Certain basic questions exist regarding the
physics of space. These might be regarded as philosophical questions though
they often are developed upon the basis of physics. Philosophical questions of
cosmology and theology (the latter in regard to the metaphysics of God) pertain
to the unknown, or at least to other than physically contiguous approaches to
regarding then known such as mathematical physicists might develop.
I reread a book on the history of mathematical
symmetry in the development of geometry and algebra recently. That topic leads
to M-Theory via topology, Lie algebras and exceptional Killing groups. It was
learned that there are a finite number (in a sort of Cantorian way) of root
forms for non-Euclidian geometries, as Euclid found a limited number of
geometrical shapes mathematicians discovered that geometries and forms can be
represented algebraically in matrices and groups.
Extra dimensions in these algebras are variables
rather than considered as actually in the real world. Yet the equations may
actually work in quantum physics. M-Theory draws together several groups that
exist in superstring theory. The super in string theory was a progress from
supersymmetry.
Standard Orthogonal 1 dimensions SO(1), Unitary 1
and so on refer to forms for quantum structures in 1 dimension. An illustration
given was the use of a two-dimensional flat paper with one axis representing
space and the other time. If a ring were to make contact on the surface of that
paper two-dimensional world it might resemble a one-dimensional point from one
angle, or from another angle it might resemble a line segment or string. The
ring of course goes up vertically from the flat paper laying on a table into a
third dimension that the 2 dimensional dwellers don't see yet might infer
exists. The loop/ring in extra dimensions could be considered to be like a drum
surface that gives off vibrations, and those vibrations are quantum loops that
comprise the mass-energy of the steady-state Universe we live in.
The math for superstring and M-Theory seems to
correspond better toward the real world supposing ten or more dimensions exist.
Progress in math useful for those cosmology researches continues. One may
wonder philosophically if some of the mathematical theories even if successful
at modeling a good level of a unified physics would exhaust the possibilities
for what might be known at deeper levels of the Existential Universe 1 and of
course of the metaphysics of a Supreme Being that allows anything extensible to
exist at all, for one winders with the neo-Platonist philosopher Plotinus, why?
There are 238 possible forms of crystal structures
and 226 possible forms of syllogisms. Is it entirely a coincidence that human
capacity for developing argumentation forms of syllogism are so close to the
maximum number of possible crystal forms? It seems entirely coincidental, yet
such symmetries in unrelated fields are interesting to consider, as is...
If there is an infinite amount of space, then mass
must be comparatively finite.
or
If mass and space are convertible then, there may
be an infinite amount of space and an infinite amount of mass, yet not at the
same time. If there were an infinite amount of mass then there would be no
space, and if there were an infinite amount of space then there would be no
mass.
Could an infinite amount of space be reduced?
Could an infinite amount of mass be diminished?
Is a very large amount of space comparable to an
infinite amount of space?
Can a finite amount of absolute space exist?
Mustn't absolute space be infinite?
Mass, space and energy as convertibles may require
different dimensional structures or configurations. The form or cohesiveness of
structures in space-time are epiphenomenal locality...dreams of a universe
in-themselves.
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