Thanks philip, I have rated your essay fairly high. I will reply in detail after I have prepare some material to show more convincing simulations plus the link to your theory using the concepts of random matrices, random walks on necklace and such. As a matter of fact I think I am grabbing the first thread of string theory in my system by comparing it to yours. More later, and thanks again.

P.S. I still hope you look at those programs IF you get the time.

Hello Adel,

Neat idea! Says mathematician and physicist Ludwig Faddeev: "Mathematics closes physics as physics chemistry has closed." Excellent conclusion: «You can do the usual tricks of differential equations and other mathematical techniques (coupled with experiment) to represent how reality behaves, but they cannot show the origin ...» ... »There is no ambiguity in this system; reality is just a mathematical structure which does not need an explanation as to its origin. Mathematics is just is. ». Only one "but": mathematics itself must have an ontological foundation. See my essay, we are close to you in spirit ...

With best regards, Vladimir

Hello Adel,

Neat idea! Says mathematician and physicist Ludwig Faddeev: "Mathematics closes physics as physics chemistry has closed." Excellent conclusion: «You can do the usual tricks of differential equations and other mathematical techniques (coupled with experiment) to represent how reality behaves, but they cannot show the origin ...» ... »There is no ambiguity in this system; reality is just a mathematical structure which does not need an explanation as to its origin. Mathematics is just is. ». Only one "but": mathematics itself must have an ontological foundation. See my essay, we are close to you in spirit ...

With best regards, Vladimir

    Hi Vladimir,

    Thanks for reading my essay, I have left you a comment in your thread. As to Mathematics, the philosophers of the field have debated the issue of the foundation of math for a very long time. One of the main philosophers Putnam concluded that mathematics does not have foundation and does not need one. I think many modern ones are of the same mind. But ok, we can debate to all eternity as to what is math, but at least OUR reality is much better understood.

    Adel

    Hi Adel,

    Thank you for your comment on my forum! I wrote a response to your comment ...

    Refusing to address the foundations of mathematics - that means abandon the search for truth. Since then how "mathematics close physics" (mathematician and physicist Ludwig Faddeev)?. You just have to go to the origin of geometry (see Edmund Husserl "Origin of Geometry"). We must look for the initial structure ("structure-mother" when it comes to the spirit N.Burbaki.) Such a structure, which Umberto Eco described as "missing." But it is there, it is present in front of our eyes! You just need to see it ... Otherwise there would be a nice sustainable peace, which we observe. A world that gives rise to all the time and gives birth to new - new information ... I hope for your righteous rating.

    With best regards,

    Vladimir

      Hi Vladimir,

      I will comment about your theory in your thread. But From my point of view there is not much to elaborate about mathematics. Even if we find out what mathematics is or its nature that will not do anything to the physics, if my theory is correct.

      So from my theory, physics is just a result of a particular mathematical structure which implies that mathematics is platonic. In another word math has the proof of the existence of reality and reality is the proof of the platonic existence of math. Now that is profound.

      Adel

      Hi Hoang,

      I don't know what is the the level of your education, but in university and beyond we learn to only understand words in the context of the problem at hand. the words themselves don't have absolute meaning, it depends how you use them. And in science we use language just like other cultures, they have their own way of saying things and people usually engaged in science sort of know how to decode others words. It is like if you joke in your home country and gets translated it might actually sound dumb to me.

      Also, that is why we hold mathematics in high regards, we don't use words so much just symbols and people allover the world can understand it (what we actually mean by them). On the other hand you see in philosophy people use very heavy loaded words trying to be concise in the thought transmission because of the requirement of clear arguments and it is very hard to do with ordinary words. But for someone who has no experience in philosophy it does sound "GREEK".

      In short, it is the content of the subject and how we understand that is important in science.However you want to say it the content is important. So don't get hung up on words and look to the content.

      Adel

      Dear Adel,

      I read both your paper, went to your website and also downloaded the program. Unfortunately I only have very rudimentary programming skills but this could be an opportunity to brush them up a bit. I have some comments and questions

      1. The best I can tell, it seems that your framework is based on probability whereas the wave function is considered a probability amplitude. The distinction makes itself most obviously known in the interference effects associated with quantum objects, but it can also have effects in other situations. If you can find it, the book "A modern approach to quantum mechanics" by Townsend has in its first chapter a demonstration based on the Stern-Gerlach experiment that shows that the quantum state must be considered a probability amplitude, not a probability. Can you show that your framework is based on probability amplitudes, and if it currently isn't can you modify it so that it will be? This is a major aspect that you need to address and discuss in your framework before other physicists will seriously consider it.

