PIRSA:07010003

The Mathematical Universe

Tegmark, M. (2007). The Mathematical Universe. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07010003

Tegmark, Max. The Mathematical Universe. Perimeter Institute, Jan. 31, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07010003 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:07010003,
            doi = {10.48660/07010003},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07010003},
            author = {Tegmark, Max},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity, Quantum Fields and Strings, Particle Physics, Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Mathematical Universe},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {jan},
            note = {PIRSA:07010003 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Max Tegmark

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Physics

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With a cosmic flight simulator, we'll take a scenic journey through space and time. After exploring our local Galactic neighborhood, we'll travel back 13.7 billion years to explore the Big Bang itself and how state-of-the-art measurements are transforming our understanding of our cosmic origin and ultimate fate. We then turn to the question of whether this can all be described purely mathematically, and discuss implications ranging from standard physics topics like symmetries, irreducible representations, units, free parameters and initial conditions to broader issues like parallel universes, simulations and and Goedel incompleteness.