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Author Archives: Suresh Emre
Save these physics tutorials (1)
There is redundancy in the mathematical description of physical reality. The redundancy has been increasing exponentially since the beginning of the 20′th century. We have different models and theories that are complimentary. I am not talking about complimentary theories. We … Continue reading
Posted in physics, tutorial
Tagged Education, Mathematical notation, mathematics, Physical law
Geometric interpretation of sqrt(-1)
I wrote a post titled Euler rule is almost mystical where I mentioned the Cotes-Euler identity Euler rule is a special case of the Cotes-Euler identity. represents the rotations of the complex unit vector. This provides a natural interpretation for … Continue reading
Posted in mathematics, tutorial
Tagged Complex plane, Euler's identity
Biquaternion
In the previous post we have seen that a quaternion is defined as where and , , , are real numbers. Biquaternion The biquaternion is a complexified quaternion where , , , are complex numbers. The basis elements , , … Continue reading
Quaternion
Quaternions are 4-dimensional generalizations of complex numbers. It can also be said that the basis elements , , of a quaternion are 3-dimensional generalization of the pure imaginary number . William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternions in 1843. After many years … Continue reading
Posted in mathematics, tutorial
Tagged Complex number, Quaternion, William Rowan Hamilton
Mikolaj Kopernik
Today, I was on jury duty. At the entrance of the courthouse, right next to the x-ray machines there was a large commemorative plaque about Copernicus. I don’t know why it was there but I was very happy to see … Continue reading
Mathematical Spirals
The equations of the basic spirals are given in polar coordinates. The is the radius and is the angle measured from the positive horizontal axis.The and are constants. Archimedes Spiral http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ArchimedesSpiral.html Fermat Spiral http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsSpiral.html Logarithmic Spiral http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LogarithmicSpiral.html Golden Spiral The … Continue reading
Golden Number and Lucas Sequence
The golden number is . There is extensive literature on the golden number which is also known as the golden ratio. The exposition in Wolfram Mathworld [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRatio.html] is excellent. John Baez gave an interesting exposition [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/week203.html]. Mario Livio’s book “The Golden … Continue reading
Posted in mathematics, tutorial
Tagged Golden Number, Golden ratio, Lucas, Math
Three-Leaved Rose
Simple is beautiful. This universal principle is valid in mathematics and geometry too! Equation for three-leaved-rose (trifolium) in polar coordinates is r = a cos (3θ ) where “a” is a constant and the angle θ is measured from the … Continue reading
Posted in tutorial, geometry
Tagged Polar coordinate system, Equation
Rose Symbolism
I cannot do justice to the long history of rose symbolism in world cultures. I will pick and choose and mention few that held my attention. For me rose is the symbol of the soul. The seat of the soul … Continue reading
Posted in archetypes, mythology, spiritual practice, spirituality, sufism, symbolism
Tagged Divine Love, Love of God, Rose, Rose Garden, Rosicrucianism, Rudolf Steiner, sufism, Symbol
Coupling between past and future
Prediction is the hardest intellectual problem. It seems that we need to know everything about the Cosmos to predict the future accurately. I am not sure that even omniscience is enough because there is an intrinsic uncertainty in the Cosmos. … Continue reading
Deep interest but no strong urge to visit
I visited Rumi’s shrine in Konya in 2010. It was my first visit and I was 50 years old. I grew up in Turkey and I have always been interested in Sufism but I was never able to bring myself … Continue reading
Posted in spirituality
Tagged Baba, Germany, India, Konya, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Sanskrit, sufism, Turkey
Why 3?
One of my most popular articles is Triangle. Another one is Number Symbolism. In both articles I mention the significance of 3. It seems to me that people intuitively understand the importance of 3 and they want to learn more. … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics
Tagged Antiparticle, CERN, Color charge, Cosmic microwave background radiation, electron, Elementary particle, physics, Standard Model
Why so many fields?
