Digital mechanics

Finiteness is the basic assumption a finite total volume of space-time and a finite amount of information in a finite volume of space-time. We require universality, of course, since we know that without it nothing much of interest can happen. We can also take a strong cue from our own universe, which allows us to build universal computers. If the underlying micro-physics was not universal we would not be able to do this. Reversibility is desirable because it ensures a strict conservation of information and can be used to create systems that conserve various quantities such as energy and angular momentum despite underlying anisotropies. 

For concreteness, let us suppose that the universe has a temporal depth of two to accommodate a Fi edkin-type reversibility i.e. the present and immediate past are used to determine the future, and from which the past can be recovered uniquely. The RUGA itself is deterministic, is applied synchronously at each site in the lattice, and is characterized by three basic dimensional units (1) digit transition, D, which represents the minimal informational change at a given site (2) the length, L, which is the shortest distance between neighboring sites and (3) an integer time, T, which, while locally similar to the time in physics, is not Lorentz invariant and is not to be confused with a macroscopic (or observed) time t. While there are no a priori constraints on any of these units - for example, they may be real or complex - because of the basic assumption of finite nature, they must all have finite representations. All other units of physics in DM are derived from D, L and T. 

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While it cannot be said that Feynman was an advocate of CA-like field theories - Mehra reports, in fact, that Feynman was often at odds with Fredkin in their discussions about Fredkin s Digital Mechanics [mehra94] - just the fact that someone of Feynman s stature would take an active interest in such problems and be willing to stress tlie fundamental inadequacies of existing approaches to fundamental physics, was enough to emphasize that this is an interesting subject. ... 

A strong proponent of the view that the universe is literally a CA is Edward Fred-kin (see [fredkin82], [fredkinQO] and [fredkin93]). In two of his most recent papers, Digital Mechanics [fredkinQO] and A New Cosmogony [fredkin93], Fredkin explores some of the consequences of making what he calls the finite nature hypothesis ... 

Finite Nature is a hypothesis that ultimately every quantity of physics, including space and time, will turn out to be discrete and finite that the amount of information in any small volume of space-time will be finite and equal to one of a small number of possibilities. We call models of physics that assume Finite Nature Digital Mechanics. . ..we take the position that Finite Nature implies that the basic substrate of physics operates in a manner similar to the workings of certain specialized computers called cellular automata. ... 

The second step is to rotate the seismometer to be north aligned. This can be done digitally, mechanically with a bishop s hat mechanism, or manually with an aligmnent rod. 

Imaging plates are exposed similar to radiographic films. They are read out by a LASER-scanner to a digital image without any developing process. After optical erasing of the virtual picture the same IP can be used cyclic up to more than 1000 times. The life time is limited by the mechanical stability of the IP s. An IP consists of a flexible polymer carrier which is coated with the sensitive layer. This layer is covered with a thin transparent protective foil. 

In case of some samples besides the cross sectional CT-slice also a projectional image is of interest. In these cases the test mode Digital Radiography (DR) is applied. In the DR-mode the object is not turned, but scanned horizontally and vertically. Again the very high dynamic of the detector and the mechanical accuracy of the complete system are of large benefit to the image quality. 

Although we will not need it for our later quantum mechanical calculation, we may be curious to evaluate the second root and we shall certainly want to check to be sure that the root we have found is the smaller of the two. Write a program to evaluate the left side of Eq. (1-10) at integral values between 1 and 100 to make an approximate location of the second root. Write a second program to locate the second root of matr ix Eq. (1-10) to a precision of six digits. Combine the programs to obtain both roots from one program run. 

Because of its severe approximations, in using the Huckel method (1932) one ignores most of the real problems of molecular orbital theory. This is not because Huckel, a first-rate mathematician, did not see them clearly they were simply beyond the power of primitive mechanical calculators of his day. Huckel theory provided the foundation and stimulus for a generation s research, most notably in organic chemistry. Then, about 1960, digital computers became widely available to the scientific community. 

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Safriet, B, E., Analysis of Pressure Pulsation in Reciprocating Piping Systems by Analog and Digital Simulation, ASME 76-WA/DGP-3, New York, NY American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1976. 

The vane anemometer is an old invention. It can be likened to a small wind turbine with 4-10 rotating blades and a handle, as in Fig. 12.20. Earlier constructions were fully mechanical, where the spindle rotation was transmitted to a pointer through a series of gears. In modern vane anemometers, an electrical sensor records the spindle rotation and the signal is processed, giving the velocity on a digital display. Such an instrument usually is able to integrate the mean velocity over a time interval. 

Zuse Introduced concept of computing spaces, or digital models of mechanics... 

Thus we find that an explanation of the bonding in H2 and the absence of bonding for He2 lies in the relative magnitudes of attractive and repulsive terms. Quantum mechanics can be put to work with the aid of advanced and difficult mathematics to calculate these quantities, to tell us which is more important. Unfortunately, solving the mathematics presents such an obstacle that only a handful of the very simplest molecules have been treated with high accuracy. Nevertheless, for some time now chemists have been able to decide whether chemical bonds can form without appealing to a digital computer. 

The name entropy is used here because of the similarity of Eq. (4-6) to the definition of entropy in statistical mechanics. We shall show later that H(U) is the average number of binary digits per source letter required to represent the source output. 

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