What an interesting quote is found on page 76-77 of "The Tunnel Thru the Air:"
"Curve of the future," I seemed to recall the phrase "curvature of time." [There is great meaning to the sentences after the above but they will not be discussed here.] But when I searched TTTTA for the latter, I came up empty. Ditto when I did a WWW search. But I did discover that there seems to be a meaning in physics for identified "curvature of time." Well, I did find that exact term on a physics forum but when I delved further into it, it appeared the accepted terminology was the "curve of spacetime [no hyphen]." We are talking about Einstein's 1915 "General Relativity" about which Sir Arthur Eddington was the acclaimed interpreter who wrote "Space Time and Gravity" [no hyphen or comma] in 1920 and to whom I was pointed by a date found in Luo Clement's "Ancient Science of Numbers" and an essay found in Scientific American by the never named and still anonymous Einstein Essay Contest Editor.
The nature of spacetime, viewed by a finite mathematics 'expert' (err, an accountant, me) is that would be the curve of the gravity well created by, well, gravity. "Future" or spacetime (past and present, I'd expect are places in spacetime along with future) is a function of the curve of the gravity well. Time is defined by that gravity well…. Predicting the future then, is a matter of the gravity well and its mathematic properties. I'll leave it at that. Physicists and metaphysicists, please be gentle with me and see the bigger picture.
I have alluded to Mr. Gann's Memorial Triangle, having been shown to display distinct mathematic and geometric properties of note (right triangle, derivation of phi and pi), evidences notable properties of time; that space and time appear interrelated in the GMT. Using the three Cartesian coordinates identified in the GMT in the previous post, consider the time properties of the GMT:
Why yes, there appears to be a mathematic progression inherent in the GMT. Mr. Gann deceased 23 years after the fictional Great War ended in 1932 (and the stock market bottomed). At twice that 23-year interval or 46 years, the Great War ended 46 years after the Statue of Liberty was dedicated. And completing the triangle, 69 years after the Statue of Liberty was dedicated, Mr. Gann deceased. There indeed appears to be mathematic properties of the GMT. [Hmm, if 23 is 1, then 46 is 2 and 69 is 3. That sounds a lot like Mr. Gann's street address of 123 Fenimore. Nah, that's silly.]
There's more. The space properties identified in the previous post (the miles between points 1-2, 2-3 and 3-1) and the time properties above appear to be related…inversely related:
The smallest space interval and the longest time interval are associated with the same leg. The longest space interval and shortest time interval are related. Space and time are inverse? Sounds a lot like the same outcome of what's known as the "FitzGearld Contraction." [Chapter 1 of Sir Arthur Eddington's "Space Time and Gravitation.]
So, the question becomes, what factor or formula unifies space and time…for practical purposes? Some master factor…. is this the inscrutable process of "squaring?"
Perhaps the unnamed Einstein Editor gives (gave) us a hint, but enough for now.
Jim Ross
Hi Jim,
ReplyDeleteKepler's third law gives us a formula for calculating time. And geometry gives us a formula for calculating space (circumference). There is one value for r that gives the same outcome for time and for space. Could this serve as a unifier?
Kay
I think so. Please remember I'm a finite math mathematician (accountant). That said, I've pondered whether one number (be it a single number or a number derived from optimization/derivation) is the 'philosopher stone' number. I tend to think its a moving target that needs to be derived from the "correct beginning" about which WDG wrote several times. If you find the correct beginning and have the correctly configured algorithm, then you get the exact and correct answer. The correct beginning translates into my current thinking that he is talking about relativity. What use is X, Y and Z coordinates?
ReplyDeleteIf you speak of the XYZ coordinates for the NYSE its worthless without 't.' In that thinking I can think of 3 prominent logical beginnings for XYZ; they would be the center of the earth inferring the 't' or time period of the day and its subdivisions, the center of the moon inferring the 't' as the lunar time period, and the center of the sun inferring the 't' as the orbit of the sun.
If its gravitation that determines the 'gravity well' of spacetime then these are the major players, and in that order of importance, with all other planets' influenced diminished by mass and distance from the earth. Not that their covariance with time periods on earth are not valid, just that they are driven by the real law which is math and physics.
I find it interesting that Thomas Troward (Bible Prophecy and on the alleged proxy Gann reading list of WDG or the publisher Roger Brothers), finds that the Bible speaks only of the earth, moon and sun in determining prophetic time periods. He makes the point quite emphatically. And he did predict, in about 1915, when WWI would end as I recall.
Thanks for making me daydream about what might be,
Jim