The Physical–Informational Universe

Abstract (En)

This paper proposes a unified conceptual model of the universe as a coherent interaction between information and energy.

In this framework, information defines structure — the rules and relationships that shape reality — while energy provides the dynamic support that sustains and manifests these structures in time.

Reality emerges as a continuous synchronization between the rate of information processing and the energy available to maintain it, within the finite storage capacity of space–time.

The model introduces the principle of irreducible complexity, the idea that a minimum set of interdependent functions — storage, processing, energy supply, and evolution law — is required for any information to persist.

Space and time are described as discrete informational media, composed of units that store and update states through energy.

Curvature is interpreted not as passive geometry, but as a mechanism for extending storage capacity, dynamically adjusting to preserve coherence when informational density increases.

At the limits of this process, black holes act as extreme compression systems — expressions of maximum information density and minimal temporal flow — where Hawking radiation becomes a form of lossy compression, preserving coherence through qualitative information loss.

The model further presents fractal space–time as a self-referential structure: each scale contains a coherent but lower-resolution version of the whole, giving rise to the arrow of time as an irreversible sequence of informational updates.

Finally, the framework extends to complexity, life, and consciousness as higher-order emergent forms of informational self-synchronization.

The universe appears not as a collection of separate phenomena, but as a single system of information–energy coherence optimization — a dynamic balance seeking to maximize meaningful information with minimal energetic cost.