The Absolute Frame Theory: A Systems Architecture Approach to Unifying General Relativity and Deterministic Quantum Mechanics

Version of 25 July 2026: Technically refined preprint incorporating clarifications discovered post-submission. For over a century, theoretical physics has operated under a bifurcated paradigm, wherein General Relativity flawlessly describes the macroscopic continuous space-time, and Quantum Mechanics governs the discrete, probabilistic microscopic realm. The mathematical incompatibility between these two frameworks has led to the proliferation of ad-hoc cosmological parameters, including Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the unresolved paradox of quantum non-locality. This article proposes the Absolute Frame Theory (AFT), a novel unified framework inspired by computational systems architecture. We postulate that the observable 4-dimensional universe (ℳ) functions as a continuous topological immersion on an immutable, N-dimensional (N > 4) underlying substratum: the Absolute Frame (𝒜). By introducing an Interaction Lagrangian (ℒ_int), we propose that gravity emerges not as a fundamental force, but as an entropic tension generated by the Absolute Frame's resistance to local topological deformations. The AFT reorganizes the requirement for Dark Matter, physically houses fermionic spin within the immersion's topology, proposes a geometric origin for quantum probability as a dimensional aliasing effect of a deterministic pilot wave, reframes the Big Bang as a systemic boot sequence, and locates the reach and the limits of the Gödel phenomenon for the epistemic boundaries of the observable universe, complementary to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. This structural parsimony does not constitute evidence of correctness; the framework's validity rests on empirical falsification through its specific predictions. On the metamathematical side, we establish a conditional, semantic result — under declared premises the substratum has the expressive capacity to encode undecidable arithmetic — while the stronger claim that the formalized physical laws prove that encoding is stated as a conjectured obstruction, and physical undecidability is left open.