Physicists are making heroic efforts to unify the known forces of the universe but they seem to be too liberal with the number of fields. I believe in the grand idea of “unification” in physics. In the last 150 years … Continue reading
J.D. Salinger and Swami Vivekananda
Today, I was reading the news about L.A. Lauder’s 1 billion dollar gift to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in the form of an art collection. Buried in the news article was a tidbit of information that another … Continue reading
Physics Blogs
My favorite is Matt Strassler’s blog http://profmattstrassler.com/ I read Peter Woit’s blog often http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/ I also highly recommend the Symmetry Breaking Here’s an incomplete list of other physics blogs Resonaances Antimatter Asymptotia Backreaction Collider Blog The Gauge Connection The Great … Continue reading
Posted in physics
Tagged Particle physics, physics
Nonlocal Correlations in Quantum Mechanics
I hope to write more on this subject in the future. I posted this on the Knol platform originally. Knol does not exist anymore but this one deserves to be read I thought. The article by Nicholas Gisin titled “Quantum … Continue reading
Posted in physics, science
Tagged Quantum mechanics, Quantum nonlocality
Why is uncertainty intrinsic in the Cosmos?
There is an intrinsic uncertainty in the physical universe as detailed by quantum mechanics. I think that this intrinsic uncertainty extends to the wider Cosmos (totality of physical, mental and spiritual universes). Why is uncertainty intrinsic? The root cause of … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics, spiritual philosophy
Tagged Alternative, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, physics, Quantum mechanics
Mars Curiosity
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ I watched a documentary on NASA’s Curiosity rover with teary eyes. It may be surprising for non-scientists to hear that scientists can be so emotional over a technical and scientific matter! My tears were the tears of happiness because … Continue reading
Posted in mythology, science, society
Tagged Curiosity, Earth, Human, Ian Lawton, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA
Grace
There is a building known as the Grace Building in New York City. It is on the 42nd street across the Bryant Park. The architecture of this building with its concave vertical slopes of its north and south facades remind … Continue reading
Posted in archetypes, mythology, poetry, spirituality
Tagged Bryant Park, Divine grace, Fermilab, God, Gordon Bunshaft, New York City, Solow Building, W. R. Grace Building
New Perspective on Unification
Please read this as an outline of a research program. This is a rough sketch of what I want to write about in the future. Unification is not about nature Unification is not about nature. Nature is unified anyway. Unification … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics, science
Tagged Alternative, Orthogonality, philosophy, physics, Symmetry, Unity
Unparticle
A recent article at “HuffPost Science” titled “Unparticle in Earth’s Mantle? Physicists Peer Inside Planet in Effort to Confirm New Particle” brought my attention to the subject of “unparticle.” The concept of “unparticle” was proposed by Harvard physicist Howard Giorgi … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics
Tagged Harvard, Higgs boson, Invariant mass, Large Hadron Collider, Mantle (geology), physics, Unparticle physics, Weak interaction
Bird Symbolism
I watched a documentary film titled “Birders: Central Park Effect.” People in the film were describing their feelings of being one with nature and the joy of being alive. Many of them described how bird watching makes them feel alive. … Continue reading
Posted in archetypes, mythology, symbolism
Tagged Mythology, spirituality, symbols
Quark model evolved
There is a must-read article by Matt Strassler: “Proton Collisions Vs. Quark/Gluon/Antiquark Mini-Collisions“ In my opinion you should read the comments section first and then read the article. This is a disturbing article. The commentators call it a “shocker.” I was … Continue reading
Posted in physics
Tagged Elementary particle, Matt Strassler, Neutron, physics, Proton, Quantum Chromodynamics, Quark
The pause that refreshes: CERN LHC 2-year shutdown
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN was shut down on Feb 14, 2013. LHC will be down for the next two years. This is a pause that refreshes. The entire accelerator chain at CERN will be upgraded during this … Continue reading
Posted in physics
Tagged CERN, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, Lyn Evans, Particle physics, Proton Synchrotron, Super Proton Synchrotron
How Do I Know?
