Information Theory Applied To Space-time PhysicsWorld Scientific, 31.01.1993 - 320 Seiten The success of Newton's mechanic, Maxwell's electrodynamic, Einstein's theories of relativity, and quantum mechanics is a strong argument for the space-time continuum. Nevertheless, doubts have been expressed about the use of a continuum in a science squarely based on observation and measurement. An exact science requires that qualitative arguments must be reduced to quantitative statements. The observability of a continuum can be reduced from qualitative arguments to quantitative statements by means of information theory.Information theory was developed during the last decades within electrical communications, but it is almost unknown in physics. The closest approach to information theory in physics is the calculus of propositions, which has been used in books on the frontier of quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity. Principles of information theory are discussed in this book. The ability to think readily in terms of a finite number of discrete samples is developed over many years of using information theory and digital computers, just as the ability to think readily in terms of a continuum is developed by long use of differential calculus. |
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... section is made by writing the number of the section in front of the number of the equation , e.g. , Eq . ( 1.2-3 ) for Eq . ( 3 ) in Section 1.2 . Illustrations and tables are numbered consecutively within each section , with the ...
... section is made by writing the number of the section in front of the number of the equation , e.g. , Eq . ( 1.2-3 ) for Eq . ( 3 ) in Section 1.2 . Illustrations and tables are numbered consecutively within each section , with the ...
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... Section of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Akademgorodok , Russia ; J. R. Seberry , University of Sydney , Australia ; L. M. Soroko , Joint Institute of Nuclear Research , Dubna , Russia ; A. P. Street , University of Queensland ...
... Section of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Akademgorodok , Russia ; J. R. Seberry , University of Sydney , Australia ; L. M. Soroko , Joint Institute of Nuclear Research , Dubna , Russia ; A. P. Street , University of Queensland ...
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... section . A second root was the concept of a flat or a spherical Earth1 as center of the world ; both concepts provided a distinguished system of reference for the motion of all objects . This distinguished system disappeared when ...
... section . A second root was the concept of a flat or a spherical Earth1 as center of the world ; both concepts provided a distinguished system of reference for the motion of all objects . This distinguished system disappeared when ...
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... Section 3 , end of second paragraph ) . Before entering upon information theory and the geometries of finite differences , we will briefly review the philosophical development of the con- cepts of space and time . 1.4 PHYSICAL SPACE ...
... Section 3 , end of second paragraph ) . Before entering upon information theory and the geometries of finite differences , we will briefly review the philosophical development of the con- cepts of space and time . 1.4 PHYSICAL SPACE ...
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... section . ( c ) Whether space is continuous or discrete has become a reasonable question ; this is the beginning of what we call now the question of the topology of space - time . Metaphysical arguments and the term a priori disappeared ...
... section . ( c ) Whether space is continuous or discrete has become a reasonable question ; this is the beginning of what we call now the question of the topology of space - time . Metaphysical arguments and the term a priori disappeared ...
Inhalt
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3 Coordinate Systems | 40 |
4 Time and Motion | 85 |
5 Propagation in Unusual Coordinate Systems | 104 |
6 Distinction of Sinusoidal Functions | 163 |
7 Discrete Topologies and Difference Equations | 197 |
8 Schrödinger and KleinGordon Difference Equations | 204 |
9 Schrödinger Difference Equation with Coulomb Field | 218 |
10 KleinGordon Difference Equation with Coulomb Field | 230 |
11 Dirac Difference Equation with Coulomb Field | 254 |
12 Mathematical Supplements | 270 |
References and Bibliography | 297 |
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