History and Philosophy of Physics

2003 Submissions

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Intention not Theory: the Vertigo of Love

Authors: Vincenzo Peluso
Comments: 76 Pages.

A Theory of Everything (TOE) must be based on a principle so simple and powerful that it can explain not only all physics, but provide an answer to all philosophical questions and above all explain consciousness and the self. A principle is in fact all the more powerful the simpler it is, since everything that exists, from the simplest to the most complex, must derive from the nesting and stratification of the same principle. Around the nature of this principle, the candidate par excellence should be Hegel's dialectic. However, although Hegel's dialectic has proved useful in investigating the evolution of human thought and history, it is of little use in all other scientific areas such as in the investigation of natural laws. The principle sought must therefore be even more primitive: it must be the foundation of the whole, even of Hegel's dialectic. The purpose of this article is to present this principle and show how it is the foundation of the whole and how everything literally flows from it. In the Intention Physics, physics is completed, that is, it attains the highest and thereby its conclusion.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics

[6] viXra:2003.0482 [pdf] submitted on 2020-03-23 04:38:05

Theory of Another Universe

Authors: Azadvinder Singh
Comments: 4 Pages.

In this paper, we will study about, is there any another universe exists. If this is possible, how another universe look like.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics

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Time-Space, Probability and Physics

Authors: Gunn Quznetsov
Comments: 199 Pages. [Corrections made by viXra Admin to confirm with the requirements on the Replacement Form]

In this book the Gentzen variant of the propositional logic is used to substantiate the space-time relations, including the Lorentz transformations, irreversible unidirectional time and metric space. The logical foundations of probability theory, including Jacob Bernulli’s Big Numbers Law and the statistical definition of probability, are also derived from this logic. All concepts and statements of the Standard Model (except for the Higgs) are obtained as concepts and theorems of probability theory. The masses, spins, moments, energies of fermions are the parameters of the distribution of such a probability. The masses of the W and Z bosons are the results of the interaction of the probability flows into space-time. Quark-gluon relations, including the phenomena of confinement and asymptotic freedom, are also a consequence of the properties of this probability. The phenomenon of gravity with dark matter and dark energy is a continuation of these quark-gyonic relations. For understanding of the maintenance of this book elementary knowledge in the field of linear algebra and the mathematical analysis is sufficient.
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[4] viXra:2003.0277 [pdf] submitted on 2020-03-13 21:23:27

The Uncertain Future of Physics and Computing

Authors: Alan M. Kadin
Comments: 12 Pages. Submitted to Foundational Questions Institute Essay Contest https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3443

In the 20th century, physics became dominated by abstract mathematics, with a fundamental role for uncertainty. In contrast, computing was built on a foundation of mathematical certainty. John von Neumann was a primary source for both these foundations. I argue that both are misleading, and should be revised to reflect microscopic determinism with varying degrees of macroscopic uncertainty. I predict a future neoclassical physics without quantum entanglement, but no “theory of everything”. Future computing will involve neural networks that can embody consciousness, but no quantum computing. Formal mathematical proofs of undecidability or uncomputability will have little practical impact on either computing or physics, but absolute knowledge will remain unattainable. All future predictions should be regarded with skepticism.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics

[3] viXra:2003.0229 [pdf] submitted on 2020-03-11 09:09:50

Interpreting Quantum Mechanics in Terms of Facts About the Universe

Authors: Andrew Knight
Comments: 12 Pages.

A potentially new interpretation of quantum mechanics posits the state of the universe as a consistent set of facts, such that the relationships between objects in the universe are the information storing and instantiating those facts. A fact (or event) occurs exactly when the number or density of future possibilities decreases, and a quantum superposition exists if and only if the facts of the universe are consistent with the superposition. An example is analyzed in which the number of possibilities of N distinguishable classical objects in a discretized phase space is reduced by the introduction of chronological facts consisting of repelling impacts. It is shown how some facts have the effect of rendering impossible certain measurement outcomes of an object, independently of measurement outcomes of other objects, while some facts have the effect of correlating measurement outcomes of one object to those of another. The potential for further analysis through numerical simulation is discussed, particularly whether quantum uncertainty emerges from the specification of sufficient facts. Implications of and objections to the interpretation are briefly discussed, including the extent to which identity of objects must be preserved, the extent to which entanglement among objects must be universal, and whether this interpretation conflicts with special relativity. This interpretation may show that quantum mechanics, Planck’s constant, and the discretization of spacetime are emergent phenomena that successfully and very accurately approximate a more fundamental ontology.
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[2] viXra:2003.0152 [pdf] submitted on 2020-03-07 13:36:55

Analogy Between Special Relativity and Finite Mathematics

Authors: Felix M. Lev
Comments: 5 Pages.

In our publications we have proposed an approach called finite quantum theory (FQT) when quantum theory is based not on complex numbers but on finite mathematics. We have proved that FQT is more general than standard quantum theory because the latter is a special degenerate case of the former in the formal limit $p\to\infty$ where $p$ is the characteristic of the ring or field in finite mathematics. Moreover, finite mathematics itself is more general than classical mathematics (involving the notions of infinitely small/large and continuity) because the latter is a special degenerate case of the former in the same limit. {\bf As a consequence, mathematics describing nature at the most fundamental level involves only a finite number of numbers while the notions of limit and infinitely small/large and the notions constructed from them (e.g. continuity, derivative and integral) are needed only in calculations describing nature approximately}. However, physicists typically are reluctant to accept those results although they are natural and simple. We argue without formulas that there is a simple analogy between the above facts and the fact that special relativity is more general than nonrelativistic mechanics because the latter is a special degenerate case of the former in the formal limit $c\to\infty$.
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Schr ̈odinger’s Cat: Really Short Stories

Authors: Waldemar Puszkarz
Comments: 6 Pages.

Even shorter than you probably think. Limited by the uncertainty principle and author’s intellectual powers. Especially the latter.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics