[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# Non-equivalent gauge decompositions

Electromagnetism & gauge · 

## Why it looked like it would break the theory

The same gauge field admits several legitimate, non-equivalent decompositions. If a system must have one uniquely correct set of parts, DSRP appears underdetermined.

## Why it failed

**The counterexample failed** because DSRP does not require a single privileged decomposition. Each decomposition is tied to a determinate perspective, boundary, and grain. The parts differ because the context differs, not because part–whole structure is absent.

Settled by [R4](https://dsrpevidence.org/resolution/4). Not yet published.

[Read it](https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11449/)

[All cases](https://dsrpevidence.org/counterexamples)