Physics and the Pythagorean Theorem
| Autor: | Overduin, James, Henry, Richard Conn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | Pythagoras' theorem lies at the heart of physics as well as mathematics, yet its historical origins are obscure. We highlight a purely pictorial, gestalt-like proof that may have originated during the Zhou Dynasty. Generalizations of the Pythagorean theorem to three, four and more dimensions undergird fundamental laws including the energy-momentum relation of particle physics and the field equations of general relativity, and may hint at future unified theories. The "pre-mathematical" nature of this theorem lends support to the Eddingtonian view that "the stuff of the world is mind-stuff." Comment: To appear in the inaugural issue of Minkowski Institute Magazine |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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