Fates of Exact Finite- N First-Order Transitions: Coherent Suppression versus Spectral-Collapse Termination

arXiv:2610.27780 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-10-20 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-20

Updated: 2026-10-20

Comments: 30 pages, 3 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• First-Order Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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