/sci/ - Science & Math

>>1283745
lern2planck

inb4Planck

>>1283759
FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU

As far as we can tell, its continuous, though there are many speculative theories that require spacetime to be quantized.

Using fundamental constants, you can construct a length scale, the Planck scale, the point at which all of our known physics is expected to break down, but of course it probably fails on scales much larger than this.

So, you can ponder about it, but the point is that we still treat space as continuous in every working theory.

Time --Is it quantized?

>>1283756
>>1283759
>>1283765

LOL

>>1283788
Again, in every working theory, no. We always treat time as continuous.

Then again, very frequently in computational techniques you quantize both space and time, but that is just for convenience.

Yes, it's quantized. It's the only way to solve the following paradox:

Throw a ball towards the wall. It must first go half way. Then it has to go half way from that point to the wall. So on and so forth. If space isn't quantized, it never hits the wall.

>>1283802
False. This zeno's paradox, and it only works if you don't know calculus.

The infinite series 1/2^n is convergent. You can add infinite numbers and get a finite result. Sorry bout it.

Can a continuous space be reconciled with quantum mechanics?

>>1283812
Yes, in quantum mechanics its always treated as continuous, unless you're doing some kind of numerical computation on a grid.

WHERE MY QUANTUM SOLJAS AT??

>>1283854
>>1283854

< Quantize this, and there you have them.

>>1283802
>Throw a ball towards the wall. It must first go half way. Then it has to go half way from that point to the wall. So on and so forth. If space isn't quantized, it never hits the wall.
>seriously implying the ball is degenerate.