Posted on 13 January 2008 · 427 views · 130 words.
Over on the Cosmic Variance blog, there is a post covering the question of whether the Universe is a big computer, or as CV puts it, maybe its more like a computation. A very interesting read and the Quirks and Quarks show, which they mention, is also a podcast worth tuning into.
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I am studying for my PhD in Astronomy at Cardiff University in the UK. Star formation is my main area of research but really I like anything to do with space, science and the internet.
July 18th, 2008 at 2:08 am
A mathematical why of the Big Bang
Outline
Let Ui be a set of locations of particles of the universe.
U1xU2x …… xUix ….. a set of infinite paths
(Cartesian product of sets of urelements).
this set is equal to the void set by the
negation of the axiom of choice.
So there is no more space containing the particles.
The particles collapse on themselves: Big Crunch.
Then Big Bang.
The Big Bang has taken place thus the negation of the axiom
of choice is likely to be considered as a good axiom.
Adib Ben Jebara.