Roger,
Some how that seems less mysterious if you say, seal a beaker of SUGAR and a
beaker of water in a bell jar. In time the sugar will become damp. By the
way, help me out with the technology, here. Initially, what is the atmosphere
in the bell jar composed of?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Critchlow
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: 7/14/2010 12:07:45 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Gravity as an emergent phenomenon
Working from the context, I'd guess: the tensor product between the components
<i>dx<sup>a</sup></i> and <i>dx<sup>b</sup></i>of the stress energy tensor
<i>T<sub>ab</sub></i>, but I've never been too sure about tensors.
I was lost in the introduction.
The proposition of entropy causing action at a distance reminded me of a
notorious demonstration. A beaker of water and a beaker of sugar dissolved in
water are sealed together inside a bell jar. Over time the level of liquid in
the beaker of water will drop and the level of liquid in the beaker of sugar
water will rise.
-- rec --
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:30 PM, glen e. p. ropella
<g...@agent-based-modeling.com> wrote:
So, Verlinde lost me in section 4. But I usually try to continue reading even
if I don't understand (just like I continue talking about stuff I don't
understand ;-). And equation 5.35 (attached) had a surprise for me. What is
that ^ symbol between dx^a and dx^b?
--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
