Quantum Suicide in Many-Worlds Implies P=NP

Quantum Physics [Submitted on 30 Mar 2026] Quantum Suicide in Many-Worlds Implies P=NP Veronika Baumann, Alberto Rolandi In this paper we propose a totally serious algorithm to solve NP problems in polynomial time provided one is willing to wager the fate of all observers in the universe on the many-world interpretation of quantum theory being correct. Comments: extremely serious paper Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2603.28869 [quant-ph]   (or arXiv:2603.28869v1 [quant-ph] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.28869 Focus to learn more Submission history From: Alberto Rolandi [view email] [v1] Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:08 UTC (321 KB) Access Paper: view license Current browse context: quant-ph < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-03 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)