Russell, Some good questions!
Yes, the theory predicts a very small positive curvature of space. The universe is a closed finite hypersphere with no edges and not infinite. A lot of people claim that data suggests the universe is flat, but the data does not actually suggest that. What the data suggests is only that the universe is very LARGE, i.e. that the curvature, if any, is very slight. Also note that for the universe to actually be flat Omega must be EXACTLY=1 to enormous precision. While if it varies from 1 in only the umpteenth digit it is not actually flat, just very large. The statistical likelihood of a number near to 1 being exactly 1 rather than the near infinite other values it could have is incredibly low. So there is no real indication that the universe is actually flat, only that whatever curvature it has is slight. Another good example of how otherwise intelligent scientists often misinterpret their own data! My theory does NOT assume an embedding dimension. The 4-dimensional hypersphere is the whole shebang.... Since my universe is hyperspherical with p-time the radial dimension, the passage of p-time is what 'inflates' the cosmic balloon, whose surface is the current universe, and thus what produces the current value of the curvature of space and causes the Hubble expansion. However this has to be understood very carefully because the p-time radius is NOT measurable by the clock time age of the universe. In fact the theory suggests that events such as the BB inflation can be explained by large discrepancies in clock time and p-time rates during that period. I can get into this further if you like.... Edgar On Friday, February 7, 2014 7:26:29 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 03:57:47PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Ghibbsa, > > > > Let me clarify my previous answer a little. > > > > P-time runs at the same intrinsic rate everywhere in the universe though > it > > doesn't really have a 'rate' in the usual sense since it's prior to > > dimensionality. However that rate is the speed at which the p-time > radial > > dimension of the hyperspherical universe extends. That extension > actually > > is or produces or generates the 'flow' of p-time. > > > > I take it you predict that space has positive curvature (Omega > 1)? > > Note that evidence appears to contradict this, and is widely > considered to be the hard evidence killing Tipler's Omega point idea. > > Or do you conceive of some method to compute this rate from a negative > curvature? > > Furthermore, does your theory impose an embedding dimension for the > spacetime manifold? Because the rate at which the radial dimension > extends is crucially dependent on the embedding dimension. > > Note that General Relativity does not require a Euclidean embedding space. > > > So p-time runs at the same intrinsic rate and provides the processor > cycles > > of all the computations that produce the current information state of > the > > universe. Part of the results of those computations are the different > > relativistic clock time rates of processes throughout the universe. > > > > Hope that makes it a little clearer.... > > > > Not much. How do you connect the clock speed of your hypothetical > computer with the curvature of spacetime? > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected]<javascript:> > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
