Joe
May3-04, 05:42 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>The primary difficulty in the formulation of a theory of Quantum-Gravity is\nnot that The Physics is in error, but that the mathematical systems used to\ndescribe the Physics are not appropriate at quantum scales. What I mean by\nthis is that the mathematical system of calculus, as currently formulated,\nis not appropriate at quantum scales. Specifically, in applying relativistic\nequations (as derived by calculus) at quantum scales, the various physical\nquantities (length, time, etc.) that one is dealing with can never approach\nan infinitely small unit of length or an infinitely small unit of time (as\nnecessarily and inherently assumed by calculus), but are limited to an\nabsolute minimum of the Plank length and Plank time. When one at first\nintegrates an infinitely small unit of length (dx) or unit of time (dt) in\nquantum-gravitational calculations. The resulting sum is in error by at\nleast a factor of ln(n) - natural log of an integer n. Where n is the\ninteger multiple of some Planck minimum of some physical quantity being\ncomputed in the equation. Needless to say, all subsequent calculations only\ncompound this initial error. What is needed is for the formulas of calculus\nto be reformulated specifically for quantum-gravity , so that they do not\nderive or integrate infinitely small physical quantities, but take at least\nPlank minimums summed over integer multiples.\n\n\n\nJSchmitt\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>The primary difficulty in the formulation of a theory of Quantum-Gravity is
not that The Physics is in error, but that the mathematical systems used to
describe the Physics are not appropriate at quantum scales. What I mean by
this is that the mathematical system of calculus, as currently formulated,
is not appropriate at quantum scales. Specifically, in applying relativistic
equations (as derived by calculus) at quantum scales, the various physical
quantities (length, time, etc.) that one is dealing with can never approach
an infinitely small unit of length or an infinitely small unit of time (as
necessarily and inherently assumed by calculus), but are limited to an
absolute minimum of the Plank length and Plank time. When one at first
integrates an infinitely small unit of length (dx) or unit of time (dt) in
quantum-gravitational calculations. The resulting sum is in error by at
least a factor of ln(n) - natural log of an integer n. Where n is the
integer multiple of some Planck minimum of some physical quantity being
computed in the equation. Needless to say, all subsequent calculations only
compound this initial error. What is needed is for the formulas of calculus
to be reformulated specifically for quantum-gravity , so that they do not
derive or integrate infinitely small physical quantities, but take at least
Plank minimums summed over integer multiples.
JSchmitt
not that The Physics is in error, but that the mathematical systems used to
describe the Physics are not appropriate at quantum scales. What I mean by
this is that the mathematical system of calculus, as currently formulated,
is not appropriate at quantum scales. Specifically, in applying relativistic
equations (as derived by calculus) at quantum scales, the various physical
quantities (length, time, etc.) that one is dealing with can never approach
an infinitely small unit of length or an infinitely small unit of time (as
necessarily and inherently assumed by calculus), but are limited to an
absolute minimum of the Plank length and Plank time. When one at first
integrates an infinitely small unit of length (dx) or unit of time (dt) in
quantum-gravitational calculations. The resulting sum is in error by at
least a factor of ln(n) - natural log of an integer n. Where n is the
integer multiple of some Planck minimum of some physical quantity being
computed in the equation. Needless to say, all subsequent calculations only
compound this initial error. What is needed is for the formulas of calculus
to be reformulated specifically for quantum-gravity , so that they do not
derive or integrate infinitely small physical quantities, but take at least
Plank minimums summed over integer multiples.
JSchmitt