A Local Gauge-Covariant Formulation of Classical Dynamics

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Hauptverfasser: Auti, Gunjan, Daiguji, Hirofumi, Tanaka, Gouhei
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author Auti, Gunjan
Daiguji, Hirofumi
Tanaka, Gouhei
author_facet Auti, Gunjan
Daiguji, Hirofumi
Tanaka, Gouhei
contents Classical dynamical laws are conventionally formulated as closed evolution equations defined on fixed geometric backgrounds and a global time parameter. We develop a formulation in which neither prescribed evolution laws nor an external clock are assumed a priori. Grounded in the principles of conservation, locality of interaction, and independent local frame freedom, the framework treats spatial geometry as a relational structure that may evolve together with the state. We introduce a notion of local incompatibility defined as the covariant difference between neighboring states under a dynamical transport connection. Because the transport relations are not fixed, restoring compatibility requires the joint adaptation of both state variables and transport geometry. We show that locality, gauge covariance, and coercivity strongly restrict the admissible form of this incompatibility and lead to a simple, globally additive, gauge-invariant quadratic measure of mismatch. Admissible dynamics are then defined as the asynchronous, finite-rate relaxation of this measure, without assuming a predefined action principle. A global time description appears only as an effective coarse-grained limit of this local relaxation process. In appropriate limits, the resulting compatibility-restoration dynamics recovers familiar continuum equations, including diffusion, incompressible Navier--Stokes, and the Ampère--Maxwell relation. In this sense, dynamics arises from the coupled evolution of state and transport geometry toward local gauge consistency. The formulation provides a constructive framework in which effective physical laws emerge from local relational constraints.
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Auti, Gunjan
Daiguji, Hirofumi
Tanaka, Gouhei
General Physics
Classical dynamical laws are conventionally formulated as closed evolution equations defined on fixed geometric backgrounds and a global time parameter. We develop a formulation in which neither prescribed evolution laws nor an external clock are assumed a priori. Grounded in the principles of conservation, locality of interaction, and independent local frame freedom, the framework treats spatial geometry as a relational structure that may evolve together with the state. We introduce a notion of local incompatibility defined as the covariant difference between neighboring states under a dynamical transport connection. Because the transport relations are not fixed, restoring compatibility requires the joint adaptation of both state variables and transport geometry. We show that locality, gauge covariance, and coercivity strongly restrict the admissible form of this incompatibility and lead to a simple, globally additive, gauge-invariant quadratic measure of mismatch. Admissible dynamics are then defined as the asynchronous, finite-rate relaxation of this measure, without assuming a predefined action principle. A global time description appears only as an effective coarse-grained limit of this local relaxation process. In appropriate limits, the resulting compatibility-restoration dynamics recovers familiar continuum equations, including diffusion, incompressible Navier--Stokes, and the Ampère--Maxwell relation. In this sense, dynamics arises from the coupled evolution of state and transport geometry toward local gauge consistency. The formulation provides a constructive framework in which effective physical laws emerge from local relational constraints.
title A Local Gauge-Covariant Formulation of Classical Dynamics
topic General Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14190