Atkinson, David and Johnson, Porter (2010) Nonconservation of Energy and Loss of Determinism. II. Colliding with an open set. Foundations of Physics, 40. pp. 179-189.

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Abstract

An actual infinity of colliding balls can be in a configuration in which the laws of mechanics lead to logical inconsistency. It is argued that one should therefore limit the domain of these laws to a finite, or only a potentially infinite number of elements. With this restriction
indeterminism, energy nonconservation and {\em creatio ex nihilo} no longer occur. A numerical analysis of finite systems of colliding balls is given, and the asymptotic behaviour that corresponds to the potentially infinite system is inferred.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Atkinson, David Johnson, Porter
Keywords:	Mechanics. Energy conservation. Determinism.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Depositing User:	David Atkinson
Date Deposited:	25 Dec 2011 15:18
Last Modified:	25 Dec 2011 15:18
Item ID:	8973
Journal or Publication Title:	Foundations of Physics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Date:	2010
Page Range:	pp. 179-189
Volume:	40
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8973

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