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Ok guys, no one seems to have been able to point out any great flaw in the geometric representation I have proposed in the thread "A Thought Experiment". That is, I believe I have presented a good case that the issue is representation only and not an issue of physical validity. If that is indeed the case, then please allow me to discuss the advantages of my perspective.
(If you seriously have no interest, please don't bother to read this!)
First let me say that I do not at all feel that Einstein's perspective should be laid aside. It should be studied and understood as a very powerful mechanism for expressing many constraints imposed by the necessity of the well known relativistic relationships. His development of the covariant representation of physical laws as a notation (which clearly guarantees that the represented laws are indeed the same in all reference frames) is a very powerful tool.
However, to regard his representation as the only possible way to represent the relativistic phenomena is very short sighted. There are many mathematical representations of phenomena which provide easy proof of what may otherwise be a difficult problem. Such things should not be taken as evidence that there are no other useful representations.
When it comes to understanding the physical universe, I believe my representation is greatly superior to the conventional perspective introduced by Einstein for the following specific reasons.
I. The geometry has a Euclidian metric with four "spatial" axes and thus many phenomena are much easier to mentally visualize in this presentation than they are in Einstein's perspective (Though it takes a little practice to get a few of the subtle issues straight).
II. The representation is fundamentally more symmetric than Einstein's representation as all four coordinates are totally equivalent. The [itex]\tau[/itex] axis is a spatial axis completely equivalent to x, y and z. The only thing which sets [itex]\tau[/itex] off as different is that the great majority of important entities exist in momentum quantized states in the [itex]\tau[/itex] direction. One could just as easily work with entities which were momentum quantized in any direction. That is, the asymmetry is a result of the problem being solved, not the geometry.
III. Time, being path length along the trajectories of the relevant events, is once more a parameter of motion and not a coordinate. This effect makes laying out valid quantum mechanical representation of phenomena straight forward.
IV. All possible lines within the geometry are legitimate possibilities for trajectories of entities of interest. Under Einstein's geometry, entities can not follow any space-time line elements along which Einstein's invariant interval is real; i.e., they must follow time like space-time lines as the invariant interval must be time like in the instantaneous rest frame of the entity ([itex]d\tau[/itex] must be real). Relaxing this external constraint (external to the geometry) leads to the idea of tachyons and time reversed actions (neither of which have ever been seen).
V. In my representation, uncertainty in rest mass is uncertainty in momentum in the [itex]\tau[/itex] direction. It follows that the extension of the wave function representing the entity has infinite extent. Two entities, both momentum quantized in the same direction can interact (changing their respective momentum perpendicular to [itex]\tau[/itex] without establishing a specific value for [itex]\tau[/itex]). This is totally consistent with the [itex]\tau[/itex], rest mass uncertainty relationship. In Einstein's picture, proper time is path length in his geometry. As such, specific interactions can establish beginning and ending times which should conceptually constrain [itex]\tau[/itex] to a specific range. The result of such a measurement could be seen as requiring a non-zero uncertainty in rest mass. Generally I have noticed that physicists would rather deflect attention from this issue than answer it (it can be answered but it requires a little subtle argument).
VI. Negative mass would be momentum quantization in the minus [itex]\tau[/itex] direction and thus does not yield a negative value for the energy. This completely removes Dirac's infinite sea of negative energy particles. It also constrains mass conversion to energy to exactly the situations where it is seen to occur (the constraints come directly from the kinematics of conventional momentum conservation).
VII. In Einstein's perspective, conventional electro-magnetic phenomena can be shown to be a direct consequence of relativistic effects: i.e., a simple coulomb interaction cannot exist as relativistic shifts in one's coordinate system will create a magnetic interaction. The same thing is true in my perspective; however, when the detailed work is carried out, the resultant four component vector of momentum transfer is transformed into a scalar component related to the [itex]\tau[/itex] axis and a three component vector related to the x, y and z axes. The difference between the character of the two fields is a direct consequence of the momentum quantization in the direction of [itex]\tau[/itex]. To make a long story short, magnetic monopoles (which have never been seen) are not a possibility.
VIII. Finally, the extension of quantum mechanics to general relativity is rather straight forward in my perspective (which is a quantum mechanical perspective from the get go) while an equivalent result from Einstein's perspective has yet to be accomplished.
Now, I am the only person who has ever gone deeply into this perspective and I have accomplished quite a little. It seems to me that, if I could interest others in examining the perspective, there could be a lot of other significant stuff still buried in there.
I also think Einstein's perspective is fundamentally invalid as it does not constitute the correct constraint on what can and cannot be seen. First, there exist solutions in his perspective which have never been seen. Now there are those who believe this is not a problem (people who think in compartmentized fashion); however, I hold that any answer to a question which gives the wrong result when pushed to the limit of definition is the wrong answer. And, secondly, it is, as yet, incomplete: i.e., no method has of yet been conceived of which can cast general relativistic quantum mechanics into his representation.
