When Formalisms Stop Recovering: Minimal Structural Sufficiency and the Measurement Boundary in Quantum Mechanics
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Minimal Structural Sufficiency (F_{min}) defines the formal boundary where unitary evolution in quantum mechanics ends and measurement begins. This study proves that wave function collapse is a structural phase transition rather than a dynamical process. Once the interaction crosses the F_{min} threshold—due to irreversibility or informational constraints—the Schrödinger formalism becomes insufficient. Because this transition is structural and non-distributive, the prior superposition is unitarily unrecoverable. The research demonstrates that "collapse" is the logical consequence of a formalism reaching its limit of structural sufficiency, rather than a failure of the theory itself.
Author: Bresciano, Claudio
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7127619644
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