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Model Originality statement:Through extensive review of existing literature, the distinctive innovations of this model can be clearly identified as follows:(i) Fundamental Structure: A Dual-Layer Substrate with Topologically invariant Space Configuration and SEQ spin with chirality fixed.(Section 1)In terms of spatial construction, general relativity describes the interaction between matter and spacetime geometry, while John Wheeler proposed that matter itself is nothing but the manifestation of geometric structure. Building on these ideas, this model introduces a novel dual-layer substrate architecture: space consists of a topologically invariant network composed of two fundamental components — sub-Planckian elastic elements and Planck-scale quantum units known as Space Elementary Quanta (SEQ). Crucially, each SEQ is not a primitive entity but a topologically stable structure formed from the underlying sub-Planckian elastic medium.This configuration establishes a two-tiered foundation for spacetime, enabling the coexistence of general relativity’s geometric degrees of freedom and quantum field theory’s spin and gauge degrees of freedom within a unified framework. All dynamical processes — including motion, spin, and axial rotation — are fundamentally waves propagating on the lower-level elastic substrate. This dynamics allows quantum spin and rotational degrees of freedom to coexist with spatial elastic degrees of freedom without breaking topological homeomorphism, thereby resolving, at a physically intuitive level, the incompatibility between the base space of general relativity and the fiber bundle structure of quantum field theory.General relativity, Wheeler’s “matter as geometry”, loop quantum gravity, causal sets, and other analogue-gravity or quantum-elasticity approaches have not postulated a globally topologically invariant spacetime with two-layer substrate; yet this very setting is indispensable to the present model, furnishing the bedrock for both global energy conservation and the non-statistical, multiplicative entropy. This global geometric–topological invariance together with the frequency-domain representation of SEQ is, at its core, a compression scheme driven by the elementary physical intuition of energy conservation: by squeezing out all redundant geometric and state-space degrees of freedom, it self-consistently delivers both computability and ontological parsimony at the bedrock level.(ii)Time and Multiplicative Entropy: A Computable, Non-Statistical Entropy.(Section 2,3,4,5,6)While many prior works have explored thermodynamic or entropic interpretations of time, the statistical nature of conventional entropy has made it difficult to establish a direct and intuitive mapping between entropy increase and temporal flow. In contrast, within the dual-layer spatial framework of this model, global time is defined by the discrete, entropy-driven state updates of the cosmic space network, representing the irreversible progression of events. Local time dilation arises from modulation of the local SEQ network’s state update frequency due to spatial deformation.The model introduces a new type of entropy — multiplicative entropy — which is computable, non-statistical, and capable of tracking every step of entropy growth during the evolution of spatial energy distribution at both cosmological and local physical process scales. This mechanism provides a clear and explicit correspondence between time and entropy, offering a mechanistic foundation for the emergence of time from the dynamics of space itself.(iii)Mass-Gravity Unification: A Dual Expression of Spatial Elasticity. (Section9,10,12)Previous theories, including general relativity, Wheeler’s “particles as geometry” idea, and various follow-up studies, have suggested that mass should be understood as a geometric property of space. This model advances this concept by explicitly identifying both mass and gravity as manifestations of spatial elasticity, realized through the synergy action of strong interactions and the Higgs mechanism. This forms a conceptually self-consistent framework for mass-gravity duality, rooted in the unique two-layer substrate structure.Specifically:●SU(3) color forces represent compression dynamic of the local SEQ network, storing energy as elastic strain in the spatial fabric — this stored energy manifests as mass; simultaneously, this compression induces stretching in the surrounding space, generating a restorative tendency that corresponds to gravity.●The Higgs field locks this compressed state through spontaneous symmetry breaking, acting as a chiral "quantum lock" that prevents energy dissipation and stabilizes mass.This explanation provides a coherent physical mechanism for the origin of mass and gravity, grounded entirely in the elastic behavior of space.