Journal of Holography Applications in Physics

Unified Entropic Dynamics Framework for Classical, and Quantum Wave Equations

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1 Shaker High School, 445 Watervliet Shaker Rd, Latham, NY 12110, United States of America

2 Department of Physics, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205, United States of America

3 Department of Engineering \& Construction, School of Architecture, Computing \& Engineering, University of East London, London E16 2RD, United Kingdom; Department of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, United Kingdom

4 Department of Physics, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

Entropic Dynamics (ED) provides a statistical–inferential foundation for physical laws, deriving motion and field equations from principles of entropy maximization rather than quantization postulates. The ED reconstructs quantum mechanics by treating the evolution of probability distributions on configuration space as driven by information constraints, yielding the Schrödinger equation as a non-dissipative diffusion process. Building on this foundation, the present work extends the ED framework into a Unified Entropic Dynamics (UED) formulation that encompasses classical, quantum, relativistic, thermodynamic, and gravitational phenomena within a single information-geometric principle. By maximizing entropy subject to constraints on diffusion, drift, and gauge covariance over a manifold endowed with a supermetric $H_{ab}$, we derive a universal field equation that merges the Fokker–Planck and Hamilton–Jacobi structures into one covariant form. When specialized to different dynamical variables, this equation reproduces the harmonic oscillator, Schrödinger, Maxwell, Klein–Gordon, and gravitational wave equations, thereby revealing a deep equivalence between probabilistic inference and dynamical law. The UED framework demonstrates that spacetime geometry, quantum coherence, and thermodynamic diffusion emerge as complementary expressions of the same entropic process—establishing a unified inferential foundation for both microscopic and macroscopic physics. In this formulation, energy, probability, and entropy are intertwined aspects of information geometry, providing a consistent inferential foundation for understanding classical, quantum, and gravitational dynamics as complementary expressions of a single entropic law.

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Journal of Holography Applications in Physics
Volume 6, Issue 3
March 2026
Pages 72-96
  • Receive Date: 25 November 2025
  • Revise Date: 18 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 29 December 2025