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An unattainability conjecture

An unattainability conjecture
An unattainability conjecture
It is suggested that limits to the variation of physical variables are themselves unattainable, though they can be approached as closely as desired. This general unattainability principle is illustrated in various ways. It leads on to a study of how to remove infinities in physics when they cause conceptual problems, and how to introduce infinities or zeros for those boundary points in physics which are in some sense unattainable. An analogy between temperature in thermodynamics and time in cosmology is pointed out for the case when boundary points are involved.
1096-3677
511-520
Landsberg, P.T.
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Landsberg, P.T.
430ba980-a590-4d7c-8c03-9ecf192c21d3

Landsberg, P.T. (1998) An unattainability conjecture. Superlattices and Microstructures, 23 (3-4), 511-520.

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It is suggested that limits to the variation of physical variables are themselves unattainable, though they can be approached as closely as desired. This general unattainability principle is illustrated in various ways. It leads on to a study of how to remove infinities in physics when they cause conceptual problems, and how to introduce infinities or zeros for those boundary points in physics which are in some sense unattainable. An analogy between temperature in thermodynamics and time in cosmology is pointed out for the case when boundary points are involved.

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Published date: 1998

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Local EPrints ID: 29476
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29476
ISSN: 1096-3677
PURE UUID: 6c7ad37b-bf00-411b-8b01-a5b303a724a5

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Author: P.T. Landsberg

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