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Reconstruction of Schrödinger's Cat in Many Worlds 8; A Topological Field Theory Perspective on the Quantum Measurement Problem- Unifying Logical Depth and Many-Worlds

changzheng zhou, ZIQING zhou

Published Mar 6, 2026• 0 citations
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This paper proposes a unified description framework for the quantum universebased on logical depth and topological invariants. By introducing logical depth as afundamental parameter and combining it with the topological constraint of secondChern number conservation, we prove that the single-world and many-worlds descriptions correspond to effective theories of the system at different logical depths,respectively. This framework is independent of observer consciousness and is strictlyestabllllished on topological field theory, quantum information geometry, and theprinciple of gauge invariance. It also presents experimentally testable predictionsthat can be examined through observations of topological currents in mesoscopicsystems and analysis of non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background radiation.

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10.5281/zenodo.18890037

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