On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:27:11 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > I roughly see how this part (gravitation in the Wolfram Model) works out: > > > from > > *Some Relativistic and Gravitational Properties of the Wolfram Model* > Jonathan Gorard > 1University of Cambridge > 2Wolfram Research, Inc > > > The Wolfram Model can be thought of as being an abstract generalization of > the “Causal Dynamical Triangulation” approach to quantum gravity developed > by Loll, Ambjørn, and Jurkiewicz. > > The first essential step in the derivation of special relativity for > causal-invariant Wolfram Model systems is to make precise the formal > correspondence between directed edges connecting updating events in a > discrete causal graph, and timelike-separation of events in a continuous > Minkowski space (or, more generally, in a Lorentzian manifold). > > The present article has demonstrated the Wolfram Model to be a novel, > exciting and potentially highly fruitful discrete model for spacetime > geometry, exhibiting discrete analogs of many (and possibly all) of the > salient mathematical features of Lorentzian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds > in limiting cases. There exist a variety of open problems arising from this > work, ranging from the possibility of computing higher-order corrections to > the discrete Einstein field equations, to determining the > computability-theoretic and complexity-theoretic properties that > distinguish inertial and non-inertial reference frames, to developing a > theory of general relativity that holds in manifolds with variable > spacetime dimensions. A few of these problems are discussed in greater > depth in our accompanying publication on quantum mechanics, which makes > significant use of both the special relativistic and general relativistic > formalisms that we develop inthis paper (especially the relationship > between confluence, causal invariance and Lorentz covariance, and the > derivation of the discrete Einstein field equations), and we intend to > investigate several more of these questions in the course of future > publications. The present work, however, has at least revealed the Wolfram > Model to be a plausible fundamental model for classical relativistic and > gravitational physics, and we eagerly await the implications that this will > entail. > > > > @philipthrift > > Shall we call it Bruno 2.0? AG
On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 2:43:25 PM UTC-5, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> You will be introduced to the true formulation of the foundations of >> physics - which will lead to its unification - leaving behind the deluding >> morass of the old mathematical-physics foundations you were brainwashed >> with as a student. >> >> What else? >> >> @philipthrift >> >> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 2:14:21 PM UTC-5, ronaldheld wrote: >>> >>> What will I be getting from reading these long papers? >>> Ronald >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 4:40:56 AM UTC-4, Philip Thrift wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The "hypergraph" stuff from Stephen Wolfram in recent news on his "new >>>> foundation" of physics has a name: >>>> *The Wolfram Model.* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Some Relativistic and Gravitational Properties of the Wolfram* >>>> *Model* >>>> Jonathan Gorard >>>> >>>> https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/wolframphysics/Documents/some-quantum-mechanical-properties-of-the-wolfram-model.pdf >>>> >>>> *Some Quantum Mechanical Properties of the Wolfram Model* >>>> *Jonathan Gorard* >>>> >>>> https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/wolframphysics/Documents/some-relativistic-and-gravitational-properties-of-the-wolfram-model.pdf >>>> >>>> >>>> @philipthrift >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/602c40fb-f391-4664-a067-bbb1ea121555%40googlegroups.com.
