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When citing this work, please use:

Heinecke, A. (2025). "Atoms are Balls: Why Three-Dimensional Rotation Explains 
Atomic Binding from Hydrogen to Gold". Independent Research. 
Repository: https://git.esus.name/esus/spin_paper

BibTeX:
@unpublished{heinecke2025atoms,
  title={Atoms are Balls: Why Three-Dimensional Rotation Explains Atomic Binding from Hydrogen to Gold},
  author={Heinecke, Andre},
  year={2025},
  note={Independent Research. Repository: \url{https://git.esus.name/esus/spin_paper}},
  url={https://git.esus.name/esus/spin_paper}
}

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
- Caseway's Fast and Furious Bilbo (Labrador Retriever) for inspiration
- AI collaborators (ChatGPT-4 and Claude) for mathematical formalization