| I. The Quantum Switch as a Supermap | Formal definition (Def. 10.7.1) of W(U₁, U₂) with the control-qubit superposition and output state |
| II. Indefinite Causal Order: What Is Violated | Proposition 10.7.1 — what the switch breaks (definite causal order) and what it preserves (unitarity, Born rule, Hilbert-space structure) |
| III. Coherent-Sector Analysis | ToE evolution operator U_ToE = e^{−iHt} · e^{−Ct}; Def. 10.7.2 (Coherent-Sector Regime); Proposition 10.7.2 proving full compatibility when C = 0 |
| IV. Entropic-Sector Prohibition | Density-matrix evolution with e^{−Ct} damping of causal coherence; Proposition 10.7.3 showing indefinite causal order is destroyed for C > 0 |
| V. Entropic Time Limit & Causal Decoherence | Def. 10.7.3 (τ_caus = 1/C); Corollary 10.7.1 classifying the three regimes (coherent, transitional, entropic) |
| VI. The Arrow of Causation | Proposition 10.7.4 — definite causal order is emergent from ∇S(x), not axiomatic |
| VII. Experimental Predictions | Three testable predictions: visibility decay V(t) = V₀·e^{−Ct}, controlled-decoherence test, temperature scaling of τ_caus |
| VIII. Process Matrix Formalism | Proposition 10.7.5 linking entropic coupling to physically realizable process matrices |
| IX. Summary — Causal Order Emergence Theorem | Theorem 10.7.1 unifying all results: C = 0 → indefinite; C > 0 → transient; Ct → ∞ → classical causality emerges |
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