Counting Cosmic Cycles: Past Big Crunches, Future Recurrence Limits, and the Age of the Quantum Memory Matrix Universe.

ABSTRACT: We present a quantitative theory of contraction and expansion cycles within the Quantum Memory Matrix (QMM) cosmology. In this framework, spacetime consists of finite-capacity Hilbert cells that store quantum information. Each non-singular bounce adds a fixed increment of imprint entropy, defined as the cumulative quantum information written irreversibly into the matrix and distinct from coarse-grained thermodynamic entropy, thereby providing an intrinsic, monotonic cycle counter. By calibrating the geometry-information duality, inferring today's cumulative imprint from CMB, BAO, chronometer, and large-scale-structure constraints, and integrating the modified Friedmann equations with imprint back-reaction, we find that the Universe has already completed Npast=3.6±0.4 cycles. The finite Hil

SUBMITTER: Neukart F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12563159 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature