====== The Koide formula ======

The Koide formula was discovered by Japanese theoretical physicist Yoshio Koide in 1981.

It provides a relatively simple mathematical relationship for the masses of the Electron, Muon and Tau particles - and was later modified and extended to Neutrinos, Quarks and other particles.

Experimental measurements show that the formula is accurate (at low energies) - but to date no-one can explain why.

The formula states :

$${\displaystyle Q={\frac {\;m_{e}+m_{\mu }+m_{\tau }\;}{\left(\,{\sqrt {m_{e}\,}}+{\sqrt {m_{\mu }\,}}+{\sqrt {m_{\tau }\,}}\,\right)^{2}}}=0.666661(7)\approx {\frac {\,2\,}{3}}~,}$$

( //m//<sub>e</sub> is the electron mass, //m//<sub>μ</sub> is the muon mass, and //m//<sub>τ</sub> is the tau mass.)

The mass relationships are unexplained - with seemingly arbitrary numbers leading to a very simple fraction.

Further technical reading, see : [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.4125.pdf|arXiv]]  from Piotr ̇Zenczykowski, of the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Poland.

//Note:// Not all particle physicists agree on the significance of the formula - maintaining that it's just a mathematical co-incidence.