Possibilities for a Causal Interpretation of Wave Mechanics

Dave Delphenich
Physics Dept.
University of Wisconsin
River Falls, WI 54022 USA
ddelphen@ozarks.edu

Abstract. The basic physical problems that necessitated the emergence of quantum physics are summarized, along with the elements of wave mechanics and its traditional statistical interpretation. Based on the assumption that the introduction of empirical methodology, such as statistical modeling, into the theoretical modeling process was merely a historical necessity that was based upon the existing limits of mathematics and physics at that point in time, the subsequent advances of mathematics and physics that pertain to the original problems are briefly discussed. Alternative interpretations to the statistical one, such as the hydrodynamical and optical interpretations, nonlinear waves and nonlinear electrodynamics, and the conception of the spacetime vacuum manifold as an ordered medium are reviewed.