      2. It was very difficult for me to follow section 4 in your paper, and I think because it would probably be true of anyone who tries to understand it, this is probably hurting you. Put yourself in the position of the physicists who do bother to read your entry here: Many of the terms or symbols are not explicitly defined, it is not clear what exactly is an experimental input and what is an output and what, if anything, is assumed, and then BAM, they see a claim that if true would be unquestionably be the greatest discovery of the century. Can you see that the incongruence between these could turn off a lot of physicists? My suggestion would be to list and label very clearly and completely all the inputs and outputs, identify all your assumptions (including those that went into creating your program), define all the terms and symbols, number the equations, use the dimensional units, and preferably use an equation editor so that the equations are easier to read. Because this is a key part of your argument you need to take extra special to care to present the quantitative argument as clearly as possible.

      3. Is it possible that you could include a flow-diagram for the program? It is not absolutely essential, but it would make it easier to understand how it works. I looked at the program itself and was surprised to see the golden ratio, yet your text did not mention it anywhere. This is something that should be mentioned because otherwise it could be construed as a hidden assumption in your program.

      Finally, I would like to mention that I am intrigued by your approach, I think it is great that you are making your program freely available (it speaks of your integrity) and think it could be promising. If you are willing to follow some of these suggestions please let me know and I will re-examine your work.

      All the best,

      Armin

      Dear Adel,

      I have down loaded your essay and soon post my comments on it. Meanwhile, please, go through my essay and post your comments.

      Regards and good luck in the contest,

      Sreenath BN.

      http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/1827

        Dear Adel,

        an interesting article and I rated good, although no all is clear. I am trying to understand it and I need some extra information before I'll be able a deep opinion.

        You say :

        1. Limit li maximum length to L, and

        A. Put a constraint so that li does not go out of l on either side.

        B. Let li cross the line on either side.

        2. Let li go to any distance outside of the line.

        What is the difference between 1B and 2?

        What do you mean with the notation "d0/d1"? is it the difference between sets?

          Hi Sreenath,

          I have already read a lot of the posts in your thread, I will read your essay more thoroughly and comment shortly. Thanks

          Adel

          Hi Sergio,

          Thank you for coming back, and the good rating.

          "What is the difference between 1B and 2?"

          Maybe I was not clear enough, in case 1B the random lines li are constrained by the length L of the main line, so they can go outside but not far. In the case of 2 the lines can go to the other particles which are even at the end of the universe.

          So the theory inherently is an "action at distance",but that does not happen by choice for me it is automatic in the system. I only do what is possible on the line. That is why I have mentioned that EPR paradox is trivial in my theory, which does reproduce a lot of QM. Moreover, the system also respects causality just like in standard physics. I will elaborate more once the system becomes more familiar to you and others.

          Also, if you noticed I have not mentioned what happens in case of 1B, I am working on the interpretation of the results by doing a lot of simulations. Maybe you can discover it! the program is very easy to run. Tomorrow I will be adding more programs in my website, I will post the details.

          "What do you mean with the notation "d0/d1"? is it the difference between sets?"

          Please for this question refer to fig.6 in section 3 in the essay and detailed program description in my website also in section 3. d0 and d1 are basically the representation of the two interacting particles. Their length is really nothing but the Compton wavelength (= h_bar/mc, since h_bar=c like in natural units, the Compton wavelength for electron= 1/m=1/.0005465799=1822.8885 in u units approximately). I will talk more in detail later in my upcoming reply to Armin Shirazi)

          http://www.qsa.netne.net/index_files/Page310.htm

          I will be happy to answer more questions.Thanks again

          Adel

          Hi Hoang,

          All the people who submitted their essays are the kind of people who like to think " out of the box", naturally some will be more successful than others. Also, I think you have the wrong impression about higher education. I think in all fields and especially in science and particularly engineering(which is my field) we're always taught to think for ourselves and when we go to do Masters or PHD you are on your own basically, so you have to be innovative and original. Again, some will be very good and some will be less.

          Being innovative is synonymous with engineering, it is what the field is about. All the good things you see in life in modern age is done by such people.

