Equation 54 · How Fast Can a Horizon Learn Which Path You Took?
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The program first reproduces published overlap or decoherence curves inside their stated regimes. Only then does it calculate D , , , , and threshold times. A separate finite-time module approximates the admissible-future optimization needed for . Its result is labeled exploratory until it reproduces benchmark purification cases from the 2025 work.
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