Furthermore, if anyone is interested, I can deduce my perspective from first principles and demonstrate that it is universally applicable to all possible universes.
Have fun -- Dick
(If you seriously have no interest, please don't bother to read this!)
First let me say that I do not at all feel that Einstein's perspective should be laid aside. It should be studied and understood as a very powerful mechanism for expressing many constraints imposed by the necessity of the well known relativistic relationships. His development of the covariant representation of physical laws as a notation (which clearly guarantees that the represented laws are indeed the same in all reference frames) is a very powerful tool.
However, to regard his representation as the only possible way to represent the relativistic phenomena is very short sighted. There are many mathematical representations of phenomena which provide easy proof of what may otherwise be a difficult problem. Such things should not be taken as evidence that there are no other useful representations.
When it comes to understanding the physical universe, I believe my representation is greatly superior to the conventional perspective introduced by Einstein for the following specific reasons.
I. The geometry has a Euclidian metric with four "spatial" axes and thus many phenomena are much easier to mentally visualize in this presentation than they are in Einstein's perspective (Though it takes a little practice to get a few of the subtle issues straight).
II. The representation is fundamentally more symmetric than Einstein's representation as all four coordinates are totally equivalent. The [itex]\tau[/itex] axis is a spatial axis completely equivalent to x, y and z. The only thing which sets [itex]\tau[/itex] off as different is that the great majority of important entities exist in momentum quantized states in the [itex]\tau[/itex] direction. One could just as easily work with entities which were momentum quantized in any direction. That is, the asymmetry is a result of the problem being solved, not the geometry.
III. Time, being path length along the trajectories of the relevant events, is once more a parameter of motion and not a coordinate. This effect makes laying out valid quantum mechanical representation of phenomena straight forward.
IV. All possible lines within the geometry are legitimate possibilities for trajectories of entities of interest. Under Einstein's geometry, entities can not follow any space-time line elements along which Einstein's invariant interval is real; i.e., they must follow time like space-time lines as the invariant interval must be time like in the instantaneous rest frame of the entity ([itex]d\tau[/itex] must be real). Relaxing this external constraint (external to the geometry) leads to the idea of tachyons and time reversed actions (neither of which have ever been seen).
V. In my representation, uncertainty in rest mass is uncertainty in momentum in the [itex]\tau[/itex] direction. It follows that the extension of the wave function representing the entity has infinite extent. Two entities, both momentum quantized in the same direction can interact (changing their respective momentum perpendicular to [itex]\tau[/itex] without establishing a specific value for [itex]\tau[/itex]). This is totally consistent with the [itex]\tau[/itex], rest mass uncertainty relationship. In Einstein's picture, proper time is path length in his geometry. As such, specific interactions can establish beginning and ending times which should conceptually constrain [itex]\tau[/itex] to a specific range. The result of such a measurement could be seen as requiring a non-zero uncertainty in rest mass. Generally I have noticed that physicists would rather deflect attention from this issue than answer it (it can be answered but it requires a little subtle argument).
VI. Negative mass would be momentum quantization in the minus [itex]\tau[/itex] direction and thus does not yield a negative value for the energy. This completely removes Dirac's infinite sea of negative energy particles. It also constrains mass conversion to energy to exactly the situations where it is seen to occur (the constraints come directly from the kinematics of conventional momentum conservation).
VII. In Einstein's perspective, conventional electro-magnetic phenomena can be shown to be a direct consequence of relativistic effects: i.e., a simple coulomb interaction cannot exist as relativistic shifts in one's coordinate system will create a magnetic interaction. The same thing is true in my perspective; however, when the detailed work is carried out, the resultant four component vector of momentum transfer is transformed into a scalar component related to the [itex]\tau[/itex] axis and a three component vector related to the x, y and z axes. The difference between the character of the two fields is a direct consequence of the momentum quantization in the direction of [itex]\tau[/itex]. To make a long story short, magnetic monopoles (which have never been seen) are not a possibility.
VIII. Finally, the extension of quantum mechanics to general relativity is rather straight forward in my perspective (which is a quantum mechanical perspective from the get go) while an equivalent result from Einstein's perspective has yet to be accomplished.
Now, I am the only person who has ever gone deeply into this perspective and I have accomplished quite a little. It seems to me that, if I could interest others in examining the perspective, there could be a lot of other significant stuff still buried in there.
I also think Einstein's perspective is fundamentally invalid as it does not constitute the correct constraint on what can and cannot be seen. First, there exist solutions in his perspective which have never been seen. Now there are those who believe this is not a problem (people who think in compartmentized fashion); however, I hold that any answer to a question which gives the wrong result when pushed to the limit of definition is the wrong answer. And, secondly, it is, as yet, incomplete: i.e., no method has of yet been conceived of which can cast general relativistic quantum mechanics into his representation.
Furthermore, if anyone is interested, I can deduce my perspective from first principles and demonstrate that it is universally applicable to all possible universes.
Have fun -- Dick
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