          Sure standard scientific methods work and work well, that's what brought about modern life(you can also make good amount of money using such methods,tried and true as they say). But there is room for more adventurous people especially when they are equipped properly.

          It is good that you want to know, but also it is not enough just to believe in something strongly ,you have to have the way to convince people. Either by arguments or math or whatever that makes sense to as much people as possible. My theory "reality is nothing but ...." may be correct 1000% but if I said that and stopped , what good is that statement? You do seem to have good ideas but your language and the way your framing them is making it hard for you to get them across.

          Thanks for the exchange of ideas.

          Adel

          Dear Adel,

          I read your intriguing essay with care and appreciate your attempt to derive the whole of physics from computer based simulation of simple geometric figures and this reflects originality of your thought and its application. I am also interested in knowing how far you succeed in your endeavor you have set forth yourself. But, however, I have some comments to make and would be glad if you respond to them.

          Your essay starts with the statement "Reality is nothing but a mathematical structure, literally". That means you are identifying reality with a mathematical structure, but here you will have to define what 'a mathematical structure' means. Because if you go through my essay there I have treated mathematics as a tool used to derive from axioms the reality that they imply. So mathematical method, like logic, is, in itself, having no reality but it leads to the reality we are after and whose veracity depends on the very nature of the axiom you have framed. In other words, reality follows infallibly from the axiom framed and mathematics just helps in realizing it. That is, the mathematical structure depends on the axioms framed.

          Moreover, in your essay when you are identifying reality with a mathematical structure, you are having in your mind reality described by physics only and no other types of realities, like, biological, psychological, social, etc. and realities in these fields, according to me, have no mathematical structure that they have in the field of physics.

          Your attempt to derive fundamental constants of Nature and QM from the Bohr like model and the Schrodinger like equations, and the mass of the electron, is commendable.

          In the fifth section of the essay, the second Para starts with the sentence 'Simulating the electron wave having almost six times the Bohr model with a particle almost the proton size then I get very much the energy of the electron which the Bohr simulation -'; here I want to make an interesting suggestion that in 'my model of the QM, it is the proton that possesses the ground state energy of 13.6 eV in the hydrogen atom and this energy is carried by the electron when it is ejected from its ground state (whenever you find time, please, visit my website 'www.sreenath.webs.com' and there in the Interaction Table at the interaction range of 5.3*10^-9 cm you find this value of 13.6 eV possessed by the proton).

          In your treatment of Gravity, you have said that "If an assumption is made the gravity is a result of only when the lines meet, then you will get an incredibly small force translated into a very tiny expectation value shift", I want to know how small this shift is; could it be of the order of 10^-14? If you ever find this value, please, inform me at, bnsreenath@yahoo.co.in

          Thank you very much for writing such a thought provoking essay.

          All the best in the essay contest,

          Sreenath

          Hi Sreenath,

          Thank you for reading the essay in a thoughtful manner. Sorry for the late reply, I was busy converting more C++ programs to JavaScript so that you and others can run it and see (also modify) the code and have a much better understanding. Since my system does not have equations as such or philosophical arguments, so the best way to learn it is by running the simulation.

          I have always tinkered with ideas in math and engineering mostly, but I only read physics. Somehow, the idea of the relation of physics and math started brewing in my head for few years. One day sitting with my friends and everybody was complaining about the world and life, so to ease the discussion I just throw a one liner and said that reality was nothing but some math. So everybody laughed their head off and walked out shaking their head.

          I was very surprised of the words that came out of my mouth, I said to myself, aha, this is what was in my head but I could not express till that moment. Having a bit of free time I started thinking what could this mathematical structure will look like and how could it arise. To be honest I was really only thinking of the possibility of creating a very crude universe like system just for my amusement.

          After thinking about what could be happening on the line, it just seemed so natural to implement the idea using computer program. It is not like I said, here, I am going to write a program to simulate our reality using computer. I was so shocked (but deep down not surprised) when I saw the sin^2, I was expecting some kind fractal or some similar stuff, but never ever the actual physics of our reality.

          I tell you this long story because I think it makes it much easier to understand my replies to your comments.

          The words "mathematical structure" are used both in general sense and has more strict mathematical meaning. It is used loosely to refer to any mathematical like systems like a triangle or a circle. And in formal way as in

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_structure

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_structure

          Of course I am using more in the general sense just like Dr. Tegmark's MUH.

