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arXiv:2604.06455

Dissipative Hamilton Jacobi Dynamics and the Emergence of Quantum Wave Mechanics

Naleli Jubert Matjelo

quant-phSubmitted Apr 7, 2026• Announced Apr 9, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

We develop a dissipative extension of classical mechanics based on a complex, and more generally quaternionic, action principle that endows every classical system with an intrinsic environment. Decomposing the action into conservative and divergence-induced components yields two coupled Hamilton Jacobi equations describing a dynamically intertwined system environment pair. This motivates a Dual Sector or Dual Environmental Interpretation (DSI/DEI), in which the additional degrees of freedom behave as an image sector exchanging energy, information, and phase with the system. Applying a generalized Madelung transform produces a nonlinear dissipative wave equation whose symmetric equilibrium limit reduces to the Schroedinger equation, with the quantum potential and linearity emerging from balanced intersector coupling. In this framework, the wavefunction is not fundamental but encodes the interaction geometry between system and environment, providing a classical origin for interference, amplitude phase coupling, and probabilistic structure. Extending the imaginary structure to multiple independent directions yields a multienvironment generalization capable of representing measurement-like processes, nonMarkovian memory, and entanglement type correlations. The formulation unifies aspects of dual-system models, hydrodynamic approaches, and non-Hermitian dynamics within a single action-based framework, and suggests that quantum mechanics corresponds to a stable symmetric phase of a broader dissipative classical theory.

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