Quantum Reconstruction and Phenomenology per the Relativity Principle

Quantum Physics arXiv:2607.00045 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 29 Jun 2026] Title:Quantum Reconstruction and Phenomenology per the Relativity Principle Authors:W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt View a PDF of the paper titled Quantum Reconstruction and Phenomenology per the Relativity Principle, by W.M. Stuckey and Timothy McDevitt View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We use the relativity principle to complete axiomatic reconstructions of quantum mechanics (QM) via information-theoretic principles that are based on Darrigol's "discreteness" requirement or its equivalent, e.g., Brukner & Zeilinger's Information Invariance & Continuity or Khrennikov's quantum action invariance principle. In this approach to the quantum reconstruction program (QRP), the Hilbert space kinematics of QM is derived most fundamentally from the experimentally motivated postulate of "discreteness," rendering QM a principle theory as defined by Einstein. Special relativity is also a principle theory, since its Lorentz transformation kinematics is derived from the experimentally motivated light postulate. While special relativity has a compelling fundamental principle (relativity principle) to account for its experimentally motivated light postulate, QRP has not produced a compelling fundamental principle to account for its experimentally motivated "discreteness" requirement. We complete QRP by showing how the "discreteness" requirement is necessitated by the relativity principle and Planck's radiation law, just like the light postulate is necessitated by the relativity principle and Maxwell's equations. Accordingly, the fundamental explanans for time dilation, length contraction, quantum superposition, and entanglement is the relativity principle. Phenomenologically speaking, the relativity principle is "the equality of all perspectives." Thus, quantum entanglement isn't evidence for the violation of intersubjective agreement or the need to abandon factive or objective models of reality, as in relational interpretations of QM. It is evidence that reality is not a fragmented collage of different subjective experiences from different perspectives, it's a comprehensive and coherent integration of those different subjective experiences per the equality of all perspectives. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2607.00045 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2607.00045v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.00045 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: W. M. Stuckey [view email] [v1] Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:31:49 UTC (652 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Quantum Reconstruction and Phenomenology per the Relativity Principle, by W.M. Stuckey and Timothy McDevittView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-07 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)