USSFT Paper VI: Complete Derivation of Quantum Mechanics Formalism from Multiplicity Principles

Leonardo Diaz

Published Dec 15, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

USSFT Paper VI completes the derivation of the full formalism of quantum mechanics within the Unified Space-Time and Scale-Dependent Field Theory (USSFT). Building on earlier results establishing interference, the Born rule, and entanglement, this paper shows that quantum operators, commutation relations, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrödinger time evolution, Hilbert space structure, and spin all emerge naturally from the multiplicity structure of the U-field under the Most Probable Outcome (MPO) principle. Quantum mechanics is shown to be an emergent statistical framework rather than a fundamental postulate-based theory.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17958778

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