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Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 14:14 GMT
Let's suppose we have infinite space and infinite amount of time.
Space is initially filled with randomly distributed matter and
antimatter. Average density of matter might be similar to what we
observe in galactic arms.

My question is: What will happen? How this setup will evolve in time?
I'm seeking answer only based on well established theories. No dark
matter, dark energy, no unknown particles, and let's assume space does
not inflate in time.
Androcles - 20 Nov 2008 14:18 GMT
> Let's suppose we have infinite space and infinite amount of time.
> Space is initially filled with randomly distributed matter and
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> matter, dark energy, no unknown particles, and let's assume space does
> not inflate in time.

Whatever you want to happen, you are the one making up all the
rules and assumptions, dork.
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 18:43 GMT
> Whatever you want to happen, you are the one making up all the
> rules and assumptions, dork.
I don't think I understand you? Are some of my assumptions
nonsensical? Do they contradict?
Androcles - 20 Nov 2008 19:10 GMT
>> Whatever you want to happen, you are the one making up all the
>> rules and assumptions, dork.
> I don't think I understand you? Are some of my assumptions
> nonsensical? Do they contradict?

> Let's suppose we have infinite space and infinite amount of time.
Ok.

> Space is initially

Infinite time has no beginning. What do you mean by "initially"?

In the beginning... forever and ever, amen.

A length of rope with one end in your hand and there is no other end.
Where the middle? Yes, that's both nonsensical and a contradiction.
You only want to argue based on your own assumptions anyway,
hoping for a pat on the back for how right you think you are.
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 20:03 GMT
> <Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
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>
> Infinite time has no beginning. What do you mean by "initially"?
Infinite does not mean "with no beginning".
Half-line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(geometry)#Ray has
beginning and is infinite at the same time. That's what I had in mind
when I wrote "infinite time", and then described initial state.

> In the beginning... forever and ever, amen.
>
> A length of rope with one end in your hand and there is no other end.
> Where the middle?
Am I referring anywhere to any "middle" ?

> Yes, that's both nonsensical and a contradiction.
I'm still failing to see it.

> You only want to argue based on your own assumptions anyway,
> hoping for a pat on the back for how right you think you are.
I just asked a question, because I wanted to know, how do you think,
this setup will evolve.
Androcles - 21 Nov 2008 03:12 GMT
>> <Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
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>> Infinite time has no beginning. What do you mean by "initially"?
> Infinite does not mean "with no beginning".

There you go...

Infinite does not mean I had cornflakes for breakfast, I had bacon
and eggs instead.
Infinite does not mean a dog has five legs.
Infinite does not mean an elephant has two tails.
Infinite does not mean my cat wants to go out, even if he does.

[Infinitely long list of what infinite doesn't mean]

Tell us what infinite does mean rather than what it doesn't mean.
It's your definitions and your assumptions, you'll change them as
you choose, the outcome will be whatever you want it to be.
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 21 Nov 2008 12:06 GMT
> <Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
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> It's your definitions and your assumptions, you'll change them as
> you choose, the outcome will be whatever you want it to be.

You claimed: "infinite" implies "without beginning"
I just showed you counter example showing that this implication is not
true.
Androcles - 21 Nov 2008 12:47 GMT
>> <Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
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>
> You claimed: "infinite" implies "without beginning"

Ok, yes I did, and I can prove it. There are as many negative numbers
as there are positive numbers, by definition of a vector space.
 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/VectorSpace.html

"Axiom 4. Existence of additive inverse: For any X, there exists a -X such
that

X + (-X) = 0"

So we can construct a number line:
-oo,...,-3,-2,-1, 0, 1,2,3,...,oo

Where on the number line is the beginning?

> I just showed you counter example showing that this implication is not
> true.

What happened before the beginning when these "initial conditions"
were set up?

I just showed you one where it is true.  By your rules and your
assumptions what will happen will be whatever you want it to be.
Since it is impossible to prove except by exhaustion and I'll be
long dead before it does (so will you), your entire argument is
pointless.

Wackypedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof
lists:

1 Direct proof
2 Proof by induction
3 Proof by transposition
4 Proof by contradiction
5 Proof by construction
6 Proof by exhaustion
7 Probabilistic proof
8 Combinatorial proof
9 Nonconstructive proof
10 Elementary proof

Not included:

11 Proof by "everybody knows" (proof by popular opinion).
12 Proof by "because I say so" (proof by assertion).
13 Proof by "it is written" (proof by appeal to authority).

Since you have no proof, merely your opinions and assumptions,
whatever happens will be whatever you want it to be.  You just
want someone to argue with or have them agree with you. I'm
doing neither.
Dave Typinski - 21 Nov 2008 15:45 GMT
>>> <Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
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>
>Where on the number line is the beginning?

The natural numbers form an infinite set.  They begin a 1 (or 0, if
you so desire).  Therefore, an infinity can have a beginning.
QED.

