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Main Author: Lahtee, Yaoharee
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Published: Zenodo 2026
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18208238
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contents <p>This project develops a cosmological framework derived from a single physical<br>principle: finite causal accessibility.<br>Rather than postulating spacetime geometry, gravitational dynamics, or dark<br>components, the framework begins from minimal causal requirements—locality,<br>continuity, and finite signal propagation—and investigates their unavoidable<br>consequences at cosmological scales.</p> <p>The project proceeds in three logically connected steps.<br>First, a no-go theorem establishes that any cosmological theory based on diffusive<br>(parabolic) dynamics necessarily violates finite causality and is therefore<br>physically inadmissible.<br>Second, a standalone cosmological framework is constructed from finite causal<br>memory, in which expansion, attraction-like behavior, horizons, and the<br>relativistic causal bound emerge as coarse-grained consequences of hyperbolic<br>information dynamics.<br>Spacetime geometry appears only as an effective description of causal<br>accessibility, and singularities are excluded by construction.<br>Finally, the framework is shown to be observationally testable through<br>gravitational-wave propagation, which generically exhibits dispersion and<br>attenuation absent in general relativity in vacuum.</p> <p>Together, these results establish finite causal memory as a foundational principle<br>for cosmology, yielding a coherent, causal, and falsifiable alternative to<br>geometry-first approaches.</p>
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spellingShingle Cosmology from Finite Causal Memory
Lahtee, Yaoharee
<p>This project develops a cosmological framework derived from a single physical<br>principle: finite causal accessibility.<br>Rather than postulating spacetime geometry, gravitational dynamics, or dark<br>components, the framework begins from minimal causal requirements—locality,<br>continuity, and finite signal propagation—and investigates their unavoidable<br>consequences at cosmological scales.</p> <p>The project proceeds in three logically connected steps.<br>First, a no-go theorem establishes that any cosmological theory based on diffusive<br>(parabolic) dynamics necessarily violates finite causality and is therefore<br>physically inadmissible.<br>Second, a standalone cosmological framework is constructed from finite causal<br>memory, in which expansion, attraction-like behavior, horizons, and the<br>relativistic causal bound emerge as coarse-grained consequences of hyperbolic<br>information dynamics.<br>Spacetime geometry appears only as an effective description of causal<br>accessibility, and singularities are excluded by construction.<br>Finally, the framework is shown to be observationally testable through<br>gravitational-wave propagation, which generically exhibits dispersion and<br>attenuation absent in general relativity in vacuum.</p> <p>Together, these results establish finite causal memory as a foundational principle<br>for cosmology, yielding a coherent, causal, and falsifiable alternative to<br>geometry-first approaches.</p>
title Cosmology from Finite Causal Memory
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18208238