Gravity and the quantum vacuum inertia hypothesis
... resulting force proves to be proportional to acceleration, thus suggesting a basis for inertia of matter [1–3]. It thus appears that Newton’s equation of motion could be derived in this fashion from electrodynamics, and it has been shown that the relativistic version of the equation of motion also n ...
... resulting force proves to be proportional to acceleration, thus suggesting a basis for inertia of matter [1–3]. It thus appears that Newton’s equation of motion could be derived in this fashion from electrodynamics, and it has been shown that the relativistic version of the equation of motion also n ...
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... two thousand years ago Empedocles (490-430 B.C.) suggested that all matter is made up of four elements: water, earth, air and fire. On the other hand, Democritus developed a theory that the universe consists of empty space and an (almost) infinite number of invisible particles which differ from each ...
... two thousand years ago Empedocles (490-430 B.C.) suggested that all matter is made up of four elements: water, earth, air and fire. On the other hand, Democritus developed a theory that the universe consists of empty space and an (almost) infinite number of invisible particles which differ from each ...
Hydrogen 2
... solutions to the Schrodinger equation for a particle confined to move on the surface s a sphere of unit radius. The first few are tabulated on the ...
... solutions to the Schrodinger equation for a particle confined to move on the surface s a sphere of unit radius. The first few are tabulated on the ...
Hyperbolic Geometrodynamic Warp Drives
... By this mechanism, relativistic mass increase limits bodies with mass to sublight velocities, this result comes from the fact that as v → c the “accelerated mass” m0 increases asymptotically. This then requires a massive body to obtain an infinite kinetic energy to maintain the equality v = c. In th ...
... By this mechanism, relativistic mass increase limits bodies with mass to sublight velocities, this result comes from the fact that as v → c the “accelerated mass” m0 increases asymptotically. This then requires a massive body to obtain an infinite kinetic energy to maintain the equality v = c. In th ...
Why Philosophers Should Care About - Philsci
... different character than computability theory. Firstly, complexity has much closer connections with the sciences: it lets us pose questions about (for example) evolution, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, economics, or human language acquisition that would be meaningless from a computability s ...
... different character than computability theory. Firstly, complexity has much closer connections with the sciences: it lets us pose questions about (for example) evolution, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, economics, or human language acquisition that would be meaningless from a computability s ...
IS THERE A UNIQUE PHYSICAL ENTROPY? MICRO VERSUS
... A similar sense of “permutation” is employed by Saunders (Saunders 2006). Consider one particle a that follows trajectory 1 and another particle b of the same kind that follows trajectory 2. Now imagine the case in which particle a followed trajectory 2 and particle b followed trajectory 1. This exc ...
... A similar sense of “permutation” is employed by Saunders (Saunders 2006). Consider one particle a that follows trajectory 1 and another particle b of the same kind that follows trajectory 2. Now imagine the case in which particle a followed trajectory 2 and particle b followed trajectory 1. This exc ...
Renormalization
In quantum field theory, the statistical mechanics of fields, and the theory of self-similar geometric structures, renormalization is any of a collection of techniques used to treat infinities arising in calculated quantities.Renormalization specifies relationships between parameters in the theory when the parameters describing large distance scales differ from the parameters describing small distances. Physically, the pileup of contributions from an infinity of scales involved in a problem may then result in infinities. When describing space and time as a continuum, certain statistical and quantum mechanical constructions are ill defined. To define them, this continuum limit, the removal of the ""construction scaffolding"" of lattices at various scales, has to be taken carefully, as detailed below.Renormalization was first developed in quantum electrodynamics (QED) to make sense of infinite integrals in perturbation theory. Initially viewed as a suspect provisional procedure even by some of its originators, renormalization eventually was embraced as an important and self-consistent actual mechanism of scale physics in several fields of physics and mathematics. Today, the point of view has shifted: on the basis of the breakthrough renormalization group insights of Kenneth Wilson, the focus is on variation of physical quantities across contiguous scales, while distant scales are related to each other through ""effective"" descriptions. All scales are linked in a broadly systematic way, and the actual physics pertinent to each is extracted with the suitable specific computational techniques appropriate for each.