--
Dave
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 23 Nov 2008 11:07 GMT
> ><Kamil.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:518af27e-f801-419a-8bc2-5223a2614784@33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
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> you so desire).  Therefore, an infinity can have a beginning.
> QED.
Thank you.
Androcles - 23 Nov 2008 11:29 GMT
On 21 Lis, 16:45, Dave Typinski <nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
> "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote:
>
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> you so desire). Therefore, an infinity can have a beginning.
> QED.
Thank you.

Prove it for time ... err... you pair of cretins.
Dave Typinski - 23 Nov 2008 18:27 GMT
>On 21 Lis, 16:45, Dave Typinski <nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
>> "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote:
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>
>Prove it for time ... err... you pair of cretins.

Big bang at t=0, omega=1, flat spacetime, universe expands forever at
a decreasing rate.  In the same way that it's meaningless to ask which
natural numbers are less than 0, it's meaningless to ask what happened
before t=0.

There's an example of infinite time with a beginning.
--
Dave
Sam Wormley - 20 Nov 2008 14:28 GMT
> Let's suppose we have infinite space and infinite amount of time.
> Space is initially filled with randomly distributed matter and
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> matter, dark energy, no unknown particles, and let's assume space does
> not inflate in time.

  There exist a similar situation... for example the actual observable
  universe could be embedded in infinite space. The matter has an
  average density of 2.5 yoctograms per cubic meter and is clumped
  in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.

  As we look out in space, we look back in time.. so the history of
  the observable universe is there for us to study. You ask what will
  happen.

  No Center
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/nocenter.html
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/infpoint.html

  Also see Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html

  WMAP: Foundations of the Big Bang theory
    http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html

  WMAP: Tests of Big Bang Cosmology
    http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bbtest.html
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 18:40 GMT
> > My question is: What will happen? How this setup will evolve in time?
> > I'm seeking answer only based on well established theories. No dark
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>    average density of 2.5 yoctograms per cubic meter and is clumped
>    in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
Similar with some exceptions.
We believe that there is no antimatter in our universe. I wanted to
consider setup where there is matter and antimatter in roughly (or
exactly) equal proportions..
We also believe that all observable universe started from zero size
and that space itself is expanding since then. I wanted nonexpanding
space, just bent by gravitation.
And I wanted to consider much longer times than age of our universe.

>    As we look out in space, we look back in time.. so the history of
>    the observable universe is there for us to study. You ask what will
>    happen.
Yes. I think evolution of my setup will be very similar to what we can
observe in our universe at large scales. Gravity affects matter and
antimatter same way. You just have to take correction for presence of
antimatter, for nonexpanding space, and extrapolate it for longer
periods of time.

>    No Center
>      http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/nocenter.html
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>    WMAP: Tests of Big Bang Cosmology
>      http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bbtest.html
Thank you for this great resources. I have not read them yet but I
will surely do.
Uncle Al - 20 Nov 2008 15:36 GMT
> Let's suppose we have infinite space and infinite amount of time.
> Space is initially filled with randomly distributed matter and
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> matter, dark energy, no unknown particles, and let's assume space does
> not inflate in time.

You get a universe filled with photons as everything else cancels.

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Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 18:24 GMT
> "Kamil.S...@gmail.com" wrote:
>
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>
> You get a universe filled with photons as everything else cancels.

Don't you think that some parts of matter and antimatter will survive,
because they will be pushed aside by energy of annihilation?

Photons don't exist forever they might turn into pairs of particles
and antiparticles while interacting.
tadchem - 20 Nov 2008 21:00 GMT
On Nov 20, 1:24 pm, "Kamil.S...@gmail.com" <Kamil.S...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > "Kamil.S...@gmail.com" wrote:
>
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> Don't you think that some parts of matter and antimatter will survive,
> because they will be pushed aside by energy of annihilation?

They will still attract each other.  Given "infinite time" they will
find each other.

> Photons don't exist forever

Many are already as old as the universe.  Google "Cosmic Microwave
Background".

> they might turn into pairs of particles
> and antiparticles while interacting.

They would need a nearby event horizon to do that.  Where are they
going to find one?

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
Kamil.Szot@gmail.com - 20 Nov 2008 23:01 GMT
> On Nov 20, 1:24 pm, "Kamil.S...@gmail.com" <Kamil.S...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> They will still attract each other.  Given "infinite time" they will
> find each other.

Before they find each other they might have enough time to compress
under gravity and form stars, and in some cases blackholes.

> > Photons don't exist forever
>
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> They would need a nearby event horizon to do that.  Where are they
> going to find one?
I don't think that event horizon is necessary for that. Probably any
thin that they can interact will do (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Pair_production).
They probably could even interact with other photons producing matter.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin_limit)

Maybe most of the photons being produced through annihilation could be
absorbed by unannihilated remains heating them up and pushing away.
 
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