A prediction for |μe3| from patterns in the charged lepton spectra

It is shown that empirical relations between the charged lepton spectra and the quark spectra together with a bimaximal or near bimaximal neutrino mixing matrix necessarily imply that there is a contribution to \U-e3\ given by theta(C)/3root2 approximate to rootm(e)/2m(mu) approximate to 0.052, where theta(C) is the Cabibbo angle. This prediction could be tested in the near future reactor experiments. The charged lepton mixing also generates a less robust prediction for the angle theta(23) and a small contribution to the phase delta. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.