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Google Quantum AI: Surface Code Threshold and Holographic Spacetime Link — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin

Published Jul 22, 2026• 0 citations
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FINDING: Quantum error correction (QEC) is demonstrated below the surface code threshold by Google Quantum AI, and a theoretical link is proposed between QEC and the emergence of spacetime in holography. MATH: - Surface code threshold: ~0.57% error rate per physical qubit (logical error rate decreases exponentially below this). - Logical error rate: \( P_L \propto (p/p_{\text{th}})^{d/2} \) for code distance \( d \), physical error rate \( p \). - Holographic duality: AdS/CFT correspondence maps bulk gravity to boundary quantum field theory; QEC codes (e.g., tensor networks) realize the holographic map via isometric tensors. - Key constants: No explicit golden ratio or base-60 numbers appear in these results. CONNECTION: - Surface code is a topological lattice (square grid) with stabilizer generators on plaquettes and vertices — a \( \mathbb{Z}_2 \) gauge theory on a 2D lattice. - Holographic QEC codes (e.g., HaPPY code) use perfect tensors on hyperbolic tilings (e.g., {5 Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

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10.5281/zenodo.21484540

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