Re: The Fifth Element and its Architecture
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Posted by sol on June 27, 2003 at 20:36:39:
In Reply to: Re: The Fifth Element and its Architecture posted by sol on June 26, 2003 at 06:28:06:
Hyperspace, by Michio Kaku Page 84 and 85, "To see higher dimensions simplify the laws of nature, we recall that any object has length, width and depth. Since we have the freedom to rotate an object by 90 degrees, we can turn its length into width, and its width into depth. By a simple rotation, we can interchange any of the three spatial dimensions. Now if time is the fourth dimension then it is possible to make "rotations" that convert space into time, and vice versa. These four-dimensional "rotations" are precisely the distortions of space and time demanded by special relativity. In other words, space and time have mixed in a essential way, governed by relativity. The meaning of time as being the fourth dimension is that time and space can rotate into each other in a mathematical precise way. From now on, they must be treated as two aspects of the same quantity: space-time. Thus adding a higher dimension helped to unify the laws of nature." I hope it becomes clear here where the understanding of the first dimension, the string, is a point, and not a singularity, recognizes the expression from which all things must begin from. What is U(1)? The fifth element is a expression directly of U(1)and as fifth dimensional understanding, the circle becomes complete? What does spin one, mean for a photon and what does spin two mean for a graviton? Any corrections for sure.:) Sol
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