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Why does quantum collapse only go one way in time?

Ikechukwu C. Okoro, Mike O. Osiele, Godfrey E. Akpojotor

June 4, 2026

Starting from the mathematics of random processes (Itô calculus), this framework derives why quantum wavefunction collapse is irreversible: running the equations backward in time is fundamentally incompatible with the stochastic structure, producing a universal asymmetry parameter of exactly 2/3. Applied to lithium-7 Bose-Einstein condensates, the model yields bright soliton solutions whose forward and backward collapse operators diverge by a factor of 10³⁰ — a number so large it effectively rules out any time-symmetric collapse description.
Published as Energy-Modulated Time-Asymmetric Spontaneous Collapse: Forward-Backward Dynamics from Stochastic Ito Reversal and Bright Solitons arXiv:2606.06452
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