Kvantiilien

Kvantiilien are a hypothetical construct in information physics and speculative quantum information theory. They are described as discrete, indivisible quanta of information that can exist as localized excitations within a hypothetical discrete medium or lattice. In this view, a kvantiilien carries a fixed amount of information and participates in transformations akin to quantum operations, but with the informational degree of freedom treated as primary rather than energy alone. The term is a neologism derived from a quantum-related root and is not widely standardized; it appears in a small number of theoretical discussions and thought experiments rather than in established physics.

In proposed models, kvantiilien are modeled as excitations of a discrete information field. Their states are discrete and can be added or removed through unitary-like operations, with a conservation law framed as conservation of information rather than energy. Some formulations relate their energetic properties to a frequency via a Planck-like relation E = h f, while others treat information content as independent of energy and describe dynamics through information-theoretic operators.

Applications of the concept are mainly in thought experiments and formal discussions about the limits of information processing, error correction, and locality in complex systems. They are sometimes invoked to illustrate how quantized information units might behave in hypothetical quantum networks or in approaches to digital physics, though there is no empirical evidence for kvantiilien as physical objects. Critics argue that the idea conflates information with a new kind of particle and remains speculative without testable predictions.