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View SchemaA Pre-Geometric Model Exhibiting Physical Law
| Authors | Charles Francis |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9909051 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9909051 |
Abstract
We describe a substructure for matter in which metric relations are not assumed as properties of a physical manifold, and instead the metric of general relativity is found in configurations of particle interactions. The 'state' of a particle is the set of possible configurations of surrounding particles. States are thus non-local, while particles are local. Kets are not states, or descriptions of states, but merely names for states. Ket space is a naming system constructed by an individual observer from the available information in such a way that the principle of superposition and the probability interpretation are definitional truisms, not physical laws. In this paper the treatment is developed as far as showing that the solution to the discrete equations describing the structure should be embedded into covariant continuous equations, and we remark that this leads to a requirement for four dimensions and spin in the organisation of a structure consisting solely of particle interactions, although neither dimensionality nor spin are assumed properties of particles.
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"title": "A Pre-Geometric Model Exhibiting Physical Law",
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