2M: The Geometry of Quantum Search – N as Minimum Orbit Length and a Structural Unification of BBBV and Classical Simulability Abstract: Document 2M provides a rigorous geometric derivation of quantum search complexity lower bounds within the ONE AXIOM framework. It demonstrates that the (N) quantum query lower bound is not merely a limitation of computational models, but the minimum orbit length required by -contractive dynamics in the coherence search space (U₌, d_) derived from Axiom M. The paper introduces and proves the Bridge Theorem (BT), which establishes a formal, bidirectional equivalence between the standard oracle query model and the -orbit model, preserving complexity across both tracks. By mapping queries to orbit steps, the (N) lower bound is shown to follow from the geometric requirement of traversing a specific coherence angle to reach a target of measure 1/N. Key Contributions: Geometric Lower Bound (T3): A first-principles derivation of the N bound as a traversal fact in a conservative Orbital Coherence Flow (OCF) field. Grover Uniqueness (T4): Formally proves that Grover’s algorithm is the unique T₌₈₍-optimal trajectory within the coherence geometry. BBBV–Schuster Unification (T8): Bridges the 27-year gap between the BBBV theorem (1997) and recent results on the classical simulability of noisy circuits (Schuster et al. , 2024). It proves they are two regimes of a single structural condition: the maintenance or destruction of the coherence fixed point M (x^*) = x^*. The 13/64 Threshold (T8-III): Derives the algebraic boundary fF = 13/64 (from the ABC 51: 13 partition) as a structural upper bound on the ALLOWED region. The ALLOWED/FORBIDDEN dichotomy is proven independently of this value (Proposition CS-impl) ; the exact numerical identification of fF with the Schuster empirical threshold is an open calibration task. Context: Documents 0M: The M — One Axiom, ABC: Coherence, and 0A: Foundation
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