degrees of freedom

cragar

when we talk about degrees of freedom in atoms and molecules should time be a degree of freedom.

tiny-tim

Short answer … no.

quZz

Time is in no way a degree of freedom!

cragar

why , time is a dimension which we move through so why is it not a degree of freedom.

DyslexicHobo

I'm guessing because it is a restricted dimension. Just as if the particle was constrained to one single plane, the normal axis would no longer be a degree of freedom.

Just a guess, though. I've never actually talked about degrees of freedom in this context.

cragar

but I thought traveling back in time was still theoretically possible . And if we bring in theory of relativity if I were to travel faster then object A and then slow down a little bit I would change my time difference to object A and thus be moving forward a little bit then backwards in my time difference thus allowing time as a degree of freedom.

diazona

Gaining freedom in time makes you lose freedom in space, though. The total number of degrees of freedom doesn't change just because you happen to be moving in a particular way.

cragar

ok i see , what about traveling back in time.