The Consistency Functional K: Variational Unification of QM, Thermodynamics, GR

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• westurner 11 hours ago

  "The Consistency Functional K: Variational Unification of Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and General Relativity" (2025) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17405041

  From https://philarchive.org/archive/SABTCF-3 2025-10-16 draft :

  > 9.6. The Unified Table of Correspondence

    Physical Domain
      Consistency Condition
      Emergent Law
    Quantum Mechanics
      \delta_\rho \mathcal{K} = 0
      Unitarity, Born Rule
    Thermodynamics
      CPTP monotonicity
      Second Law, Entropy
    Relativity
      \delta_\rho \mathcal{K} = 0 
      Einstein Equations
    Gauge Theory
      Symmetry Invariance
      Yang–Mills Equations
    Cosmology
      Global extremum of \mathcal{K}
      Friedmann Dynamics
  

  IIUC, inferring due to a minor LaTeX table error:

    Causality
      I_{\rho}(A : C \mid B) = 0
      Quantum Conditional Mutual Information (QCMI)
  
  

  > 9.7. The Fundamental Equation of Reality

  > All of the above can be compactly expressed by the defining relation:

    \delta\mathcal{K}(\rho, g) = 0

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  • westurner 11 hours ago

    From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45606837 :

    > "The Self-Consistent Coherence-Maximizing Universe: Complete Derivation of the Standard Model and General Relativity from Mathematical Self-Consistency" (2025) https://www.academia.edu/144466150/The_Self_Consistent_Coher... :

    > Abstract: We derive the complete structure of fundamental physics from a single principle: Quantum coherence maximization under self-consistency constraints. [...]