On Friday, February 5, 2021 at 7:55:14 AM UTC-7 Alan Grayson wrote:
> On Friday, February 5, 2021 at 7:11:52 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 8:53 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> *> The formula for PE is valid for fixed rest mass M,* >> >> >> NO! Assuming General Relativity is correct the formula PE= -(G*M^2)/R is >> valid for* ANY* mass, even a photon of light because a photon contains >> energy and M=E/C^2, and a photon of light is about as far from being >> "fixed" as you can get. >> > > *You misunderstand. For a particular mass M, the formula works. But in > your model M increases for an expanding vacuum sphere. Do you mean to sum > over the individual masses, to get the total PE? Anyway, without more > information, I don't see how you can calculate the KE -- which you don't > do! -- to establish the final result; net gravitational energy = zero. AG* > >> >> *> In the case of an expanding sphere of vacuum energy, by what process >>> does rest mass increase? * >> >> >> I don't know what to tell you Alan, you keep asking the same question >> over and over again and I keep answering it, but rather than actually >> reading what I say and critiquing my answer you just ask the exact same >> question again. >> > > *As far as I can tell, you just keep asserting that the rest mass > increases as the vacuum sphere increases, but I haven't seen anything other > than an assertion. If I am mistaken, why not copy and paste your alleged > previous explanation. AG * > *If you start with a vacuum sphere, there are no photons. If you assume existing photons, their energy decreases as the "vacuum" sphere increases in volume. So how do conclude rest energy increases as the sphere expands? AG * -- 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/bd9cd14e-7939-4e37-9ed3-01e1d46b65ean%40googlegroups.com.
