An interpretation of quantum foundations based on density functional theory and polymer self-consistent field theory

Abstract

The Feynman quantum-classical isomorphism between classical statistical mechanics in 3+1 dimensions and quantum statistical mechanics in 3 dimensions is used to connect classical polymer self-consistent field theory with quantum time-dependent density functional theory. This allows the theorems of density functional theory to relate non-relativistic quantum mechanics to a classical statistical mechanical derivation of polymer self-consistent field theory for ring polymers in a 4 dimensional thermal-space. One dynamic postulate is added to two static postulates which allows for a description of quantum physics from a 5 dimensional thermal-space-time ensemble perspective. A connection with aspects of classical field theory can be made in the classical limit.