No Dice: The Double-Slit Is Deterministic - Quantum Probability Is a Discrete Preimage Count

One axiom. One operation. Zero free parameters. For a century quantum mechanics has been read as irreducibly random — God plays dice. This paper gives the fold’s reading of the double-slit, and there are no dice in it. The interference pattern is deterministic: where two fold paths arrive opposed they cancel to the One and the spot is forbidden (a dark band); where aligned they survive (a bright band), and the bands fall on a discrete standing-mode comb — the fold’s stationary states. What the textbook calls probability is a discrete preimage count (the atomic branch weight 1/8), not a continuum likelihood. The single-shot appearance of randomness is the non-invertible (two-to-one) fold’s self-opacity: a state cannot read which preimage it came from. No probability, no continuum, no dice. The determinism is non-local and survives Bell, which excludes only local hidden variables. Machine-checked; reproduces from one command. A standalone result within the Smithian Fold Theory of Everything (SFTOE). Full corpus, code, and the run-it-yourself VERIFY.md protocol: https://github.com/MettaMazza/Smithian-Fold-Theory

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-06-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21028524
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8
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Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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No Dice: The Double-Slit Is Deterministic - Quantum Probability Is a Discrete Preimage Count

Maria Smith
8 citations
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
68.05
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No Dice: The Double-Slit Is Deterministic - Quantum Probability Is a Discrete Preimage Count

Maria Smith
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8 citations

Abstract

One axiom. One operation. Zero free parameters. For a century quantum mechanics has been read as irreducibly random — God plays dice. This paper gives the fold’s reading of the double-slit, and there are no dice in it. The interference pattern is deterministic: where two fold paths arrive opposed they cancel to the One and the spot is forbidden (a dark band); where aligned they survive (a bright band), and the bands fall on a discrete standing-mode comb — the fold’s stationary states. What the textbook calls probability is a discrete preimage count (the atomic branch weight 1/8), not a continuum likelihood. The single-shot appearance of randomness is the non-invertible (two-to-one) fold’s self-opacity: a state cannot read which preimage it came from. No probability, no continuum, no dice. The determinism is non-local and survives Bell, which excludes only local hidden variables. Machine-checked; reproduces from one command. A standalone result within the Smithian Fold Theory of Everything (SFTOE). Full corpus, code, and the run-it-yourself VERIFY.md protocol: https://github.com/MettaMazza/Smithian-Fold-Theory

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Fano Labs (China) (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 0%
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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