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San K
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A lot of below might be a question of semantics however it helps to understand better, I am a novice:
1. What's the difference between a field and a dimension?
A field is present at all points in time and space, ...so is a dimension.
why don't we call/label a field as a dimension?
2. or vice-versa -- Time-space is present at all points in time-space. Time-space can be curved, bent, twisted by matter-energy. So why don't we label space-time as a field?
3. If we have separate field for electron, photons etc, (i.e. a field for each elementary particle) don't we end up with too many fields? pervading all points in space-time
4. x,y,z are also called axes, why does the need arise to call them dimensions? so why do we consider space-time as four dimensions when it can be only one (i.e. space-time = one dimension)?
Does it spoil the mathematics/physics in any way?
5. We say Hilbert space has infinite dimensions, why not call them axes? that way we have just one dimension = space-time and we can draw as many axes we want in space-time.
does that cause any problems/conflicts in the mathematics/physics?
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Because we are live, and are trapped, in space-time
We might be psychologically biased towards the primacy of Space-Time
1. What's the difference between a field and a dimension?
A field is present at all points in time and space, ...so is a dimension.
why don't we call/label a field as a dimension?
2. or vice-versa -- Time-space is present at all points in time-space. Time-space can be curved, bent, twisted by matter-energy. So why don't we label space-time as a field?
3. If we have separate field for electron, photons etc, (i.e. a field for each elementary particle) don't we end up with too many fields? pervading all points in space-time
4. x,y,z are also called axes, why does the need arise to call them dimensions? so why do we consider space-time as four dimensions when it can be only one (i.e. space-time = one dimension)?
Does it spoil the mathematics/physics in any way?
5. We say Hilbert space has infinite dimensions, why not call them axes? that way we have just one dimension = space-time and we can draw as many axes we want in space-time.
does that cause any problems/conflicts in the mathematics/physics?
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Because we are live, and are trapped, in space-time
We might be psychologically biased towards the primacy of Space-Time
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