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Originally Posted by quanta07 Please enlighten us,
recomend research library article under mathematics, 'The Pure Mathematics of Space-time'. |
Quanta07;
"Enlighten us"; it sounds like something my children might say when they were teenagers.
It would seem that there are many scientist and students of physics who have yet to comprehend the differences between concepts of measurement and concepts of reality. These concepts have been given names that allow them to be placed in the pigeonholes of positivism or realism. Those who say we do not have to know what is real to measure it, are in the positivism column. Those who believe the mathematics and measurements should reflect a fundamental concept of cause and effect, are placed in the realism column. Like politics, most of us fall somewhere between the two concepts. Though positivism allows us to advance technically, sooner or later we must find a true relation between the mathematical abstracts and our concepts of a reality. Our ancestors started this process by placing the sun at the center of our solar system and thus allowing the mathematics to be simplified and to relate to a closer understanding of reality. Our mathematical gauge theories, Relativity, Quantum Physics, and String Theory, do not allow the simplicity required to define reality.
As far as the pure mathematics of "Spacetime" you may wish to read the source. "The Meaning of Relativity" by Albert Einstein
Best Regards;
Dave