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Geometric Origin of Quantum Amplitudes: Phase–Channel Projection, Curvature–Driven Collapse, and the Emergence of the Born Rule

BORA AKTAŞ

Published Jan 1, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract We develop a geometric framework in which quantum amplitudes, superposition, and probabilistic interpretation emerge from phase–channel geometry rather than from axiomatic postulates. The theory is formulated using generalized phase algebras Cₙ, with particular emphasis on the reduction chain C₆ → C₃ → C₂. At the C₆ level, the adjoint-defined norm selects a two-dimensional visible subspace spanned by antisymmetric phase channels, enforcing superposition as a direct consequence of higher phase symmetry. Projection to lower phase geometries collapses this superposition to a single effective channel, not through an external measurement postulate but via a curvature-driven stability mechanism. We show that distinct visible phase directions in C₆ project onto the same visible direction in C₃, with their geometric differences encoded solely in scalar amplitudes. These amplitude weights are fixed by phase geometry and lead naturally to a squared-norm probability rule. In this sense, the Born rule is obtained as a geometric projection law rather than assumed as a foundational axiom. The framework thus provides a unified geometric account of superposition, collapse, and probabilistic interpretation, and suggests a reinterpretation of quantum amplitudes as remnants of higher-dimensional phase geometry.

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10.5281/zenodo.18119585

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