English

About combinatorics, and observables

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-02-09 v2

Abstract

We investigate the most general "phase space" of configurations, consisting of all possible ways of assigning elementary attributes, "energies", to elementary positions, "cells". We discuss how this space possesses structures that can be approximated by a quantum physics scenario. In particular, we discuss how the Heisenberg's "Uncertainty Principle" and a "universe" with a three-dimensional space arise, and what kind of mechanics rules it.

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@article{arxiv.0712.0471,
  title  = {About combinatorics, and observables},
  author = {Andrea Gregori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0471},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

63 pages, 39 figures. Version 2: added comments and references, corrected typos and errors

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