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Electrons as Waves of the Elastic Lattice: An RTE-Based Route to the Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger Equations

Paolo Colombo

Published Aug 27, 2026• 0 citations
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The Elastic Three-Dimensional Lattice (RTE) model — proposed in Colombo (2026a) and formalized in Papers 1–4 — has until now been applied to gravitational and kinematic phenomena. This paper proposes an extension to quantum mechanics. We show that, when the RTE wave equation is supplemented by a massive-mode rest-frequency postulate (ω₀ = mc²/ℏ), it leads to a Klein-Gordon-type equation; taking the non-relativistic limit then yields the Schrödinger equation. A field redefinition (χ = √K̃ × u) is demonstrated to eliminate the first-derivative coupling term ∇(ln K̃)·∇u, producing an equation with a multiplicative effective potential V_eff(r). The standard hydrogen atom energy levels are recovered as a consistency check once the Coulomb potential is supplied externally. Physical interpretations are proposed for wave-particle duality, wave function collapse (elastic auto-focus), and the complex structure of ψ as the two phases of the bifasic cycle. The paper distinguishes systematically between what is mathematically derived, what is physically proposed, and what remains open.

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10.5281/zenodo.22133438

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The Elastic Three-Dimensional Lattice (RTE) model — proposed in Colombo (2026a) and formalized in Papers 1–4 — has until now been applied to gravitational and kinematic phenomena. This paper proposes an extension to quantum mechanics. We show that, when the RTE wave equation is supplemented by a massive-mode rest-frequency postulate (ω₀ = mc²/ℏ), it leads to a Klein-Gordon-type equation; taking the non-relativistic limit then yields the Schrödinger equation. A field redefinition (χ = √K̃ × u) is demonstrated to eliminate the first-derivative coupling term ∇(ln K̃)·∇u, producing an equation with a multiplicative effective potential V_eff(r). The standard hydrogen atom energy levels are recovered as a consistency check once the Coulomb potential is supplied externally. Physical interpretations are proposed for wave-particle duality, wave function collapse (elastic auto-focus), and the complex structure of ψ as the two phases of the bifasic cycle. The paper distinguishes systematically between what is mathematically derived, what is physically proposed, and what remains open.
This paper develops the quantum dynamical layer of the Quantum Lattice Model (QLM) by showing how the standard wave equations of quantum mechanics arise as continuum descriptions of coherent phase-action transport on a discrete Planck-scale lattice. The framework is constructed from the per-radian Planck primitives {ℏ, ℓP, tP}, where each lattice tick advances physical phase by one radian and transports one quantum of reduced action. The corresponding phase-action and phase-flow relations are dS = ℏ dθ and E = ℏ dθ/dτ, while the invariant lattice transport identity c = ℓP/tP fixes the maximal causal phase-transport speed of the lattice. Starting from symmetric nearest-neighbor phase transport between Planck cells, the continuum limit yields the relativistic wave operator (1/c²)∂t² − ∇². Introducing intrinsic rest-phase rotation with frequency ω0 = mc²/ℏ produces the Klein-Gordon equation as the continuum description of synchronized spatial phase transport and local rest-phase rotation. A first-order relativistic factorization yields the Dirac equation, while extraction of the rapidly rotating rest-phase carrier produces the nonrelativistic Schrödinger equation governing slow envelope dynamics. Within this framework, the quantum wavefunction is interpreted as a coherent phase-envelope amplitude describing phase-action transport across the lattice. The conserved density ρ = |φ|² arises from the continuity equation of Schrödinger evolution, and the associated current takes the phase-flow form J = (ℏ/m)ρ∇θ. The paper also shows how interaction sectors enter the same transport framework as modular coupling layers. Scalar potentials contribute additional local phase rotation to the slow envelope, while routing-weighted transport modifies the effective capacity of lattice links. Coulomb coupling and weak-field gravitational coupling are presented as examples: the Coulomb potential appears as a scalar phase-rotation term, and gravitational routing modulation of the rest-phase carrier yields the weak-field potential V = mΦ. These results organize the Schrödinger, Klein-Gordon, and Dirac equations as successive continuum limits of deterministic phase-action transport on the Planck lattice, providing the quantum dynamical layer of the Quantum Lattice Model.
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The initial purpose is to add two physical origins for the outstandingly clear mathematical description that Dirac has left in his Principles of Quantum Mechanics. The first is the “internal motion” in the wave function of the electron that is now expressed through dispersion dynamics; the second is the physical origin for mathematical quantization. Bohr’s model for the hydrogen atom was “the greatest single step in the development of the theory of atomic structure.” It leads to the Schrodinger equation which is non-relativistic, but which conveniently equates together momentum and electrostatic potential in a representation containing mixed powers. Firstly, we show how the equation is expansible to approximate relativistic form by applying solutions for the dilation of time in special relativity, and for the contraction of space. The adaptation is to invariant “harmonic events” that are digitally quantized. Secondly, the internal motion of the electron is described by a stable wave packet that implies wave-particle duality. The duality includes uncertainty that is precisely described with some variance from Heisenberg’s axiomatic limit. Harmonic orbital wave functions are self-constructive. This is the physical origin of quantization.
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