Adaptive Record Consistency in a Schulman-Type Model

Abstract:Adaptive measurements test whether a retrocausal model preserves observable records when experiments are connected by classical feedback. We establish exact and quantitative composition constraints for a finite-width, coplanar Schulman-type source with positive wrapped-Cauchy propagation weights. Raw segment composition admits an explicit adaptive signalling witness. A uniquely determined scalar correction preserves recorded continuations, and a detector with preparation memory implements this correction while retaining the source correlations. For common, independently prepared terminal detectors coupled to the source through arrival angles, exact calibration forces equal-mass antipodal atomic responses. Under setting-only raw feedback, the sharp minimum worst disturbance of an earlier record is $\epsilon_\star(0)=[2\cosh(2\Gamma)]^{-1}$, where $\Gamma$ is the total source-path width. We derive explicit finite-error bounds and prove linear small-error improvement. For four settings at $\Gamma=0.4$, a uniform reduction over arbitrary nonnegative response measures and a continuous polynomial certificate establish $\epsilon_\star(\delta)=\epsilon_\star(0)-C_{0.4}\delta+O(\delta^2)$, with $C_{0.4}\simeq9.351091771057010$. A positive five-atom detector attains this coefficient. The results quantify the compatibility of isolated-source accuracy and adaptive record preservation, and provide precise design conditions for retrocausal apparatus models with explicit preparation, memory, and control.

arXiv:2609.17607 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2609.17607v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

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