We derive quantum tunneling probabilities and bound-state quantization directly from the entropy-weighted path integral and entropy curvature principles of the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework. Instead of invoking traditional quantum postulates such as wavefunctions, operator algebra, or boundary-condition quantization, we demonstrate that exponential suppression of entropy-unstable trajectories in high-curvature entropy geometries naturally produces canonical tunneling profiles and energy discretization. Standard quantum results—including the WKB tunneling formula and the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization rule—are recovered explicitly as special limiting cases of a broader variational principle grounded in entropy geometry. These results provide structurally grounded, empirically falsifiable predictions distinct from conventional quantum mechanics, testable in engineered nanoscale and quantum optical systems.
We derive quantum tunneling probabilities and bound-state quantization directly from the entropy-weighted path integral and entropy curvature principles of the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework. Instead of invoking traditional quantum postulates such as wavefunctions, operator algebra, or boundary-condition quantization, we demonstrate that exponential suppression of entropy-unstable trajectories in high-curvature entropy geometries naturally produces canonical tunneling profiles and energy discretization. Standard quantum results—including the WKB tunneling formula and the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization rule—are recovered explicitly as special limiting cases of a broader variational principle grounded in entropy geometry. These results provide structurally grounded, empirically falsifiable predictions distinct from conventional quantum mechanics, testable in engineered nanoscale and quantum optical systems.
We present a sequence of explicit, worked-out examples illustrating how canonical quantum phenomena arise from the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, which reconstructs quantum theory as a consequence of entropy-weighted resolution geometry. Focusing on tunneling, quantization, uncertainty, interference, and decay, each example is calculated directly from the entropy-weighted action, without recourse to wavefunctions, operator postulates, or probabilistic axioms. The paper also provides a general algorithm for constructing the entropy metric Gij, clarifying its structural relation to entropy curvature and dynamical stability. This approach demonstrates that quantum effects—typically treated as fundamental mysteries—emerge naturally from the geometric selection and suppression of entropy-stable trajectories. The results confirm that TEQ is not only a structural reformulation but a computationally viable foundation for quantum mechanics. Further details on the axiomatic basis and broader implications of TEQ are provided in foundational work; here, we complement those results by emphasizing explicit calculations and systematic metric construction, bridging principle and prediction within the TEQ framework.
This paper introduces the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, a structural reformulation of quantum theory grounded in two foundational axioms. Axiom 0 posits entropy as a generative constraint: a geometric principle that determines which configurations can stably distinguish themselves, independent of space, time, or dynamics. Here, entropy is defined as a curvature-functional over distinguishability configurations, preserving only those patterns that remain stable under finite informational resolution---that is, structures not dissolved by coarse-graining or limited observability. Axiom 1, the Minimal Principle (MP), selects from these structures those that are maximally stable under entropy-weighted variation. From this entropic foundation, core elements of quantum theory---including the Born rule, quantization, and Schrödinger dynamics---emerge as special cases of entropy-stabilized geometry. The framework derives an entropy-weighted path integral and introduces a corrected Schrödinger equation that governs evolution in regimes of finite entropy curvature. In the high-resolution limit (β→∞), TEQ reduces to standard unitary quantum mechanics; in more general regimes, entropy flow deforms canonical dynamics, linking decoherence, dissipation, and gravitational curvature. TEQ reinterprets physical law as emergent structure within the geometry of distinguishability, rather than as imposed dynamics on a fixed spacetime background.
This paper introduces the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, a structural reformulation of quantum theory grounded in two foundational axioms. Axiom 0 posits entropy as a generative constraint: a geometric principle that determines which configurations can stably distinguish themselves, independent of space, time, or dynamics. Here, entropy is defined as a curvature-functional over distinguishability configurations, preserving only those patterns that remain stable under finite informational resolution---that is, structures not dissolved by coarse-graining or limited observability. Axiom 1, the Minimal Principle (MP), selects from these structures those that are maximally stable under entropy-weighted variation. From this entropic foundation, core elements of quantum theory---including the Born rule, quantization, and Schrödinger dynamics---emerge as special cases of entropy-stabilized geometry. The framework derives an entropy-weighted path integral and introduces a corrected Schrödinger equation that governs evolution in regimes of finite entropy curvature. In the high-resolution limit (β→∞), TEQ reduces to standard unitary quantum mechanics; in more general regimes, entropy flow deforms canonical dynamics, linking decoherence, dissipation, and gravitational curvature. TEQ reinterprets physical law as emergent structure within the geometry of distinguishability, rather than as imposed dynamics on a fixed spacetime background.
We show that wave-like behavior, interference, and quantization emerge necessarily from two axioms: (1) entropy geometry as the generator of physically distinguishable structure, and (2) a minimal principle selecting trajectories stable under entropy flow. Within the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, entropy curvature defines the geometry of resolution, and the stability condition selects log-periodic modes as the only entropy-resilient solutions. From this structure, we derive the entropy-weighted path integral, the Born rule as an asymptotic stability condition, the emergence of discrete spectral modes, and the Schrödinger equation as the limiting case of entropy-flat evolution. Quantum wave behavior is thus not postulated, but structurally selected by entropy geometry. The TEQ framework reinterprets quantum theory as a special case of entropy-stabilized dynamics, where physical law arises not from imposed kinematics, but from the geometry of what can stably be resolved under finite informational precision. In this view, precision is not a matter of external control, but a structural limit: resolution is bounded by entropy curvature, which determines what distinctions can persist.
We show that wave-like behavior, interference, and quantization emerge necessarily from two axioms: (1) entropy geometry as the generator of physically distinguishable structure, and (2) a minimal principle selecting trajectories stable under entropy flow. Within the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, entropy curvature defines the geometry of resolution, and the stability condition selects log-periodic modes as the only entropy-resilient solutions. From this structure, we derive the entropy-weighted path integral, the Born rule as an asymptotic stability condition, the emergence of discrete spectral modes, and the Schrödinger equation as the limiting case of entropy-flat evolution. Quantum wave behavior is thus not postulated, but structurally selected by entropy geometry. The TEQ framework reinterprets quantum theory as a special case of entropy-stabilized dynamics, where physical law arises not from imposed kinematics, but from the geometry of what can stably be resolved under finite informational precision. In this view, precision is not a matter of external control, but a structural limit: resolution is bounded by entropy curvature, which determines what distinctions can persist.
We show that wave-like behavior, interference, and quantization emerge necessarily from two axioms: (1) entropy geometry as the generator of physically distinguishable structure, and (2) a minimal principle selecting trajectories stable under entropy flow. Within the Total Entropic Quantity (TEQ) framework, entropy curvature defines the geometry of resolution, and the stability condition selects log-periodic modes as the only entropy-resilient solutions. From this structure, we derive the entropy-weighted path integral, the Born rule as an asymptotic stability condition, the emergence of discrete spectral modes, and the Schrödinger equation as the limiting case of entropy-flat evolution. Quantum wave behavior is thus not postulated, but structurally selected by entropy geometry. The TEQ framework reinterprets quantum theory as a special case of entropy-stabilized dynamics, where physical law arises not from imposed kinematics, but from the geometry of what can stably be resolved under finite informational precision. In this view, precision is not a matter of external control, but a structural limit: resolution is bounded by entropy curvature, which determines what distinctions can persist.