Shape of Time

[Atashi]

I dont know where else to post my, sadly incomplete, theory so...

(posted in psudoscience since i did no know what field of science it would go into)

im looking for any input, and welcome all suggestions.

I currently do not posses enough mathematical skill to provide anything for this, and help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

First, forget anything you know about time.

 

 

To understand this shape, accept that:

"Time is measured by change. If there is no change; one can say that time has stopped."

 

 

In the diagram(s), each unit of time will hold one unit of change.

"tn shows the distribution of the sum of all possibilities of the position of a point that has moved a single unit per frame of time through n frames of time"

 

 

 

 

To do this, first assume a point in a 3 dimensional grid, this is time 0 (t0)

For the sake of visualizing it more easily, lets start with a 2d grid instead.

 

 

t1, put on a separate graph, we must consider all the possibilities of that point moving in any direction.

The image will resemble a circle with a diameter of 2units.

 

 

For t2, on a separate graph, generating a new image, we must consider all the possibilities of the points in t1 1unit in any direction.

A circle, filled with infinite points, with a diameter of 4units emerges.

 

 

Stop...

 

 

Because some points on t2 are plotted more than once. what do we do?

The density of the plot, will be refereed to as frequency: the number of times a point is plotted at the same point.

To represent this, the highest frequency at points will be blue and the lowest will be red.

Anything in between will fall into the spectrum accordingly.

 

 

At t1, all the points reoccur only once. a white circle. "the halo".

 

 

At t2, all the points on the very edge of the shape is plotted once. (red)

All the points within have a frequency of 2. (green)

And the center point has a frequency of infinity. (blue)

resulting the 3 primary colors of light.

*notice that there is no gradient yet, only 3 separated colors.

 

 

At t3, all the points, including repeated points are taken into consideration.

If a point has a frequency of 2, it will yield a circle with all the points containing the frequency of 2.

I have yet been able to image the whole structure but i know that:

There will be a red ring on the outer edge with a frequency of 1,

There will be a blue circle, 2units in diameter, at the center with frequency infinity.

 

 

These diagrams may also be added, and subtracted from one another.

Though i would not know what adding would represent.

By subtracting, we can view the distance moved = Tn+x - Tn

 

 

 

 

These diagrams are fractals, a pattern that produces self replication.

Fractals are common in nature, and time is definitely a part of nature.

 

 

From these diagrams of time, we will see high frequency areas and low frequency areas

These map out the existence of the point(at t0) at a certain point in time(tn).

The position of this point is most likely to be in the blue regions, and less likely to be in the red.

 

 

One can view a single point on this shape as "reality".

The frequency of a point as being the probability of its manifestation in reality out of the total sum of frequencies of all plots of the graph of tn.

The point frequency of 0,0,0 at t2 is infinity.

Thus the possibility of reality of point 0,0,0 at t2 is ∞/∞ = 99.9*%

 

 

This is already difficult enough to imagine on a 2d grid. What would it look like on a 3d grid?

 

 

In continuation to the image presented, the 2d image is a cross-section of the 3d image along a line of symmetry.

Mow, lets take a cross section of the 2d image and show it as a line graph.

Y being the frequency, and X being the distance from 0,0

 

 

Then, imagine taking a cross-section of this line.

The result will be dots at certain distances apart.

Could this be how we perceive time?

Acknowledgment of a certain value of a singular "reality"?

 

 

When you take a xsection of a 3d object, youll see a 2d object, and points from a xsection of that.

Similarly, when xsection of time(4d) would present you with our current dimention(3d),

The xsection of that would provide a picture of reality(2d),

The xsection of such would provide us with the "points" of reality.

 

 

Is the incorporation Chaos Theory into this using some kind of distortion factor reasonable?

 

 

 

 

 

I will try to post images as soon i get around to it.

Edited September 9, 2011 by Atashi

[Atashi]

Revision 1.

note* I've yet to find a program that satisfies me with its images, any suggestions?

 

To understand this shape, accept that:

"Time is measured by change. If there is no change; one can say that time has stopped."

The amount of change that occurs can be acknowledgment of movement at any level or scale.

 

 

To illustrate this, imagine an object(or particle)(represented by a point) in a 1-dimentional space(represented by a

 

line).

 

 

Now lets allow this object to move one unit it any direction, left or right, on this line, considering all the possibilities.

 

 

Repeat the process considering both possibilities of the point at t2.

