Public research infrastructure · v1.0.0 · updated 2026-07-28

Research Atlas Gateway

The directory of Maha Research atlases: source-linked research maps with claim ledgers, source trails, concept records, and stated boundaries. An atlas maps a body of literature; it is not a consensus statement, forecast, or advice.

4 atlases · 60 claims · 62 concepts · 88 sources

What these are not

The atlases are source-linked research maps. They are not consensus statements, not forecasts, not investment advice, and not operational or safety guidance. An atlas records what has been claimed, by whom, on what evidence, and what that evidence does not establish. Where a field disagrees, the atlas maps the disagreement rather than resolving it.

Inclusion of a source is a statement about provenance, not endorsement. A verified citation means the identifier resolved and the work is correctly placed — never that its argument is correct.

What an Atlas is, in plain language

An atlas is an orientation layer over a body of literature. It does not replace the sources; it tells you what is there, how the pieces relate, and how much weight each one carries. Five things do the work:

Claim
A single assertion with a stable identifier. Every claim carries an epistemic status and a statement of what it does not establish. Claims are the unit you cite.
Source
A work a claim rests on, tagged with how far it was checked — resolved against a primary index, cited but not re-resolved, or foundational. The tag describes verification, not quality.
Concept
An orientation record for a term the literature uses, written so a claim can be read without already knowing the field. Concepts explain; they do not assert.
Uncertainty
Carried on the claim itself, as a status label plus an explicit boundary. An atlas never launders a contested claim into a settled one by dropping the caveat.
Version
Each atlas is versioned and dated, with an evidence cutoff where one applies. A claim is true of a version, not of all time — which is why the version appears on every page.

The rules these follow are written down rather than implied. See the Maha Provenance Standard, which specifies how a claim is identified, labelled, sourced, bounded, versioned, and corrected.

The Atlases · 4

First edition · 12 source-bounded claims

Quantum Computing Atlas

v0.1.0 · reviewed 2026-07-28
evidence through 2026-07-28

A source-led, machine-readable research library for quantum computing concepts, hardware, error correction, algorithms, limitations, and near-term applications.

Public records
12 claims · 12 concepts · 10 sources
Scope
Quantum computing concepts, hardware modalities, error correction, algorithms, limitations, and near-term applications.
Written for
A technically literate non-specialist trying to separate what quantum hardware demonstrably does today from what is projected, marketed, or still theoretical.

Boundary

  • No technology forecasts, vendor rankings, investment advice, or unverified performance leaderboards.
  • No claim that current devices can run large-scale Shor factoring or general-purpose fault-tolerant algorithms.
Open Atlas →ConceptsSourcesMethodology
Metadata ↗Claim ledger ↗Source trail ↗Plain-text context ↗

First edition · 14 source-bounded claims

Tensor Network Optimization Atlas

v0.1.0 · reviewed 2026-07-29
evidence through 2026-07-29

A source-led, machine-readable research library for matrix product states, MERA, and tensor-network contraction as a classical method for QUBO/Ising optimization and quantum-circuit simulation.

Public records
14 claims · 16 concepts · 17 sources
Scope
Tensor-network structure and cost models (MPS, PEPS, MERA), the mapping from QUBO/Ising problems into contractible networks, and the evidence status of classical-versus-quantum comparisons on those problems.
Written for
Someone evaluating "quantum-inspired" optimization claims — a practitioner, technical buyer, or research reader — who needs the tensor-network cost model and the evidence for classical-versus-quantum comparisons stated with their limits attached.

Boundary

  • No performance figure without a resolvable cited source — the benchmark schema has no throughput, speedup, or runtime field, so an unattributed number cannot be recorded at all.
  • No claim that classical tensor-network contraction generally outperforms quantum hardware on industrial optimization workloads; the absence of such a result is recorded as claim tn-014.
  • Does not adjudicate the AdS/MERA correspondence, which is carried as a conjecture alongside its published objection.
  • No vendor rankings, roadmaps treated as evidence, or investment guidance.
Open Atlas →ConceptsSourcesMethodology
Metadata ↗Claim ledger ↗Source trail ↗Plain-text context ↗

Educational research map · non-peer-reviewed orientation tool

The de Sitter / String Swampland Atlas

v1.2.0 · reviewed 2026-07-27

A source-first concept map and claim ledger for the de Sitter problem in the string/M-theory swampland program, built from a citation-verified literature map. An educational orientation tool that separates established results from active research, conjecture, and speculative interpretation.

Public records
12 claims · 16 concepts · 28 sources
Scope
The de Sitter problem in the string/M-theory swampland program, with a literature map, claim ledger, source trail, and a downloadable context pack.
Written for
A reader with some physics background who wants the shape of an unresolved research debate — who argues what, on what evidence — without being told which side is right.

Boundary

  • Does not adjudicate whether string theory admits metastable de Sitter vacua.
  • Does not claim experimental confirmation of string theory, M-theory, or any swampland conjecture.
Open Atlas →ConceptsSourcesContext pack
Metadata ↗Claim ledger ↗Source trail ↗Context pack ↗Plain-text context ↗

Sits alongside the working paper The de Sitter Problem in the String Swampland: A Verified Literature Map. The atlas is a navigation layer over that paper’s verified citation set, not a second source.

Evidence & Decision Layer · 22 source-bounded claims

Synthetic Intelligence Atlas

v1.1.0 · reviewed 2026-07-28
evidence through 2026-06-14

A source-bounded map of large language models, agents, evaluation, and forecasting limits. Each public claim carries sources, a status, and limitations.

Public records
22 claims · 18 concepts · 33 sources
Scope
LLM mechanisms and scaling, post-training and inference-time reasoning, tool use and agents, benchmarks, construct validity, evaluation, and the limits of forecasting.
Written for
Someone deciding how much weight to put on claims about AI capability — practitioner, educator, or policy reader — who needs the evidence and its limits stated together.

Boundary

  • Forecast scenarios and the local methodological audit exhibit are not in the public edition.
  • Quantum computing, headline benchmark leaderboards, price trajectories, and unreviewed capability forecasts.
Open Atlas →ClaimsComparisonsConceptsSourcesMethodologyContext pack
Metadata ↗Claim ledger ↗Concept records ↗Source trail ↗Context pack ↗Plain-text context ↗

Machine-readable discovery

These are discovery indexes, not a second copy of the corpus. Each record carries its atlas id and the canonical URL of the record it points at, so an aggregate entry can never drift from — or be mistaken for — the atlas-level endpoint that owns it.

Publication gate · catalog valid

  1. A public atlas requires a canonical path, semantic version, review date, explicit scope, explicit exclusions, and non-zero public claim, concept, and source records.
  2. It must publish machine-readable metadata, claim ledger, and source trail endpoints beneath its own canonical path.
  3. New pages begin as editorial candidates. They become public only after source resolution, status assignment, limitation writing, and a successful production build.
Educational, non-peer-reviewed research maps published by Maha Strategies Research. Each atlas states its own version, review date, and boundary; those statements govern. For current status on any real-world hazard or system, consult the responsible authority rather than an atlas.