A Process Model of Quantum Mechanics

William H. Sulis^1,2*

¹Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
²Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neursocience, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2014.516176                

Abstract

A process model of quantum mechanics utilizes a combinatorial game to generate a discrete and finite causal space, which can be defined as a self-consistent quantum mechanics. An emergent space-time  and continuous wave function arise through a non-uniform interpolation process. Standard non-relativistic quantum mechanics emerges under the limit of infinite information (the causal space grows to infinity) and infinitesimal scale (the separation between points goes to zero). This model has the potential to address several paradoxes in quantum mechanics while remaining computationally powerful.

Keywords

Process Theory, Quantum Foundations, Discrete Models, Emergent Models

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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