"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
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. [...]