A fractal universe?

[Sorcerer]

Does it make any sense to look at time from non-beginning to non-end in a fractal sense, if we model it mathematically?

[Strange]

Hard to say without seeing the model ...

[Sorcerer]

That's why it's a question

[studiot]

Since there is only one temporal dimension, any proposal can only look at it fractally in a Cantor's dust sort of way.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&source=hp&q=cantor+dust+fractal+dimension&gbv=2&oq=cantors+dust&gs_l=heirloom-hp.1.3.0i10j0i22i30l9.1265.3640.0.6422.12.12.0.0.0.0.156.1408.1j11.12.0....0...1ac.1.34.heirloom-hp..0.12.1408.5-hF1xKtqq4

 

does this help?

[Strange]

That's why it's a question

 

So you are asking if a non-existent model makes sense?

 

Is a non-existent cake delicious?

[Mordred]

There have been fractal universe models proposed the problem with them is that they are not Lorentz invariant. This is a major problem for fractal based models.

 

"Despite the beautiful physics emerging from the HL picture, inspired by critical and condensed-matter systems, it potentially suffers from at least one major problem. Lorentz invariance, one of the best constrained symmetries of Nature, is surrendered at fundamental level."

 

here is a review of HL gravity.

"Quantum field theory, gravity and cosmology in a fractal universe"

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0571.pdf

 

due to the Lorentz invariance constraints this model is largely not well considered as well as the problems mentioned in this paper

Edited July 23, 2014 by Mordred

[Sorcerer]

Thanks Mordred