Paper 1 established quantum mechanics as the mathematics of partial closure within Atomic Continuum Ontology. This second paper develops the first major formal bridge: the Schrödinger equation as closure evolution. Rather than interpreting the wavefunction as a particle-cloud, ghostly object-wave, or hidden object-state, this paper interprets ψ as a phase-bearing partial-closure profile within the atomic continuum. The Schrödinger equation is then translated as the differential law by which partial closure remains dynamically admissible under Hamiltonian constraint. The Hamiltonian becomes a closure-admissibility operator; i expresses phase-rotation structure; ℏ functions as the quantum scale of closure-action; eigenstates become stable closure modes; eigenvalues become disclosed energy residues; and unitary evolution becomes phase-preserving closure flow. This framework preserves the standard quantum formalism while shifting its ontological reading from object motion to partial-closure dynamics. Measurement is not treated as ordinary Schrödinger evolution, but as a later reclosure transition, thereby preparing the transition to Paper 3.
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