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Born Rule from Projector Measures in SU(N)-Covariant Time–Scalar Spectral Geometry

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JFJordan Gabriel Farrell

Key Points

  • The research aims to derive the Born probability rule within the framework of time-scalar field theory.
  • Developed a theorem based on orthogonal spectral projectors in the TSFT Hilbert space.
  • Assumed additive probability assignments for exclusive outcomes.
  • Applied Gleason-type arguments involving ancilla embedding and POVM extension.
  • Demonstrated that the probability of an outcome projector takes the trace form μ(P) = Tr(ρP) for a density operator ρ.
  • Showed that for pure states, the rule simplifies to μ(P) = ⟨ψ|P|ψ⟩, establishing the Born rule without needing external quantum axioms.

Abstract

We derive the Born probability rule as a theorem within the Time–Scalar Field Theory (TSFT) spectral-geometry program. Assuming only that measurement outcomes correspond to orthogonal spectral projectors on the TSFT Hilbert space and that probability assignments are additive on exclusive outcomes and noncontextual with respect to commuting decompositions, we obtain a unique projector measure. By Gleason-type arguments (with a qubit patch via ancilla embedding or POVM extension), the probability of an outcome projector P must take the trace form μ(P) = Tr(ρP) for some density operator ρ. For pure states this reduces to μ(P) = ⟨ψ|P|ψ⟩, yielding the Born rule without invoking external quantum axioms.

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Jordan Gabriel Farrell (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a3d811ec16d51705d2e90bhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18803098
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