NDLI: Unpredictability and the transmission of numbers

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Author	Myers, John M. Madjid, F. Hadi
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Curiously overlooked in physics is its dependence on the transmission of numbers. For example, the transmission of numerical clock readings is implicit in the concept of a coordinate system. The transmission of numbers and other logical distinctions is often achieved over a computer-mediated communications network in the face of an unpredictable environment. By unpredictable we mean something stronger than the spread of probabilities over given possible outcomes, namely an opening to unforeseeable possibilities. Unpredictability, until now overlooked in theoretical physics, makes the transmission of numbers interesting. Based on recent proofs within quantum theory that provide a theoretical foundation to unpredictability, here we show how regularities in physics rest on a background of channels over which numbers are transmitted. As is known to engineers of digital communications, numerical transmissions depend on coordination reminiscent of the cycle of throwing and catching by players tossing a ball back and forth. In digital communications, the players are computers, and the required coordination involves unpredictably adjusting “live clocks” that step these computers through phases of a cycle. We show how this phasing, which we call logical synchronization, constrains number-carrying networks, and, if a spacetime manifold in invoked, put “stripes” on spacetime. Via its logically synchronized channels, a network of live clocks serves as a reference against which to locate events. Such a network in any case underpins a coordinate frame, and in some cases the direct use of a network can be tailored to investigate an unpredictable environment. Examples include explorations of gravitational variations near Earth.
Starting Page	1057
Ending Page	1067
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15700755
Journal	Quantum Information Processing
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731332
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-08-20
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Unpredictability Coordinate system Live clock Logical synchronization Numerical transmission Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics Quantum Computing Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory Quantum Physics Mathematical Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Theoretical Computer Science Signal Processing Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering Modeling and Simulation

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