Maxwell’s equations and the fine-structure constant are central elements of electromagnetic theory, yet in conventional physics they enter as postulated field relations and experimentally determined parameters rather than quantities derived from deeper geometric principles. In this paper we show that both arise naturally within the Rotor Dynamics Framework, in which matter and radiation are interpreted as manifestations of curvature circulation in a four-dimensional rotor manifold. Beginning with the rotor field equation governing curvature evolution, we derive a continuity law expressing the conservation of curvature flux in the vacuum manifold. When the four-dimensional curvature vector is projected into the observable three-dimensional spatial domain, this conservation law yields the full set of Maxwell equations, identifying the electric and magnetic fields as complementary projections of a single underlying curvature structure. Electromagnetic waves then appear as propagating oscillations of rotor curvature, corresponding to open rotor modes that transport curvature phase through the vacuum continuum. Within the same framework the fine-structure constant emerges as a geometric compatibility ratio governing curvature exchange between rotor domains, particularly between the electron and proton structures. The resulting interpretation places both the equations of electromagnetism and their coupling constant within a unified geometric description in which particles correspond to closed rotor configurations and radiation corresponds to propagating curvature disturbances. These results extend the mathematical formalism of the Rotor Dynamics Framework and suggest that electromagnetic phenomena may be understood as large-scale manifestations of curvature transport within a single underlying rotor manifold.
S. Cobb (Tue,) studied this question.