On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Torgny Tholerus <torgny.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> Jason Resch skrev:
> > I am not sure how related this is to what you ask in your original
> > post, but as for a model (and candidate TOE) of physics which is
> > discrete, there is a theory known as Hiem Theory
> > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heim_Theory ) which posits there are
> > six discrete dimensions. Interestingly, the theory is able to predict
> > the masses of many subatomic particles entirely from some force
> > constants, something which even the standard model is unable to explain.
>
> I have now looked at Heim Theory, but it does not look enough serious to
> me. Every theory that compute the masses of the elementary particles
> from nothing, must be wrong. Because in different possible universa the
> masses of the elementary particles are different. Besides, the Heim
> Theory could not explain the quarks.
>
Well the masses are not derived out of no where, the article states: "The
predicted masses were claimed to have been derived by Heim using only 4
parameters - h (Planck's
Constant<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_Constant>),
G (Gravitational constant<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant>
), vacuum permittivity <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_permittivity>
and permeability<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(electromagnetism)>
."
>
> But from the Heim Theory article I followed a link to "Difference
> operator" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_operator ), and that
> article was much more interesting, because there you could find the
> extended Leibniz rule.
>
> And from that article I found a link to "Umbral calculus" (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbral_calculus ), that look like exactly
> what I am looking for. The Umbral calculus seems to be a good candidate
> for a tool for handling discrete space-time!
>
Great! I'm glad it helped.
Jason
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