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Effects of mathematical locality and number scaling on coordinate chart use

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-19 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

A stronger foundation for earlier work on the effects of number scaling, and local mathematics is described. Emphasis is placed on the effects of scaling on coordinate systems. Effects of scaling are represented by a scalar field, θ,\theta, that appears in gauge theories as a spin zero boson. Gauge theory considerations led to the concept of local mathematics, as expressed through the use of universes, as collections of local mathematical systems at each point, x, of a space time manifold, M. Both local and global coordinate charts are described. These map M into either local or global coordinate systems within a universe or between universes, respectively. The lifting of global expressions of nonlocal physical quantities, expressed by space and or time integrals or derivatives on M, to integrals or derivatives on coordinate systems, is described. The assumption of local mathematics and universes makes integrals and derivatives, on M or on global charts, meaningless. They acquire meaning only when mapped into a local universe. The effect of scaling, by including the effect of θ\theta into the local maps, is described. The lack of experimental evidence for θ\theta so far shows that the coupling constant of θ\theta to matter fields must be very small compared to the fine structure constant. Also the gradient of θ\theta must be very small in the local region of cosmological space and time occupied by us as observers. So far, there are no known restrictions on θ\theta or its gradient in regions of space and/or time that are far away from our local region.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3217,
  title  = {Effects of mathematical locality and number scaling on coordinate chart use},
  author = {Paul Benioff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3217},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages, 3 figures To appear in SPIE conference proceedings, Quantum Information and computation XII, May 8,9, 2014