Recent results from high-energy scattering and theoretical developments of string theory require a change in our understanding of the basic structure of space-time. This book is about the advancement of ideas on the stochastic nature of space-time from the 1930s onward. In particular, the author promotes the concept of space as a set of hazy lumps, first introduced by Karl Menger, and constructs a novel framework for statistical behaviour at the microlevel. The various chapters address topics such as space-time fluctuation and random potential, non-local fields, and the origin of stochasticity. Implications in astro-particle physics and cosmology are also explored.
This volume will be of interest to physicists, chemists and mathematicians involved in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780792349075
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-7923-4907-5
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.1998
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1998
- Serie: Fundamental Theories of Physics
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 1220 g
- Seiten: 251
- Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 20 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Mathematik | Informatik
- Mathematik
- Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
- Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Mathematik | Informatik
- Mathematik
- Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
- Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Naturwissenschaften
- Physik
- Physik Allgemein
- Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik