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Old 10-18-2004   #11 (permalink)
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Tormond - It depends on what "perfect" means, but if it is to include the "dimensionless" requirement
the it becomes difficult as physics deals with real world stuff while the constants of pure math often deals
with things that are not "real" in any physical sense.
One of the problems with a dimensionless constant is whether it would be understood as a standalone
value. There are a number of mathematical constants if presented as a pure numeric value their meaning
would be known by many people. Fewer people will recognize the numeric value of physical science
constants, usually those that are specialists in specific areas. The various particle mass relationships
are ratios, thus dimensionless.

How many people will recognize the meaning of value of 1838.683? This is the neutron-electron mass
ratio and you won't be exposed to that value unless you get involved with particle physics.

This is a little off topic, but I wasn't familiar with that value until I ran across a web page, several years
ago (no longer available), by an engineer that had identified that numeric value as a dimension
(1838.6 pyr inches) in the Grand Gallery in the Great Pyramid. He specifically stated this dimension
represented the neutron-electron mass ratio, and he supported his analysis with other information.

There are a lot of constants that are basic to some aspect of the physical sciences, but are they basic
enough that they would be universally recognized?



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lindagarrette - How about the "fine structure constant?" "There is a most profound and beautiful question
associated with the observed coupling constant, e the amplitude for a real electron to emit or absorb a real
photon. It is a simple number that has been experimentally determined to be close to -0.08542455.
(My physicist friends won't recognize this number, because they like to remember it as the inverse of its
square: about 137.03597 with about an uncertainty of about 2 in the last decimal place.
I found the following writeup about the "fine structure constant".

Fine Structure Constant

"Thus depends upon the energy at which it is measured, increasing with increasing energy, and is
considered an effective or running coupling constant. Indeed, due to e+e- and other vacuum polarization
processes, at an energy corresponding to the mass of the W boson (approximately 81 GeV, equivalent to
a distance of approximately 2 x 10-18 m), (mW) is approximately 1/128 compared with its zero-energy
value of approximately 1/137. Thus the famous number 1/137 is not unique or especially fundamental."

The really amazing thing is the creativity that goes into developing a method of measuring the value.


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The centers described in my theory are just that. Everything has center. With the respect of this being true, one would have to assume that a center has always existed no matter the age or size of the universe. Check out my posting for Warp Mechanics.
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