(iv)Mirror Relation Postulate Between Spacetime Geometry and Quantum Resonance Frequency. (Section 13)The model introduces a foundational postulate — the mirror relation between spacetime geometry and quantum resonance frequency. This principle is consistent with established phenomena such as gravitational redshift and time dilation, while providing a concrete physical mechanism: local curvature directly modulates the resonant frequencies of SEQ units.Under this postulate, the energy states of Planck-scale quanta correspond precisely to the elastic potential configurations at the sub-Planckian level. This correspondence not only explains relativistic effects in terms of measurable frequency shifts but also establishes a direct bridge between general relativity and quantum field theory. Moreover, it significantly simplifies the future development of the model’s Hamiltonian formulation, allowing physical variables to be expressed naturally in terms of resonance frequencies and resonance directional vectors as the two generalized coordinates in the Hamiltonian formalism.(v). Electromagnetic Waves: A Physical Picture Based on Maxwell’s Vortex Model and Topological Fiber Structure. (Section 14)Building upon Maxwell’s original vortex model of electromagnetic fields, and combined with the model’s topologically invariant two-layer fiber structure, this framework provides a physically intuitive image of electromagnetic waves. These excitations generate oscillating electric and magnetic moments through SEQ resonance and spin dynamics, reproducing the observed behavior of electromagnetic radiation. The speed of light emerges as the maximum propagation speed of such disturbances in the elastic space network. This reconstruction aligns fully with empirical observations while embedding electromagnetism within a deeper, geometrically grounded spacetime ontology.(vi) Cosmological Interpretations: Alternative Explanations for Cosmic Acceleration, Dark Matter and Galactic Rotation Anomalies. (Section 9.1)These interpretations emerge naturally from the core assumptions of the model, indicating its potential to provide a unified understanding of both microscopic quantum phenomena and macroscopic cosmological observations.(vii) Randomness of Evolution, Degrees of Freedom in the Future and The essence of life in This Model. (Section13, Appendix 2)The apparent randomness of quantum evolution is here reinterpreted: superposition is the fast, high-rate dynamism of the system exploring many update possible paths. The probability of the Schrödinger equation is not an intrinsic uncertainty, but a reflection that the maximum-entropy future route is not unique; The essence of life and intelligence lies in encoding the templates of past entropy-increase pathways and, through fractal recognition of the present environment, prospectively invoking those route-options that promise the greatest cumulative entropy production ahead.(viii) The fixed chiral spin of SEQ assumed in this model can explain parity violation and the scarcity of antiparticles, while also providing a physical picture of the Higgs mechanism. (Section7,Section10,Section11)(ix) The unique 'layered dynamic structural matrix' configuration of the SEQ network in this model constitutes a development upon the conceptual foundation of the Straton Model from the last century. The Straton Model, of pioneering significance, was the first to propose that hadrons are composed of more fundamental constituents. Building upon this groundwork—and within the framework of the underlying SEQ spatial network structure—our model extends this idea to all microscopic particles, including both leptons and quarks. It introduces key physical concepts such as inter-layer dynamic resonant phase coherence, a fixed chirality background, and shell-layer structures. Consequently, it provides conceptual physical intuition for a series of core phenomena, including but not limited to: the electron's 1/2 spin, the fractional charge of quarks, the origin of fermion generations and their mass hierarchy, the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Problem and the microscopic mechanism of neutrino oscillations (Section 11).(x) This framework explains non-local entanglement through its local energy conduction and global conservation rules, upholding local causality without invoking ad hoc local hidden variables. (Appendix 3)
These features affirms the conceptual originality of the proposed framework. Each of the above features, individually and especially in their integrated form, represents a distinct departure from existing physical models, offering a new path toward the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity.
Keywords:Space-Time-Entropy Mapping;Discrete Spacetime;Thermodynamic Time Arrow; Multiplicative Entropy; Space Elementary Quanta(SEQ); Mass-Gravity-SU(3) mechanism; Higgs chiral lock; Analytic Quantum Thermodynamic; Quantum Gravity;