Steve Faulkner

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Is there no upper limit on angular speed?

We understand from Special Relativity that the speed of light is an upper limit on the relative speed between moving objects. This concerns the rate of change of position, and constant...

12 May 2021 4,320 9 View

What experimental evidence prevents us using non-unitary, non-Hermitian mathematics to represent pure quantum states?

What experimental evidence (or any other) contradicts the use of non-unitary, non-Hermitian mathematics to represent pure quantum states? This question relates to pure states, not mixed states....

23 April 2018 3,428 16 View

If two false statements can combine to prove a statement that is true , is there something remarkable about this kind of proof?

The example I have in mind is a pair of integrals, over an inseparable domain, that do not exist unless weighted by functions in Banach space. But even if they are not, they can inter-substitute...

26 April 2016 9,356 23 View

Can operators (possibly the Pauli matrices) be used as a basis to replace the conventional basis for 3-space --- the unit vectors i, j, k?

Unit vectors i, j, k are defined as the basis for orthogonal 3-space. My view is that these unit vectors are man-made and that Nature does not know about them. That is to say, the information...

26 August 2015 9,782 23 View

Is it helpful to consider the concept of randomness when only one outcome option is possible?

Does it help us understand concepts of randomness and probability by considering the possibility that randomness may be involved in certain strange systems, where only one outcome is possible....

29 May 2015 2,247 8 View

What kind of imperative can force quantum randomness?

If the decision between two choices is to be made, but neither choice is preferred over the other, because there is perfect symmetry between the two, then no information separates the choices and...

28 April 2015 4,677 51 View

What is the relationship between randomness and probability?

Are randomness and probability independent of one another, or does one depend on the other, or are they different expressions of the same thing?

19 March 2015 8,588 55 View

Irrespective of whether (human) beings model it, can the Universe escape self-reference or logical circularity?

Will this be the final incarnation of this question? My purpose in asking these questions is to motivate the kind of physical theory that accepts that Physical Laws are part of The Universe, as...

10 October 2014 3,019 35 View

Can the Physical Laws escape self-reference and logical circularity?

Can The Physical Laws be regarded as a computational program that runs The Universe (Everything)? If so, does the program need to generate The Physical Laws themselves? This question is a...

06 October 2014 8,541 24 View

In The Measurement Problem, what is a system's information content before and after measurement?

For a general quantum system, what is the precise information content of a prepared state? And what is the precise information content after measurement? The question I am asking here is not...

15 September 2014 6,088 2 View

Is logical independence of the square root of minus one a consequence of arithmetic's incompleteness?

In a formal arithmetical system, axiomatised under the field axioms, the square root of minus one is logically independent of axioms. This is proved using Soundness and Completeness Theorems...

15 September 2014 3,915 13 View