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Dark energy as a manifestation of nontrivial arithmetic
Marek CzachorPolitechnika Gdańska
(KCIK 2016)
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Flat Friedman-Robertson-Walker universea(t)
t
GR without DE
Observable expansion
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Geometric Kant problem
● Different alternative geometries are allowed by mathematics.
● So, why does the Universe obey those particular rules invented by Euclid of Alexandria?
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Arithmetic Kant problem
● Different alternative arithmetics are allowed by mathematics.
● So, why does the Universe obey those particular rules invented by Diophantus of Alexandria?
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Arithmetic Kant problem
● Different alternative arithmetics are allowed by mathematics.
● So, why does the Universe obey those particular rules invented by Diophantus of Alexandria?
Mark Burgin Non-Diophantine Arithmetics, or is it possible that 2+2 ≠ 4?Kiev, Ukrainian AIS, 1997
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Arithmetic Kant problem: Example
Take and define
Addition/subtraction is modified but multiplication is unchanged
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Arithmetic Kant problem: Example
Take and define
Addition/subtraction is modified but multiplication is unchanged
Non-Diophantine
Diophantine
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Then all the rules are preserved
supplemented by subtraction and division
associative
commutative
distributive
unit element
zero
etc.
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Now change notation so that
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Now change notation so that
So, which arithmetic is Diophantine?
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Which arithmetic is “more natural”, “simpler”, “more physical”, or “given a priori” (Kant)?
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Which arithmetic is “more natural”, “simpler”, “more physical”, or “given a priori” (Kant)?
This?
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Which arithmetic is “more natural”, “simpler”, “more physical”, or “given a priori” (Kant)?
Or this?
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Derivative
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Or perhaps it's all irrelevant?
If all mathematical operations performed by “us” and by the Nature involve the same arithmetic and calculus, there may be no means of detecting a nontrivial f
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Or perhaps it's all irrelevant?
If all mathematical operations performed by “us” and by the Nature involve the same arithmetic and calculus, there may be no means of detecting a nontrivial f
But what if there is a miss-match between a natural arithmetic and the one we employ in mathematical modeling?
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Or perhaps it's all irrelevant?
If all mathematical operations performed by “us” and by the Nature involve the same arithmetic and calculus, there may be no means of detecting a nontrivial f
But what if there is a miss-match between a natural arithmetic and the one we employ in mathematical modeling?
Are there any examples of such a miss-match in any natural science?
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Or perhaps it's all irrelevant?
If all mathematical operations performed by “us” and by the Nature involve the same arithmetic and calculus, there may be no means of detecting a nontrivial f
But what if there is a miss-match between a natural arithmetic and the one we employ in mathematical modeling?
Are there any examples of such a miss-match in any natural science?
Yes, and we experience it in our everyday life!
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Weber-Fechner lawE. H. Weber, in Handlewörterbuch der Physiologie, iii. (1846)G. T. Fechner, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)
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Weber-Fechner lawE. H. Weber, in Handlewörterbuch der Physiologie, iii. (1846)G. T. Fechner, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)
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Weber-Fechner problem in arithmetic formG. T. Fechner, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)M. Czachor, Information processing and Fechner's problem as a choice of arithmetic, arXiv:1602.00587 [q-bio.NC] (Neurons and Cognition)
Find a generalized subtraction such that
is independent of x
The problem was formulated on 22 Oct 1850 and uniquely solved by Fechner,
This is why decibels correspond to a log scale
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Weber-Fechner problem in arithmetic formG. T. Fechner, Elemente der Psychophysik (1860)M. Czachor, Information processing and Fechner's problem as a choice of arithmetic, arXiv:1602.00587 [q-bio.NC] (Neurons and Cognition)
Find a generalized subtraction such that
is independent of x
The problem was formulated on 22 Oct 1850 and uniquely solved by Fechner,
This is why decibels correspond to a log scale
All our sensations are perceived via a log channel
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Weber-Fechner arithmetic
Neutral elements
Addition/subtraction
Negative numbers
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Light-cone in Weber-Fechner-Minkowski space
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Light-cone in Weber-Fechner-Minkowski space
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Two arithmetics coexist in
● “Standard” Diophantine
● Non-Diophantine “Fechnerian”
Two space-times coexist in
● Locally Lorenzian manifold with Diophantine arithmetic/calculus and event horizons on the walls of
● Globally Minkowskian space with non-Diophantine arithmetic/calculus
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The problem● Two types of arithmetic/calculus can coexist in the same space-time
● Which of them should be employed in mathematical formulation of equations of physics?
● Is it possible that we work with the wrong one?● If so, what are the observable consequences?
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Minkowski space
Arithmetic defined by
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Minkowski space
Arithmetic defined by
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Apparent velocity of a static charge as seen from the center of the universe with L=1 (Maxwell equations with non-Diophantine calculus)
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Solution of Friedman equation in flat FRW universe with L=20 (Einstein equations with non-Diophantine calculus, no dark energy, zero cosmological constant)
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Flat Friedman-Robertson-Walker universea(t)
t
GR without DE
Observable expansion
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The Final Big Question
What is the physical law that determines f ?
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Arithmetic:The cleanest source of dark
energy
Marek CzachorPolitechnika Gdańska
(KCIK 2016)
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● M. Czachor, Relativity of arithmetic as a fundamental symmetry of physics, Quantum Stud.: Math. Found. 3, 123-133 (2016), arXiv:1412.8583 [math-ph]
● D. Aerts, M. Czachor, M. Kuna, Crystallization of space: Space-time fractals from fractal arithmetic, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 83, 201-211 (2016), arXiv:1506.00487 [gr-qc]