Logical architecture and unifying strategy

The Theory of Entropicity (ToE) is characterized by a high degree of logical simplicity at the ontological and dynamical levels, despite the mathematical sophistication of its formalism. The central feature of this simplicity is that a broad spectrum of physical and informational phenomena, including motion, gravitation, relativistic kinematics, quantum measurement, generalized entropies, and aspects of consciousness, are derived from a single core ontological assumption together with a single variational principle. The theory does not rely on a large collection of independent postulates; instead, it systematically generates diverse laws and structures from one fundamental field and one master action.

Core logical move: entropy as fundamental field

At the logical level, the ToE makes one decisive foundational move. It promotes entropy, denoted by the field \(S(x)\), from a statistical descriptor to the single fundamental field and causal substrate of physical reality. The function \(S(x)\) is defined on an appropriate manifold and is treated as a genuine physical field whose gradients and flows generate all physical processes. In this formulation, quantities such as motion, time, gravitation, and information flow are interpreted as emergent manifestations of the configuration and evolution of the entropic field.

This core move replaces the conventional view in which entropy is a derived measure associated with ensembles or coarse-graining. Instead, the ToE posits that the entropic field is ontologically prior to spacetime geometry, matter fields, and interaction laws. All other structures are framed as emergent organization on this entropic substrate. The logical simplicity arises from the fact that once \(S(x)\) is taken as fundamental, the diversity of physical phenomena is traced back to different regimes, configurations, and couplings of this single field.

Minimal dynamical structure and the Obidi Action

Dynamically, the ToE posits a single master entropic action, referred to as the Obidi Action, which provides the variational foundation for the theory. This action functional is constructed with a minimal set of generic ingredients: a kinetic term for the entropic field, a self-interaction potential, and a coupling to matter through the stress–energy tensor. In schematic form, one may represent the action as

\[ I_{\text{Obidi}}[S, g, \Psi] = \int \mathrm{d}^4 x \, \sqrt{-g} \left( \mathcal{K}[S, \nabla S] - V(S) + \mathcal{L}_{\text{int}}[S, T_{\mu\nu}] \right), \]

where \(g\) denotes an induced metric, \(\mathcal{K}[S, \nabla S]\) is a kinetic term built from the entropic field and its gradients, \(V(S)\) is a self-interaction potential encoding preferred entropic configurations, and \(\mathcal{L}_{\text{int}}[S, T_{\mu\nu}]\) represents couplings to matter via the stress–energy tensor \(T_{\mu\nu}\) and possibly other fields collectively denoted by \(\Psi\).

From this single action, by applying the standard least-action principle, one obtains a governing field equation for the entropic field, the Master Entropic Equation. In appropriate limits and under suitable identifications, the resulting structure is claimed to reproduce Einstein’s field equations, relativistic kinematics, and quantum uncertainty relations as emergent or limiting cases of the entropic dynamics. The logical economy is evident: instead of postulating separate dynamical laws for gravitation, relativistic motion, and quantum behavior, the ToE derives them from the variation of a single entropic action.

Unification by reinterpretation of existing structures

The logical simplicity of the ToE is further reflected in its strategy for unification. Rather than assembling a collection of distinct models with additional auxiliary structures, the theory proceeds by reinterpretation of existing mathematical and physical frameworks as different regimes of a single entropic geometry. Classical and quantum information-geometric structures, such as the Fisher–Rao metric and the Fubini–Study metric, are treated as specific manifestations of the geometry induced by the entropic field on appropriate state or probability manifolds.

Generalized entropy measures, including Rényi entropies and Tsallis entropies, are incorporated as distinct limits or deformations of the same underlying entropic action, often parameterized by an \(\alpha\)-deformation. In this way, different entropy functionals are not introduced as independent constructs but arise from a unified entropic field theory with tunable parameters. Similarly, relativistic light cones and causal structures are interpreted as consequences of the propagation properties and constraints of the entropic field, rather than as primitive geometric axioms.

Within this framework, the speed of light, causal cones, and various entropic measures are presented as consequences or limiting behaviors of the same entropic dynamics. The unification is therefore achieved by embedding these structures into a single entropic geometry, not by adding extra dynamical sectors or ad hoc couplings. This contributes to the logical simplicity of the theory: many previously independent elements are reinterpreted as different aspects of one underlying field.

Conceptual economy and mathematical complexity

The ToE exhibits a clear distinction between conceptual economy and mathematical complexity. At the conceptual level, the ontology is highly economical and can be summarized, in a compact slogan, as:

“One field (entropy), one master action, many emergent laws.”

This expresses the fact that the theory posits a single fundamental entity, the entropic field, governed by a single master action, from which a wide variety of effective laws and phenomena emerge. The logical architecture is therefore simple in the sense that it minimizes the number of primitive ingredients and postulates.

Mathematically, however, the framework is not simple in the colloquial sense. The construction involves non-linear field equations, information-geometric metrics, and \(\alpha\)-deformations of entropic functionals and connections, such as those associated with Amari–Čencov \(\alpha\)-connections. The entropic field interacts with induced geometries and probability manifolds in a way that requires sophisticated differential geometric and functional analytic tools. Nevertheless, this mathematical complexity is organized around a logically simple core: the diversity of physical behavior is traced back to the dynamics of a single type of field and a single governing variational principle.

In this sense, the ToE achieves logical simplicity without sacrificing mathematical richness. The theory provides a unified architecture in which classical, relativistic, quantum, and informational phenomena can be analyzed as different expressions of the same entropic substrate, while maintaining a minimal set of fundamental assumptions.

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