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The quantum state can be interpreted as a representation of coherent partial relational closure, providing a unified theoretical framework to explain decoherence, measurement, and the emergence of classicality. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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Formulate a relational interpretation and information calculus that reinterprets quantum states as representations of contextually partial relational closure.

August 22, 2026Open Access

Quantum Mechanics as Partial Closure: Deriving Information, Decoherence, Measurement, and the Emergence of Local Classicality

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PLPhilip LilienUniversity Foundation

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Theoretical framework demonstrates the emergence of classical records and decoherence from partial relational closure, highlighting an information-based foundation for quantum mechanics.

Key Points

Formulate a relational interpretation and information calculus that reinterprets quantum states as representations of contextually partial relational closure.
Developed a three-layer conceptual architecture separating standard quantum mathematics, exact relational information identities, and speculative reconstructive hypotheses.
Partitioned the measurement problem into three distinct operational domains: context differentiation, Born weighting, and selective local outcome realization.
Decoherence was characterized as the redistribution of locally accessible coherence into system-environment relational structures and redundant records rather than simple loss of information.
Classical objectivity was derived as an emergent property of approximately fixed, commuting, and redundantly recorded environmental states without requiring conscious observers.
Outlined a testable closure-history extension proposing that physically accessible information may persist beyond the standard density operator representation.

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Philip Lilien (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f2aca7ade938187da0a https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22018631

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August 22, 2026Open Access

Quantum Mechanics as Partial Closure: Deriving Information, Decoherence, Measurement, and the Emergence of Local Classicality

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Authors

PLPhilip LilienUniversity Foundation

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Implication

Theoretical framework demonstrates the emergence of classical records and decoherence from partial relational closure, highlighting an information-based foundation for quantum mechanics.

Key Points

Formulate a relational interpretation and information calculus that reinterprets quantum states as representations of contextually partial relational closure.
Developed a three-layer conceptual architecture separating standard quantum mathematics, exact relational information identities, and speculative reconstructive hypotheses.
Partitioned the measurement problem into three distinct operational domains: context differentiation, Born weighting, and selective local outcome realization.
Decoherence was characterized as the redistribution of locally accessible coherence into system-environment relational structures and redundant records rather than simple loss of information.
Classical objectivity was derived as an emergent property of approximately fixed, commuting, and redundantly recorded environmental states without requiring conscious observers.
Outlined a testable closure-history extension proposing that physically accessible information may persist beyond the standard density operator representation.

Cite This Study

Philip Lilien (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f2aca7ade938187da0a https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22018631

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