RMohan wrote:
Has anyone written anything like "Larson For Dummies", where I can get a strategic overview of this work? I know that "Neglected Facts" largely plays this role, but as the factual counterpart to his theoretical presentation, it leaves much out. And I fear that after struggling with that short volume, "Nothing But Motion" with go over my head. Something like a schoolboy's primer would help greatly. Aside from Larson's source work, I can find nothing on this topic.
"Larson for Dummies" is a work in progress right now; Gopi, an IIT Kanpur, India, physics student is doing a series of Powerpoint presentations on Reciprocal System basics, the first of which can be viewed in the
rstheory.org Presentations area. He has 6 presentations currently worked out, and will be posting them to the RS2 presentation forum for review.
Another good document to read is Larson's
"Outline of the Deductive Development of the Theory of the Universe of Motion", found on the RS and RS2 libraries. This outline is perhaps the most concise description of Larson's development that has been published, and is public domain (not copyrighted).
RMohan wrote:
A new theory (in my hopes) should explain and integrate facts consistently, present a more elegant expression of mathematics than existing theories, stand up robustly to new tests and knowledge, make applied calculations easier, and above all, present predictions.
The mathematics of Larson's RS is virtually identical to current theories, with the only problem being the conversion of Larson's "natural units" to conventional ones.
It was discovered quite a few years back by KVK Nehru, when studying spin, that the configuration space of an atom was better represented by quaternions (imaginary numbers) than regular, Euclidean rotation. This, along with a study of the bi-rotational character of the photon, led to the development of this re-evaluation of Larson's work where we deal with a non-Euclidean, polar space for time-related phenomenon. The mathematics of the RS2 system is moving towards complex numbers, where the real part represents spatial phenomenon, and the imaginary part being the temporal motion. This is resulting in a more 'elegant' mathematical expression, because both coordinate space and coordinate time can be treated simultaneously in mathematics, rather than individually, as conventional (and Larson's original work) now do.
RMohan wrote:
Has anyone taken a standard Classical Mechanics or Electromagnetics primer (e.g. Jackson) and interpreted/extended it in Larsonian terms?
Actually, we are doing that now with the RS2 research, though I am using Steinmetz as a reference, not Jackson, so transients can be included in the research. It has turned up a number of problems with Larson's original research, which we are addressing as best we can, to get a more coherent theory.
RMohan wrote:
Has Larson made any *new* predictions using his theory? ( I understand he's done at least one, predicting a new form or behavior of quasars, but I haven't read "Quasars and Pulsars" yet).
There are actually a good number of predictions, from Larson and others whom have carried on his work.
As Mike mentioned, there are a few in the astronomical realm:
- Quasar distance calculations are wrong
- Galactic "supernova" that produce quasar/radio galaxies pairs (re: M87)
- Pulsars motion being anti-gravity (moving backwards from the pull of gravity)
- Stellar collisions are impossible
- Stellar evolutionary sequence (red giant through blue supergiant)
- Stellar generations (single, double, triple, quadruple star groupings)
- Planetary cores containing white dwarf fragments
- Planets expand, causing continental separation (not drift)
In physics:
- The photon is common in all reference frames, because it isn't moving (being carried by the natural reference system
- Bi-rotational nature of the photon producing polarization and torque effects
- Bi-rotational nature of the electron producing Cooper pairs and other paired electron phenomenon
- Four different types of "electricity" (current, static, cold, neutrino)
- Two types of "charge", one a space displacement (s), the other energy (t/s)
There's more in the physics area, but most concern the interpretation of equations using space/time relations to identify errors. "Basic Properties of Matter" is a good reference for them.
Bruce
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