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Re: What is a field?

From Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: What is a field?
Date 2018-12-09 13:07 +0000
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kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
> On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 5:42:19 PM UTC-5, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
>>> On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 2:15:32 PM UTC-5, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>> kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 10:35:16 AM UTC-5, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>>>> kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Friday, December 7, 2018 at 4:01:34 PM UTC-5, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>>>>>> kenseto wrote:
>>>>>>>>> According to Steven Weinberg: A field is a sort of stress in space,
>>>>>>>>> something like  the various sorts of stress that are possible within a solid body.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Where and when did he write/say this?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> IIRC, we have been over this here.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> A field in physics is simply an object in models where every point in a
>>>>>>>> mathematical space is assigned a value:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So Weinberg’s description that a field is the stress exists at every
>>>>>>> point in a solid body is very close to the  correct description. In any
>>>>>>> case what is mathematical space? Is it not a solid body? If it is not a
>>>>>>> solid body how can material objects interact with the stresses exist within it?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Material objects interact with more things than other material objects. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah, in my theory, material objects react to the distorted geometries
>>>>> (stresses in Weinberg’s term) exist within the E-Matrix due to
>>>>> confinement. And the distortions in the E-matrix are due to the absolute
>>>>> motions of the interacting objects in the E-Matrix.
>>>>> This explanation is much more simpler than the current explanation that
>>>>> the interacting material objects are reacting with the virtual particles
>>>>> pop in and out of space and that these virtual particles are financed by
>>>>> the Uncertainty Principle.
>>>> 
>>>> What on earth makes you think that if an idea is simpler, then it’s more
>>>> correct?
>>> 
>>> That is being expounded by Philosophers physicists throughout the centuries. 
>> 
>> No it is not. Once again, you have vastly oversimplified what these
>> “Philosophers physicists” have actually said, to the point where it is
>> wrong. 
> 
> No Sir! It is you who is wrong. You have no idea what they said.

William of Okkam, Newton, R.B. Lindsay, Einstein, Feynman. I know what they
said. 
“Hypotheses should not be multiplied unnecessarily.” Which one said that?

> 
>> 
>>> You allowed the mathematicians led you into a fantasy mathematical dead
>>> end of non-existing mathematical objects  such as extra dimensions,
>>> virtual-particles, force messengers....etc. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(physics)>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> For example, there can be a temperature field that describes the temperature
>>>>>>>> in a room in every point in the room.  If it describes the temperature at a
>>>>>>>> particular time, it is a 3-dimension scalar field (since temperature is a
>>>>>>>> scalar quantity).  [I mention this particularly because we did calculations
>>>>>>>> on and plots of such a field in freshman physics.[1]]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Other fields that should be well-known are the electric field and the
>>>>>>>> magnetic field.  These are vector fields (E⃗ and B⃗, respectively) because
>>>>>>>> not only do they have a strength (which is a scalar); the field lines, along
>>>>>>>> which a charged particle would move freely as it is accelerated by the
>>>>>>>> forces of the fields, have a direction.  [E.g. for the electric field
>>>>>>>> between two capacitor plates only from one particular plate to the other
>>>>>>>> (with direct current).  Again, you do calculations on these fields in
>>>>>>>> freshman physics.]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor>
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_coil>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> There can also be a field describing the gravitational potential (V or Φ),
>>>>>>>> force (F⃗), or acceleration (g⃗) in every point in 3-dimensional space: the
>>>>>>>> gravitational field.   The (gravitational) potential is a scalar (no arrow
>>>>>>>> above the symbol), so a field based on it would be a 3-dimensional scalar
>>>>>>>> field.  Force and acceleration are both vectors (arrow above the symbol, or
>>>>>>>> bold font; they have a magnitude and a direction), so a gravitational field
>>>>>>>> based on either of those quantities would be a (3-dimensional) vector field
>>>>>>>> instead.  [dito]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_field>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In general relativity, the gravitational field is a 4 (1+3 or
>>>>>>>> 3+1)-dimensional *tensor* field, defined by the Einstein *tensor* which
>>>>>>>> describes the curvature of spacetime corresponding to the density of energy
>>>>>>>> and momentum.  Hence “Einstein *Field* Equations (for gravitation)”.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_field_equations>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> [Hopefully I do not have to remind you of this *again* next year.]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> [1] <https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+exp(-sqrt(x%5E2+%2B+y%5E2))>
>>>>>>>> (the greater the elevation, the higher the temperature; you can imagine
>>>>>>>> a heat source in the center of a room)
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> PointedEars
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Twitter: @PointedEars2
>>>>>>>> Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables
> 
> 



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  Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 16:58 +0000
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                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-12 13:53 +0000
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                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-15 02:14 +0000
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    Re: What is a field? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 12:51 -0800
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        Re: What is a field? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-12-08 22:05 +0100
          Re: What is a field? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 16:24 -0800
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          Re: What is a field? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 22:54 -0800
            Re: What is a field? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 23:22 -0800
              Re: What is a field? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 12:35 -0800
  Re: What is a field? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-12-07 22:01 +0100
    Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 06:42 -0800
      Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 15:35 +0000
        Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 10:21 -0800
          Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 19:15 +0000
            Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 14:17 -0800
              Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 22:42 +0000
                Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 14:58 -0800
                Re: What is a field? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-12-09 01:22 +0000
                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 13:07 +0000
            Re: What is a field? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 23:26 -0500
              Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 13:07 +0000
        Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 10:27 -0800
          Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 19:15 +0000
          Re: What is a field? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 23:23 -0500
            Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 13:07 +0000
            Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-09 14:19 -0800
              Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 22:25 +0000
                Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-10 07:54 -0800
                Re: What is a field? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-12-10 17:15 +0000
                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 21:41 +0000
                Re: What is a field? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-12-12 13:14 -0500
                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-12 18:18 +0000
      Re: What is a field? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-12-08 20:09 +0100
        Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 14:28 -0800
          Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 22:42 +0000
            Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-08 14:56 -0800
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              Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 00:13 +0000
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                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 22:22 +0000
                Re: What is a field? kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-10 07:50 -0800
                Re: What is a field? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-12-10 17:09 +0000
                Re: What is a field? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 21:41 +0000
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