Emergence VIII: Classical Physics from Wave Intersections on a Pre-Geometric Canvas

This paper completes the Emergence series by deriving all of classical physics from the canvas model introduced in Emergence I. Building on the core equations—the canvas wave equation, threshold condition, quantization, Noether's theorem, and the Born rule—we derive: · Mechanics: Newton's second law, the work‑energy theorem, Hooke's law, and simple harmonic motion.· Electromagnetism: Coulomb's law, Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, AC circuit equations, the Biot‑Savart law, Lenz's law, and the Poynting vector.· Fluid dynamics: The Euler equation, Navier‑Stokes equation, Bernoulli's principle, and Poiseuille flow.· Thermodynamics: The zeroth, first, second, and third laws, the ideal gas law, the Boltzmann distribution, and Carnot efficiency.· Optics: Snell's law and the law of reflection.· Waves: The Doppler effect and standing waves.· Acoustics: The speed of sound. All derivations follow from the same first principles, demonstrating that classical physics is not assumed but emerges naturally from the canvas. The model provides a unified, deterministic, and testable foundation for all of physics.