 

 

As you will notice, the plot at 0 at t2 has been 'hit' twice.

Thus the probability of the point existing at 0 at t2 would be higher than other locations.

To calculate this, we take the point's 'density' and divide it by the sum of all the plot densities.

 

density of p0 / sum of densities = probability

2/4 = 50%

 

density of p3 / sum of all densities

1/4 = 25%

 

Continue to do the same for t3, t4, t5...

 

 

The distribution of the plots is equivalent to the values shown in Pascal's Triangle.

 

Let's give this object a little more freedom and allow it to move in a slightly higher dimension

By allowing it to move vertically. 1.1D maybe?

 

 

To illustrate the probability more clearly, i have decided to assign a frequency of color to the plots according to their densities.

The higher the density, the higher the frequency the point in space will be 'hit'

Blue representing the highest density, and Red(with the lowest frequency) representing the lowest density.

 

I have yet to be able to map this while allowing the point to move freely in 2d or 3d space.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

The closest i am to getting anything is arraying arrays of 64 circles.

Without the color representation of the density, this means nothing...

Image of x=3 to x=4 at t6

 

I used arrays of circles because a circle represents all the possible movements of 1 unit in any direction

Heres t5:

t6:

t10:

 

 

For certain, i know the 0,0,0 in both 2d and 3d will have a density of infinity at t2.

Thus resulting a possibility of ∞/∞ = 99.9*%

 

These diagrams are fractals, a pattern that produces self replication.

Fractals are common in nature, and time is definitely a part of nature.

 

 

 

 

The acknowledgement of a reality is determined by where we are in time.

Which reality is recognized is determined by what changes have occurred.

And a probability is a fundamental property of reality.

One can view points on the diagrams as many instances of "reality" varying in values of possibility.

 

We currently live in a 3d space existing in the 4d axis known as time.

Our 'view' of the 3d space is represented by a 2d cross-section of said space.

So in an attempt to understand the concept of reality,

Let's take xscections of our 3d model to gain understanding.

 

<imagine image here>

 

This colorful circle represents what reality is most likely for us to perceive.

Take another crossection of this circle.

 

<imagine image here>

 

Would show a multi colored line showing different realities and their probability.

If we took this and graphed it with Y=Probability X=Distance from 0

 

<imagine line-graph>

 

Recognizing the values on such a graph would determine what reality is most probable and most comprehensible.

With that said, could our brain be a tool which takes xsection images of 4d space to recognize 3d reality,

Just as our eyes take xsection images of 3d space?

 

 

Could the incorporation Chaos Theory into this using some kind of distortion factor be reasonable?

Edited September 10, 2011 by Atashi

[Pincho Paxton]

Time is relative. Your shape is absolute. The shape wouldn't even work around a body, because the moving body would stretch the shape. If you want to see the shape of time look in a mirror facing a mirror then meta morph that shape to give it a motion bow shock.

[Realitycheck]

Time is shaped like a neverending, curved, 3-dimensional line.

[Pincho Paxton]

Time is shaped like a neverending, curved, 3-dimensional line.

 

Maybe at the quantum scale, yeah probably.

Edited September 10, 2011 by Pincho Paxton

[Atashi]

Time is relative. Your shape is absolute. The shape wouldn't even work around a body, because the moving body would stretch the shape. If you want to see the shape of time look in a mirror facing a mirror then meta morph that shape to give it a motion bow shock.

 

But, relative to what?

To my understanding, Δtime its relative to Δposition and Δspeed. (v=d/t)

Which in this case time is relative, and ever-growing in relation to position of the point, and the speed is constant: 1 unit/frame

 

Unless if you meant the perception of time is relative between 2 objects, which wouldn't matter at all for my topic, since there is only 1 object represented by 1 point.

Edited September 10, 2011 by Atashi

[Realitycheck]

It would be a straight line, if time wasn't affected by other things.

[Pincho Paxton]

But, relative to what?

To my understanding, Δtime its relative to Δposition and Δspeed. (v=d/t)

Which in this case time is relative, and ever-growing in relation to position of the point, and the speed is constant: 1 unit/frame

 

Unless if you meant the perception of time is relative between 2 objects, which wouldn't matter at all for my topic, since there is only 1 object represented by 1 point.

 

It was the scale that I forgot about. Once you get to the building blocks of all materials you need a shape that folds, and loops like a twisted elastic band, or a constant in/out flow of material.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Pincho Paxton