How do I know what I know? When I say space-time-matter emerged from the primordial fabric I get the usual question: “how do you know?” When I say ‘the primordial fabric is a formation within the Cosmic Mind’ the critical … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, spiritual philosophy
Tagged Cosmic Consciousness, Hypothesis, Intuition (knowledge), Karl Popper, philosophy, Plato, Scientific method
Model of a Model
Is physics describing reality, phenomena or measurements? It is important to understand the distinction between reality, phenomena and measurements. It is also important to be aware of the distinction between physical reality and higher (subtler) states of reality. One could … Continue reading
Long Narrow Road
In his most famous ballad titled “I am on a Long Narrow Road” the Anatolian folk singer and mystical poet Aşık Veysel tells us that he has been traveling all his life trying to reach the goal (“menzil” in Turkish). … Continue reading
Posted in spiritual philosophy, spiritual practice, spirituality
Tagged Moksha, Mukti, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Stanford University
The Samurai Astronomer and the Time Difference
On my way to California I watched a movie on the plane: “Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer.” The film was released in 2012. The IMDB description is “A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of Go … Continue reading
Posted in film, history, physics, prediction
Tagged China, Japan, Shibukawa Shunkai
Hiding the Time Dimension
I am posting this in the early minutes of December 21, 2012 in the NY/NJ area. Everyone has been talking about the cycles: Earth cycles, solar cycles and the galactic cycles. On this first day of the new age I … Continue reading
Posted in physics, science
Tagged Fast Fourier Transform, FFT, Fourier transform, Frequency, Math, Phase space
Sheb-i Arus
On this night of Sheb-i Arus (Dec 17, Rumi’s night of reunion), I remembered Baba’s eternal words “And there cannot be any peace, any happiness or any beatitude till the aspirant comes in tactual contact [touch] with the Supreme Self.” … Continue reading
Posted in spiritual practice, spirituality, sufism
Phase enables relativity
Physicists are experts at assigning new meanings to the terms established in common language. I mentioned the term “dual” or “duality” before. In common language dual means two. In physics dual means equivalent. Physicists use the word “phase” in different … Continue reading
Posted in geometry, mathematics, physics, science, tutorial
Stephen Hawking and CERN LHC leaders win the Fundamental Physics Prize
2012 Special Fundamental Physics Prize Stephen Hawking became the latest Fundamental Physics Prize laureate. He was awarded a special prize (3 million dollars) for his lifetime contributions to theoretical physics. The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation noted his discovery of Hawking … Continue reading
Posted in physics
Tagged ATLAS, CERN, CMS, Large Hadron Collider, Lyn Evans, Stephen Hawking
New Perspective on the Quantum Mechanical Nature: Seeking Freedom
Consciousness escapes the confinement of its own doing in myriad ways. Such is the Cosmic Play! Consciousness seeks freedom and liberation from bondage. Consciousness achieves liberation through life. Escape mechanisms are different expressions of life. Quantum mechanical nature is one … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics
Tagged CERN, Large Hadron Collider, physics, Quantum mechanics, Tevatron, Wave–particle duality
Engraving Concept of Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah means “Book of Formation” in Hebrew. The origin of the text is unknown. Sefer Yetzirah is the earliest text of Kabbalah. For translation, commentary and detailed information about the history of Sefer Yetzirah, Aryeh Kaplan’s book [1] is recommended. … Continue reading
Posted in spiritual philosophy
Tagged Aryeh Kaplan, Ein Sof, God, Hebrew, Kabbalah, Nirguna Brahman, Saadia Gaon, Sefer Yetzirah
Textual Analysis and Psychological Dictionaries
It is becoming common these days for researchers to comb through and process large data sets such as tweets and other web based data. The purpose of such research is to determine the general mood of the society. Researchers are … Continue reading
Posted in literature, philosophy, prediction, science, society
Tagged Computer Science, Content analysis, Dictionaries, Linguistics, Psychology, Social science
