We derive the Schrödinger equation directly from the Relational Kernel identity Ω = Ω[R₍c₎], without invoking wave function postulates, quantization rules, complex-number axioms, or Copenhagen collapse. In the phase-coherent regime, Rc adopts the form Rc = ℜ[e^{iϕ}], leading to emergent complex time and phase stiffness. Linearization around a stable coherence well yields ψ = Rc − Rc₀, producing the full Schrödinger equation iℏ∂ψ/∂t = Ĥψ with ℏ identified as the stiffness of phase rotation. Measurement corresponds not to wavefunction collapse but to threshold-driven domain locking. We also provide a falsifiable laboratory protocol that distinguishes Kernel dynamics from Copenhagen collapse.
We derive the Schrödinger equation directly from the Relational Kernel identity Ω = Ω[R₍c₎], without invoking wave function postulates, quantization rules, complex-number axioms, or Copenhagen collapse. In the phase-coherent regime, Rc adopts the form Rc = ℜ[e^{iϕ}], leading to emergent complex time and phase stiffness. Linearization around a stable coherence well yields ψ = Rc − Rc₀, producing the full Schrödinger equation iℏ∂ψ/∂t = Ĥψ with ℏ identified as the stiffness of phase rotation. Measurement corresponds not to wavefunction collapse but to threshold-driven domain locking. We also provide a falsifiable laboratory protocol that distinguishes Kernel dynamics from Copenhagen collapse.
We derive the Schr¨odinger equation directly from the Relational Kernel identity: Ω = Ω[Rc]. No wave function postulate. No quantization. No complex numbers assumed. The Schr¨odinger equation emerges as the linear, phase-coherent limit of Kernel evolution: • Rc = ℜ[eiϕ] → i from phase-locked time • ˙Rc = α∇2Rc + V (Rc) → Hamiltonian from curvature • ψ = Rc − Rc0 → wave function as coherence deviation1 Result: iℏ ∂ψ ∂t = ˆH ψ The parameter ℏ emerges as the stiffness of phase rotation in coherent Rc wells, setting the scale of permissible phase curvature. Quantum mechanics is Kernel dynamics in the high-stability, phase-aligned regime. The field does not wave. It locks. Provenance: Originally published on Zenodo (Oct- 2025). 10.5281/zenodo.17625987
Standard quantum mechanics describes the evolution of physical systems through unitary Schr¨odinger dynamics, while decoherence and wavefunction collapse are introduced through additional postulates or environmental interactions. Although highly successful operationally, the theory does not provide a fundamental dynamical mechanism explaining the emergence of classical localization from microscopic evolution. n this work we propose an entropy-weighted causal dynamics framework, referred to as Quantum Causal Entropy (QCE), in which each microscopic causal transition contributes both a phase increment and an entropy cost. Starting from a local causal update rule, Ψ → eiθℓ−∆SℓΨ, we derive a modified evolution equation in which the standard Hamiltonian generator is supplemented by an entropy-production operator. The resulting entropy-corrected Schr¨odinger equation takes the form iℏ dΨ dt =H − iℏλSˆΨ, where Sˆ represents the entropy rate associated with microscopic causal processes and λ is an entropy coupling constant. We show that the standard unitary Schr¨odinger evolution is recovered in the limit of vanishing entropy coupling, while finite entropy production leads naturally to decoherence, interference suppression, and effective measurement localization without invoking an explicit collapse postulate. A corresponding density-matrix evolution equation is derived, providing a thermodynamic description of coherence decay. The framework therefore provides a dynamical link between quantum evolution, information entropy, and emergent classicality, and suggests experimentally testable corrections to coherence behavior in controlled quantum systems
This paper investigates whether the coherence field Rc(x, t) of Relational Field Theory (RFT) admits a linearized phase-coherent regime that is consistent with the form of the Schr¨odinger equation. We start from the RFT evolution equation for Rc, introduce the phase-coherent condition Rc = |Rc|eiϕ(x,t), perform a linearization around a stable coherence well, and derive the correspondence to the Schr¨odinger form. The analysis focuses solely on the mathematical consistency of the mapping and the conditions under which the linearised dynamics reproduce the familiar equation. No broader interpretive or foundational claims are made.
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