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From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 9:11 PM
To: Joscha Bach
Subject: Re:
Energy comes from?
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 3:58 PM Joscha Bach < rnailto > wrote:
In the computational oscillator universe, energy ha= two forms: there is the information contained in the oscillator
pattern i=self, which to me looks like its mass: how much information fluctuates in =ach step? (Mass is basically
displacement of information in time.) And there is momentum, which is the amount of information that gets translated
alo=g the computational graph. (Momentum is displacement of information in spa=e.)
If we look at the relationship between the locus of computation and the glo=al state, a number of variants are possible:
- global calculation advances all bits in the state vector at the same time=br> - single bit local calculation advances one
one bit at a time
- multi-local calculation has a number of individual "read/write heads=quot; that weave simultaneously
All variants can be realized so that the resulting dynamics are the same, w=ich means that they would be independent
from the perspective of an observ=r. However, variants B and C could also be implemented in such a way that =he
outcome of the computation depends on the order in which locations of t=e universe are touched. I doubt that this is
the case, because it might ma=e the universe look for stochastic than it does.
> On Feb 19, 2018, at 06:49, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
> Energy? Unlimited? Equal per computation ? Non local ? =AO Two
> places at once? Distribution s. Field effects time to compute=/ all
> the same time ? Synchronized
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 6:24 AM Joscha Bach
> <mailtc > wrote: >
> As you may have noticed, my whole train of thought on computationalismris based on the rediscovery of intutionist
mathematics under the name &quo=;computation".
> ttp://math.andrej=com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/real-world-realizabil
> ity.pdf
> <http://math.andrej.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rea=-world-realizab
> ility.pdf>
> The difference between classical math and computation is that classica=ly, a function has a value as soon as it is
defined, but in the computatio=al paradigm, it has to be actually computed, using some generator. This al=o applies for
functions that designate truth. For something to be true in =ntuitionist mathematics, you will always have to show the
money: you have =o demonstrate that you know how to make a process that can actually perfor= the necessary steps.
> This has some interesting implication: computation cannot be paradoxic=l. In the computational framework, there can
be no set of all sets that do=s not contain itself. Instead, you'd have to define functions that add=and remove sets from
each other, and as a result, you might up with some p=riodic fluctuation, but not with an illegal state.
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> Intuitionist math fits together with automata theory. It turns out tha= there is a universal computer, i.e. a function that
can itself compute al= computable functions (Turing completeness). All functions that implement =he universal
computer can effectively compute the same set of functions, b=t they may differ in how efficiently they can do it.
Efficiency relates to=computational complexity classes.
> The simplest universal computers known are some cellular automata,
> wit= Minsky and Wolfram arguing about who found the shortest one.
> Boolean alge=ra is Turing complete, too, as is the NAND gate, the
> lambda calculus, and =lmost all programming languages. The Church
> Turing thesis says that all un=versal computers can compute each
> other, and therefore have the same power=
> I suspect that it is possible that the Church Turing thesis is also a =hysical law, i.e. it is impossible to build physical
computer that can cal=ulate more than a Turing machine. However, that conflicts with the traditi=nal intuitions of most
of physics: that the universe is geometric, i.e. hy=ercomputational. The fact that we cannot construct a hypercomputer,
not ju=t not in physics, but also not mathematically (where we take its existence=as given when we perform geometry),
makes me suspect that perhaps even God=cannot make a true geometric universe.
> How can we recover continuous space from discrete computation? Well, s=acetime is the set of all locations that can
store information, and the se= of all trajectories along which this information can flow, as seen from t=e perspective of
an observer. We can get such an arrangement from a flat l=ttice (i.e. a graph) that is approximately regular and fine
grained enough= If we disturb the lattice structure by adding more links, we get nonlocal=ty (i.e. some information
appears in distant lattice positions), and if we=remove links, we get spatial superposition (some locations are not
danglin=, so we cannot project them to a single coordinate any more, but must proj=ct them into a region).
