PIRSA:16050032

Invariant Set Theory - A Realistic Causal Approach for Synthesising Quantum and Gravitational Physics?

Palmer, T. (2016). Invariant Set Theory - A Realistic Causal Approach for Synthesising Quantum and Gravitational Physics? . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16050032

Palmer, Tim. Invariant Set Theory - A Realistic Causal Approach for Synthesising Quantum and Gravitational Physics? . Perimeter Institute, May. 10, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16050032 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:16050032,
            doi = {10.48660/16050032},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/16050032},
            author = {Palmer, Tim},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Invariant Set Theory - A Realistic Causal Approach for Synthesising Quantum and Gravitational Physics? },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:16050032 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Tim Palmer University of Oxford

DOI 10.48660/16050032
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

As discussed in last week’s colloquium, the use of the p-adic metric in state space provides a route to resolving the Bell Theorem in favour of realism and local causality, without fine tuning. Here the p-adic integers provide a natural way to describe the fractal geometry of Invariant Set Theory’s state space. In this talk I first explore the role of complex numbers in Invariant Set Theory (arXiv:1605.01051), and describe a novel realistic perspective on quantum interferometry. Then I will describe a programme of work to synthesise quantum and gravitational physics realistically and causally within the framework of Invariant Set Theory. I will describe a p-adic generalisation of the field equations of General Relativity, and discuss the consequent novel perspectives for understanding the dark (energy and matter) universe.