History and Philosophy of Physics

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[5] viXra:2306.0172 [pdf] replaced on 2025-10-03 04:22:39

The Waves of Space: A New Model of the Universe, with Space as the Fundamental Substance (Renamed from Is Space the Only Substance in the Universe)

Authors: Ronald P. Hattis
Comments: 199 Pages. Now published: Cosmos and History (2025, July 13). 21(1), 449-592.

An innovative new "Waves of Space" model is presented, providing more unified and inter-related explanations of phenomena in physics. It might help to bridge gaps between general relativity and quantum mechanics, and to resolve other mysteries. Space, composed of uniform quantized units ("volons"), is proposed as the fundamental substance of the universe, and the medium of waves and fields. That agrees with super-substantivalist philosophy, and provides physical mechanisms that help make that concept feasible. Included are intuitive new conceptions of gravitation (deletion of space units, bringing bodies together, with gravitational potential energy absorbed into spatial pressure), and of the Hubble expansion (accelerating addition of space units, pushing bodies apart). Universe expansion and contraction phases might alternate, a "Big Bang" alternative. Waves and other processes in space produce properties of matter and most energy. "Standard model" particles are actually waves in the medium of space. Most are unsustainable and inconsequential transitional waves. Time is a relationship to repetitive motions in space. Four-dimensional spacetime is geometrically optional and complicates calculations. Space deletion in moving bodies generates the Lorentz transformations. Thermodynamics’ second law is a probability phenomenon, not universal. "Singularities," dimensionless points, and infinity lack physical reality. Mass can survive matter shrinkage or disintegration. Supporting this model, space has known physical properties and is expanding; particles have wave forms. This alternative to current theories offers causal mechanisms where currently only equations exist. New plausible hypotheses from outsiders have been resisted, but may be needed for physics, and associated philosophy, to progress.
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[4] viXra:2306.0139 [pdf] submitted on 2023-06-24 03:21:57

Alone in the Neguentropic Universe

Authors: Francis M. Sanchez
Comments: 25 Pages. In French

Perfect cosmology is confirmed by the unifying role of the negentropic field at 14.125 Kelvin. The terminal term of the Topological Axis f(30) is thus related to the particle parameters to within a few billionths. The natural theoretical framework of Pythagorean integers is confirmed by the involvement of the Lucas-Lehmer series, rational approximations of pi and sporadic groups. The period 19.137 ms (Neuron), defined by the constants of Newton, Planck and Fermi, is close to the average between the universal period of 13.8 billion years, given by the three minutes calculation, and that of the electron. The gap is identified, to the nearest billionth, with the musical interval 419/417. Highly singular relationships link human and astrophysical parameters, introducing the Solanthopic Principle. It's the end of the several paradoxes: that of Fermi, of information, of the cosmological constant and of vacuum energy.
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[3] viXra:2306.0075 [pdf] submitted on 2023-06-13 14:43:59

On the Perception of Scale: Connecting the Scales of Reality & Expanding Our Mathematical Tools

Authors: Donald G. Palmer
Comments: 25 Pages. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27038.69443 License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Over the last several centuries, science has discovered objects in the world along a continuum of scale. In one direction, we have found planets and stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters. In theother direction we have found cells and proteins, atoms and neutrinos. In order to locate and model this world, we use the 3 traditional directions of length, width and height. Howeverinherent in all our measurements is the scale of what we are measuring — a continuum we do not directly see with our eyes. A key reason we do not understand this direction as part of our worldis that we do not know how to measure along this continuum. We do not understand how to measure along this direction because we lack the mathematical tools to do so. Those toolsrequire a numeric representational system with more power than our traditional decimal or positional based numerals. A system that can provide a single value for complex numbers andhas built into it more operations than addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, and exponentiation/logarithms (from whence the new system gets its additional power).The author presents some opening remarks on what is anticipated to be a much larger discussion, looking at a perspective of reality where objects at all levels of scale exist and interact togetherand considers some implications of utilizing more powerful mathematical tools than we have today.
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[2] viXra:2306.0071 [pdf] submitted on 2023-06-14 04:06:48

Uncovering the Rigorous Application Range of Any Mathematical Equivalence Between Different Physical Properties to Avoid Adding Extra Unverifiable Things Into Reality for Explaining Inherent Discrepancy in Phenomena Measure

Authors: Wei Guo
Comments: 65 Pages.

Today, the scientific community comprehensively accepts adding many extra unverifiable things into reality, e.g. extra mass: dark matter, extra energy: dark energy, extra position: superposition, extra dimensions, or even extra parallel reality. Considering reality is not understood completely, adding something into reality's unknown part is indeed a shortcut for explaining inherent measured discrepancy, but such behaviors are likely to distort the instinct of reality. Here, we aim to explain all measured discrepancies without distorting reality. We report any inherent measured discrepancy involving an indirect measure method that relies on an artificially-defined equivalence, e.g. inertia mass indirectly measures mass via an equivalence between mass and force/acceleration. Time measure relies on an equivalence between time and some phenomena for reference, e.g. the swing of a pendulum, the fall of sands or electron jumping between two states. Since Galileo, mathematical equal sign is introduced so naturally between different physical properties. We argue that any such equivalence only holds true within a limited phenomena range. Although we summarized some method's application range, e.g. inertia mass can only apply to phenomena meeting 'macro, low-speed, inertia-system', we state such scattered descriptions collected from experience are not rigorous. Instead, we deduct a rigorous application range from principle and hence any inherent measured discrepancy results from the measured phenomena exceeding the method's application range, e.g. remote objects actually exceed the Doppler effect's application range. By ignoring this, large-scale red shift inevitably misleads us to the universe's accelerating expansion and the dark energy's existing necessity. Similarly, dark matter only logically exists to expand the dynamical mass' application range to cover the phenomena of most galaxies.
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[1] viXra:2306.0019 [pdf] submitted on 2023-06-03 01:15:27

How to Relate to Reality, Including the Absolute Nature of Existence Compared to the Relative Nature of Measurement and Observation

Authors: Georgina Woodward
Comments: 7 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Future submission which is not scholarly written, e.g., being grammatically incorrect, not citing scientific references etc will not be accepted)

This short paper provides an overview of the metaphysical background, that resolves a number of issues within physics. In particular, it puts forth the idea of a, here-in called, absolute, external, ‘Object reality’ from which relative ‘Image reality’ component,‘observation products’ (semblances of objects or materials are generated, appearing to be in a space that is not Object reality.) Supporting objective proof is given. The proposed metaphysical background also allows results as found, in quantum particle experiments, without the need to accept faster than ‘light communication, non locality or retro-causality for explanation. This proposal is also relevant to the measurement problem. The paper starts by describing what is Object reality and explaining how the term observer is used in this paper. It is followed by the description of an ‘Image reality’ component, observation products and factors effecting the appearance of such. A blind man and elephant analogy is given likening the scenario to particle testing. Device generated and phenomenal (experienced) reality are considered, touching on issues pertinent to consciousness.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics