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Posted on 06/01/2015 12:19:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
John Forbes Nash Jr. was a mathematical genius who had his life chronicled in the movie A Beautiful Mind. One of Nash’s colleagues says that just days before he died in a New York taxi cab accident, he had discussed his latest and possibly most brilliant discovery to date. Mathematician Cédric Villan says that Nash told him that he had replaced Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and that the new equation would further explain quantum gravity.
The Daily Mail reports that on May 20, 2015, just three days before the tax cab accident that would take his life, Nash spoke to his friend and fellow mathematician Cédric Villan in Norway. Villan says that Nash was excited about a new discovery which he said would replace Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Though specific details on the equation were not given, Villan says that Nash’s equation would further explain quantum gravity in a way that Einstein’s did not.
Sadly, Nash would pass away on his journey back home from Norway after speaking to Villan. It was noted that Nash had just left the airport and was taking the taxi back to his home when the fatal taxi cab accident occurred. Both John Nash and his wife would pass away in the accident. Now Villan says he will be “looking into” Nash’s claims that he had found a replacement to the Theory of Relativity.
“I will certainly look into it. He explained it to me. He thought he had discovered a replacement for the equation.”
In addition to promising to look into the works left behind by Nash, Villan also took a moment to praise Nash for his contributions to the mathematics community and that he was honored to be the chairman at a lecture given by Nash.
“He qualifies as a genius. I had the honor of being the chairman at a lecture he was giving. He told about the equation he had tried to devise in his study of general relativity. He was summarizing the problem with difficult equations. It was amazing.”
The world may be mourning the loss of “a beautiful mind,” but the contributions to the scientific community may not be over for Nash. If Cédric Villan has his way, we may also be able to uncover the last gift Nash left by piecing together his final work. Do you think that Nash’s equation could replace Einstein’s Theory of Relativity?
Great plot!
What is this, crowd-sourced science?
I was wondering why they took him out. How many people die in “taxi accidents”. He was on to something...and humanity was not ready to deal with it.
“Combining Einstein’s General Relativity (everyday-scale physics) with Quantum Mechanics (atomic and sub-atomic physics) would be the long sought ‘Theory of Everything’. So far, the 2 physical realms seem to operate in entirely different ways.”
How does Plank’s Constant fit into this?
Now that is some serious conspiracy stuff!
just remember that time only exists so everything doesn’t happen at once. ;-)
No. Nash was a mathematician, Einstein was a physicists. Math and physics are entirely different. Mathematics can be used to describe physical phenomenon, but it has a number of concepts that don't exist in the physical world. Things like discontinuities, points, singularities, and even lines and planes, that don't physically exist. These concepts are necessary and useful in solving problems in physics, but don't necessarily always explain what really happens in the physical world. Something that works in mathematics, doesn't necessarily work in physics.
George and Alex would be so pleased.
If Nash accomplished what he claimed he didn’t do it all in his head. There would be voluminous notes.
Nash also said he came up with a way to make to make Obamacare work, so I’d view this announcement skeptically. :o)
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Are you not the slightest bit embarrassed to post that link?!
Couldn't tell you. Can't even find a clear, straight forward definition of what it is.
"Planck’s constant, (symbol h), fundamental physical constant characteristic of the mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics, which describes the behaviour of particles and waves on the atomic scale, including the particle aspect of light.
The German physicist Max Planck introduced the constant in 1900 in his accurate formulation of the distribution of the radiation emitted by a blackbody, or perfect absorber of radiant energy (see Planck’s radiation law). The significance of Planck’s constant in this context is that radiation, such as light, is emitted, transmitted, and absorbed in discrete energy packets, or quanta, determined by the frequency of the radiation and the value of Planck’s constant.
The energy E of each quantum, or each photon, equals Planck’s constant h times the radiation frequency symbolized by the Greek letter nu, ν, or simply E = hν. A modified form of Planck’s constant called h-bar (ℏ), or the reduced Planck’s constant, in which ℏ equals h divided by 2π, is the quantization of angular momentum. For example, the angular momentum of an electron bound to an atomic nucleus is quantized and can only be a multiple of h-bar.
The dimension of Planck’s constant is the product of energy multiplied by time, a quantity called action. Planck’s constant is often defined, therefore, as the elementary quantum of action. Its value in metre-kilogram-second units is 6.62606957 × 10^−34 joules/second, with a standard uncertainty of 0.00000029 × 10^−34 joules/second.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/462917/Plancks-constant
"Soon" is the elastic part of time. There is no such thing as "too soon," else time would be rigid.
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As I understand it, Nash’s last significant work was game theory, and it happened in his 20’s. He passed away at 84.
Aside from the long interval, as a general rule, history is not exactly filled with examples of the great contributions of aged mathemeticians.
Yes. Lorentz, Einstein's mentor, so to speak, came up with them before Einstein did. But he did so for the wrong reasons. He was attempting to describe how the then newly discovered electron would (physically) shrink at high speeds. Well, something like that anyway.
Very well said norwaypinesavage. It is hard not to speculate just how much Nash knew about physics as I'm sure he had some training. But as you say the two are different fields. Also, many times a breakthrough in our understanding of math and sciences do not happen in a vacuum. If Nash was on to something, others around him would or his students would be working in tandem.
I had a college level algebra professor (a PhD who really couldn't teach maths) tell me that she was thinking about going back to the books to get a degree in quantum physics. At the time I thought to myself that this individual probably couldn't give a good high school definition of quantum physics. This lady I'm convinced thinks that she could solve all of the problems that the Ford Motor Company has by looking at company statistics. No marketing skills or business background, just consult the data.
Actually, length *contraction*, not elongation.
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