🌀 Hyperspace, Curvature, and the Emergence of Classicality

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Exploring scale-relative geometry, light cone evolution, and quantum decoherence in a hyperspherical universe




🌌 Light Cones in a Hyperspherical Cosmos​


In a hyperspherical model of the universe, curvature plays a central role in shaping causal structure. Early in cosmic expansion, the hypersphere’s radius is small, and curvature is severe — causing light to wrap around the geometry.


Key implications:


  • Regions that appear causally disconnected in flat models may have had early contact.
  • Light cones evolve from curved and compact to flat and expansive as the hypersphere grows.
  • This wrapping may offer an alternative to inflation for resolving the horizon problem.

đź“· [Insert diagram showing light cone evolution across curvature gradients]




📏 Scale-Dependent Curvature and the Minimum Unit​


Curvature is observer-relative: it depends on how “close up” one views the geometry. This leads to a profound insight:


There must exist a minimum absolute unit size — a geometric anchor that defines the smallest meaningful scale of space and time.

This unit could be:


  • The initial radius of the hypersphere.
  • A quantum of angular time.
  • A threshold for decoherence, marking the boundary between quantum and classical domains.

Such a unit defines the interface between emergent spacetime and its embedding manifold — potentially distinguishing “inside” from “outside” the universe.


đź“· [Insert circle diagram showing quantum vs classical zones with minimum unit boundary]




đź§  Decoherence: From Quantum to Classical​


Decoherence is the process by which quantum systems lose coherence due to entanglement with their environment. It explains how classical reality emerges — not through collapse, but through phase information loss.


In this framework:


  • High curvature regions drive decoherence by scrambling quantum paths.
  • Angular time quantization discretizes transitions, leading to emergent classicality.
  • The minimum unit size acts as a decoherence threshold: below it, quantum behavior dominates; above it, classical trajectories emerge.

đź“· [Insert decoherence diagram showing entanglement and phase loss]




đź”­ Cosmological Consequences​


This model offers fresh perspectives on key puzzles:


  • CMB anisotropies may reflect decohered quantum fluctuations.
  • Structure formation could emerge from quantum seeds decohering as curvature flattens.
  • Redshift mappings (e.g., sec θ model) may encode the quantum-to-classical transition.
  • Hubble tension might arise from misinterpreting this transition in standard cosmology.



đź§© Toward a Unified Framework​


This synthesis of hyperspherical geometry, angular time, and decoherence proposes a scale-relative cosmology anchored by a minimum unit — a geometric substrate from which both quantum and classical realities emerge.


Discussion prompts:


  • Could the minimum unit be tied to a fundamental quantum of angular time?
  • How might decoherence thresholds relate to causal boundaries or emergence?
  • Can this framework resolve observational tensions without invoking inflation?



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