van Hateren, J. H. (2026) From nothingness to time, Planck's constant, and endless accretion. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This article presents a theory of fundamental physics that quantifies a growing network of elements and links. The first two linked elements in existence arise irreversibly from nothingness. The network subsequently keeps growing by one element at a time. It has no free parameters and only one global parameter, the total number of elements N. The network statistics produce energy conservation when each link corresponds to a quantum of action. For large N, the statistics produce an internally observable three-dimensional space. Together with N, space forms a spacetime with a time dimension that follows the same statistics as each spatial dimension. Consequently, spacetime has a maximum internal speed, time reversibility, translation invariance, and it agrees with special relativity. Dense clusters of elements and links form particles, curving spacetime as in general relativity. In spacetime, particles can move and can appear as multiple instances. Observation of particles follows the rules of quantum physics, and the network agrees with the Feynman path integral.
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| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. J. H. van Hateren | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2026 12:58 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2026 12:58 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 29265 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 20 April 2026 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/29265 |
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