow assumptions, remaining tasks, and the tests needed to develop the programme.
Explore the problemsSMM/DTT places the formation of space and matter within time’s role in physical description.
Journal papers develop completion, phase selection and temporal asymmetry under explicit mathematical hypotheses.
The book series and textual projects connect the physics programme with the study of time and Ibn al-Arabi.
Studies how a compatible complex phase can be selected from a real Hilbert representation and an oriented internal time flow, under explicit mathematical hypotheses.
Opens the publisher’s full-text options, not a direct PDF file.
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2026.132085
Develops a modular mathematical framework for completed records, compatible complex structures, positive-frequency selection, and conditional geometric readouts.
DOI: 10.30538/oms2026.0328
Investigates coupled temporal evolution and the emergence of memory and temporal asymmetry in reduced descriptions of non-equilibrium systems.
DOI: 10.3390/math14050853
A 90-second film and narration now accompany a complete transcript and English/Arabic subtitles. An interactive view of inner generation and observation now includes four inspectable completed records. DOI copying and citation downloads are available beside the selected publications.
Explore the animation ↑Mohamed Haj Yousef welcomes collaboration on mathematical foundations and physical models, alongside seminar invitations and scholarly discussion of time, space and matter.