          I will have to read you essay more carefully to see the relation of math and physics in your idea. But I think already in mine the reason for the "effectiveness of math "is much clearer. You can see how classical physics and standard quantum physics have their origin in my system which is purely mathematical and so the classical theories are either effective theories (classical physics) or a "look alike" (quantum physics). There is a famous quote by Feynman in regards to Schrodinger Equation (which is known to be a fantastic guess by him) just popping out of Schrodinger's head, meaning there appears no basis to it other than it works. My system shows the origin of the equation, and it is clear how the math relate. Moreover, with my system I do not attempt to derive anything. The nature of the system from its inception has been to see what is possible to do on the line AND THEN see if I can interpret the results to match some known physics. I have not thought, ok, now I shall derive the natural constants, no. I just look at possible results and see if I can make any sense of them that is all.

          As far as a system that solves all intellectual problems in one system, I think that is a very ambitious and unrealistic goal, but contemplating such issues does add to our knowledge . Many of the essays in the contest are misguided in my opinion because they tackle cosmological problems that have very scarce data, while we have these giant colliders and we are struggling with basic issues in particle physics. I believe we must solve the fundamental problems first before tackling more complicated ones. Anyway, the problem of existence is by far more mysterious, enigmatic and psychologically important that the issue of biology and consciousness. Because the later do have a very good chance being explained by the former but not the other way around.

          As I said in my essay gravity is still under research. It is so difficult to simulate even for very short distances the numbers fluctuate so much it is very hard to make sense out of them, but I think there is hope. Maybe another two weeks or so I might be able to show more. The issue you raised about electron energy and the proton is interesting while the system does seem to follow standard physics but it seems that some surprises about the proton might be there. I am also working on that and it looks interestingly unconventional, but maybe the time is not right to disclose until further checks.

          Hopefully by tomorrow I will read and rate your essay. Thanks again.

          Adel

          Dear Adel,

          Thanks for your nice clarifications and I would like to give you a very high rating of over 8 on your logically consistent essay. So after rating my essay, please, inform me in my thread or e-mail me to bnsreenath@yahoo.co.in, and I will in turn rate your essay.

          I must once again say that you have originality in your approach in solving problems pertaining to physics through computer programming and don't give it up until you succeed in your endeavor. If you need any clarifications on the contents of my essay, please, contact me.

          Wish you all the best in the essay contest.

          Sreenath

          Dear Adel,

          I too have rated your essay more favorably for its originality in its approach and wishing you best of luck in the essay contest.

          Sreenath

          Hi Hoang,

          First I want to apologize if I had offended you in any way. I certainly did not mean any disrespect. There is nothing personal between us and you have not insulted me, so I have no reason to insult you. I think you misunderstood my statements. I just meant when we learn complicated subjects in higher education we do have to say things properly to express the problems in a clear way, but also we don't spend all our time to choose the right words, The concepts are more important. I went to school in the west and my English was not that good(still it isn't) but I did good. Anyway, you took some statements personally but they were meant as an advice only. However, it is natural sometimes to state our opinions in strong terms in forums, that is part of the process.

          Also, I said "All the people who submitted their essays are the kind of people who like to think out of the box". This is the highest compliment that you can give to people's intellect and that goes to you as a participant. As a non professional physicist I do rate self learning highly, as a matter of fact I have criticised some people with PHDs here in FQXI and elsewhere a lot for being "boring" with no imagination.

          As to the issue of gravity, I understand its fundamentals as it is taught in school. I know what is known and what is unknown, as in Newton's theory, GR, Verlinde's gravity , QG and so on. In my essay I have not calculated anything related to gravity, all calculations are for Quantum Mechanical systems. I only talked briefly about it(last section), but I hope I will have some calculation soon.

          Thank you again.

          Adel

          Dear Adel

          How about variation of mass proton and electron?

          http://vixra.org/pdf/1212.0080v3.pdf

          Regards

          Yuri

          Dear Adel,

          I just read your essay. Your essay contains a lot of material for fruitful research and I commend you on this.

          We also have like mind because you say that, "...if nature has something to do with mathematics,then why not start with these basic concepts...". If you have not read my essay, please read and rate if you think we both share this idea.

          Then on the issue of two particles interacting, e.g. a positive and negative charged body or between earth and moon, how is this interaction conducted?

          Best regards,

          Akinbo