Inertial Motion as a Self-Synchronized Field: A Wave Interpretation of Inertia, Kinetic Energy and Long-Range Interactions

We propose a unified interpretation of inertial motion and long-range interactions where a particle is not a localized point, but the focus of a coherent field of standing or quasi-standing waves. Inertia emerges from the phase rigidity of this deformed field, kinetic energy from its deformation energy, and electromagnetic and gravitational forces point toward the current position of sources through energy transport or geometry along self-aligned quasi-standing waves. This perspective, compatible with special relativity, classical electrodynamics and general relativity, connects mechanics, electromagnetism and gravitation through the principle of wave self-synchronization.