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Transfinite ER = EPR: A Categorical Bijection Between the Everett Branch Lattice and the Wormhole Configuration Space of Quantum Gravity

Zuhaib Ahmad

Published Apr 2, 2026• 0 citations
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We unify the ER = EPR conjecture with the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) by constructing a transfinite, bijective functor between the poset of entangled Everett branches and the space of Einstein-Rosen bridges. Leveraging the fact that the branching cardinality is at least $\beth_1$ (the cardinality of the continuum), we employ the axiom of choice and Cantor's transfinite recursion to define a one-to-one correspondence $\Phi: \mathcal{B} \times \mathcal{B} \to \Omega$, where $\mathcal{B}$ is the set of orthogonal branches and $\Omega$ the set of non-traversable ER bridge geometries. The mapping preserves unitarity, respects the no-communication theorem, and yields three falsifiable predictions: (i) a geometric correction to the decoherence functional, (ii) a generalised Ryu-Takayanagi formula for branch entanglement entropy, and (iii) a topological obstruction to non-Hausdorff branch merging. This work fills a precise gap in the literature and provides a rigorous mathematical foundation for ER = EPR in the Everett multiverse.

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10.5281/zenodo.19388752

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