Posted on 07/21/2018 6:18:51 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”
“Octonions are to physics what the Sirens were to Ulysses,”
Decades on, no particles beyond those of the Standard Model have been found. Meanwhile, the strange beauty of the octonions has continued to attract the occasional independent-minded researcher, including Furey, the Canadian grad student who visited Günaydin four years ago. Looking like an interplanetary traveler, with choppy silver bangs that taper to a point between piercing blue eyes, Furey scrawled esoteric symbols on a blackboard, trying to explain to Günaydin that she had extended his and Gürsey’s work by constructing an octonionic model of both the strong and electromagnetic forces.
Hoping to improve my low cast status, I read this article.
That's low caste, not cast. Another year on the wheel for you! ;^)
Thanks DUMBGRUNT.
Why 5, 8 and 24 Are the Strangest Numbers in the Universe
Scientific American | May 4, 2011 | Michael Moyer
Posted on 05/09/2011 3:21:35 PM PDT by decimon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2717409/posts
Magic Remote Influencing (mighty strange)
Very strange web site | 2002 | Tim Rifat
Posted on 05/13/2003 8:23:44 PM PDT by dark_lord
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/911037/posts
Well, I did spell ‘cast’ correctly, just the wrong ‘caste’.
I was impaired from reading the article, I should be back to my norm in a few years.
Fair enough, but there's also the issue of your having forgotten to include the URL. ;^)
Fascinating read. Thanks for posting. Thanks for the ping.
My pleasure. And a late ping...
How many were Maxwell’s Equations, again???
Imagine the compass points in a plane, then add to the imagery ‘above’ and ‘below’ the plane, then select right or left of the perpendicular bisector of the plane ...
Fair enough, but there’s also the issue of your having forgotten to include the URL. ;^)
“You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it”
LOL
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