Saturday, November 5, 2016

The Universe in a 1 Inch Length Formula

We all wanted symmetry. Human crave for it. And our everyday decision making pursue symmetry and balance. It turns out that nature is also following this principle. Imagine this, according to the video below, universe from the theoretical physicists viewpoint can be idealized in a string field theory which allows symmetry. String field theory assumes that beyond or smaller than atoms, there are strings vibrating.

Einstein has theory of relativity which is violating the classical physics three dimensional viewpoint. It considered space-time dimension which the classical physics ignore.

However, in the string field theory, its a more upgraded theory of einstein which may even include 11 dimensions.

Whats more interesting here is that Michio Kaku claims that he can represent this whole theory in a 1 inch size of formula. Because of symmetry.

Civil engineering formulas especially stiffness matrix formulas are actually simplified in the same manner. Because we followed law of symmetry. Because matrix are collection of numbers arranged in rows and columns. In order to efficiently simulate a structure, the Global Stiffness Matrix of your structure should be symmetric.