Re: Space-Time, mathematics and physics



On Jul 29, 4:52 pm, Jean Paul <jcorriv...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello.

In my post "are the space-time continuous or discrete", some members
have misunderstood my request for clarifications, in particular the
person who commented "he dont even grasp tha notion of continuous and
discrete". My MSc in Mathematics is 20 years old, so I forgot a lot
but I certainly did not forget what these two concepts mean. I did not
join this forum to be insulted, but rather to seek clarifications
about what the Space Dimension is *physically*, and what the Time
dimension is *physically*. I wish physical explanations, not
mathematical formulas (unless you are sure that they can lead me to
answers).

You are complaining about what is known as the "dyslexic troll". He is
fake-stupid, and has been doing it for years. If you see someone
saying something stupid with no attempt made at proper spelling,
punctuation, or capitalization you are either talking to Y. Porat or
the dyslexic troll. In either case, ignore him.

[...]

The number of dimensions is discrete - 3 of space, 1 of time. That
number does not change - ever.

Space-time itself is also discrete. As far as making you believe it,
that is harder. We have not explicitly seen the discretization of
space-time itself, but we are pretty sure that it is considering that
_everything else_ is discrete in one way or another.


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