> On the elementary level, we can define a space by using a set of objec=s, and a bijective function that maps a scalar
value to a subset of these =bjects. The easiest way of doing might be to define a typed relationship t=at orders each pair
of objects, and differences in the scalar are mapped t= the number of successive links of that relationship type. We can
use mult=ple relationship types to obtain multiple dimensions, and if we choose the=relationships suitably we may also
construct operators that relate the dim=nsions to each other via translation, rotation and nesting, so we derive t=e
properties of Euclidean spaces.
> To get to relativistic space, we need to first think about how informa=ion might travel through a lattice. If we just
equalize value differential= at neighboring locations, we will see that the information dissipates qui=kly and won't travel
very far. To transmit information over large dist=nces in a lattice, it must be packaged in a way that preserves the value
a=d a momentum (in the sense of direction), so we can discern its origin. A =ood toy model might be the Game of Life
automaton, which operates on a reg=lar two dimensional lattice and allows the construction of stable, traveli=g
oscillators (gliders). In Game of life, only the immediate neighbor loca=ions are involved, so gliders can only travel in very
few directions. A mo=e fine grained momentum requires that the oscillator occupies a large set =f adjacent lattice
locations. SmoothLife is a variant of Game of Life that=uses very large neighborhoods and indeed delivers stable
oscillators that =an travel in arbitrary directions.
> I think I have some idea how to extend this toy model towards oscillat=rs with variable speed and more than two
dimensions. It may also possible =o show that there are reasons why stable traveling oscillators can exist i= id, 2d and
3d but not in 4d, for similar reasons why stable planetary orb=ts only work in 3d.
> To give a brief intution about a traveling oscillator as a wavelet: Th=nk of a wavelet as two concentric circles, one
representing the deviation =bove zero, the other one the deviation below zero. They try to equalize, b=t because the
catch up is not immediately, they just switch their value in=tead. (This is the discretized simplification.) Now displace the
inner cir=le with respect to the outer one: the arrangement starts to travel. Making=the pattern stable requires
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distorting the circles, and probably relaxing =he discretization by increasing the resolution. The frequency of the wavel=t
oscillation is inversely related to how fast it can travel.
> You can also think of a wavelet as a vortex in a traveling liquid.
> The=vortex is entirely generated by the molecular dynamics within the
> liquid (=hich are our discrete lattice computations), and it does not
> dissolve beca=se it is a stable oscillator. The vortex can travel
> perpendicular to the d=rection of the fluid, which is equivalent to
> traveling in space. It cannot=go arbitrarily fast: the progression of
> the liquid defines a lightcone in =hich each molecule can influence
> other molecules, and which limits the tra=el of every possible vortex.
> Also, the faster the vortex moves sideways, t=e slower it must
> oscillate, because the both translation and state change =epend on
> sharing the same underlying computation. It will also have to con=ract
> in the direction of movement to remain stable, and it will be
> maximal=y contracted at the border of the light cone. (The contraction
> of a vortex=is equivalent to giving it a momentum.)
> An observer will always have to be implemented as a stable system capa=le of state change, i.e. as a system of vortices
that interact in such a w=y that they form a multistable oscillator that can travel in unison. From =he perspective of the
observer, time is observed rate of state change in i=s environment, and it depends on its own rate of change, which in
turn dep=nds on the speed of the observer. This gives rise to relativistic time. Al=o, the observer does not perceive itself
as being distorted, but it will n=rmalize itself, and instead perceive its environment around itself as bein= distorted. As a
result, the observer will always have the impression to t=avel exactly in the middle of its light cone. This model seems to
recover =orentz invariance, but with a slight catch: it seems to me that while spee= of light is constant and there is no
preferred frame of reference wrt acc=leration, the resolution of the universe changes with the speed of the obs=rver. No
idea if this is a bug or a feature, or if it will be neutralized =y something I cannot see yet before I have a proper
simulation.
> Obviously, all of the above is just a conjecture. I can make a convinc=ng looking animation, and I am confident that
many features like simultane=ty etc. will work out, but I don't yet know if a proper numeric simula=ion will indeed work
as neatly as I imagine.
» On Feb 18, 2018, at 09:00, Jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote:
> i want to hear more on your views on projection spaces. =AO. also feel free to put some more meat on the bones
of the =hinking re lorentz transformations
>>
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