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Tag Archive for: singularities

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Intro to the Big Bang and Infinity Concepts

January 27, 2018
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In the cosmology section of the Physics Forums, I encountered many Big Bang and related infinity problems. Hence, in this article, I want to explain the…
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Struggles with the Continuum: Spacetime Conclusion

September 7, 2016
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 We've been looking at how the continuum nature of spacetime poses problems for our favorite theories of physics --- problems with infinities.…
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Struggles with the Continuum: General Relativity

September 5, 2016
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 Combining electromagnetism with relativity and quantum mechanics led to QED. Last time we saw the immense struggles with the continuum this…
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Struggles with the Continuum – Relativity and Quantum

January 25, 2016
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 In this series, we're looking at mathematical problems that arise in physics due to treating spacetime as a continuum---basically, problems…
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