Time and Space, One Hot Topic of Our Modern Time

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Lin, Y. (2003), "Time and Space, One Hot Topic of Our Modern Time", Kybernetes, Vol. 32 No. 7/8. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2003.06732gaa.002

Time and Space, One Hot Topic of Our Modern Time

Recently, Mr Yong Wu and I published a book entitled "Beyond Nonstructural Quantitative Analysis: Blown-Ups, Spinning Currents and Modern Science", (World Scientific, 2002, ISBN 981-02-4839-3). One of the main results proved in this volume is that the general form of motion of materials in the universe is eddy motion. And, all materials' movements are resulted from unevenness of materials. With eddy motions as the general form of materials' movements in the universe, we argued that time is nothing but a measurement of rotation and space the relative location in various whirlpools of materials. With the help of eddy motions, we have successfully coined the two concepts: black holes and big bangs, into one multi-dimensional entity as follows (Figure 1).

By pondering over this model of our universe, where a great number of such structures co-exist, one can draw conclusions about and provide explanations for many interesting phenomena. For example, with this model in place, one can answer such question as: What is gravitation? For more details, the reader is advised to check our book out.

Figure 1

What we argued is not just a coined structure for our universe, but also the very existence of time and space is embedded in materials, which exist first. If we combine our results described here with those derived in another publication by Ren, Z.Q., OuYang, S.C. and me (Conjecture on Law of Conservation of Informational Infrastructure, Kybernetes, Vol. 27, pp. 543-552), one can see another interesting phenomenon: time and space expand, then contract, and then expands, then contracts. This cyclic process goes on and on forever.

Historically, the concepts of time and space have been felt and mentioned in a great many scientific works. Recently, Isaac Newton and his followers widely applied these intuitive concepts. Then, it was Albert Einstein whose work pointed to the need for a more in-depth study of these concepts. If one is interested in learning about more recent progress along this line, you only need to do a simple search on the web and you will get an abundant source of either new publications or existing works.

It is truly our fortune that Dr Robert Vallee and I had the opportunity and honor to organize the joint conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, during 24-26 March 2002. There, Dr Leon Feng organized a special workshop on new theories of space-time. Later on, he and Dr Paul Gibson chaired the sessions jointly. With our joint effort (Leon, Paul and me), we now present all the papers delivered at the conference either in person or by title, suitably updated, to our readers in a much greater audience through Kybernetes. So, at this special place and moment, on behalf of Leon and Paul, I would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt appreciation to Dr Brian Rudall, Editor-in-Chief of Kybernetes, Drs Robert Vallee and Alex Andrew of World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC), whose participation in our Pittsburgh event had surely made it more exciting, and all other officials of the WOSC, for their support and encouragement.

Yi LinDepartment of Mathematics, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, USAE-mail: Jeffrey.forrest@sru.edu