Nature's Book Keeping System
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-05-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
Establishing how one should describe and study natures fundamental degrees of freedom is a notoriously difficult problem. It is tempting to assume that the number of bits (or qubits) needed in a given Planckian 3-volume, or perhaps 2-volume, is a fixed finite number, but this ansatz does not make the problem much easier. We come not even close to solving this problem, but we propose various ingredients in phrasing the questions, possibilities and limitations that may serve as starting points.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1605.00027,
title = {Nature's Book Keeping System},
author = {Gerard t Hooft},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.00027},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures, A contribution to the collection: Space, Time, and Frontiers of Human Understanding